I managed to get my Nextar EP to the club flying field for some buddy box training. I was using 3600 niMH batterys from Tower Hobby.
Once it was trimmed we had to run the motor at WOT so we only got about 4 minutes flight time out of a set of batteries. I had 2 sets of batteries and both acted the same. Recharge time was an hour so we didn't get much flight time in a day. How stable is the Nexstar with the flap thingeys removed, I probably could run at a lower throttle setting and get more time. What about 5s2p 5000 mAh lipos. Or am I in too much of a hurry too learn to fly.