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Air 3s Legacy Forests in the Fog - Flying over Washington's Imperiled Temperate Rainforest

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I filmed this video with the DJI Air 3S on a foggy day in the Capitol Hills of Western Washington while out documenting the imperiled groves of legacy forests which may still be found here.
 
Excellent. You're quite the pilot! Very important subject matter too. I enjoyed the Video very much. I've never flown in the fog, well not with a drone anyway. Gutsy flying for sure.
 
Good to watch and very brave of you to fly then and there. Have never understood how people fly out through the fog into clear air and then know where their drone is? Do you find a hole in the fog to fly out of?
 
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There's times I've thought I flew into a Black hole, lol!
 
Awesome video!
 
Good to watch and very brave of you to fly then and there. Have never understood how people fly out through the fog into clear air and then know where their drone is? Do you find a hole in the fog to fly out of?
There's a lot of trust in the RTH when flying in fog.
 
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I filmed this video with the DJI Air 3S on a foggy day in the Capitol Hills of Western Washington while out documenting the imperiled groves of legacy forests which may still be found here.
Beautifully done and uplifting, thanks so much for sharing!
 
Do you find the fog diminishes or blocks your radio signal? or GPS?
Great video BTW. How far is Mt. Rainier away from you?
I had no problems with radio signal or GPS, the fog really doesn't seem to affect that at all. The biggest problem was with the sensors. There wasn't an issue with my first and second flights, but after I'd flown up above the cloud layer and was on my way back down, the downwards sensors kept detecting the fog as the ground, which was terrifying!

Mt. Rainier was quite a long way away, probably at least 50 miles.
 
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Good to watch and very brave of you to fly then and there. Have never understood how people fly out through the fog into clear air and then know where their drone is? Do you find a hole in the fog to fly out of?
I will only fly up through a layer of fog if I can tell its very thin. I didn't have a hole to fly through, but I could tell the top of the layer was just a few hundred feet up. Navigation is easy so long as you have GPS (which the fog doesn't seem to affect), and so long as you don't fly too far you can hear where the drone is. The tricky part is descending back through the fog, since it tends to make your obstacle sensors go haywire. When flying in dense fog it's typically better to disable obstacle sensing to prevent false positives (which I forgot to do when flying that day lol).
 
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I will only fly up through a layer of fog if I can tell its very thin. I didn't have a hole to fly through, but I could tell the top of the layer was just a few hundred feet up. Navigation is easy so long as you have GPS (which the fog doesn't seem to affect), and so long as you don't fly too far you can hear where the drone is. The tricky part is descending back through the fog, since it tends to make your obstacle sensors go haywire. When flying in dense fog it's typically better to disable obstacle sensing to prevent false positives (which I forgot to do when flying that day lol).
As always with drone flying, common sense makes……….sense! Thanks for the tips. Will try it when we get some fog.
 
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I filmed this video with the DJI Air 3S on a foggy day in the Capitol Hills of Western Washington while out documenting the imperiled groves of legacy forests which may still be found here.
Wow, excellent video showcasing the forests of Washington. I lived most of life there and loved your shot of Mt. Rainier, that I climbed back in the day.

Thank you for sharing!
 

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