Black Falcon Drone: how long should I charge the battery first time?

Overnight charging is probably fine, the 8 hour thing is old advice.

Overnight charging is how I’ve always done mine.

The 8 hour thing is leftover from old battery types, so I would not sit there timing it. What I did with mine was plug it in and just leave it while I set up the controller and the phone app, which took way longer than I expected anyway. By the time I had everything paired the light had already gone green.

One thing I noticed though, the first couple of flights the battery dropped faster than I thought it would. Not like dying in two minutes, but it went from full to half quicker than later flights did. After maybe four or five charges it settled into a pretty predictable run time. So if your first flight feels short, that seems normal for these packs.

Overnight is fine as far as I can tell. I have left mine plugged in past the green light more than once and nothing happened. Just unplug it when you remember in the morning.

Mine took way longer than I expected the first time too, but not because of any 8 hour rule. I plugged it in and the light was still red after like two hours, which made me think something was wrong. Turns out it just charges slow when the battery is really low out of the box. After that first full charge it was normal though. The one thing I’d say is don’t leave it plugged in for days at a time. Overnight here and there is probably fine but I unplug mine once it’s done just to be safe. The manual for these things is always a bit useless honestly.