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Hey everyone,
Just wondering if anyone here fly their Mavic Pro regularly in cold weather (at or near freezing temps) and what your experiences are/were like (aside from shortened battery life)?
I recently took a road trip and stopped by a valley in the eastern Sierra Mountains here in California. It was ~3pm and the ambient temperature outside was 23 degrees F. It was just a quick stop before the sun set behind the snowy mountain tops so I probably got no more than 15 minutes total flight time before it was too cold for me and my kids as I hurried them back into the car.
I thought I had a decent length video clip captured and drove off with a satisfied smile on my face. ONLY to get home, upload the footage, and find that of one of the videos was corrupted. I was capturing in 1080p @ 96fps and the clip registered 10:00 length (10 minutes), which meant I captured about 2.5 minutes. But during playback, it throws an error at just before 4 min on replay (so I guess the corruption came just at 1min record time).
Now to be fair, I'm one of those idiots that doesn't read the fine print on the operating manual and I suspect at 23 degrees F, I'm probably well-below recommended operating temperatures.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else has similar experience where their video clips would crap out? Due to the cold? The *.mp4 was corrupt. The short clip that is saved on the phone clips out at the same time.
Thanks in advance.
Safe & Happy Flying.
Just wondering if anyone here fly their Mavic Pro regularly in cold weather (at or near freezing temps) and what your experiences are/were like (aside from shortened battery life)?
I recently took a road trip and stopped by a valley in the eastern Sierra Mountains here in California. It was ~3pm and the ambient temperature outside was 23 degrees F. It was just a quick stop before the sun set behind the snowy mountain tops so I probably got no more than 15 minutes total flight time before it was too cold for me and my kids as I hurried them back into the car.
I thought I had a decent length video clip captured and drove off with a satisfied smile on my face. ONLY to get home, upload the footage, and find that of one of the videos was corrupted. I was capturing in 1080p @ 96fps and the clip registered 10:00 length (10 minutes), which meant I captured about 2.5 minutes. But during playback, it throws an error at just before 4 min on replay (so I guess the corruption came just at 1min record time).
Now to be fair, I'm one of those idiots that doesn't read the fine print on the operating manual and I suspect at 23 degrees F, I'm probably well-below recommended operating temperatures.
I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else has similar experience where their video clips would crap out? Due to the cold? The *.mp4 was corrupt. The short clip that is saved on the phone clips out at the same time.
Thanks in advance.
Safe & Happy Flying.