battery consumption diffrent flying direction

[Felix Wolter]

Hej there,
can anyone tell me if it makes a diffrence in the consumption of batteries if I fly backwards, forwards or sideways?

Thanks a lot!
F

 

[bumper]

Off the cuff, with no testing, sideways will be least efficient and slowest due to the larger area creating higher parasitic drag. The fuselage of the drone is not particularly aerodynamic in the first place, Giving up much of that to the draggy camera and gimbal. Make it go sideways and it's a real pig.

 

[RayOZ]

I think it’s designed to be most aerodynamic flying forwards at 25kph.

 

[Lastrexking]

It also depends on which way the wind is blowing.

 

[Karl D]

It also depends on which way the wind is blowing.

not really, the craft will be flying in the same direction

 

[old man mavic]

what lastrexking meant i believe is whether the drone is flying with the wind or into the wind,to make headway into the wind will require more power thus more battery consumption ,no matter which way it is facing relative to the wind

 

[Dedal]

what lastrexking meant i believe is whether the drone is flying with the wind or into the wind,to make headway into the wind will require more power thus more battery consumption ,no matter which way it is facing relative to the wind

I would tend to agree with @Lastrexking and you, thought exactly the same thing when I first read OP's question, just didn't want to put myself... Into the wind.

 

[Lastrexking]

what lastrexking meant i believe is whether the drone is flying with the wind or into the wind,to make headway into the wind will require more power thus more battery consumption ,no matter which way it is facing relative to the wind

Exactly! Thank you @old man mavic