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Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Multicopter new flight record 129min 37sec


From: Loic Drumettaz
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Multicopter new flight record 129min 37sec
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:22:42 +0100

Hi Sergey,

Maybe you could gain some flight time by flying at slow speeds in nav mode. The power required to fly at low speed is sometime lower than in hover. Just my two cents...

Regards
Loïc

2014-11-19 9:42 GMT+01:00 Sergey Krukowski <address@hidden>:
Hi Michal!

The initial idea was to not using the GPS module to save extra couple of grams weight. For the second flight however I used a small GPS module from HK, but the receive wasn't good enough, so I didn't try to switch to hover mode. I'm currently preparing some new tests with autonomous flights, will keep informing.
Btw, here is the video of the second flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbc73-x9sE

Best regards,
Sergey


Hi Sergey,

congratulations, that is a pretty long flight! I have a question - I
noticed in your log that you were flying in manual mode (good job keeping
fingers on sticks for over two hours) - have you tried also autonomous
flight for such a long time? I am curious about the performance of kroozSD.

Regards
M

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Sergey Krukowski <address@hidden> wrote:

Well, that's pity... I read that LiIons aint give their capacity if load
is close to 2C. But in my setup the average current is about 10A, so for 7P
cells it's significantly less than even 0.5C load. That is where my
suspicion about inaccurate current measurements came from. But according my
earlier investigations with precise amperemeter my current data should be
pretty good.
So, probably the cells are really not good enough.

Best regards,
Sergey


 Hi Sergey.
Now that is along flight time for a rotorcraft!
I don't think that your sensor is wrong, i have yet to find a battery that
delivers its
stated capacity.
Every cell i have tried usually fall short of its advertised capacity by
10%
Chris

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Sergey Krukowski <address@hidden> wrote:

 Hi guys!

Well, I finally done the new flight time record with my octo frame under
normal outdoor conditions.
The result is 129min 37sec. Well, it's not really way too longer, than
Ferdinands record, but the flight conditions wasn't very good today.
Partially was pretty windy.
The wind once even dropped my timer down from the logging installation
box.
Looks like the NCR18650B cells in my battery are a bit old. Not sure if
my
current sensor is 100% precise, but despite of the theoretical capacity
of
23800mAh, or, according the seller:
https://www.akkuteile.de/lithium-ionen-akkus/18650/
panasonic/panasonic-ncr18650b-3-6v-3400mah/a-100639/
the minimum capacity 3250mAh x 7 = 22750mAh, it gave me only 20230mAh.

The attached logs are in rar file.
I'll upload the flight video on my youtube soon.

Best regards,
Sergey
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