I need to know what the flight time is, &amp;how long to recharge the batteries? What is the distance from which you can transmit live pictures? u
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I normally charge it for around 40 min & get at least 5-10 min of flight time. I keep the copter close as I have alot of trees so I really don't let it go too far away.
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Hi Ainsley - These are awesome devices. The LCD is legit, not sure how long the battery life is might want to check www.gopro.com. Just make sure that you know which model you are ordering. The versions can be very confusing so make sure if you want an ALCDB-304 that is what you order.Thanks Wheelhouse
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Well the original battery gives you maybe 10 min on a good day and light flying with no stunts, the upgraded one I got gives you approx. 20 minutes I'd say. Haven't timed it, so I can't give an exact, but it is definitely a long enough flight time to be worth it.
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I just received my red one todayI gotTwo5 minute flight times.It's absolutely one of the best I have bought.Sorry my first response didn't come out the way I said it.I hope the second response helps you!
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The battery life is definitely on the short side, but with three batteries, one being the wasabi one, there was only once in our recent trip that I got to battery #3, and I tend to take a lot of pictures. I did get to battery #2 several times. The batteries charge only outside the camera in the wall charger, which is 120/240, so you can't charge it with your computer, at least without buying something that could do that--if such a thing exists. They charge relatively fast, though, so you can recharge them all in the evening and be ready to go the next morning.
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I don't know the exact times but it isn't that long. Batteries that come bundled with camcorders typically aren't that great. I'm getting an external charger (otherwise you have to charge it inside the camcorder) and an additional battery so I won't ever find myself without power.
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It flies for about ten minutes. Takes about a half hour to charge, and I never saw it do video as it was a gift.
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Thanks for this info. Not many people use the GPS and so you are the first to input on it. I have ordered a couple more batteries. I will need the GPS alot. I just hope I can figure it out once I get the camera. Stormy
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This thing can only fly for 5 to 10 minutes before the battery issues a warning at 20% and it automatically comes down to the ground. Therefore any video would stop after a few minutes, as well. If you only took video and never flew it, it would go for much longer!
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Lasts very little. In my 8Gb card I believe I should be able to fit about 74min of HD movie in MP4, but the battery won`t last anywhere near that. I still have to do some further testings, but my guess is that it lasts about 25~35 minutes. Since I haven`t done any tests with the camera only shooting movies, I am not sure about these values, it`s just a rough guess. Anyway, I find that the biggest problem is that it only warns you that the battery is about to end when it is already over, so you don`t get any extra seconds once the battery sign starts blinking (missed some great shots because of that). I carry two batteries with me and I am buying a third one, simply because this camera deserves it (video quality is superb and photo quality is good), I am overall happy with the camera. You just have to adapt yourself to change the batteries more frequently.
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The battery life really depends on how much you use the zoom feature. If you zoom a lot...it eats up your battery life. On average I get about 200 to 400 pictures on one set of batteries. You can use rechargeable ones...but they don't last any longer. You should check out the new camera they are going to release at the end of March. The SP-100....it has a bunch of new features a 50X zoom and is only about $100 dollars more than this camera and it will have a cell phone type battery that will last much longer. I have preordered one!
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The copter itself is solid Styrofoam, there are no accessible compartments. So its a little over an hour to charge and you get about 10 minutes of use then back to the charger. No provision to access the battery. One neat feature though that I might look at later is the remote can be set up to share copters. The cool part to that isn't that you could get extra flying time (though you could by having another charged one ready). It means you could charge two and control them at the same time with the same remote. In theory they'd fly in tandem! I'm using this as "my first quadcopter", when I feel I'm ready my plan is to upgrade to something more solid. The copter itself is solid Styrofoam, there are no accessible compartments. So its a little over an hour to charge and you get about 10 minutes of use then back to the charger. No provision to access the battery. One neat feature though that I might look at later is the remote can be set up to share copters. The cool part to that isn't that you could get extra flying time (though you could by having another charged one ready). It means you could charge two and control them at the same time with the same remote. In theory they'd fly in tandem! I'm using this as "my first... » Read More The copter itself is solid Styrofoam, there are no accessible compartments. So its a little over an hour to charge and you get about 10 minutes of use then back to the charger. No provision to access the battery. One neat feature though that I might look at later is the remote can be set up to share copters. The cool part to that isn't that you could get extra flying time (though you could by having another charged one ready). It means you could charge two and control them at the same time with the same remote. In theory they'd fly in tandem! I'm using this as "my first quadcopter", when I feel I'm ready my plan is to upgrade to something more solid. « Show Less
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Several questions about this drone: 1. Can be adapt to this drone a gopro 2 camera? 2. If I release buttons drone will stay on fly by itself? 3. Which is the maximum distance it can go? 4. VERY IMPORTANT: It have the "coming home" function?
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It takes a few hours of charge time, then flies for about 1/2 an hour. Not sure of the recording time limit, though...sorry...
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new camera and not yet sure about it. There is a rechargeable battery which yet to fully test how long it lasts when fully charged
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From my experience not very far at all, a few hundred feet if you're lucky. If u want live video look into fpv setups with the phantom 5.8 ghz tx model
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I put a Gopro on mine so it added a little bit more weight. Its also above 105 degrees in Phoenix when I fly and I still get over 10 mins. I have an alarm that goes off when my batts hit 3.7 volts. I would highly recommend buying one. They are inexpensive. I usually get worried about battery life and land it way before pushing it to limit. I don't want it to have it auto land in a far off location and not be able to retrieve. I have a couple of spare batteries so its no big deal to swap them out. A flight lasts long enough so don't worry about it. 10 mins is a longer than you think. Just have some spares and enjoy. It nice to land and take a break anyway. You will love your FC40.