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Senior Heliman
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
| We have set ourselves up with two Trex-600E helis. Now we are starting to travel (day-shoots), we always have a spare. Troubleshoot in your own time!!! Two chargers, seven packs (4 of which are cheapees costing less than 2 of the others).
7 minute flights don't seam much but with planning on the ground with your camera operator in advance means our average time in the air is less than 2 minutes per sortee. If I need to be more than 200 yards away, I will walk there rather than fly (if possible). It is safer... and easier to fly accurately.
I am using cheap batteries. With no 3D flying, our peak current isn't high. Fly foward / use transitional lift when climbing. Your packs will love you for it. I also have a Wattmeter on board telling me how many mA I've used - as well as a low-volt alarm. Cells still fail so the alarm is always there. The wattmeter takes the guesswork out of batery useage and lets you do that quick 90 second re-shoot if required on the same pack.
An air star is on the "wanted" list when we have video work to justify $4k. At the moment, we are getting work because we are electric!!!
Pete, Trex 500, Trex600 Al, Low-volt alarms - check the gallery for my alarms ,GY401, DX7. |
