Best Lipo Charger for Drones - Hota F6 and F6+ 4 way chargers

[@marcelbee]

Thx for the recommendation on the Hota T240 PSU. I was litterally searching for a PSU. Just ordered the F6 and the T240. Great review!❤

[@MattysDroneWorld]

Love the fact the new one has an ac power supply now!

[@Fly_High_FPV]

It's the king of home chargers 🏆

[@edwincordero8]

Does it include balance connector boards?

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@edwincordero8 nope

[@billrenfro7113]

Just got my charger yesterday. Love it. One question, what is night mode?

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@billrenfro7113 night mode is dark mode, it darkens the screen

[@billrenfro7113]

@@Fly_High_FPV Thanks, that's what I thought but mine won't go into night mode. Just reverts back to normal.

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@billrenfro7113 correction, I just double checked and night mode seems to drop the brightness down AND changes the main background from blue to black. Changing the LCD Backlight setting kicks it out of night mode

[@JohnCuppi]

Pretty bad ass charger, HOTA stuff is reliable too. Nice review!

[@Fly_High_FPV]

Thx bud

[@billrenfro7113]

I received my F6+ yesterday (11-1-24) which has software version 1.0.4. The current version is 1.0.5. What is the difference? Should I do an update?

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@billrenfro7113 the new firmware adds one touch charging, fires up all 4 lanes with one tap. I dropped a video on firmware updates this month. Check my Lipo Junky Playlist! Also, saw you were in Bham and we need to meetup! We have pilots in the air today and tomorrow! We'll he at Trinity Hospital tomorrow afternoon!

[@richardpowellTV]

Nice review. Just got this charger today. My only gripe is why didn't they add the USBC port? For what you pay it's a bit mean not to have it on the F6+ when it's there on the less expensive F6. For me it would be a very useful feature!

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@richardpowellTV I 100% agree. If you have the Hota T240 Power Supply, it has both USB-C and USB-PD . On the F6 the Micro USB ports are both used for FW updates, and the USB-A is for power 👍

[@slugosrc1256]

I bought a radiomaster pocket from you and am totally satisfied! Going to be looking for a quad, maybe you have a used 5" with expresslrs, Thank you

[@Fly_High_FPV]

Ive just updated my frame kits on the site, when you're ready to build 👌

[@matt.explore]

Can you charge 4 x 8000mAh LiHV's at 1C each on AC simultaneously with this? if not, what you you recommend for this for charging directly from the wall? Thank you.

[@matt.explore]

Ah just got to the part where you said you can do up to 5A per lane on AC. Thanks for the info. Do you know of any chargers that you can get 8A per lane on AC? Or what would be a good set up for DC power to get this? Thanks.

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@matt.explore the f6+ is 720watts / 25.2v / 4 lanes is 7amps by 4 lanes. The F6 can do 15amps x 4 lanes, but needs a beast power supply. I use an HP server power supply. You'll need at least 825watts PSU to get 4x 6S HV 8amps 👌

[@matt.explore]

@@Fly_High_FPV awesome thanks for the reply! Are there any specific PSU’s you recommend for the F6 for 15A x 4? Thanks

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@matt.explore I used to work in server rooms, so I just salvaged a couple Dell/HP Power Supplies. I soldered 3x xt60 leads onto the 12v output, and put a jumper on from green to black to make it autostart when plugged in. YT has some tutorials on converting PC PSU into 12v power supplies. I always assume a power supply designed to run 24/7 in a server room will out perform anything made by charger companies

[@matt.explore]

@@Fly_High_FPV yeah that’s a good idea, thanks for the tips man

[@ricardo85xx]

One thing I missing is to charge all batteries at once, like we can stop charging all batteries pressing the the red button

[@ricardo85xx]

Hey, I ask the Hota team for this feature and they made a firmware with this update for me. They are so good

[@10fantic]

Downloaded the firmware on their website?

[@Fly_High_FPV]

@@10fantic all the custom firmware files are on my goggle Drive