Nice night flying in Cleveland

How were the temperatures while flying?

Did you encounter any shorter lasting batteries or did the flight(s) perform as expected?

I haven't hung my hat to night flying as of yet, but it's on the to do list.

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-12 20:55
I haven't hung my hat to night flying as of yet, but it's on the to do list.

Ive got a couple of videos at night...  I haven't gotten the guts to fly it too far out.  I think the furthest is maybe 500' out and maybe 100' up.  The original video here is from the helipad at the hospital I work at.  These others are from the same hospital.  

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=amDkFO3UYFg[/url]

Quick edit from next to the hospital



https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=FRYiGuRWRBc

First Flight in the snow

Sorry about the links above not working, I was trying to add links while I was signed into my Youtube.  Here are working links.

Ive got a couple of videos at night...  I haven't gotten the guts to fly it too far out.  I think the furthest is maybe 500' out and maybe 100' up.  The original video here is from the helipad at the hospital I work at.  These others are from the same hospital.  

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-12 20:54
How were the temperatures while flying?

This was on one of the rare spring days we had up here, It was around 55 degrees at flight time

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-12 20:54
Did you encounter any shorter lasting batteries or did the flight(s) perform as expected?

I got around 12 minutes of flying during this flight.  It was alittle breezy at around 20 mph during this flight and it was launched on the helipad at the hospital I work at.

Nice video

Nice videos. Did you get any enhanced warning zone notifications being so close to Burke? I’m in Brunswick and just outside the enhanced warning zone for Hopkins. Just curious what happens when you takeoff inside an enhanced warning zone.

Very nice!

Dunes09 Posted at 2018-3-13 05:11
Nice videos. Did you get any enhanced warning zone notifications being so close to Burke? I’m in Brunswick and just outside the enhanced warning zone for Hopkins. Just curious what happens when you takeoff inside an enhanced warning zone.

When I powered the remote on I got a notice about accepting liability for flying where I was, but I never got one of those "can not fly" errors nor was I told by the app that I needed to "unlock" the area.   When I get back in tonight I'll read it carefully and screen shot it. I guess I just skimmed over it.  However I did get grounded near Lorain County Regional.  I had to go online and apply for an unlock period type of thing.  

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-12 21:27
I got around 12 minutes of flying during this flight.  It was alittle breezy at around 20 mph during this flight and it was launched on the helipad at the hospital I work at.

That sounds like the same standardized data that I come up with when flying in warmer conditions with little wind.

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-12 21:25
This was on one of the rare spring days we had up here, It was around 55 degrees at flight time

I've only flown in a handful of cold days around 50 degrees and sometimes the only thing I've noticed were battery temperature messages displayed on the application.

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-12 21:16
Ive got a couple of videos at night...  I haven't gotten the guts to fly it too far out.  I think the furthest is maybe 500' out and maybe 100' up.  The original video here is from the helipad at the hospital I work at.  These others are from the same hospital.  

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=amDkFO3UYFg[/url]

I'd rather fly in snow I think than extremely hot temperatures with loads of sun like we get here in Arizona.

Nice video

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-12 20:55
I haven't hung my hat to night flying as of yet, but it's on the to do list.

It's not a big deal to fly at night as long as you can keep visual contact to your drone, and also if you can fly a place with some artificial light then you should have no problem.

check out my night flight video

Viking-Pilot Posted at 2018-3-13 09:14
It's not a big deal to fly at night as long as you can keep visual contact to your drone, and also if you can fly a place with some artificial light then you should have no problem.

check out my night flight video

It is one of my things to do that I haven't tried yet with my drones. I'm just waiting for a night where I can capture everything in a well lit area.

Viking-Pilot Posted at 2018-3-13 09:14
It's not a big deal to fly at night as long as you can keep visual contact to your drone, and also if you can fly a place with some artificial light then you should have no problem.

check out my night flight video

This is an amazing video, good job!

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-13 07:57
I'd rather fly in snow I think than extremely hot temperatures with loads of sun like we get here in Arizona.

How does the heat effect your batteries?  I've seen a lot posted on these forums and others about the effects of cold weather but nothing about the heat.  Maybe there isn't an issue, but I guess I'd fear for an overheated and possible exploded battery.

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-13 07:56
I've only flown in a handful of cold days around 50 degrees and sometimes the only thing I've noticed were battery temperature messages displayed on the application.

I have been typically flying in temps between 25-40 degrees so far.  I've only gotten one battery temperature warning/advisory and that's when the temp dropped to 19 degrees.  I'd like to take it out tonight, if it quits snowing here...

Great video thanks for posting!

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-12 21:25
Sorry about the links above not working, I was trying to add links while I was signed into my Youtube.  Here are working links.

Ive got a couple of videos at night...  I haven't gotten the guts to fly it too far out.  I think the furthest is maybe 500' out and maybe 100' up.  The original video here is from the helipad at the hospital I work at.  These others are from the same hospital.  

Great snowy video! And the second video is square!? Is it ready for instagram? Square is clever because you don't have to adjust the orientation of your phone to enjoy it. Nice work!

I made the second video using the DJI software on my phone.  I honestly just put It on instagram

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-13 17:45
How does the heat effect your batteries?  I've seen a lot posted on these forums and others about the effects of cold weather but nothing about the heat.  Maybe there isn't an issue, but I guess I'd fear for an overheated and possible exploded battery.

I haven't really tested the batteries flying in unbearable heat yet. I will report back once I have a few hot days under my belt. Keep your fingers crossed no explosions :-)

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-13 17:47
I have been typically flying in temps between 25-40 degrees so far.  I've only gotten one battery temperature warning/advisory and that's when the temp dropped to 19 degrees.  I'd like to take it out tonight, if it quits snowing here...

I think the Spark and DJI drones alike handles cold weather better than hot weather, but I am not entirely sure until my tests and flight history can be compared.

davidmartingraf Posted at 2018-3-13 10:30
It is one of my things to do that I haven't tried yet with my drones. I'm just waiting for a night where I can capture everything in a well lit area.

You will be surprised of how good the little Spark does in low light conditions, it does have a quite good dynamic range as you can see in my video.

EMTDad Posted at 2018-3-13 17:41
This is an amazing video, good job!

Thank you I'm glad you like it ;-)

Viking-Pilot Posted at 2018-3-14 01:53
You will be surprised of how good the little Spark does in low light conditions, it does have a quite good dynamic range as you can see in my video.

I flew yesterday evening when it was completely dark and amazingly I had further line of sight at night than in daytime. The video came out good, except that my Spark camera when in GPS mode flying side to side was leaning a little, almost like when Yawing in Sport, except that there wasn't any wind?

Good work