Was going through the footage I too this summer and decided to « edit » this …

Long story short, skies were dark but magnificent above Nesebar, city along the Black Sea Coast, in Bulgaria.

I decided it would be interesting to get some timelapses of the clouds moving in the distance, with the island in the foreground.

But …. I was a little too optimistic and relied too much on the weather forecast that was not predicting any rain in the area (or at least close by) and winds were supposed to be stable around 16km/h … Nothing really too touch for the drone and I to handle …

Unfortunately, while I was in timelapse mode on the other side of the island, I could sense behind me that the winds were picking up and when I took a glance behind me, I saw that a big cloud was releasing its rain heavily and that it was heading towards me …

I would be hit first but my drone was a the opposite and even though would get hit later, I still need to get it back against some winds that I after got the scale of 45/50 km/h … Never had flown in such winds, and even more against them …

Stopped the timelapse mode, started full throttle to head back to where I was located, and getting ready in my mind to eventually loose my drone, not being sure first if I had enough battery to head back (fighting against the wind) and second, how would the drone react with heavy rain, causing maybe a failure to some systems …

Surprisingly, I managed to get it back even though those 1 to 2 minutes, seemed very long to me …

Landed, and we both, soaked to the bones, went home to get dried …

The next day, I first tested the drone on a parking lot to see if all systems were working and everything was fine - Not a sneeze or a cough from the M2P …

Tough little piece of electronics …

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That was a wet experience!

You were lucky,   Pleased you won against the storm.  

Montfrooij Posted at 12-17 02:41
That was a wet experience!

Hopefully, I am from Brittany and I know my "rain"

DAFlys Posted at 12-17 03:09
You were lucky,   Pleased you won against the storm.

Indeed, I really thought this time, when I see how I was getting soaked that the drone wouldn't make it ...

What a relief to get back and survive a narrow escape

Blériot53 Posted at 12-17 05:09
What a relief to get back and survive a narrow escape

Yes ... If I remember well, I had several rakias when I got back to warm up ...

lecoqadoodledrone Posted at 12-17 05:08
Indeed, I really thought this time, when I see how I was getting soaked that the drone wouldn't make it ...

Im surprised you didnt land sooner and recover it on foot.

lecoqadoodledrone Posted at 12-17 05:07
Hopefully, I am from Brittany and I know my "rain"

You are experienced

lecoqadoodledrone Posted at 12-17 05:15
Yes ... If I remember well, I had several rakias when I got back to warm up ...

I don't know what a rakia is but I get the gist

DAFlys Posted at 12-17 06:04
Im surprised you didnt land sooner and recover it on foot.

Very good point which on the moment I didn't think about ...

Could have been a good option indeed, if I had considered a safe area to land ...

I also remembered a friend who has been flying drones since some time ... He said that if you are caught in the rain with your drone in flight, it is nearly always fine since the engines are hot and in function ...

But once the drone stops and engines are stopped, better make sure that the water doesn't get into contact with the motors ...

lecoqadoodledrone Posted at 12-17 06:46
Very good point which on the moment I didn't think about ...

Could have been a good option indeed, if I had considered a safe area to land ...

hmmm,  not sure about that as on the M2P there are two intake ducts on the body for cooling the internals.

Happy ending to what could have been really bad.  Great job of getting it back safely.

Glad it made it back!