FYI: Red Raven with Ronin MX Smart Battery

[Luis Boria]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to point out my experience I had using my Ronin-MX with smart battery to power the Raven. Since the Raven has no way of showing battery percentage or time remaining on battery status. I notice when my smart battery was down to the last battery indicator light which I assume was probably between 5-15% battery life the Raven perform a auto shutdown which was nice to see to avoid any damage to my footage and this happened during my production shoot.

I also forward my request to show battery status on the Raven UI for the DJI Smart battery so hopefully we will see it in future firmware.

 

[Luca Perin]

What about running time with one battery?

 

[Curtis boggs]

What about running time with one battery?

yes, same question

 

[Fabio Lanzone]

I think that battery status on camera won't be possible since Ronin Power Distributor outputs about 12,7V all the time, no matter the battery level. But it has a little switch that enables a beep when the battery level goes below 10%, so you have time to turn off the RED. Also, keep in mind that these are LiPos not LiIon batteries: you shouldn't go below 30% battery level to keep your battery healthy. I used to drain batteries 2 years ago when I first got my Ronin and my LiPos became puffed and lost most of their power. So remember to never drop below 30% and store unused batteries at 50%.

With a DJI 4300mAh intelligent battery I can power the Raven for about one hour and the original Ronin + Raven for about 50 minutes if this could help.

 

[Luca Perin]

I have a RONIN-M and I'm still deciding whether to buy the Power Distributor for the RAVEN or go with a REDVOLT XL (maybe it'll be too heavy) ... or go with some external V-Mount! Mmmmmm