Cold-weather flying

[jerryj]

I live in St. Louis the weather is around 34°F can you fly in that kind of weather


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[CAPTAINDRONE]

Sure can!

I'm located in Ottawa, Canada. Flying in the Cold is what we do cause we ain't gonna wait for spring!

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

Definitely...one tip for you is to keep your batteries warm.

 

[Chris_Toronto]

Just got back from an almost 5 kilometer flight. Current temperature is -7 C and I flew at 100 meters and the Mavic performed flawlessly. The one thing I did to deal with the cold was fill a tube sock with rice, put it in the microwave for 2 minutes and then wrapped it around my battery for about 10 minutes pre-flight. This brought the battery temperatute to 32.9 C. Interestingly, when I got back, the battery had a temperature of 28.4 C.

 

[voxelman]

I'm in Southeast Iowa. Took my Mavic up for the first time yesterday with temperatures in the teens. The Mavic didn't seem to have any problems but my iPhone shut down unexpectedly. When the Mavic landed the fan was running so it sure wasn't having any problems with the temperature.


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[jerryj]

OK guys thanks for the reply now all I got to do is get some warm clothes and wait for my mavic


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[an e Lester]

I made the mistake of running a cold battery this morning. It resulted in an early low battery warning. It was mid 20's

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

Yep - keeping them warm makes a difference. People have even put them in coolers with a small hand warmer that would normally go in a glove for winter flying.

 

[Mavic Ray]

My main concern are the flimsy looking rubber bands that hold the gimbal. No one thinks that they may crack under the cold? I'll be going down to Antarctica in jan and was hoping to catch a few aerial shots.

 

[roadkilt]

Shot at -2c, two batteries in I had to stop because my fingers were frozen, Mavic had no issues though.

 

[jimbug]

Flew today in 38 degree weather. No issues.


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[thestone11]

Today is the day I will fly. Wish my fingers luck!


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[fuizer]

I've flown mine a few days where the temp was between 20-28F. My fingers were frozen the first time! After that I opted for some thin warm gloves. The Mavic did great, although the battery didn't last 27 minutes.. as you would expect. It did last about 20 minutes though.

 

[Mavic Ray]

It lasts that long even in warmer temperatues.

 

[damaltor]

Today is the day I will fly. Wish my fingers luck!


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How'd the flight go? Nice sunny day, little windy, I opted to stay inside. haha

 

[thestone11]

How'd the flight go? Nice sunny day, little windy, I opted to stay inside. haha

I went to the open field by my house after work with the Mavic. Walked out of the car......and changed my mind....lol. My fingers said no!


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[damaltor]

I went to the open field by my house after work with the Mavic. Walked out of the car......and changed my mind....lol. My fingers said no!


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Don't blame ya, it's pretty cool out. Hope it warms up a touch soon.

 

[CCDD]

No problem flying today, by the way, this temp is in Fahrenheit.

 

[damaltor]

Balmy, hope you have AC!

 

[Mavric]

No problem flying today, by the way, this temp is in Fahrenheit.
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