So the entire family wanted to see the drone this Christmas. Sure, everyone just got a bunch of new gifts, but, the hit was going out to see me fly the drone. Sadly, it gets dark around 5:30pm here, and well we did not finish up gifts until 5:15pm and had some time to kill before dinner.
I took it up while it was still dusk out, showed off the camera, how it works (several never seen a drone before), did a speed run, and showed it at max height (380ft). Sadly, night came upon us and after brining it in for a battery change, took it back up to show it off, however it was dark now.
I took it up about 300ft, and I must say, it is easier to see at night than during the day! Seeing Christmas lights and even a bridge in the distance was super cool and the image looked pretty good from the phone screen. With the bright LEDs, you can't loose it like you sometimes do during the day. I did not take it far, only about 500ft from our position as I wanted to keep it nearby since this was my first ever night flight.
Ill pull down the video tomorrow to see how it turned out. I was not really focused on video, so I will need to see how it turned out. My horizon was crooked and I did not adjust the gimbal for it, so the footage my not look too great.
I took it up while it was still dusk out, showed off the camera, how it works (several never seen a drone before), did a speed run, and showed it at max height (380ft). Sadly, night came upon us and after brining it in for a battery change, took it back up to show it off, however it was dark now.
I took it up about 300ft, and I must say, it is easier to see at night than during the day! Seeing Christmas lights and even a bridge in the distance was super cool and the image looked pretty good from the phone screen. With the bright LEDs, you can't loose it like you sometimes do during the day. I did not take it far, only about 500ft from our position as I wanted to keep it nearby since this was my first ever night flight.
Ill pull down the video tomorrow to see how it turned out. I was not really focused on video, so I will need to see how it turned out. My horizon was crooked and I did not adjust the gimbal for it, so the footage my not look too great.
