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Can I land at a distant point and return?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andre Levite" data-source="post: 83715" data-attributes="member: 10850"><p>If you are really going to attempt this I agree with a test run with easy access to retrieve your aircraft. </p><p></p><p>A sunset timelapse could take 15-20 minutes in real time plus travel time there and back. Under some conditions the <em>battery drains even faster on the ground </em>because fans must run continually to avoid over heating (depends on ambient temperature too). When you time the battery life on the test run make sure to <em>record video the entire time because that greatly shortens battery life. </em></p><p></p><p>I'd be pleasantly surprised if the Spark has enough juice to complete the task and return home. But attempting to land on a roof that you can't see directly and can't access is the real danger. If the props touch the engine will shut down. If it overheats, disconnects it shuts down from inactivity you are done. One decent gust of wind and...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andre Levite, post: 83715, member: 10850"] If you are really going to attempt this I agree with a test run with easy access to retrieve your aircraft. A sunset timelapse could take 15-20 minutes in real time plus travel time there and back. Under some conditions the [I]battery drains even faster on the ground [/I]because fans must run continually to avoid over heating (depends on ambient temperature too). When you time the battery life on the test run make sure to [I]record video the entire time because that greatly shortens battery life. [/I] I'd be pleasantly surprised if the Spark has enough juice to complete the task and return home. But attempting to land on a roof that you can't see directly and can't access is the real danger. If the props touch the engine will shut down. If it overheats, disconnects it shuts down from inactivity you are done. One decent gust of wind and... [/QUOTE]
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