MrMel
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Location: Lidingo, Sweden (GMT+1)
| Hold your horses a bit.
Im not done with my testing yet, but where is what I got so far,
Its true that you get longer flight-times with the Airthunder, however there is a few considerations.
An AT 6s1p 5000 pack gives you around 20% more flight-time since you can run it to the bottom
However, its also 17% heavier then TP Extreme, and 13% heavier then FP 25C.
Meaning your "net" gain isnt that much, if for sample TP did a 6000 mah pack, it would probably weigh equal to the AT and give you about same flight-time.
Your PRIMARY gain from airthunder is that you dont need the timer, so you will get MAX flight-time, every time, regardless of your flying style on THAT flight.
Regards to voltage under load,
They are good, in the beginning about equally good as FP/TP, however, when you hit around 60% usage, voltage under load will drop and it will be from that point less voltage under load then FP/TP packs.
Now, depending on your gearing you will feel this just a little, or ALOT, if you dont have headroom it will feel like they are dying, if you run a governor with alot of headroom it will feel less.
First two flights are AT, second two is FP
Edit:
Just to point out what my conclusions of the AT packs are so far.
Its THE optimal packs for any sport flyer since you dont have to worry about ruin the packs.
For the 3D flyer like me, I suggest you have both, When I fly my 3D rutine where I need equal avg power all flight I fly FP/TP, but when Im training new routines, I put in the AT pack and skip starting the timer.
Cycle life is a factor which we havent any tests on yet. |
I bet you add almost 1 minute of flight time with that extra 5% - 10%.(ie. running to 85%-90% of lipo capacity).
