Drone Pics

[PushedDover]

Lazermilk said:

PushedDover said:

Stress levels are there when trying to land on a moving boat, I assure.
Esp when all the sensors are saying ‘no no no no’ !!

Good fun. More of us and OH as Kate Winslet on the bow etc taken today, but not for tinternet

Two flights - and kicked myself after flight one as I realised I had not pulled the fenders in and stowed :facepalm:
but
compared to terrifying landings last year, new method is crank up the engine when coming in to land and some reverse thrust to bring the boat speed down to 2 or 3 knots. Still not easy - forward at 3knts alongside and then side slide in and pluck out of the sky avoiding the rigging etc. bouncing up and down.

[leglessAlex]

GetCarter said:

It makes me so sad there's no salmon in that river anymore. I'd love a month or two fishing (and blanking) on it, just to be sure

[GetCarter]

alisdairm said:

GetCarter said:

You looked at my profile didn't you

Not at all. I grew up in the Black Isle, and I spent many Sundays racing around Wester Ross on motorbikes in the 90s. And in my 30s I built the water treatment works at Shieldaig, Torridon, Alligin and Diabeg.

I recognised the hills in the background and where the river Torridon goes into the Loch.

You missed my

[Freakuk]

One from yesterday at Ironbridge

[JonnyWhitters]

One from the weekend as it made getting the shot a lot easier than faffing with a tripod and timer

[slopes]

Nice. I need to get back out with mine but so many family commitments and then come the weekend the weather is pants....*sigh*

[Byker28i]

Having seen some last year, thought I'd try the drone near our family fireworks

[slopes]

Been a while since i've been out with the drone but as i had to wait for a courier to deliver to work on Sunday, i sent the drone up for a play. Shame it was foggy though as the A1M is just over the other side of the building

[slopes]

Had to go to work earlier to close up after an event, it had clagged it down here all day long so after it stopped raining, i decided to get a moody atmospheric shot.

White dots are the traffic heading north on the A1M

Edited by slopes on Sunday 20th November 18:34

[slopes]

Storm across the other side of town

[Mezzanine]

slopes said:

Storm across the other side of town

Love the lighting of the self-storage place - looks great

[slopes]

Mezzanine said:

slopes said:

Storm across the other side of town

Love the lighting of the self-storage place - looks great

Thanks, i'm fairly sure that was part artificial lighting and part sunset - just out of shot behing the camera - lighting it but i swear i couldn't get that shot again if i tried

[slopes]

[slopes]

If you zoom into top right and move slightly left, you can see some buildings in the distance....that's Luton airport some 15 miles or so away

Edited by slopes on Friday 2nd December 07:50

[slopes]

Apparently, the DJI Mini 2 should not be flow below 0degrees as it causes issues with stability at height. I can also tell you, it doesn't like being flown in temperatures right around freezing as mine was slowly drifting sideways of it's own accord, so today's mission was a tricky and quick flight up to 30 mts just to get an over view of the local area in the seasonal weather

[mikef]

I can confirm that the Mini Pro 3 does work below 0℃ as it's specc'ed to do, but I haven't been able to confirm how it behaves below -10℃

[slopes]

Yes my stepson has the Mini 3 Pro and he was off flying around to his hearts content.
The Mini 2 will work but it is not advisable to fly below freezing unless you pre warm the batteries. However, as i stated, it doesn't like 0 degrees much either.

[GetCarter]

My DJI 3 pro fell out of the sky at -2C about 7 years ago.

Since then, none of my drones will let me take off unless they are warm enough - and when they are up, they generate their own heat.

Was flying today to 1000 ft above a loch - and it's bloody cold up here in northern Scotland!

Top tip... make sure batteries are warm before takeoff.

[Tycho]

GetCarter said:

My DJI 3 pro fell out of the sky at -2C about 7 years ago.

Since then, none of my drones will let me take off unless they are warm enough - and when they are up, they generate their own heat.

Was flying today to 1000 ft above a loch - and it's bloody cold up here in northern Scotland!

Top tip... make sure batteries are warm before takeoff.

Quick question, what's the best way to get the batteries warm? Is it really as simple as keeping them in a pocket next to your body or is there a more techy way?

[GetCarter]

Tycho said:

Quick question, what's the best way to get the batteries warm? Is it really as simple as keeping them in a pocket next to your body or is there a more techy way?

Just don't leave them in the car!