It does fly for over 25 minutes

[Nathan Hoover]

I was suspicious of DJI's claim that hover time was 24 minutes but max flight time was 27 minutes (at 15.5 mph). So I decided to see. I wasn't going to fly down to 0% but decided to land at 10% or so, and keep at as close to 15.5 mph as I could. My test wasn't optimal because there was some wind so I was around 10 mph into the wind and a bit above 15.5 going downwind. But I landed at 9% after 25:07 flight time.Based on the was the battery was going down, I now believe 27 minutes.



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[Ender Tunin]

Over water the whole time too

 

[Raptorman]

Boy do I remember communting on CA-17 -- one of Cali's many death roads.


Brian

 

[F6Rider]

Boy do I remember communting on CA-17 -- one of Cali's many death roads.


Brian

You can say that again, Santa Cruz to San Jose on my M/C, very exciting time!!

 

[Raptorman]

Highway 17 down to Santa Cruz is some fun driving.

Yes, it is fun except when it isn't!


Brian

 

[CactusJackSlade]

I was suspicious of DJI's claim that hover time was 24 minutes but max flight time was 27 minutes (at 15.5 mph). So I decided to see. I wasn't going to fly down to 0% but decided to land at 10% or so, and keep at as close to 15.5 mph as I could. My test wasn't optimal because there was some wind so I was around 10 mph into the wind and a bit above 15.5 going downwind. But I landed at 9% after 25:07 flight time.Based on the was the battery was going down, I now believe 27 minutes.

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Just keep in mind that when you start depleting a Lipo below 20% on a regular basis you will shorten the batteries life... Great flight time info so you know how far you can push it, but I personally would not push my batteries that far very many times...

 

[Nathan Hoover]

Yeah I don't do this regularly at all.