Zippy 2800 fly time

[rotorhead42]

Guys, I`m impressed using a 2800 Zippy battery, it lasts so long. Why would I then use 2 at the same time? I can take a lot of photos in 10 minutes, I haven`t tried it to its red signal state yet. I bought a battery balancer that shows 11.55v after I flew 6 minutes, does it mean it used less than half of the battery charge? I`m impressed

My Phantom has the gimbal, GP3B, FPV transmitter in mount and even the twin racks for double batteries. Normal stock batts don`t last as long!

 

[Ksc]

can you link me to where you got them?

 

[The Editor]

My God that must be a tight fit in the standard Phantom battery bay !

Link is here -----> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14057

 

[martcerv]

They are a crazy tight fit, advantage is if you get 8t in even if the door opened it wouldnt come out. :lol:

I have been using these and storm 2700 30c batteries both pretty much the same flight time around 8 min with my heavy setup. The storm is a better fit but as I bought 5 zippy's I have cut a slightly larger opening and am now just flying either these or the storms.

 

[rotorhead42]

I bought them from this vendor http://www.ebay.com/usr/kumbacam

 

[rotorhead42]

I use clear tape to hold the battery door, since I use the Phantom as a camera rig it doesn`t matter. I`ve been getting incredible shots, look at this one today:

I didn`t edit the photo so you get a feel of the phantom, balance cable hanging! Only one issue, I had a yacht get close to the beach and did a photo shoot, since my FPV camera arrives in a few days, I could not see what I was doing so it didn`t do well. Shooting a boat in the ocean is almost impossible without FPV, the angles are too hard to measure.

They are a crazy tight fit, advantage is if you get 8t in even if the door opened it wouldnt come out. :lol:

I have been using these and storm 2700 30c batteries both pretty much the same flight time around 8 min with my heavy setup. The storm is a better fit but as I bought 5 zippy's I have cut a slightly larger opening and am now just flying either these or the storms.

 

[martcerv]

That looks like an amazing location, you should be able to somehow tuck that cable in or use some velcro to keep it out of shot. I put mine back inside the door though its nit that easy to do.

 

[jumanoc]

I use clear tape to hold the battery door, since I use the Phantom as a camera rig it doesn`t matter. I`ve been getting incredible shots, look at this one today:

......., since my FPV camera arrives in a few days, I could not see what I was doing so it didn`t do well. Shooting a boat in the ocean is almost impossible without FPV, the angles are too hard to measure.

Hey you can use your GoPro as FPV at the same time. Just need a simple wire for output the signal to VTX .

 

[rotorhead42]

I did use the GPHB for FPV but for some reason using FPV degraded the video and photo quality being recorded, I don`t know why.
I ordered a separate simple wide angle camera that`s virtually weightless, to allow the GoPro to do its job.