iFlight Defender 20 O3 2" 3S Cinewhoop - worst mistake of my FPV life

I purchased the iFlight Defender 20 and I regret the purchase for the following reasons.

1. The battery system is awful compared to lipo batters. I have 7 batteries and none will fly more than 20 seconds.

2. Getting an ELR receiver and controller instead of staying DJI all the way. This is not a long-range drone and I got a long-range setup. Batteries will never fly long-range. Staying full DJI would have simplified things.

3. NO GPS - Hard to recover if lost when you can't just do the geocache recover option for a $1,000 drone. Should have just bought the Avata.

4. Buying 8 sets of extra props after the first few broke so easily. I should have returned the drone from the start.
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Current setup: Bind and fly
Cost $1,134.99 for done with options below + cost of Googles.

Drone: Defender 20 3S HD
Camera: DJI O3 Air Unit
Goggles: DJI Googles V2
Receiver: Band Option: Commando 8 ELRS 868/915MHz RF 1000mW (SKU: C014643+T015307)
Controller: Commando 8 ELRS Radio 868/915 MHZ V2
Batteries Dfender 20 900mAh
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Not at all like a DJI Mini Avata... iFlight's Defender 20 4K DJI Cinewhoop is unusable. #iflightdefender20 #dji #drone #djifirmware #djigoggles2 #djiavata

Do not Buy an iFlight Defender Cinewhoop
iFlight Website
Defender 16 2S HD Bnf : https://tinyurl.com/3buxtp3t
Defender 16 2S HD Commando RTF : https://tinyurl.com/2s3862p3
Defender 16 2S RTF : https://tinyurl.com/ycx9y5j3
Defender 16 Battery : https://tinyurl.com/mrfs4hm
Defender Frame Kit : https://tinyurl.com/2b7w3nbb


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Currently, my drone is being examined by iFlight Repair for problems. I will update this description if the repair tech finds the root problem of the battery issue. Although I suppect it is a design flaw on the battery side which will affect all drones in the Defender product line.

If you have any thoughts on how I could convert this drone to use lipos let me know.