2 minutes of 15-17 minutes is 12%! thats alot!. But better than a flyway.caused by bad GPS lock.From what I have been told, the H sitting idle doesn't affect the flight time much. How much is debatable.. Maybe 2 minutes?! Wind/temperature/etc will affect your run time also.
Don't take my 2 minutes as definitive. Flight time is ~25 minutes, not 15-17. It could be a minute or less. No one knows, or can provide you an exact time.
There are too many variables while your H is powered on and idle.
... Better to know than think you know.
Hi, how much flight time in minutes do you estimate we lose when idling the H on the ground for GPS lock, for let's say 5minutes, ofcourse w/o motors spinning.
I believe this is relevant to this particular thread, so I just reviewed the histogram from todays "discharge session"; I discharged 3 batteries down to 15.0v (under load).
First one had longer idle time as it took longer for the GPS to lock up to 18 sats as I hadn't flown in about 2 weeks.
1st and 2nd battery had the exact same fly time (I recorded the full flight of the 3 batteries from take off to landing) I've been suspecting degraded performance on the 3rd, but I flew differently on each flight [last time you could say more "aggresively"] so I can't really tell)
Anyway, I added some color and text for clarity.
So in this case (ignoring the 3rd suspicious battery) Idling for 8 minutes vs 2 minutes gave the same flight time from 16.7v to 15.0v
Hi Capt.I must say I spend little time on the ground after powering on the Typhoon H. As soon as the camera connects and I get the "Ready To Fly", I'm off and flying, so very little flight time lost. I find the Typhoon H and ST16 acquire satellites very fast.
In future I'll just have myself a cigarette and a fool around
If you are really getting 25 minutes you have an exception to the norm. Most if not all i have ever talke dto are getting 15 to 19 minutes flight time.Don't take my 2 minutes as definitive. Flight time is ~25 minutes, not 15-17. It could be a minute or less. No one knows, or can provide you an exact time.
There are too many variables while your H is powered on and idle.
Hi all, the real PROBLEM is that you NEVER know if and how many sats the H have locked! The ONLY you'll see is how many it has FOUND and TRY TO LOCK to: That is the real problem.If you are really getting 25 minutes you have an exception to the norm. Most if not all i have ever talke dto are getting 15 to 19 minutes flight time.
Bill W.
Best I've ever got was 18 minutes at the second warning. Granted it was a new battery but I recon after bedding in I'd be lucky to get over 19 minutes. These days I'm back on the ground by 16 minutes to ensure I'm landed before the warning.If you are really getting 25 minutes you have an exception to the norm. Most if not all i have ever talke dto are getting 15 to 19 minutes flight time.
Bill W.