RE: Lifespan of our lithium batteries?
That was just using a regular Triton. The performance really increased after about 150 flights. It went from 15 min flights up to about 25, and it would really crank out the power at full throttle.
For some reason they run better if they are warm. Tony Stillman told me that some of the pattern flyers using electric power were heating them up a little on the radiators of their cars before competing, and he said it improved the performance.