Cloud Surfing - dangerous stuff?

[ID77]

Very cool video !!!

 

[Marco Cantieni]

Very cool video !!!

Thank you!

 

[specialedition]

Fascinated by cloud movement since I was a kid I finally got it done. It took me 2 months considering it back and forth to do it or not taking the risks. Then I found a way to minimize the risks.

VLOS: Taking advantage of wholes in the cloud cover let me keep my bird in vlos. It took me a dozen flights to collect all the footage.

Iced blades: I waxed the low noise blades of my Mavic minimizing the risk of frozen water could hold onto it.

The only trouble I‘ve encountered was a foggy lens. Here is the result:

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Excellent stuff and quite encouraging

 

[specialedition]

Lovely stuff! I’m also fascinated with clouds and made a similar video when visiting my parents in the north Georgia mountains...

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This is good, love it.

 

[Marco Cantieni]

Thanks all. I‘ll keep hunting clouds at golden hour maybe. I check the weather every day waiting for rain and sunshine afterwards.