FPV Racing Drone — Demo on 6S

My 5-inch drone, but now on 6S! Talking about how much more power the new battery can deliver, along with a demo video. 2020-11-14

Intro

A few days ago, I received the 6S battery I had ordered for my drone. I used to fly it on 4S pack, since two of the cells on my older battery had puffed. Mathematically, the new battery should have 150% the power of the older one, but in practice it's even more. Because of something called battery sag, the drone has about twice the power with the new battery.

When I first tried it out, I immediately remembered what my friend Nicolas told me when he saw my drone for the first time:

But what's the point of having that much power?

Now that I have received the new battery, I'm constantly asking myself the same thing. I can't raise the throttle for more than 1 second or I would loose sight of it because it gains altitude so quickly. I also noticed that the power of my drone is the same both when the battery is full and when it is empty, which makes it way easier to fly.

Demo

Here is a demo of the drone on a 6S battery, with a blackbox preview on the side:

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Conclusion

I am incredibly proud of this drone. To be honnest, it was a bit too easy to build: everything simply worked out perfectly. I can only think of one more upgrade to make it even better... an FPV system! Here is a teaser for you curious people...