I near froze to death trying to get these photos on Friday…
The weather app on my phone promised no wind and no cloud and for once it was right! I was able to cruise at 400ft and there was literally zero wind. Made a nice change after the recent storms we’ve had
What it didn’t get right though, was the sunrise time. I flew two batteries just while I was waiting for the sun to come up. And it was bloody freezing (hence all the fog), my hands were going numb
Weird feeling though, being stood on ground level watching the horizon and not being able to see the sun at all, then looking at the screen showing the drone 400ft up and it could see the sun perfectly. Weird…
Some pics for you, taken from my favourite haunt, Wigan Flashes and Canal (as it’s lterally down the road from me)
The Mavic did really well, I really can’t fault it.
Precaution-wise, I was aware of the temperature out there, and my back pack was laying on the floor so that was slowly chilling too. So before each take off I powered on each battery in the drone and just let it sit there for about five minutes before starting the rotors. Just to give it time to take the chill out of the battery a bit. This had little-to-no effect on flight time, I usually start heading back home at 30% anyway - tend to play it safe.
Good old Pennington Flash at its best! All of that damp, water, and freezing clear skies your courage at facing such adversity most certainly paid dividends.