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1 What are the biggest differences between top and bottom mount lipo situations? Preferences and opinions welcome, I have flown mid top and bottom mount, but is there much of a difference other than being able to make frames smaller for bottom mount?
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0 Depends what you do. For freestyle it is better to have bat on top and when racing then on bottom.
I crash most often from fast forward flight and getting too low. I typically hit the ground with the front arms and tumble forward. So I prefer bottom mount since that initial hard impact was destroying my top mounted batts occasionally.
Haven't damaged a battery since I switched to bottom frame.
Although it made me take more care with landing on firm surfaces. I bring a foam mat some times.
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0 IMO having both setups I like it on bottom , especially racing seems to help land upright more in a crash due to the low center of gravity
On bottom is more "neutral" is the best way I can put it. The copter doesn't feel like it has a tendency to want to "fall" into the turns. But this actually is not necessarily a good thing. It's just different.
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0 I think the biggest difference is just the center of gravity. I'd only say it really, really makes sense to change your whole setup from top to bottom mount if you're a high end pilot who will notice the difference. Otherwise just go with what you have.
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