Today I plucked up the courage and took off into the fog for the first time....

Beautiful footage.

Very nicely done Ross.    Gives the impression you are just floating on top of the fog bank.  

Thank you gentlemen, it would be nice to get even higher, but I followed the prescribed 120m.

nice but wasn't that bvlos (in your country) or no? ;)

Was thinking about this as we have fog in the past few days.
But I was worried about moisture and water droplets getting into the drone in dense fog.   There are also reports of fog confusing the IR sensors causing the drone (other models) to attempt to land.

Thanks for the info!

I did that once with my Mavic Air, on a hike in the bavarian alps. I wanted to have a nice "reveal" effect and started below the fog tier (which was just about 50m height). The fog made the sensors going crazy and the drone was drifting in an undefined (and not controllable) way because APAS was active. In the end, the drone started the landing procedure while being at 40m altitude - and landed on top of a spruce, altitude 35m above ground. Last information was: Rotors are blocked... I did some rescue attempts, but the "bird" is still up there, in the forest. I was hoping that it would fall down in a storm or during winter time, but no... My conclusion: Never fly in fog again.

The Saint Posted at 11-2 19:48
nice but wasn't that bvlos (in your country) or no? ;)

_SoP_ Posted at 11-2 23:31
I did that once with my Mavic Air, on a hike in the bavarian alps. I wanted to have a nice "reveal" effect and started below the fog tier (which was just about 50m height). The fog made the sensors going crazy and the drone was drifting in an undefined (and not controllable) way because APAS was active. In the end, the drone started the landing procedure while being at 40m altitude - and landed on top of a spruce, altitude 35m above ground. Last information was: Rotors are blocked... I did some rescue attempts, but the "bird" is still up there, in the forest, for more than one year. I was hoping that it would fall down in a storm or during winter time, but no... My conclusion: Never fly in fog again.

Agreed, just a test, next time better without fog.

nosnoop Posted at 11-2 20:13
Was thinking about this as we have fog in the past few days.
But I was worried about moisture and water droplets getting into the drone in dense fog.   There are also reports of fog confusing the IR sensors causing the drone (other models) to attempt to land.

A couple of sensor reports were, I'd rather not try my luck again, I'm not that kind of hero.

Very nice to see!
Did you experience condensation on the lens / sensors?

Montfrooij Posted at 11-3 02:01
Very nice to see!
Did you experience condensation on the lens / sensors?

I haven't had any issues with condensation or camera sweating. Everything is perfectly fine.

Ross14 Posted at 11-3 02:42
I haven't had any issues with condensation or camera sweating. Everything is perfectly fine.

Nice.
It is very rewarding!

OK

Very nice!

Thank you

Well, there goes your warranty support!   : )   Just kidding.

TonyPHX Posted at 11-3 11:49
Well, there goes your warranty support!   : )   Just kidding.

Super