Hey, I've been working on tuning and getting my flame wheel 550 flying better. I'm an adventurer and tend to jump into things, so I added a cheep camera gimbal to the rig. When I get out in the air I can see right away that me video is more smooth. However that's the extent of the pros...
Here's what I've run into. with everything installed my craft seems to be really heavy, and I think my 3 cell battery is having a hard time lifting it. I've read on other forums people saying that you really need to use a 4 cell with the flame wheel 550.
I was wondering if anybody here had any opinions on the topic? My craft weighs about 5.25 pounds with everything. My current battery is very heavy. it's an 11000 mAh battery and is 645g if I'm not mistaken. I get about 12 to 13 minutes of flight time with it without the gimbal and just the GoPro.
Would I get good flight times with a lighter smaller battery? such as a 4 cell 5000 mAh? I'm wondering if the lighter battery would reduce weight enough to offset the fact that it has less "Juice". I notice that some of these batteries are only about 100g lighter than mine.
Would there be an advantage to using much smaller batteries and wiring in a series (say using 2 cell) or parallel (using small 4 sell)?
Thanks
P.S. I'm using 9443 carbon fiber props
Here's what I've run into. with everything installed my craft seems to be really heavy, and I think my 3 cell battery is having a hard time lifting it. I've read on other forums people saying that you really need to use a 4 cell with the flame wheel 550.
I was wondering if anybody here had any opinions on the topic? My craft weighs about 5.25 pounds with everything. My current battery is very heavy. it's an 11000 mAh battery and is 645g if I'm not mistaken. I get about 12 to 13 minutes of flight time with it without the gimbal and just the GoPro.
Would I get good flight times with a lighter smaller battery? such as a 4 cell 5000 mAh? I'm wondering if the lighter battery would reduce weight enough to offset the fact that it has less "Juice". I notice that some of these batteries are only about 100g lighter than mine.
Would there be an advantage to using much smaller batteries and wiring in a series (say using 2 cell) or parallel (using small 4 sell)?
Thanks
P.S. I'm using 9443 carbon fiber props
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