Close call with bridge

[Wakesetter101]

I was feeling a little spirited and thought I would try to fly between the steel girders of a bridge and get some good shots from inside the bridge. I thought it would be safer if I switched to tripod mode and move around very slowly. Very bad idea. As expected, I lost compass and with that it was drifting all over the place. Tripod mode wasn't allowing me to move fast enough to overcome some of the drift. I was too scared to take my thumbs off the sticks and try to cancel tripod mode (sticks were hard over). Needless to say I had some close calls to some beams and I didn't even get any good shots out of the ordeal. Anyway, I got very lucky to make it back out without crashing. I never knew how important those compasses are to maintain position (I might have lost some GPS satellites as well though-no warnings).

Anyway, word of advice, stay away from bridges!!!

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Buildings, HT wires, anything major metal or electrical / magnetic interference from what I've read too.

 

[locoman]

Thanks for the heads up, I never thought about all that metal interfering with the compass and blocking satellite reception.

 

[2nckayakers]

All the metal isn't all you have to deal with when flying around bridges. You may not notice any wind, but there are significant updrafts and thermals under bridges. I found that out first hand as well.

 

[flightmike]

I was feeling a little spirited and thought I would try to fly between the steel girders of a bridge and get some good shots from inside the bridge. I thought it would be safer if I switched to tripod mode and move around very slowly. Very bad idea. As expected, I lost compass and with that it was drifting all over the place. Tripod mode wasn't allowing me to move fast enough to overcome some of the drift. I was too scared to take my thumbs off the sticks and try to cancel tripod mode (sticks were hard over). Needless to say I had some close calls to some beams and I didn't even get any good shots out of the ordeal. Anyway, I got very lucky to make it back out without crashing. I never knew how important those compasses are to maintain position (I might have lost some GPS satellites as well though-no warnings).

Anyway, word of advice, stay away from bridges!!!

Where's the video? Would love to see.