Safe temperatures to fly drone

[PrettyGirlFlys]

Hello all,

I have a Mavic Mini and wanted to know if it’s safe to fly it in the heat. It is currently 93 degrees. What do you guys think?

 

[sch]

Hello all,

I have a Mavic Mini and wanted to know if it’s safe to fly it in the heat. It is currently 93 degrees. What do you guys think?

The operating temperature is 0° to 40°C (32° to 104℉) you are close, but dji says that its still safe to fly.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I fly in Florida heat every day.

Hottest I've flown is 96 degrees, humidity around 95%. 2 Batteries, no issues.

 

[ATP]

I would have to sit in my air conditioned car to fly it.

 

[iaincaradoc]

I would have to sit in my air conditioned car to fly it.

I'm in the Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona.

I still get to fly outdoors... sometimes. It's 105 today. Supposed to be a high of 98 by Friday, and back up to 105 by Monday again.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I would have to sit in my air conditioned car to fly it.

I DO!

LMFAO ?

 

[iaincaradoc]

I would have to sit in my air conditioned car to fly it.

I DO!

LMFAO ?

I'd have to have the drone in the car with me to fly it... 115 degrees the week before last.

 

[PrettyGirlFlys]

So I flew it with no problems...except a run in with the law

 

[itsneedtokno]

So I flew it with no problems...except a run in with the law

I drove past 5 cops to my take off location today (they were set up for some sort of operation). As soon as I parked one started coming my way, watched me launch, and drove away. Then 5 minutes later, a second one came and watched for a few then left.

That was the extent of it.

 

[iaincaradoc]

So I flew it with no problems...except a run in with the law

This sounds like a story... lemme grab some popcorn. And a beer, since I'm done flying for today.

 

[Cmeflydrone]

For those of us that live in warmer parts of the US we wouldn’t be able to fly 1/3 of the year if we didn’t fly in 93 or hotter temps!

 

[Mark Waco]

I stop flying at 90f, mainly my tablet slows down. At 85 I have to take the case covers off.

 

[Peterson]

My experience has been at 95 degrees and 68 percent relative my drone is pushing the limits of its abilities. It starts to get heat warnings and more importantly my IPad mini will notify me that I need to shut down operations and allow the unit to cool. I have also noticed that at that temperature I start to get signal break up and intermittent signal loss. It is not worth it to me to push that envelope. My own do not fly limit is 85 degrees, 50 percent relative and 10 mph wind speed or below. Of course my MP2 is slightly higher investment price point so that makes me a little more cautious.

 

[Deleted member 114292]

So I flew it with no problems...except a run in with the law

She got lucky with the law - the FAA did not find out she was flying in a class B 0 foot airspace.
At least not yet.

 

[WDKZoom]

Hello all,

I have a Mavic Mini and wanted to know if it’s safe to fly it in the heat. It is currently 93 degrees. What do you guys think?

Its probably safe, but I tend not to fly when the temperature hits 95 degrees......those motors can get hot!!!

WDK

 

[Coco 60]

Is there a thermal protection on the MM that prevents the drone from operating when outside temp is too high ??

 

[Jeff A]

So I flew it with no problems...except a run in with the law

I think you would be wise to read through the manual before flying the aircraft. You might just read something that will save your Drone from a crash, or worse.

 

[WDKZoom]

Is there a thermal protection on the MM that prevents the drone from operating when outside temp is too high ??

I would think not.

WDK

 

[Coco 60]

Because WDK two weeks ago i tried to fly my MM on a hot day 38 celcius (100 fahrenheit ) and the app was telling me that controller can't connect with aircraft, but later on that day at my house everything was back to normal !! Never had that problem before !

 

[WDKZoom]

Because WDK two weeks ago i tried to fly my MM on a hot day 38 celcius (100 fahrenheit ) and the app was telling me that controller can't connect with aircraft, but later on that day at my house everything was back to normal !! Never had that problem before !

I am a fairly new pilot here but I am pretty sure that your connection issue was not related to heat. I have flown in over 100 degree weather but because as I said my motors were fairly warm so I have decided since that my cut off would be 95 degrees.

There are times when my controller does not connect but on those occasions I shut my drone down and then the controller and try again until it does. It has never taken more than a couple of cycles.

WDK