I have a F550 style hexacopter.
I'm running the Outrunner 1000KV motors (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301123699421), with a 3DRobotics APM 2.6 and GPS and telemetry, the blades are 10x5, with a 3-Axis gimbal and GoPro (http://www.ebay.com/itm/261420903129) and a lightweight skid.
I'm currently going to try the Glacier 30C 3300mAh batteries in parallel (2x) and also have some Turnigy NanoTech 25-50C 5000mAh batteries.
Do you think it's better to do the 2 Glacier's which weighs 540g or the 1 Turnigy which is 403g? Or even 2 Turnigy 806g.
I have no idea how much the entire hex weighs. I'd have to add everything up.
Frame : 478g
Motors: 288g
ESC's: 222g
APM + GPS: 45g
Skid: 145g
Gimbal: 262g
GoPro: 74g
FPV transmitter: 60g
-------------------
total with no batteries: 1574g
So either 2 glaciers total = 2114g
Or Turnigy x1 = 1977g
Or Turnigy x2 = 2380g
Is this too heavy for these batteries or current setup? Any other recommendations? I'd like to be able to get 12-14min flight time instead of 5-6 min.
I'm running the Outrunner 1000KV motors (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301123699421), with a 3DRobotics APM 2.6 and GPS and telemetry, the blades are 10x5, with a 3-Axis gimbal and GoPro (http://www.ebay.com/itm/261420903129) and a lightweight skid.
I'm currently going to try the Glacier 30C 3300mAh batteries in parallel (2x) and also have some Turnigy NanoTech 25-50C 5000mAh batteries.
Do you think it's better to do the 2 Glacier's which weighs 540g or the 1 Turnigy which is 403g? Or even 2 Turnigy 806g.
I have no idea how much the entire hex weighs. I'd have to add everything up.
Frame : 478g
Motors: 288g
ESC's: 222g
APM + GPS: 45g
Skid: 145g
Gimbal: 262g
GoPro: 74g
FPV transmitter: 60g
-------------------
total with no batteries: 1574g
So either 2 glaciers total = 2114g
Or Turnigy x1 = 1977g
Or Turnigy x2 = 2380g
Is this too heavy for these batteries or current setup? Any other recommendations? I'd like to be able to get 12-14min flight time instead of 5-6 min.