Right now, the best solution is a Multistar LiHv 6600, giving you 31 mins flight time (hover) with X5 down to 10%. See my previous posts.
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Hi tcchow.
Thanks for your suggestions .
So the position for the battery on the last picture won't interfere with the camera-view while turned to the rear?
qki
Thanks for your suggestions .
So the position for the battery on the last picture won't interfere with the camera-view while turned to the rear?
qki
I tell you what, I am still flying with Lipo rules 10 and 10. I only use those extra battery when I am doing long run. The best I did was 9.7km with two 2200mah 45C, I landed at 30% in 23mins. Since I had the X5, I never try and most of the time I only fly 10mins ...... haha
If you want to have more time you should listen to Damon, Fanti and Nick, they have been trying many different brand , mah and sizes, they have got a lot more data than I have.
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qki,
It depends on how you set up the single battery and which battery you use. Removing the VPS helps a lot since it takes up so much space underneath the Inspire. It allows you to move the single battery much closer to the center of the craft once you remove the VPS. You mentioned your applications and I don't think you would have any use for the VPS.
Secondly, you are more than likely correct about the battery being in the way of a panorama if you are only yawing the gimbal and not the craft. I will say that the landing gear will also be in the way if you are looking straight out and not angled downwards. It is surprising how often the landing gear can get in the shot even though it is lifted up out the way. The aircraft is always making small, minor corrections in the air. it causes the landing gear to "dip" down into the shot when these corrections happen. My suggestion would be the 3rd party app AutoPilot from Autoflight Logic. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the app controls the Inspire very carefully when taking panorama shots. It turns the Inspire as opposed to the gimbal.
Thanks a lot Nick.
Very useful information for me.
So it seems that rotating the bird instead of the gimbal would be better anyway for shooting
panorama-photos. I am on android. But I saw that with the litchi app you can choose between rotating the gimbal or the inspire too.
If I choose to take Panos that way, every other in this thread suggested position of the battery would be fine then.
But although I have no flight experience with an inspire, I would think that you suggested position without the vps would be optimal for a one-extra-battery-solution.
To sum up:
* remove vps for a more balanced position
* 1 battery like a Multistar 6600
* turning the bird not the gimbal in pano-mode
Sounds got to me
THANKS...
Yeah man, you are on the right track.Thanks a lot Nick.
Very useful information for me.
So it seems that rotating the bird instead of the gimbal would be better anyway for shooting
panorama-photos. I am on android. But I saw that with the litchi app you can choose between rotating the gimbal or the inspire too.
If I choose to take Panos that way, every other in this thread suggested position of the battery would be fine then.
But although I have no flight experience with an inspire, I would think that you suggested position without the vps would be optimal for a one-extra-battery-solution.
To sum up:
* remove vps for a more balanced position
* 1 battery like a Multistar 6600
* turning the bird not the gimbal in pano-mode
Sounds got to me
THANKS...
I definitely notice the 6600 Multistar in the back, but there are two things I want to mention here:
First, I still have the V1 Inspire with the 350KV motors. The 350KV motors lift the Inspire just fine although I can tell the rear lags just a little bit on take off. Once I'm in the air, all is well. I would assume the V2 motors do better, but considering the cost of the Inspire and the expensive camera you are carrying, it is a good idea to take off in a good, open area. Most people do this anyway, but I know prior to using an auxiliary battery I would take off in tight quarters all the time and never think twice about it due to the power and precision of this aircraft.
Secondly, The Multistar 6600 LiHV is long and heavy. I do not notice the rear weight bias when I use my Lectron 5200 Lipo. It's as if I don't have an extra battery on the Inspire at all. Of course, I average an extra 4-5 minutes of flight time when using the Multistar so I prefer using it over smaller Lipos. Still, getting 22 minutes of air time with an X5 camera when I use a smaller lipo is always great. The stock flight time was terrible so simply hitting 20 minutes while carrying this camera has really opened up more possibilities.
Lastly, I should add that I'm using 1448 propellers and not the stock plastic ones. The longer blades with the steeper pitch definitely contribute to lifting power and stabilization in the air. I haven't run the stock propellers in this setup, but I'm fairly certain they would not give the same power or control. You can even go to the Tarot 1455 propellers for even more control and lifting power, but that starts to really eat into your extra flight time.
I have not used Litchi before but I assume it is very similar to Autopilot. Autopilot also has the options to either turn the Inspire or the gimbal. I always turn the aircraft if I'm taking pictures. Might as well. If the camera is looking forward there is no chance of the landing gear getting in the way. The aircraft turns and stops before taking each picture for the panorama. I only go to gimbal control when doing videos. It is a much smoother operation to control the gimbal yaw when focusing on a subject as opposed to having the craft turn, especially in windy conditions (this has been my personal experience). The only problem of course is that the X5 only turns 320 or 330 degrees. Something like that. You always have to be aware where that gimbal stop location is.
I ordered the two 6S 22.2V batteries these guys offer (Titan). They are extremely low C (around 4C) so it's a bit sketchy flying the Inspire but I'll see how they go.
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