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Ermm, apparently you can't get a license for 'airborne' uses. We'd all have them otherwise. Don't worry, no one is going to check. My friend did a demonstration for Ofcom a month back, they didn't have a clue about the limits anyway...:)

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Well I'd just make a little parallel harness and use two 3s 2200 ones then. I did this at first and it worked great! Cheap and easy solution.

No idea. 10 minutes is fine for me! You'd have to research your aircraft and it's components to find out about 4S. Stick with 3S for now and get the hang of it. Had much flying practise with it so far?

Alas it doesn't quite work like that, double the mah, double the weight! A 5000mah should get you about 9 minutes. The best thing you can do to increase flight time is increase the cell count of your lipo. 4S got me a bunch more flight time compared to 3S. All depends what your system can handle...

Of course there's always the possibility the charger is faulty? But I still wouldn't take the risk.

Hey mate. I'd definitely throw that lipo away and unplug it! Move it somewhere safe! I have a feeling that it hasn't been balance charging before and one cell was faulty so it pushed the other two cells way past their safe limit. Which also means they are damaged beyond repair. I have never...

Also, a fully charged 3s lipo should be around 12.5V.

Here's the manual for your charger: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uploads/777025440X5574X59.pdf It displays the 'charged capacity' whilst charging. This is how much you are putting back-in. When charging look to see how much you put back in. It should be about 4000 (for the 5000mah...

What transmitter are you using? Tried re-binding the receiver/transmitter?

May the force be with you! (come on, I never say it!)

No, I don't mean the amps you charge it at. The lipo had 5000mah in it, that's it's capacity. There is a 20% rule for lipos where you should always leave 20% of the capacity in it to preserve the life of the lipo. For a 5000mah lipo you should put back in 4000mah. I'm guessing your charger...

Ah, sounds like you might be new to lipos? If you are relying on the default voltage limits on your flight controller then these have a tendency to kick-in too soon. For a 3s lipo when the voltage gets down to around 11V it is probably about time to land. Depends on the voltage drop during...

How are you measuring flight time? How many mah are you putting back into your lipos? (think 20% rule).

I went for two leisure batteries in series as the current draw is then half, 24v is more efficient and you get more charges out of your batteries. For under the bonnet charging I use an extension lead so the lipos are well away from the car itself.

I use two 110ah leisure batteries in series. Charges quite a few lipos before you need to recharge them. Cheap and easy, plus you can charge whilst driving. The car battery with the engine running (direct connection under bonnet) works well enough, but is annoying having the car running.

Again, can't you just adjust the monitor settings to compensate? Is the HDMI output set to 1080p? :nevreness:

Hmmm, not sure I understood that. What is the new gimbal you are using? If coming from a Zenmuse then it had a built-in HDMI converter. Are you using a standalone HDMI convertor now?