So being the geeky guy that I am, I log all my practice flights. Today I noticed an enormous difference in power usage between runs. The plane is an Integral with a 13XL, 20.5x14 APCe, and Jeti 99 esc. The first graph is 8 minutes on a set of Rhino 4900s. The second graph is 8 minutes on a set of True RC 15C 5000s. What's intriguing me is the variation in average watts. On the one hand I'm running 800 watts on average and then less than 600 watts average for the last flight. I flew the sessions identically. 5 minutes 30 seconds of Intermediate Sequence followed by 2 mins 30 secs of outside loop practice.
Could the variation be due to battery differences, or do I simply need to learn to be more consistent on the throttle, or is there another factor I've not yet thought about?
Anyways, nothing too Earth shattering . . . just curious as usual
