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Posted by Richard Soderberg on September 28, 2012 at 2:05am

Hi!

I'm on finals building my first 3Drobotics Hexacopter with the bigger 880 motors.

I've tried to find recommendations for LiPo:s but haven't really found any good advice.

It appears that a 3 cell package is correct but which capacity (mAh:s) would be a good choice?

TIA,

/RS

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Patrick Dudley September 28, 2012 at 9:39am

Hi Richard. Read this thread from James. Link

He has got 25mins flight time with 2x 5000mah lipos in parallel
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Stephen Roach September 28, 2012 at 7:28am

I'm building my first Hex; I went with 3S 500mha.
Glad to find out I should get 15m at hover
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Graham Dyer September 28, 2012 at 3:03am

I've used 2200's, 3000's and 5000mAh on my quad, the 2200's give about 7 minutes and the 5000's 15 minutes of hovering. The extra weight of a hex will cause a higher amp draw overall so I'd go for at least 5000mAh.