Who flys in the winter?

[Chasbro]

I fly from inside the van when its cold. I just sit in the passenger seat and aim out the front windshield.

 

[solentlife]

When it's very cold, cell life, thus flight time reduces. In addition there is a built in battery feature that reduces flight speed/performance in cold temperatures. Cold means below freezing.
In addition the iPad battery life also reduces when below freezing.
I know....I live in Canada..!!

Battery life is the total number of cycles before a battery is dead and cannot be recharged to work again.

Battery RUN TIME is the time a battery will deliver useable power before needing to recharge.

With cold weather - battery internal chemistry slows down and power delivery is reduced. In moderate cold temps usually only the max amps / full throttle capability is seen to reduce. But as temp reduces further you get reduced RUN TIME as well as reduced max power. It has nothing to do with battery LIFE.

Sorry but you are confusing RUN TIME with LIFE ... the two are totally separate and different.

Nigel

 

[Jacques Sauvé]

Yes, Nigel, you are right, I meant battery run time and not battery life. Thanks for the clarification and the explanation.
Jacques


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[solentlife]

Yes, Nigel, you are right, I meant battery run time and not battery life. Thanks for the clarification and the explanation.
Jacques


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Hi Jacques ... no problem, just don't want some newcomers to this hobby to get wrong impression.
Cheers
Nigel

 

[ThommyBoy]

I fly from inside the van when its cold. I just sit in the passenger seat and aim out the front windshield.

I do the same. Sit in passenger seat with car running and heat on. this was taken last winter. 28 degrees and 16 mph winds. No problem. I keep everything warm on the front seat until I'm ready to fly.

 

[Joe Glenn]

Any of you guys fly in the winter or do you let your bird rest until it warms up again?

Thanks,



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Warm up?? I fly all winter long. It's the best time to fly. I live in Phoenix and the winter highs are around 60 degrees. Makes great flying weather. I take mine on my hikes, hike up to the top of one of our local mountains and get some great shots. I tried to upload a Video I just shot out in Phoenix but it won't let me upload it for some reason...

 

[BourgeoisSJC]

Warm up?? I fly all winter long. It's the best time to fly. I live in Phoenix and the winter highs are around 60 degrees. Makes great flying weather. I take mine on my hikes, hike up to the top of one of our local mountains and get some great shots. I tried to upload a Video I just shot out in Phoenix but it won't let me upload it for some reason...

Phoenix?
Haha this is not winter

THIS is winter

 

[Eric Casimiro]

I fly in the winter but I live in Sedona Arizona. It can get into the 30s and on those day's I personally recommend won't try it.

 

[QuadcopterCrazy]

Phoenix?
Haha this is not winter

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THIS is winter

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lol yep, hell we're getting snow here but radar shows nothing, its so cold it snows when its not even suppose to lol.

 

[len750]

I fly in winter. Sometimes it gets all the way into the 40's around here.

Brutal.

70 degrees here today. Now where did I put that parka... I mean, those shorts?

 

[len750]

Try negative 40 lol it sucks

Try 120 F in June!

 

[RJ_Make]

I'm soft, now that I'm older, and don't handle the cold very well. So I pretty much stop flying outside at around ~40F..

 

[QuadcopterCrazy]

I'm soft, now that I'm older, and don't handle the cold very well. So I pretty much stop flying outside at around ~40F..

I would love to have 40 degrees right now.

 

[Joe Glenn]

Phoenix?
Haha this is not winter

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THIS is winter

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Phoenix Winter Storm. We will rebuild

 

[Joe Glenn]

Try 120 F in June!

That's when you go to San Diego, Sedona or Flagstaff to fly and enjoy 75 Degrees.

 

[gvsukids]

Dropbox - VID_35600109_085609.mp4
Recent flight in winter


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[Spiderpig]

I flew last saturday to get some test shots of the church nearby...also did a height flight to 400 feet.

 

[Nickster]

I plan on doing some flying this winter. I was going to try after the snow quit today, but it is snowing too hard right now. Maybe tomorrow after the snow stops.


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[kosmik]

-10C

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[kosmik]

Flying in snow

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