Please teach me X5SW-1 help im new

[Benjamin button]

So my girlfriend bought me this drone and i have read alot of different things about yes you can do this and no you cant do that im simply wanting to know the best way to bring my quadcopter to the peek performance with the flight time being my main goal whats the safest thing i can do i have read 1200 mah 3.7v lipo is a no no but then just a few comments later someone else has said they have gotten away with using 800 mah lipo 3.7 v batteries my question is can i get away safety with the 800's or maybe even the 850's ive seen online for sale ?


Ps so very sorry if spelling sucks and first time ive ever posted a question on a forum before soo sorry if it is not correct tyvm to everyone

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate welcome to the forum ok the battery must not go over 3.7 volt ( this is called a single cell lipo as it only has one cell lipos are made up of single cells start at 1 cell 3.7 volt then you get the 2 cell 7.4v 3 cell 11.1 volt when these batteries are charged they will be over that voltage so your 3.7v will read 4.0v ) the Mah is how many milliamps it can give out in an hour this is up to you in a way , if the battery will fit were the battery goes then you can use it , but as the mah goes up so does the weight of the battery so you will get to a point where the flight time will not get any better due to the quad having to lift a heavy battery

 

[Jackson]

then just a few comments later someone else has said they have gotten away with using 800 mah lipo 3.7 v batteries my question is can i get away safety with the 800's or maybe even the 850's ive seen online for sale ?

For one thing you are assuming these high mAh ratings are in fact accurate. Are they?

Just get some of these and start flying. Read the reviews, lotsa folks seem to like them. 5 star rating from 278 actual customers.
http://www.banggood.com/Eachine-3_7...5C-X5SC-X5SW-CX30W-p-995494.html?rmmds=search

 

[Benjamin button]

Well thank you very much sir anywhere online where I could purchase them a few at a time perhaps with a charger

 

[Rick M]

You can also get 650mah and 720mah batteries quickly and cheaply on Amazon.com. I use 720mah ones in my X5SW and they fit with lots of room to spare, so I'm guessing I could use larger capacity ones than that.

 

[Benjamin button]

How long is your flight time because the ones coming with the drone I've got say 600 MaH and says the flight time is something like 5-6 min without guards and camera and 4 min with the extras ....
So my thought was if I upgraded the battery a lil bit nothing crazy and dropped the extra weight like cam and guards then I might buy myself a lil more time but again just a theory I've come up with in my head

 

[Rick M]

I haven't been timing flights, but my sense is I get perhaps 2 more minutes out of the higher capacity batteries. It is true that removing camera and prop guards extend the time some as well...perhaps a minute or so?

Caveat: I'm a rookie with quads, but many years ago was an intermediate+ level RC glider pilot, and a "barely air safe" RC heli pilot. Take the following with the appropriate grain of salt:

If you are just learning, you may find that flight time is less important right now than you might think. Your first flights should be about learning basics: stable hover, forward and back to you, side to side, in and out of hover. Fly box patterns and circles and S's with the head of the quad facing away from you. Then experiment with flying "sideways" to you and translating the stick movements. The next stage is practicing flying toward you - it takes practice and training your brain. "Headless" mode is fine, but I strongly recommend you don't learn that way - do it by the numbers.

In the learning stages, mental fatigue will set in quickly. Short flights are your friend. Also, you will get to the point where you start to get confused about orientation and control. When that happens, try to hover the quad, get the nose oriented away from you, and go back to some basic moves until you are back in firm control. Anyone who pulls one out of the box thinking that in 15 minutes they are going to be punching holes in the sky is about to lose or destroy their new toy. The good news is that if you talk to anyone who flew (or tried to learn to fly) a classic RC heli without counter-rotating props, the learning curve on a quad is about 1/100th as long (and that may not be an exaggeration).

More experienced quad flyers can add a ton of insights to the above, I'm sure.

 

[Benjamin button]

Yeah there alot of very good facts in a small space lol tyvm what do you recommend for first flights indoors or out jw?

 

[Rick M]

The X5's don't like much breeze at all, and any at all will be a problem for your first flights. I'd recommend indoors. For one thing, it will force you to keep your movements small, which is exactly what you want to do. Flying in a confined space will make you learn small, precise movements. Keep the prop guards on!

 

[Slam Jones]

I've got a Syma X5SC and my goal since I've had it (since X-Mas or so) is to fly it around indoors without bumping anything. I'm getting close! I can get around the house without bumping the sides of the doorways or anything (usually... ) It has bumped into many many different things (Sometimes at high speed...), and though the prop guards took a little damage, the blades and copter itself seem perfectly fine. (YMMV)

Outdoors with it is sketchy... especially if you don't have a lot of open area. I've gotten some successful outdoor flights, but only on days with very little or no wind to speak of.