zev
lumpy member
firstly, sorry to be flooding the multirotor forum with questions, but you guys are so awesome and multirotors are SO COMPLICATED.
I have been fiddling about with eCalc for the past few days, trying to find the optimal prop and battery to go with my (planned) tricopter with dt700's. no matter what I tried, I couldn't seem to get the hover time much more the 15min. but then just today I tried it with NTM 28-30A 750kv and esc's/prop to match, but the same battery. the lighter motors make up for the heavier esc and prop. now I am getting 18 min flight times!
now, to be perfectly honest I would be happy to get 15min flight times. but I am assuming that this eCalc thing may just be very optimistic, or I am entering some information wrong.
what is your experience? how does your flight time compare to the calculated one? is this a trustable tool?
I have been fiddling about with eCalc for the past few days, trying to find the optimal prop and battery to go with my (planned) tricopter with dt700's. no matter what I tried, I couldn't seem to get the hover time much more the 15min. but then just today I tried it with NTM 28-30A 750kv and esc's/prop to match, but the same battery. the lighter motors make up for the heavier esc and prop. now I am getting 18 min flight times!
now, to be perfectly honest I would be happy to get 15min flight times. but I am assuming that this eCalc thing may just be very optimistic, or I am entering some information wrong.
what is your experience? how does your flight time compare to the calculated one? is this a trustable tool?