Why Do People Hate Drones?

[Darwin333]

Piss poor. I can’t even imagine 30 minutes of flight time.

Stock, the Phantom 1 gets 10-15 minutes with no camera or prop guards depending on the wind.

Adding the additional weight and power draw from the camera, gimbal, transmitter and guards knocks it in half. Adding in the larger phantom 2 props and going from the stock 2200mah to a 2800mah battery gets me back around 8-11 minutes.

After snapping off the original battery door. I picked up an extended battery door. My next upgrade will probably be a 4000mah battery.

Ouch, I remember those days.

While I have only used it a few times I once took it to a wide open place and flew it in sports mode the entire time, going up to 45mph, and I still got over 20 minutes of flight time. I didn't really pay attention to the time nor did I film it because I was just fucking off but I know it was over 20 minutes. Except for the prop guards that is stock lol.

Edit: used sports mode that is, I don't have much use for zipping around that fast and it disables some of the safety features like obstacle avoidance.