Fly 9H with Mavic 3T

[dronelicious]

Hello everyone,
I already think that it is not the most suitable solution for the customer but I am looking for the best solution and of course take the job.

He asked me a very strange commission: if I could fly 9 hours with my Mavic 3T to transmit images to the security department via smart controller->hdmi.
It will be a hovering flight in front of the entrance of this festival.

I'm thinking to connect the smart controller via 25.000 Mah powerbank.

Is there anyone who has had this kind of experience? Leaving aside the batteries (I have 9) the motors could overheat?

Differently, I have also a Matrice 350 with H20T; maybe with this (and more couple of batteries) should be better to avoid possible motors issues?

I should do this for 5 days in a row.

Last but not least, I have also a FLIR E96; in agreement with the customer, can i suggest to place it on a 6m tripod since the flight will be as the same (hovering)?

Thanks for your reply,
best

Victor

 

[Dogpilot]

Interesting project. You're talking 45 hours on the machine in total. You still have to come down every 30 minutes or so to swap batteries. You may want to do one test with you FLIR and measure the temps of the motors. I do not think the heat will accumulate in the motors, but the mounts may soften over time as the heat bleeds to the mounts and arms. However a test or two may give you an answer. I would think your pole solution would be more viable and less intrusive to the festival participants. For some reason, people find a constantly hovering drone obtrusive. I just did a survey in adjacent to a popular tourist spot. As people walked by, and the drone was at the point of turn around on the track lines, they would always look up and follow the drone with their heads. I also do airspace control, medivacs fixed wing and regulate drones at AfricaBurn. We had one authorized drone flight for one event. Five people rocked up to complain within minutes. If I had a choice, I'd go with the pole.

 

[GFields]

Sounds like a huge project and certainly a lot of wear on your drone. I hope it pays well

 

[PHZ]

I am wondering of one of those “police cams on a pole” might serve their purpose better? It is like a webcam, but portable.

 

[KJC Imaging]

Hello everyone,
I already think that it is not the most suitable solution for the customer but I am looking for the best solution and of course take the job.

He asked me a very strange commission: if I could fly 9 hours with my Mavic 3T to transmit images to the security department via smart controller->hdmi.
It will be a hovering flight in front of the entrance of this festival.

I'm thinking to connect the smart controller via 25.000 Mah powerbank.

Is there anyone who has had this kind of experience? Leaving aside the batteries (I have 9) the motors could overheat?

Differently, I have also a Matrice 350 with H20T; maybe with this (and more couple of batteries) should be better to avoid possible motors issues?

I should do this for 5 days in a row.

Last but not least, I have also a FLIR E96; in agreement with the customer, can i suggest to place it on a 6m tripod since the flight will be as the same (hovering)?

Thanks for your reply,
best

Victor

You can fly it indefinitely swapping out batteries. The trick is having the means to charge the batteries to keep up. You need to be able to charge 2 or 3 sets simultaneously. Note that most chargers only charge one set at a time, even if they have more sets loaded into the charger. You can run the hand controller indefinitely plugged into a charger.

 

[KJC Imaging]

Sounds like a huge project and certainly a lot of wear on your drone. I hope it pays well

these drones can fly hundreds or even thousands of hours, 9 hours is trivial!

 

[DesecratedClown]

It will work, and should not produce any heat issues. Though I've never hovered in one place that long. We often do continious flight for hours, and we fly 4-6km one way each time for recon flight, which should stress the motors, I'd think. But it works. The best way for you to do this is have a second pilot, who leaves the flight location and swaps batteries, and sends the drone each flight. When you start feeling fatigue (and you will), he takes over and flies, while you swap batteries and resend the drone.