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Nautidawg

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On a clear sunny, no wind day, what is the lowest temperature you would fly the Mavic 2? Jones-ing to get out there but having cold temps here! :mad:
 
Need to allow the battery in the aircraft to warm up by hovering in place before flying. Do not fly with a cold battery as this could cause the aircraft to shut down in flight
 
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My mavic pro can warm up to 30 centigrade in about 3 minutes in 20 degree weather. Yes , it digs into flight time but it will be a safer shorter flight. Alternately you can keep the battery warm in an insulated container and only expose the battery to cold weather just before flight.
 
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On a clear sunny, no wind day, what is the lowest temperature you would fly the Mavic 2? Jones-ing to get out there but having cold temps here! :mad:
I regularily fly my 2 drones in cold weather. Coldest so far has been -25C. Just make sure your battery is warm prior to flight. Aside from keeping your battery warm, the main issues you will have is keeping your hands warm and display device problems. Unlike the battery in your drone that warms up with flight, your phone or tablet does not and can become less responsive to touch or shut off all together. Just stay within VLOS and you should be fine.

Chris
 
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I use this type of pocket thermo warmer to heat up my hands and battery before flight. They are cheap and holds The heat for about 20-25 minutes each.
 

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Does anyone use touch friendly gloves in cold?
I have flew a couple of times in -3C ~ 0C. My hands were really really cold.
 
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I have been thinking of trying these.
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I have some thin touch friendly gloves but find it sometimes takes a few tries to get them to work or the tip is too large for the button on my screen.

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Flew my pro for 6 mins this morning. I’m sure it could have gone longer but it was -11F before wind is factored in. Not much wind and the view of the town with all the steam from house chimneys made for a great video. I just took it outside started it up. Let it lock GPS and took it for a 8000ft flight around the town. Battery wasn’t charged full cap at start showing 72% and 48% when landed.
 

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Flew my pro for 6 mins this morning. I’m sure it could have gone longer but it was -11F before wind is factored in. Not much wind and the view of the town with all the steam from house chimneys made for a great video. I just took it outside started it up. Let it lock GPS and took it for a 8000ft flight around the town.
-24C???!!! WOW. DJI.
Something inside the drone is going to freeze?
 

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