merit
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Hi Folks,
I just maidened my "FT Anycopter Tricopter" (what are we calling these things?). It flys awesome and went together really easily, the hardest part was soldering the electronics. I used the Turnigy Park 300 motors with the suggested 8x4.5 props and the KK2.0 board. Unfortunately I screwed up and ended up with Turnigy Plush 10A ESCs instead of the 15A multistars I meant to order (don't ask...).
What I'm wondering is, what kind of flight time are people getting? I'm using a nano-tech 3S 2200mah lipo and I'm only getting about 4 minutes. I was expecting more than that. I have some 5000mah lipos as well that I haven't tried yet. The ESCs are getting pretty hot, I may try moving them so that they are in the air flow from the props, see if that makes a difference... Is there a different prop I could use to reduce the amp draw? Maybe that would help. Or I can just replace the ESCs but I'm not crazy about putting much more money into this at the moment and I also don't want to re-solder all those connections (I guess I should have gone with bullet connectors ).
I just maidened my "FT Anycopter Tricopter" (what are we calling these things?). It flys awesome and went together really easily, the hardest part was soldering the electronics. I used the Turnigy Park 300 motors with the suggested 8x4.5 props and the KK2.0 board. Unfortunately I screwed up and ended up with Turnigy Plush 10A ESCs instead of the 15A multistars I meant to order (don't ask...).
What I'm wondering is, what kind of flight time are people getting? I'm using a nano-tech 3S 2200mah lipo and I'm only getting about 4 minutes. I was expecting more than that. I have some 5000mah lipos as well that I haven't tried yet. The ESCs are getting pretty hot, I may try moving them so that they are in the air flow from the props, see if that makes a difference... Is there a different prop I could use to reduce the amp draw? Maybe that would help. Or I can just replace the ESCs but I'm not crazy about putting much more money into this at the moment and I also don't want to re-solder all those connections (I guess I should have gone with bullet connectors ).