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Extraordinarily High Current Draw with Betaflight 4

Extraordinarily High Current Draw with Betaflight 4 Having heard burnt-motor stories with Betaflight 4, I've been delaying my update until now. Although defaults PIDs/filters fly good (only changes were my own rates), I found Betaflight 4 show extraordinarily high current draw on high throttle. Not just burst amp draw on sudden high-throttle situation but just high amp draw even at speed during funnels. I know my 2306 motors can handle 6S at 107A+ (for 4 together), but I can see why the burnt-motor concern. I have 2 different quads with very similar frame and powertrain yet my other one with Betaflight 3.5.0 would do just 88A. Actually both quads were doing 88A max when they were both running 3.5.0. The puzzling thing is that the Betaflight 4.0 one seems to fly perfectly fine no hint of high D or anything at high throttle yet the current draw is like 20% more on high throttle. Possibly because of that, voltage sag is higher and max Gs on hover-punchout is lower (8.2G vs 8.9G). This footage is a combination of the TTL setup (BF 4, 1st half, 0:00 - 1:32) and TTSH setup (BF 3.5.0, 2nd half, 1:33 - 2:53).

TTL (Transtec Lite, ) setup:
-- Transtec Lite frame
-- Mamba F4 FC with MPU6000 gyro, Betaflight 4.0.2
-- Racerstar REV35A 30x30 4in1 ESC
-- Caddx micro S1
-- DYS SunFun Team SN DCH FPV 2306-1750kV motors
-- Gemfan MCK props
-- HobbyKing new Rhino 6S 50C 1000

TTSH setup:
-- Transtec S Hybrid frame
-- Flywoo F4 with ICM gyro, dual soft-mount, Betaflight 3.5.0
-- Racerstar REV35A 30x30 4in1 ESC
-- Caddx micro S2
-- DYS SunFun Team SN DCH FPV 2306-1750kV motors
-- Gemfan MCK props
-- HobbyKing new Rhino 6S 50C 1000

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