Labor Day Flying!

Since I had the day off from work for Labor Day, I headed out to the field to get some flying in with my Trex 550. I also wanted to test out charging my 6s 5000 batteries on my iCharger 4010 Duo when it was powered by a 12V marine battery. 

I also pulled off some new tricks for me!  I've been doing them in the sim for awhile now but never performed them with the 550. I pulled off a tail slide, but the exit wasn't very smooth.  I also did a few half Cuban 8's, but the heli lost some altitude during the roll, since I didn't transition to positive collective smoothly.  At least I did these maneuvers with my real heli instead of the sim. 

I remembered to bring my quick shade this time!

iCharger powered by my battery. 

Charging 2 6s 5000 packs at 10A on each channel, pulling 47A from the battery!  I wonder if the battery can support a 3C charge rate of 15A?