ORIGINAL: cmoulder
Matt,
I'm still feeling out the capacity which is why I very carefully streched the Rx battery experiment a little. I don't think I did anything monumentally moronic with the experiment, and I don't plan to make a regular habit of not recharging before each flying session. I wouldn't want to fly with batteries showing less than 6.6v under load.
Total flight time for the 9 flights is only 54 minutes, so we really are comparing watermelons and strawberries with the gasser vs electric contrast. The e-bird Rx really sips the mAh's; it is a totally different beast.
When warmer weather finally arrives I will be flying the Focus/Syssa a lot more.
Both are fruit and both make juice!!
54 minutes of flying time for a total capacity that is about 800mah, right? I get around 75 minutes at little more than double that capacity. So my set-up draws about twice what your electric draws. That's what I was trying to determine....interesting
It will be very kool to get an electric of my own in the air; but that won't happen until after the Nats. I love the sound of IC in the morning but electric has my curiosity piqued.