Hi Sim,
Thank you, but all the props go to Hoverfly, Droidworx, Axi and PhotoHigher. Combined they create an amazing platform. We also have a cinestar8 with cinestar gimbal but there is no way it could handle the weight. From my experience, the 5d is all the cinestar can take in real world flying and production.
I guess there a couple ways to look at the difference between hex and octo.
One of the major reasons people fly a octocopter is because of the extra motors and redundancy possibilities. But then again if you factor in the percentages of a single motor or esc failing. what gives you better odds, a hexa or a octo?
On our heavy lift hexa even with the C300 the motors and esc's were cool to the touch after a 6min flight and the batteries were only slightly warm. Soooo if were not over taxing our system and use reliable parts that are proven to not break or fail under standard circumstances, we should be good right?
Im not saying our logic is sound and we are planing on getting the new Skyjib 8 v2 w4120/20 and will probably fly that unless were talking about speed flights. Also if we somewhat eliminated the motor and esc failures (like a battery failure), would people still be flying Octocotpers?
how long you keep it in the air with that setup?