Day of contrast

[treff]

Well a day of contrast. First I destroy an ESC with old age brain fade and this evening the delight of doing a first controlled transition from tail in to nose in and a hover. DELIGHTED! Also a first of
flying in a straight line for a good distance and actually feeling the heli like a plane. What I am getting now though is flights of just about 5 minutes before the battery voltage drops and I am pushing the throttle to the high
end stop. Is this normal. I have set the end points on a YEP 45amp ESC but it feels like the RMP drops markedly at about 4mins flight time. This is great for a newbie but frustrating when you can't get height.
An interesting day. Sorry no video but I will work on this. Cheers

 

[stokke]

Good to hear you're getting there!

At max rpm, my 450 lasted 5min10sec of 3D flight. So it sounds about right.

 

[Slobberdog]

Hey Treff, belt drive 450's are alot less efficient than TT versions, I was getting about 5 mins on my old 450, plus i have heard that hovering takes more battery power than sport flying, what battery are you using as well?