Big Lama outdoors with payload, video

Although my flying skills are barely enough to call me a novice RC pilot, I was eager to test the lifting capability of my E Sky Big Lama RC helicopter . I tried it today with a 50 gram weight attached to the skid, which you can see in the video below. Despite reducing the battery life to 5 minutes the helicopter performed very well.

200 gram HTC TyTN II

With the 50 gram weight test being a succes I wanted to try and lift my old phone, weighing in at 200 grams. Unfortunatly this proved too much for the Big Lama, which did not get off the ground. With a little help from my father, who held the helicopter above his head, it stayed in the air for a few seconds but it was unable to maintain its altitude.

100 gram GoPro Hero HD

I am going to try and fly around with the GoPro Hero HD next weekend. I am confident the Big Lama will be able to handle this payload, and hopefully the Hero HD will be able to shoot some nice videos despite the vibrations generated by the helicopter.

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