Finally got a chance to fly my horizon V3 mod again. I have to say, it's mighty impressive. My goal is much more conservative than most. I'm looking for a solid 24 minutes of flight time. Anything more is cake, but 24 minutes for my needs is more than fine. I did that easily tonight and I was only at 24% battery at the time of landing, and that was recording during the entire flight too. That gives me confidence that I can film what I need to and bring it home without nail biting. Even more often I'll only need 18 minutes or so which is even more comfortable. It's actually pretty amazing to have half your battery (54% this flight) at 17 minutes into the flight. Remarkable, actually! I had no issue with the battery faulting and trying to charge. I connect the balance lead up to the dji battery (unnecessary but I do it anyway), start up the bird, get full sats and home point lock, hook up the 5200's and start props within 10 seconds. So far so good with that routine. I keep saying I'm gonna fly the mod all the time because it's so awesome, but when I don't need to I don't. If that saves any stress and wear and tear on the bird, cool. I'll need it though. Maybe even this weekend, which is why I'm running it now. All systems go!
