Woke up this morning with forecasts of light snow not due to start until at around 11am. Went out at 10am to see if I can squeeze in a flight while the kids ride their bikes around the park.
Halfway into my flight, the snow arrives early, accompanied by some strong winds.
The little Mavic handled it like a champ and remained stable in flight as well as hovering 200 feet in the air despite the swirling winds between the tall buildings nearby.
GPS strength remained solid (12+ satellites) despite the heavy clouds, but even though the Mavic was flying well in such conditions, the responsible thing to do was to bring it back in one piece. That and the snow was getting heavy so I didn't want the moisture to possibly get in the shell and mess up my new electronic flying toy.
Left the clear gimbal cover on for this flight so this may have impacted image quality a bit as you can see snow flakes melt onto the gimbal cover in the footage.
Halfway into my flight, the snow arrives early, accompanied by some strong winds.
The little Mavic handled it like a champ and remained stable in flight as well as hovering 200 feet in the air despite the swirling winds between the tall buildings nearby.
GPS strength remained solid (12+ satellites) despite the heavy clouds, but even though the Mavic was flying well in such conditions, the responsible thing to do was to bring it back in one piece. That and the snow was getting heavy so I didn't want the moisture to possibly get in the shell and mess up my new electronic flying toy.
Left the clear gimbal cover on for this flight so this may have impacted image quality a bit as you can see snow flakes melt onto the gimbal cover in the footage.
