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SECTION5
PERFORMANCE
FLIGHTTIMES
o TheAVisdesignedtohoverathighefficiency.Hoveringismuchlessefficientthan
flyingonawing,thusflighttimesarelowcomparedtofixedwingaircraft.
o AlltheweightoftheAVissupportedbypowerfromthebatteries.Asthebatteriesare
usedinaflight,theamountofpoweravailabledecreases.Thereforethepowerreserve
isconstantlydecreasingasthebatteryisbeingused.Thusloadingarotorcraftaboveits
limitisnotrecommended.WhiletheAVmayhaveenoughpowertoliftoffinitiallyona
fullcharge,thepowerreserveatpartialchargemaybetoolowtoallowfor
maneuveringandwillresultinacrash.
o Highlateralspeedswilladdlifttoslightlyimproveefficiency.Therotorsactsimilarto
fixedwingsathigherspeeds.Thisincreaseinefficiencymaybenegatedbythe
increasedpowerconsumptionofforwardflight.
o Highwindsorgustsdecreaseefficiency/flighttime.Themotorsworkhardertohold
position.
o Asweightincreasesflighttimesdecrease.
WIRELESSTRANSMISSION
o Refertothespecificmanualsforperformanceratings.
o WirelesscommunicationsutilizedprovideacceptablecommunicationforLOS.
o Ingeneral:
LOSisrequired
ThehighertheGCSantennas,thebettertherange
Anyfreq.atmayhaveseveredegradationduetolocationtootheradmitterssuch
ascelltowers
RSSI(ReceivedSignalStrengthIndication)shouldbemonitoredforindicationof
communicationdropout.
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