Battery Voltage

[wings]

With the Q500 4K when do you start thinking about landing? When you see a certain voltage on your ST10* screen? When you see 2 green bars remaining? Or do you wait until your first "low battery warning". Or something else?

Thanks.

 

[f.tarselli]

Second low battery warning, if I am not too far. Also u have to consider the altitude, cause going down the bird use less energy

 

[Wilfredo]

When I start the bird, I also start a 15 minutes countdown timer. After the 15 minutes, I start bringing the bird close to me, but keep flying around until the 2nd warning. After 2nd warning I land it almost immediately.

 

[Jafo]

If your getting Low Volt warnings your letting voltage drop to far in my opinion.
Some reports I've seen have had as much as two minutes from the first warning.
I've read others that have had the same experience as me and had the Q die in about 30 seconds and fall from the sky. I'll never make that mistake again.
By the time I'm at 10.8 volts and most certainly when the indicator is Yellow, I'm ready to land and setting it on the ground.