I have been flying Typhoon H 480's for a couple of years which has been lots of fun and only 3 crashes. Fortunately, I can typically fix everything myself. I have ended up with 3 working H's over those couple of years. I have been able to gain confidence and experience through successes and failures. I got my part 107 certificate in October in order to expand my options. I purchased an H520 about a month ago. It works very well for me as I have gradually worked through its options. I have done some relatively short photo surveys in Data Pilot and those have gone well. They have all been short enough to be completed with one battery. My next undertaking is a bit more ambitious, so I would appreciate your advice about the actual sequence of events with a multi-battery photo survey. Here are my key questions:
The Data Pilot survey is at 46 m AGL at 5 m/sec over a total distance of 24620 m; max telemetry distance 945 m; 5 batteries over 1 hour 24 minutes (1270 images); E90 camera
1. I understand from the manual that the H520 will return when the battery needs to be replaced. Does that occur when the battery reaches 30%? Is the estimate of batteries needed in Data Pilot fairly accurate, provided that conditions aren’t too demanding?
2. I don’t know how long the ST-16S battery will last in this situation. Since this is for a mission programmed in the H520, will the controller battery last for the time needed to complete the 90 minute mission and return safely? Do you ever need to have the ST-16S plugged into a 5 volt source for longer survey missions? Is there a way to change out the ST-16S battery during the mission in this situation?
3. Anything else that you can share from your experience that I might not have considered.
Thanks so much for your help,
Stephen
The Data Pilot survey is at 46 m AGL at 5 m/sec over a total distance of 24620 m; max telemetry distance 945 m; 5 batteries over 1 hour 24 minutes (1270 images); E90 camera
1. I understand from the manual that the H520 will return when the battery needs to be replaced. Does that occur when the battery reaches 30%? Is the estimate of batteries needed in Data Pilot fairly accurate, provided that conditions aren’t too demanding?
2. I don’t know how long the ST-16S battery will last in this situation. Since this is for a mission programmed in the H520, will the controller battery last for the time needed to complete the 90 minute mission and return safely? Do you ever need to have the ST-16S plugged into a 5 volt source for longer survey missions? Is there a way to change out the ST-16S battery during the mission in this situation?
3. Anything else that you can share from your experience that I might not have considered.
Thanks so much for your help,
Stephen