Greetings all,
I've added a new Tarrot T-2D brushless gimbal to my DJI F550. Until recently my previous servo gimbal was powered via a 5V BEC off the main distribution board. The heavier weight of the Tarrot over my light servo gimbal has lowered my flight time from 12 minutes to 8. Mainly due to the Tarrot itself and the addition of a 3S lipo to power it.
My F550 has stock motors, DJI WKM and is powered by a Hyperion 4S 14.8V 5400 mAh 35c Lipo.
I'd like to add my Gaui GV100TX FPV Transmitter to the F550. It also requires a separate 3S lipo to power it and will add further weight to the F550 lowering flight time further.
Tarrot recommend a 3S lipo with an output between 7.2v and 9v
Gaui recommend a 3S lipo with an output of 11.1v
The 3S Lipo that I have seems to be fine with both devices (3S 11.1v 1000mAh 11Wh 20c). Worse case scenario, I can fit a small distribution board and power both devices off the one 3S.
Here's my query:
Can I remove the need for the 3S add a separate distribution board off the main F550 distribution board and power everything off of the F550's 4S Lipo?
Is there any benefit to this or will the subsequent load on the 4S drastically reduce my flight time further? (I think I know the answer to this one but please humour me, I'm trying to swap the weight of the additional 3S for the weight of the FPV transmitter and retain a flight time of around 8 mins. More if possible).
In the pursuit of this idea I've looked at adding Castle Creations BEC to the supply from the 4S to the gimbal and dialing down the output to Tarrots recommendations:
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=53_55_290&products_id=954
I've also looked at adding an inline filter to the supply to the Gaui FPV transmitter to clean up any DC dirt that might cause interference in the signal:
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_15&products_id=138
Is there a danger I could blow the FPV transmitter without another BEC in place to lower 14.8 down to 11.1v ? If so any ideas where I could get one in the US? The BEC's I've seen only seem to put out a maximum of 9v.
Please let me know if this isn't the sort of query that belongs in this topic/thread. I've hunted the forum and can't find anything that matches specifically with what I'm looking to do.
Any advice or input appreciated.
I've added a new Tarrot T-2D brushless gimbal to my DJI F550. Until recently my previous servo gimbal was powered via a 5V BEC off the main distribution board. The heavier weight of the Tarrot over my light servo gimbal has lowered my flight time from 12 minutes to 8. Mainly due to the Tarrot itself and the addition of a 3S lipo to power it.
My F550 has stock motors, DJI WKM and is powered by a Hyperion 4S 14.8V 5400 mAh 35c Lipo.
I'd like to add my Gaui GV100TX FPV Transmitter to the F550. It also requires a separate 3S lipo to power it and will add further weight to the F550 lowering flight time further.
Tarrot recommend a 3S lipo with an output between 7.2v and 9v
Gaui recommend a 3S lipo with an output of 11.1v
The 3S Lipo that I have seems to be fine with both devices (3S 11.1v 1000mAh 11Wh 20c). Worse case scenario, I can fit a small distribution board and power both devices off the one 3S.
Here's my query:
Can I remove the need for the 3S add a separate distribution board off the main F550 distribution board and power everything off of the F550's 4S Lipo?
Is there any benefit to this or will the subsequent load on the 4S drastically reduce my flight time further? (I think I know the answer to this one but please humour me, I'm trying to swap the weight of the additional 3S for the weight of the FPV transmitter and retain a flight time of around 8 mins. More if possible).
In the pursuit of this idea I've looked at adding Castle Creations BEC to the supply from the 4S to the gimbal and dialing down the output to Tarrots recommendations:
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=53_55_290&products_id=954
I've also looked at adding an inline filter to the supply to the Gaui FPV transmitter to clean up any DC dirt that might cause interference in the signal:
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_15&products_id=138
Is there a danger I could blow the FPV transmitter without another BEC in place to lower 14.8 down to 11.1v ? If so any ideas where I could get one in the US? The BEC's I've seen only seem to put out a maximum of 9v.
Please let me know if this isn't the sort of query that belongs in this topic/thread. I've hunted the forum and can't find anything that matches specifically with what I'm looking to do.
Any advice or input appreciated.