Hello and Happy New Year to all !!!
Take a look of this short video with my Air2s flying low over water. The drone flew perfectly fine and straight in strong head wing maintaining the altitude perfectly. Shot in dlog and color graded.

Wonderful footage, Alexis! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Nice vid, love how you captured the beach sound in the beginning!

Be careful at such heights and in those lighting conditions, you do not have much time to react to any descent.
That said, NICE video.

Great footage! Congrats! (but it was a risky move flying near sea level! hahaha)

Very nice. I love low flights over water!

Well done! You weren't nervous at all?

Beautiful footage.   

RobZilla Posted at 1-8 08:44
Nice vid, love how you captured the beach sound in the beginning!

Thank you!

Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 1-8 09:41
Be careful at such heights and in those lighting conditions, you do not have much time to react to any descent.
That said, NICE video.

Thank you! The whole flight was in visual contact, watching the drone and ready to cut forward stick and apply full throttle!

alan-kk Posted at 1-8 16:19
Great footage! Congrats! (but it was a risky move flying near sea level! hahaha)

Thank you very much!

Montfrooij Posted at 1-9 01:26
Very nice. I love low flights over water!

Thank you, i love them too!!

DAFlys Posted at 1-9 06:17
Beautiful footage.

Thank you there!!!

Be wary of cutting the forward stick and then adding throttle. This comes from having seen my Mavic Mini start to descend after ending a long, low fast run over water, the Air 2s may not have this occasional quirk but I be more inclined to throttle up and then cut the forward stick.

yogi053 Posted at 1-9 03:06
Well done! You weren't nervous at all?

Thank you! Not at all! Wasn't flying by the screen for the first part of the flight, i centered the yacht in screen and then hit full forward watching the drone visual. There is a huge amount of lag in these types of video link so if you fly by the screen/fpv there is not a lot time to react if something goes wrong in low altitude. On the other hand when i fly my fpv drones or planes i feel a lot more confident to fly low using my screen only.

Absolutely beautiful footage.  

Alexis_Tou Posted at 1-9 15:23
Thank you, i love them too!!

You're welcome. Makes for a great opening scene (or ending)

Nice!  

Alexis_Tou Posted at 1-9 15:23
Thank you there!!!

You're very welcome.

Alexis_Tou Posted at 1-9 15:23
Thank you there!!!

You're very welcome.

Alexis_Tou Posted at 1-9 15:31
Thank you! Not at all! Wasn't flying by the screen for the first part of the flight, i centered the yacht in screen and then hit full forward watching the drone visual. There is a huge amount of lag in these types of video link so if you fly by the screen/fpv there is not a lot time to react if something goes wrong in low altitude. On the other hand when i fly my fpv drones or planes i feel a lot more confident to fly low using my screen only.

Thank you for your reply. I daresay that if you are an experienced fpv pilot then flying low over water is quite tame for you.

DAFlys Posted at 1-10 02:03
You're very welcome.

Double the welcome even

Alexis_Tou, very nice Twilight Time video, looks like it was fun to do - thank you for sharing.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-10 12:14
Double the welcome even

Typical,   Ive not had one of those for a few days.

DAFlys Posted at 1-11 00:31
Typical,   Ive not had one of those for a few days.

This was pure coincidence that I noticed.
I scrolled down and happened to see it.
The door is (finally) ready btw.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-11 00:54
This was pure coincidence that I noticed.
I scrolled down and happened to see it.
The door is (finally) ready btw.

Woo Hoo,    Another project nearly finished?

DAFlys Posted at 1-11 01:14
Woo Hoo,    Another project nearly finished?

This one is finished.
Oh wait, I still have to mount the door bell knob. But that should be 5 seconds.
Next one is almost finished too (the board for my instruments). Looks great.
I still have to fit my stuff, but that will happen soon.
I'm thinking about doing the ground floor of the garage next.
It could do with a major overhaul.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-11 01:31
This one is finished.
Oh wait, I still have to mount the door bell knob. But that should be 5 seconds.
Next one is almost finished too (the board for my instruments). Looks great.

Whats the plan for the floor?   Mine has an epoxy on it which is nice but I wish I had self levelled it first.

DAFlys Posted at 1-11 01:40
Whats the plan for the floor?   Mine has an epoxy on it which is nice but I wish I had self levelled it first.

I probably won't be doing the floor itself, just the 'ground floor'.
The ceiling is made with plaster boards but they are not screwed well, so they are sagging. And I don't like plaster boards for a ceiling, so I will probably expose the beams and paint them.
Further, I want to make a long hanging shelf for storing wood or other things. (it's getting crowded....)
And do some re arranging of the electrics (that is a big mess now), new lighting, make room for more tools, get a nice board for hanging my hand tools, do some proper tidying up and probably do something with the walls. Although i'm not sure about that last part.

Absolutely lovely footage, especially in low light into the setting sun. I do most of my A2s flying over water but after a few hiccups with the controller haven't got the confidence to fly sooooo low yet.  Lovely clip, well done and thanks for sharing!

Great footage and nicely manouvered around the big boat. Well done.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-11 02:00
I probably won't be doing the floor itself, just the 'ground floor'.
The ceiling is made with plaster boards but they are not screwed well, so they are sagging. And I don't like plaster boards for a ceiling, so I will probably expose the beams and paint them.
Further, I want to make a long hanging shelf for storing wood or other things. (it's getting crowded....)

Ah Gotchya,   got lost in translation.   

We have regulations here that garages should be sealed to the rest of the house for fumes and fire restriction is double layers of plaster board all round is very common.

DAFlys Posted at 1-12 00:37
Ah Gotchya,   got lost in translation.   

We have regulations here that garages should be sealed to the rest of the house for fumes and fire restriction is double layers of plaster board all round is very common.

We don't have rules like that.
So I will try and go for the most efficient + nice solution.
And I hope that is removing the plaster, revealing the beams and attic floor.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-12 01:59
We don't have rules like that.
So I will try and go for the most efficient + nice solution.
And I hope that is removing the plaster, revealing the beams and attic floor.

Have you thought about changing the garage door?

DAFlys Posted at 1-12 02:21
Have you thought about changing the garage door?

Yes, I'm not sure.
They are 2 big doors, so a car could (in theory) pass through.
Which is a waste of wall space, since I will never do that.
But changing that to one 'normal' door is quite expensive and wall space is not that important to me.
The insulation part is another reason to get it changed, but still, not important enough for me.
I can always decide to do that later. The doors are nothing special, so they don't add value to the property.

Montfrooij Posted at 1-12 03:52
Yes, I'm not sure.
They are 2 big doors, so a car could (in theory) pass through.
Which is a waste of wall space, since I will never do that.

Leave the doors and build a stud wall on the inside?

DAFlys Posted at 1-12 05:23
Leave the doors and build a stud wall on the inside?

Possible yes.
I will have to think about the space when doing the rebuild. It might be where I will store my larger pieces of wood (boards etc.) so in that case, the door is ok as it is (as I can store that stuff against it)

Montfrooij Posted at 1-12 05:52
Possible yes.
I will have to think about the space when doing the rebuild. It might be where I will store my larger pieces of wood (boards etc.) so in that case, the door is ok as it is (as I can store that stuff against it)

I saw a guy build a wall behind to doors about 3ft and then used that space to store the timber and then he brings it in through a side door.  Not entirely sure I like the idea of that,  seems more wasteful.     My workshop has a very high ceiling,  so I have built a mezzane across half of it where I store timber and supplies.  Downside is heating it.

DAFlys Posted at 1-12 06:03
I saw a guy build a wall behind to doors about 3ft and then used that space to store the timber and then he brings it in through a side door.  Not entirely sure I like the idea of that,  seems more wasteful.     My workshop has a very high ceiling,  so I have built a mezzane across half of it where I store timber and supplies.  Downside is heating it.

I have thought about various options. But since it is ment to be 'open space' anyway (there is another door on the wall on the left), it will probably remain 'as is' and only be used for these flat big things.