It was mighty cold first thing. After sticking my head out of the door at 01.30 I grabbed a couple of hours sleep and then back out the door by 05.15. Scraped the ice off the windscreen and let the car warm up while I grabbed a coffee and checked the batteries were all fully charged and cards were in.... 1 battery inside my fleece as I drive the 5 miles or so to my chosen spot.... get everything ready in the car, nice and warm and hop out to launch. Within 20 seconds of getting everything linked up the 'LOW BATTERY' warning flashes up, I had 30%. The cold had killed it. It was -2 and the sun was only just about to pop over the horizon. So I had to be circumspect, the shot I was going to get had to be abandoned for another day, it was too far to fly, get the shots and get back again. In fact I doubt it would have got there even. I spun her round and lined up for this one, just for myself, sometimes you have to feed your soul as opposed to the bank account. I got the shot and dropped her back to me with the battery shouting critically low! Sometimes you just have to push the boundaries, within reason.
Back in the car with the battery in under my fleece again, within 20 minutes it had come back up and was showing 4 lights! Be careful the cold plays havoc with these batteries.
Back in the car with the battery in under my fleece again, within 20 minutes it had come back up and was showing 4 lights! Be careful the cold plays havoc with these batteries.