Dear group,

I'm trying to list the components of a custom build hexacopter that would aim at:

1. transporting a GoPro HERO 3 camera (for both video and FPV)
2. being very stable (no jello effect)
3. have flight times of 10 or more minutes.

Using ecalc [1] I've tried multiple combinations of batteries/motors but I cannot seem to get anywhere near a flight time of 10 minutes. Examples follow.

HEXACOPTER

1. Turnigy D2836-11 (750) with 2x LiPo 5000mAh 3S and props 12x4.5, give me (with a 733g weight without drive):

• 8.19 flight time
• 19.15 flight time hover
• 59% throttle
• efficiencies of around 75%

2. iPower 2217Q (880) with 2x LiPo 5000mAh 3S and props 11x4.5, give me (with a 733g weight without drive):

• 6.8 flight time
• 18.49 flight time hover
• 53% throttle
• efficiencies of around 81%

QUADCOPTER

1. Turnigy D2836-11 (750) with 1x LiPo 5000mAh 3S and props 12x4.5, give me (with a 733g weight without drive):

• 6.25 flight time
• 13.27 flight time hover
• 64% throttle
• efficiencies of around 78%

2. iPower 2217Q (880) with 2x LiPo 5000mAh 3S and props 12x4.5, give me (with a 733g weight without drive):

• 8.05 flight time
• 19.69 flight time hover
• 57% throttle
• efficiencies of around 82%

Any recommendations? Aren't throttle around 60% way too much?

Kinda lost here. Thank you,

r.

[1] http://www.ecalc.ch/xcoptercalc_e.htm?ecalc