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I imagine that weight plays a factor in this. Obviously a heavier quad will be less floaty than a lighter quad but I've seen people with 250 quads that get some real impressive inverted hangtime. It just looks like a 250 quad with the floaty-ness of a 150 quad. I've messed around with different settings but my floaty-ness just isn't what I think it should be. Maybe I'm wrong..hard to tell, lol. What kinds of things do you guys do to get floaty inverted hangtime?
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Biggest thing with floaty time is having airmode on and props running at a good speed when at zero throttle.

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Airmode.....i love Airmode. Maybe my Min Throttle is too low. I'll play with it
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Airmode , when you see low spool level, you up it by 10 to 20 points. Only thing that might affect it is weight?
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Yes, I fully believe that weight plays a part in getting that "floaty-ness"....no doubt! I'll experiment with raising my Min Throttle a bit. I think I have it set to 1030ish on my 3 mini's. Thanks for your time, guys!
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1030 mines always around 1070 when not using dshot,
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Ok...sounds like ive got lots of room for adjustments. Thanks Kev!
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