adam_r Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 My 250 quad gets 7 minutes. Then a 20 min charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Suppose that's not bad given the size but 7min would sure go fast if your having fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yup. Most people have scores of batteries. With the bigger quads the motors dont get hot so you can run multiple battery packs back to back. The smaller hubsan x4's motors are brushed motors and they get warm after 5 min of flying. Most people advise letting them cool before flying again as being 7mm brushed they are quite delicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAHZ Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Only just seen that Vid with the cam mounted backwards, friggin awesome . Just about caught you as it goes up and you look like a dot so quick! Shame about the damage, but looks like you'll have it back in the air soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Shaz. Already been back in the air.. Proper fix done too . I have also done some FPV (first person view) with her. Basically a small camera and a video tx on the glider with an RX and goggles on my head! Its quite odd but very satisfying. Took her about 1 mile away from me without any signal degradation.. I lost my bottle and turned back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Can you still see it from that far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAHZ Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Cool! So what sort of range do you expect it the be able to work within? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Tony. My spotter can still see the glider. But its rather small at that distance .the glider is 3.35m wing span so its still not tiny at 1mile Range on my setup should be around 1.5-2 miles... So very short range really. When i get alot more free cash im going to buy a long range system with a range of about 100km. But then i will need to buy another plane to utalise the system (what a shame) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Would it be possible to fly by camera like GoPro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yes you can put gopros on the bigger quads. Tony. Look back at the post of the quad on my kiddies trampoline. Between the upper and lower deck at the front and you will see a board at a slight angle with what looks like a lens on it... Thats a sony super HAD II 700tvl board camera. The signal from this is fed back to the big metal thing on the upper deck at the back, the vtx.. The vtx or Video Transmitter then sends the video back via a 5.8ghz carrier signal to my ground station ( a 5.8ghz rx) and then this received signal is then fed to my video goggles. Lag is less than 0.5 seconds so really isnt much. So instead of looking at the model from the ground i can put on a box with a 5" tv on my head and watch it from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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