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Pete
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Pete
dtviewer said:Great testing. Thanks Mike
I am assuming you are running a stock FC40? (No aftermarket gimbal/camera)
deltamike said:dtviewer said:Great testing. Thanks Pete
I am assuming you are running a stock FC40? (No aftermarket gimbal/camera)
Yes sir, purely naked. The other stuff is for the future,
Regards
Pete
Ohary said:So what are we concluding, about a 40% increase in flight time?
mikey said:Pete,
What method do you use to check your voltage levels? Naza software, multimeter, etc?
dtviewer said:Im curious if the weight of the 4000 is a little too heavy and hurting flight times. I seem to remember reading where people were getting 14 mins out of the maddog 2800's.
brzez said:I have the Mad Dog 2700mah and the Turnigy 4000mah and have had a chance this weekend to test them out.
Test consisted of the following:
1) Phantom FC40 with Parrot Drone motherboard, gps, and camera used for telemetry (similar to the setup IIVII has.
2) Phantom had 8 inch props and 9 inch prop guards
3) All batteries charged to 12.5v using the Naza charger that came with the Phantom.
4) Naza first voltage warning set to 11.2v. Second warning set to 11v. Loaded offset was .6
5) Hover in 10mph wind with some light flying
6) Flew past warnings holding altitude close to the ground until it would not hover anymore.
DJI 2200mah: 8m 49s 11.05v
Mad Dog 2700mah: 10m 38s 10.83v
Turnigy 4000mah: 14m 38s 10.60v
I checked voltage levels an hour after flights and battery voltages are above.
If I removed the prop guards and used 9 inch vision props, I assume I'd get a few minutes more. I'll be very happy to get 16 minutes with regular flying on the Turnigy 4000mah. I'll bump up the 4000mah Naza warning thresholds to hit 10.8v so I'll probably lose a minute or two of flight time.
I did have to modify the battery slot to fit the 4000mah but given the cost of the battery and the longer flight time, I think its a worth it. One thing that is apparent from the above is that voltage warnings need to be different for each battery to achieve the most use out of each battery and the longest flight time. Its a pain to set different thresholds for different batteries so I'll most likely be sticking to the 4000mah to make battery use and conditioning consistent.