Increasing battery life: Arducopter

Hi Guys,

Has someone tried (in code) modifying/descaling the loop time and running the arducopter? Currently, it is 50Hz (20ms) for each loop to trigger the motors. 

Has anyone tried decreasing the loop frequency/ increasing loop time for saving time on processor. I am sure there is a tradeoff. Even a 24ms loop may give a good performance with an increased battery life (due to less power dissipation by decreased motor triggering).

This test may be insighful for a hexacopter, which has more motors indicating greater chance of stability!

Developers thoughts on this would be helpful!

Regards..

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