LOS Help for Mini Mav

[FreeFall]

I painted my entire mav mini flat black with testers plastic model paint, and I can tell you this has freed me from a lot of loss fears, I can see my drone now very a very far distance against the sky, my first test today was to rise up to 400 feet and see what I could see, before it was invisible, now I had perfect site of it , even at 400 feet. I believe the single layer of paint to be a very light addition to the unit, and I know it was cheaper than a wrap.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

What happens if you have trees etc. as a background?

 

[FreeFall]

What happens if you have trees etc. as a background?

for some reason this just sticks out against it all, i left the landing gear on it unpainted for this reason.

 

[BigAl07]

After several feet it becomes a dark silhouette regardless of the color. When it's back-lit with the bright sky it could be Hunter Orange and still look like a black silhouette.

We like to customize our aircraft and that's awesome but after just a hundred or so feet it's still a silhouette.

 

[Deleted member 103366]

I'll maybe give it a try, my orange mini does a vanishing act against a 'tree background' at 150m or so.

 

[Bosco Bear]

I have a heck of a time seeing mine against the sky once it's a few hundred feet away, so this might help. I would still want to make sure that it doesn't make it harder to see against some backdrops and that it wouldn't affect my DJI Refresh coverage.

 

[hiflyer201]

I'm more concerned with finding it in the bushes..I know it's going to be backlit in the sky. Flat black looks cool though..I'll sure give you that.

 

[ff22]

I tend to think that blinking LEDs are necessary to see against sky and/or tree line???

 

[GerdS]

I painted my entire mav mini flat black...

What a stupid idea!
Overheating problems in summertime with bright sunlight are pro-programmed now...