Can I use my wall outlet-with a proper adapter- to power the arducopter for indoor use?
Also can anyone suggest a suitable battery for AC2836-358, 880Kv? I'm planning to attach kinect or goPro like camera in the future and looking for about 10-15min flight time.
Thanks
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Normal hover is around 20-25Amps on 12V. With jDrones frames it's a bit less due they are lighter than jD-Simplex and 3DR frames. But sure it is possible to provide power via cable you just need to find really good power supply that can provide at least 40-60 Amps continuos current. Even hover flight is 20-25 you need to have big amount of extra reserves or you will run out of power. Delivering 40A/12V requires rather heavy cable so add 5-10 Amp to hover current.
One way to make it a bit easier is to go to 14.8V (4S range) and then use smaller propellers or your to make it less powered. Are those your AC2836-358 motors from jDrones or from somewhere else? As if they are from somewhere else, they are NOT AC2836-358 motors. Motors with that code is created by us and they should have jDrones sticker on them.
If they are original AC2736-358 motors then it's safe to use 4S voltages on them, other motors i dont know.
To have 15 mins flight you can use 3S 3500-4500 battery and you should get rather easily that flight time.
Jani / jDrones
Sure, but an "appropriate adapter" could be tricky: wires are heavy. Lighter wires will experience a larger voltage drop (due to resistance). Compensating with higher voltage can damage electronics or be dangerous.
If you're flying a typical quadcopter (weighs 1.5kg perhaps with battery) you'll need 170-180 watts to hover, and more to actually fly. If you're doing this as a drop-in replacement for a 3S lipo battery, that's around 12 volts, so 15+amps, continuous. That's in the realm of desktop computer (ATX) power supplies... other than that, you're looking at a fairly expensive power supply.