How do you get your fix during the Winter?

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Fly from inside the house? Inside car? Something else - that doesn't involve moving South?

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTEjLVUYaRs[/youtube]
 
haven't had my phantom long enough to do a winter flight, but when it comes around I'll probably just bundle up and fly anyways unless it's too bad, then I'll just fly the mini quadcopter around the house.
 
Although last winter was fairly mild here (SE coast UK) I have so far flown at least once or twice every month since getting my Phantom 1 in September 2013.

bill
 
Here in Northern California we "layer". In ofter wear several layers of clothing and top if off with a hooded parka. Works for me.
 
fly-catchers said:
Although last winter was fairly mild here (SE coast UK) I have so far flown at least once or twice every month since getting my Phantom 1 in September 2013.

bill

This is pretty much me and my plan. I wont fly much if it's freezing. But I will try to fly at least once per month. My P2V+ that is. I also have a fleet of Micro Quads which I fly most days anyway, both inside and outside.
 
PsychopathRC said:
fly-catchers said:
Although last winter was fairly mild here (SE coast UK) I have so far flown at least once or twice every month since getting my Phantom 1 in September 2013.

bill

This is pretty much me and my plan. I wont fly much if it's freezing. But I will try to fly at least once per month. My P2V+ that is. I also have a fleet of Micro Quads which I fly most days anyway, both inside and outside.
made me think of this video

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGl5rQK3ew[/youtube]
 
I wonder about the battery being exposed to below freezing weather. It will cut down flying time, but will it be a cause of failure?
 
johncanfield said:
By watching the NFL playoffs :cool: .

Come on man, haven't you learned already that you're not supposed to be flying over the stadiums during live events! :roll:


:lol:
 
I fly all winter no issues and shots are epic as long as the lighting is good and cold hands suck lol
 
Transmitter glove (see GoodnNuf post above), a big loose hat that fits over FPV goggles, a warm jacket, boots, and whiskey. Lots of whiskey.

But if you get the range you need from inside a warm car, then that's the way to go.
 
Here the wind has started blowing and will stop late Spring. Even if you could tolerate the cold, the blasted wind is too strong most of the time. And then there is the snow.....
 
Happyflyer said:
Here the wind has started blowing and will stop late Spring. Even if you could tolerate the cold, the blasted wind is too strong most of the time. And then there is the snow.....

I thought you showed us your "Winter flying hut" a while back.

Maybe you need to show us again. :D
 
I'd say by 2020, outside temp. won't even be a factor --- even on a very cold day, you will be sitting in your recliner in front of your big-screen 80-inch 4K television watching real-time video downlink over 5G cell towers of your autonomous UAV flying it's mission as you sip some hot cocoa by the fireplace. Ahhh, what a lovely hobby it will be! :mrgreen:

Maybe I'm too forward-thinking --- but standing outside in the freezing cold in order to fly a drone is going to seem awfully silly a decade from now. Technology moves so **** fast that anything that seems normal today will become obsolete and ridiculed in a few years. ****, I can remember backing up all my best 28K dialup porn photos from 1995 onto 3.5" diskettes and I thought desktop computing was never going to get any better than that LOL. :p
 
I'll be making snow in the garden with my homemade snowguns, and when weather permitting taking pictures of it with my quad.

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Video of my old setup on a windy day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nPNu6XdmIw
 

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