What Software do you use to check the weather before you fly?

I founded UAV Forecast, anything else to used?

for years now I use an old fashioned method.
I go outside, look around
no rain
no snow
no winds tipping trees over
good to fly!
never lost a quad or had any issues this way
and I have owned 6.

good luck and have fun flying!

If you live in an area with changing terrain elevations, you really need to check the wind at whatever altitude you plan to fly.  There's a world of difference between flying from flat terrain and flying in hilly terrain.

I use both uavforecast and windytv.  Windtytv is awesome and it's worth the learning curve.  

I wet a finger and hold it up... ;-)
I also have Drone Buddy & Hover apps, for serious investigation of current weather patterns and near predictions.


Dr.Chas-THC

Mark The Droner Posted at 2017-2-9 11:54
If you live in an area with changing terrain elevations, you really need to check the wind at whatever altitude you plan to fly.  There's a world of difference between flying from flat terrain and flying in hilly terrain.

I use both uavforecast and windytv.  Windtytv is awesome and it's worth the learning curve.

I will check out Windytv, it seems like it could be a winner!

Mark The Droner Posted at 2017-2-9 11:54
If you live in an area with changing terrain elevations, you really need to check the wind at whatever altitude you plan to fly.  There's a world of difference between flying from flat terrain and flying in hilly terrain.

I use both uavforecast and windytv.  Windtytv is awesome and it's worth the learning curve.

I just fly lol  after checking that I have good flying conditions.  It's great to be several hundred meters above the valley floor.
Make sure you have some alternative landing areas is case you need to stop flying.

While learning to fly, I have joined an rc club.  They have a weather station at  their location.  

i lick my finger and put it up in the air, good to go

Kirk2579 Posted at 2017-2-9 11:34
for years now I use an old fashioned method.
I go outside, look around
no rain

+1.
Common sense has worked for 500+ flights so far..

More hardware than software, this works well :-