For Anyone that Wonders About Flying Low to Water

[bkushner]

Delaware River Philadelphia today I was about 10 feet off the water. Tried lower but the speed was dipping the bird too much. I fly out here all the time usually it's just water...never issues with the bird.

 

[小仙女的星巴克]

Delaware River Philadelphia today I was about 10 feet off the water. Tried lower but the speed was dipping the bird too much. I fly out here all the time usually it's just water...never issues with the bird.

Phantom ?
I flew from Pier 68 to Camden all the time using Spark. I guess flying low with Phantom 3 Standard should be fine too. I tried with my PS 3 there but couldn't take off.... magnetic field interference. Gotta try again with PS 3 again

 

[Meta4]

Delaware River Philadelphia today I was about 10 feet off the water. Tried lower but the speed was dipping the bird too much. I fly out here all the time usually it's just water...never issues with the bird.

There were issues with that seagull you startled.
I like flying over water but that's too close for me.
I was there back in the summer heat - hard to imagine the same river's covered in ice.

 

[Neon Euc]

Wow... Love it[emoji4] did you have to raise the phantom up at any point during that flight, or was it all done purly on the right stick?

 

[MotorCycle-Man]

WOW...........i felt like i was in a surfaced submarine ! what a fantastic video ! Thanks for sharing it here too !

 

[Deleted member 62848]

Yip great video and music to match

 

[OOO]

Did you turn VPS and OA off?

 

[kromar]

That was intense. Looks closer than 10 feet.

 

[bkushner]

Phantom ?
I flew from Pier 68 to Camden all the time using Spark. I guess flying low with Phantom 3 Standard should be fine too. I tried with my PS 3 there but couldn't take off.... magnetic field interference. Gotta try again with PS 3 again

Yes P4P

 

[bkushner]

Did you turn VPS and OA off?

I leave VPS always off since I fly over water so much and for this flight no OA.

 

[bkushner]

That was intense. Looks closer than 10 feet.

Hit about 40 mph which gives a nice downward tilt.

 

[OOO]

I leave VPS always off since I fly over water so much and for this flight no OA.

Me too! VPS always off, no OA for 70% of time.

 

[chrismatthewssr]

Great video, looks like you were 2 foot off the ice

 

[bsartist]

Hit about 40 mph which gives a nice downward tilt.

Sport mode then? I guess OA would be off anyhow?

 

[royster]

Yes, looks like your a foot from a dunking, To close for me buddy,
Very coo though!

 

[bkushner]

Wow... Love it[emoji4] did you have to raise the phantom up at any point during that flight, or was it all done purly on the right stick?

It was stable..did not raise...tried lower at first but with the dip it was a bit so I went up to about 10 feet.

 

[bkushner]

Sport mode then? I guess OA would be off anyhow?

Yes

 

[FatherXmas]

Wow! That is intense, and the music adds to it. Thanks for posting, made me smile.

 

[bletzinger]

the images of the scenery reflected intermittently in the open water was cool

 

[Whughes2]

Delaware River Philadelphia today I was about 10 feet off the water. Tried lower but the speed was dipping the bird too much. I fly out here all the time usually it's just water...never issues with the bird.

Great footage! Did you disable your verticle sensors before flying over the river or was the flight executed with all normal settings?