I recently built a S500 frame with 30amp ESC's and NTM 2830-800 motors. The quad flies very stable and I am getting about 16 minute flight times with a 5200 mah battery. My problem may be, I do not have a gimbal on it yet, and it seems like it doesn't have a ton of punch from a hover straight up. I am concerned that the motors may not be enough for a gimbal and gopro. I am using 10x4.5 carbon props. Is there a solution that I may not be thinking of or maybe I don't have a problem at all...any input?
Sure sounds good. You got a way to weigh it with the battery installed? Those motor/props should be good for at least 4000+ grams of thrust. What is your throttle position when hovering as in 40 to 60%? I don't think you'll have any problems, your flight times may drop a tad, that's all. If you got a scale make a little weight of about ~270 grams, strap on your quad and see how it goes.
I guess a good estimation would be around 60%. It really does fly nice and is very responsive when I give it the beans, just doesn't climb out as fast as I would expect. Doing the math when I was putting the build list together, I came up with the same numbers for what it should lift, glad you verified that for me. I can fly, just new to the brushless config's, and quads.
My Dazzne camera comes in at ~95 grams naked. Those waterproof cases add a lot of weight, best to not use them. A lot of folks use Walkera gimbals. They claim 120 grams. http://www.Banggood.com/Walkera-G-2D-2-Axis-Brushless-Camera-Gimbal-For-Gopro-3-p-915760.html This Tarot claims 195 grams. http://www.Banggood.com/Tarot-Gopro-2-Axis-Brushless-Camera-Gimbal-With-Gyro-TL68A00-p-82497.html Here's lightweight camera option @ 49 grams. http://www.Banggood.com/RunCam-2-RunCam2-HD-1080P-120-Degree-Wide-Angle-WiFi-FPV-Camera-p-1017010.html
