Batteries for continous flight?

[AndyJarosz]

How many batts/chargers do you guys use if you're going for continuous flight time?

 

[netphreak]

Define continuous... Are you looking for longer flight times, or constant flight? I use one 2400 mah battery and I get around 8 minutes of flight time. I also use a better charger that can charge a battery in 20 minutes. I carry six batteries, so if I want to reload batteries, I can pretty much run until I get tired of changing batteries out.

I do want to work on a cable tether system, but that's a project for another time...

 

[ElGuano]

Along the same lines, taking into account the overhead of landing, prepping for a new flight, resetting Gopro, etc, I can pretty much get "continuous" flight while charging at 1C using 3 batteries, constantly cycling. My FPV VRx/monitor batteries only lasts about 1.5 hours though so that is limiting.

 

[BruceTS]

I have 6 batteries, which gives me continuous flights. the charger I use can have 4 on it safely at a time charging at 1c. Usually I like to let the battery that was just flown cool down before charging. I have a few 2700 mah batteries to try out, but been too busy to get out.

 

[AndyJarosz]

Thanks for the replies guys. To clarify, I'm looking for constant flight, not longer flight times.

What chargers do you guys recommend? I like the idea of having more batteries and charging slower, then less and charging faster.

 

[Gizmo3000]

remember that it's ideal to let your batteries cool down after flying,
charging them while they're still warm from a flight might damage them.

 

[WReimer]

"constant flight"... Are you suggesting flight uninterrupted by landing?

Two. That's really all you'll be able to fly with. That will give times of 14-20 minutes...no more..

You'll have to land after two