Below is a plot of the longest flight from 11/30/12 and mAhr used
Segment mAhr used % battery (usable) Notes
A-B 500 10% take off to start and end to home same
B-C 500 10 average for long legs
C-D 120 2.5 average for short legs
A-E 3100 62.5 whole trip
Notes: So 20% of usable battery consumed in simply getting to and from transect. The three turn arounds only accounted for 7.5% total. The surprising thing is we only used 3100 mAHr (confirmed on recharge). We were at our LVC and called it home. We should be able to get 4900 mAhr of capacity (80% of C). If we started closer and walked to the end for landing we should get 7 passes like the one above, leaving time for climbing and descending as well. We need to confirm this somehow. We could do a climb to 50 m and fly around till LVC then bring it in and hover till 4900 mAhr used or she drops into Miles' waiting hands????
