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
