First off, this is not a post of carnage or problems. It’s about being prepared.
It’s a bit long and kind of boring, so don’t say I didn’t tell you ?
This past weekend was my first serious outdoor flight and the weather was cooperating with light breeze and mild temperatures (-2 C) and light cloud cover.
I was out ice fishing and I was prepared!
All the drone, phone and controller batteries were charged and I figured I was ready.
I kept the drone batteries in my LiPo bag in my shirt pocket so they stayed warm until I needed them.
I launched, flew around to get comfortable, did a few quick shots and generally had fun. After playing a bit more I tried the RTH and was only off the pad a foot or so, so I manually landed.
At this point I figured I should actually do some fishing while I was at it. (Yep, I caught a small Lake Trout).
When I decided to take the next flight, I saw that the drone battery was at 38% so I swapped it for a fresh one.
Away I went again, this time taking it upwind to the far shore about 1km away.
Like I said, no problems or issues and RTH worked great but just after I landed my phone decided to tell me that it was going into low power mode!
Darned if I didn’t have my phone charging cable with me so my flying day was over ?
To make it worse, the clouds went away, the temp rose to +4 and all I could do was think of what could have been.
This weekend I have 6 of those rechargeable battery packs coming with me and my Mavic Mini case now has a lightning charging cord in it as part of the standard gear.
Maybe next time I’ll have a video to show but having the Mini is making me feel like a kid again which makes me ramble.
I’d say sorry, but I did warn you!
Dave
It’s a bit long and kind of boring, so don’t say I didn’t tell you ?
This past weekend was my first serious outdoor flight and the weather was cooperating with light breeze and mild temperatures (-2 C) and light cloud cover.
I was out ice fishing and I was prepared!
All the drone, phone and controller batteries were charged and I figured I was ready.
I kept the drone batteries in my LiPo bag in my shirt pocket so they stayed warm until I needed them.
I launched, flew around to get comfortable, did a few quick shots and generally had fun. After playing a bit more I tried the RTH and was only off the pad a foot or so, so I manually landed.
At this point I figured I should actually do some fishing while I was at it. (Yep, I caught a small Lake Trout).
When I decided to take the next flight, I saw that the drone battery was at 38% so I swapped it for a fresh one.
Away I went again, this time taking it upwind to the far shore about 1km away.
Like I said, no problems or issues and RTH worked great but just after I landed my phone decided to tell me that it was going into low power mode!
Darned if I didn’t have my phone charging cable with me so my flying day was over ?
To make it worse, the clouds went away, the temp rose to +4 and all I could do was think of what could have been.
This weekend I have 6 of those rechargeable battery packs coming with me and my Mavic Mini case now has a lightning charging cord in it as part of the standard gear.
Maybe next time I’ll have a video to show but having the Mini is making me feel like a kid again which makes me ramble.
I’d say sorry, but I did warn you!
Dave
) and have fun practicing your flying reversed skills. You can use the FC controls for taking video and stills and RTH. Keep bringing it in and visually check the battery level, the auto RTH will work if you run into low battery or lose sight of it. Out on the ice is a great place to fly while waiting for the big one to bite.
