We all hate it when a lipo gets damaged in a crash, but other than mounting your battery inside your frame there is not much that can be done about this. Well, Gofly has sent us their Multi-functional Battery Protection Board (MBPB) to have a look at. Is this the solution to your problems? The […]
We all hate it when a lipo gets damaged in a crash, but other than mounting your battery inside your frame there is not much that can be done about this. Well, Gofly has sent us their Multi-functional Battery Protection Board (MBPB) to have a look at. Is this the solution to your problems?
To be honest, we were not particularity blown away by this product. It’s more of a nice idea, and if you are given one, you would probably use it for a few flights and then not bother anymore. It was only used to quickly check a batteries voltage when trying to find a full pack to go fly.
Furthermore, it does not add that much in terms of protection and the other features are also not particularly useful either. Any half decent flight controller already includes some sort of battery monitoring. The lost model alarm has one advantage over the usual ones, as the Gofly one it is unlikely to detach from your battery, so you will at least be able to find your battery. And this could help lead you to the rest of your quadcopter. But ultimately for lost model alarms, you would be better off going for something like the ViFly Finder on your quadcopter. And the last feature of having some LED’s is a nice touch, but they are not bright enough to see on a sunny day, so they might as well not be there. Sadly the only real use for this battery protector board is to be used as a backup battery checker when we go out flying.
Despite my review, if this idea does tickle your fancy, here are a few places you can go buy one.
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