Recent content by Tim Flood

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    Walkera Gimbal drains battery in 2 mins

    Hi 13 minutes came from my standard DJI battery that came with the Phantom. I am at sea level in Scotland. That is a very interesting point about the weight at the front. I'll try it out and thanks for the heads up to that thread on batteries, I am learning fast here!
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    Voltage level

    I am a newbie. I have some new Floureon 2200mah batteries. They work fine carrying the FC40 camera but I get a low voltage indicator (flashing red light on the Phantom) immediately after take-off with the FC40 carrying a Walkera 3axis gimbal and SJ4000 camera. The voltage read-out on my lipo...
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    HELP! Battery drain in seconds after takeoff

    I have the same problem. After one flight, each of my two spare batteries are kaputt. I need to get a voltage checker.
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    What gimbal and gopro camera will work for the FC40?

    I am very new and have just fitted a Walkera 3 axis gimbal and SJcam4000 Wifi to an FC40. I also fitted prop guards. I appear to have cooked 2 no-name batteries with two very disappointing 3 minute flights! WHY? The extra weight of this rig is 250gms.
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    I didn't know prop guards killed battery life! By what percentage?
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    fc 40 weight with gimbal/go pro and 4000 mah turnigy

    I have an FC40 with a (aluminium) Walkera 3 axis Gimbal and an SJ4000wifi cam -a total of 250grams. I am getting a hopeless 3 minute flight with a 2200mah battery. :cry:
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    Walkera Gimbal drains battery in 2 mins

    Thanks for your prompt response. I haven't tried that but it will be the first thing I do when the batteries are recharged tomorrow, however, upon further researching the issue, it appears that the FC40 is not the same as other DJI copters - I thought is was. The flight time for the FC40 is...
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    Sheared screw tip

    I had 3 sheared screws on my FC40 - the tiny one at the tip of the arm. I found a way to get them out - use good quality wire snips to grip the head from the inside of the philips cross slot to the outer edge of the screw. It works really well.
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    Walkera Gimbal drains battery in 2 mins

    Another newbie but here goes - I have an FC40 and was getting flight times of about 13 minutes with the FC40 camera. I have now fitted a Walkera 3axis gimbal with an SJcam and the flight time has dropped to a ridiculous 3 minutes. Have I done something wrong? It appears that other folk have...