Mystery's latest videos!

Thanks. I was quite nervous the first time over (deep!) water. But Drone Minds told me a few things that stuck with me. I did it!!

 

Flying over one of the local Universities in my tiny part of the planet:

 

Not exactly "Drone" related, but it IS shot with a DJI Osmo....

 

Winter Storm Jonas dropped 30" (That's 76 centimeters!) of snow on my area.
Although it doesn't look like it, my shovel and back say otherwise!



Sure looks quiet and peaceful from up there!

 

A quick video of the recent snowfall:



Video Description: DJI Inspire 1 flying around Haystack Mountain. Nice views of the recent Winter Storm Mars snowfall on the Cumberland, Maryland area. Sorry for the short video, but the conditions for flying were not favorable! Low temperatures, high winds, and actual snowfall! But I wanted to get some aerial video, even if the flight was short.
The DJI Go App constantly warned about low battery temperature and low voltage. The DJI Go App and Inspire 1 seriously limited power output to protect the TB47 65 LiPo Battery!

 

You can see the snow storm brewing in the distance, and when the Inspire 1 lands you can clearly see, it's snowing!

What kind of fool flies in low temperatures with high winds and actual snowfall?!

 

Yeah, this video is boring. But that's the point!
Look how stable this platform is!



...Although the Sunset lasted longer than my battery, I continued to film even when on the ground.
According to UAVforecast, the winds at 400 feet (122 meters) at this location and point in time was 21 miles per hour (34 kilometers per hour). The Inspire 1 handled these winds like a champ. You can barely notice movement in the video!

 

Yeah, I cheated. I simply sped up the video. Like you, I am disappointed with their so-called timelapse. Typically, when I do "real" timelapse with my GoPro for example, I set it for one frame every half second.
Doesn't look like it, but the Inspire was up in the air for over ten minutes!
And yeah, it wasn't as cool as I would have hoped. Your video is much more interesting.
But I am impressed with the Inspire's ability to stay in one spot!

 

The Drone Industry is moving forwards by leaps and bounds! What was unthinkable just a few years ago is reality today!
I can't wait to see what the future holds for us!

 

Interesting Sidenote: While the Inspire was hovering up there, a bunch of Buzzards came around to investigate. They began circling around 150 to 200 feet. Far below the Inspire's hovering altitude of 400 feet. I originally thought it was just a fluke, but when the Inspire landed, all the birds vanished.

Has anyone else experienced such phenomenon?!

 

Flying my DJI Inspire 1 around some orchards on top of mountains surrounding Cumberland, Maryland.



I apologize for the short flight. It doesn't look like it, but the cold weather (41 Fahrenheit / 5 Celsius) and high winds (Gusts to 37 miles per hour! / 59 kilometers per hour!) cut it short!
You can see the Inspire 1's props several times in the video. Something you don't normally see, this was due to the pitching of the Inspire in an attempt to keep the camera level.

How windy was it? Look at 02:15 in the video. Check out the shadows the clouds are casting!

** Once again, you can see Buzzards coming around! Has anyone else experienced this?

 

Luckily I have not hit a bird, nor had one attack mine. Seen plenty of video of that!

A flock came close to me in this video: Check around 01:33



I got real nervous when they turned towards my drone, fortunately, they turned again and flew past, not through!


Am I the only idiot who flies around mountaintops?! Maybe that's my problem. I'd like to revisit this location again when the orchards are blooming and the weather is more favorable to drones.

Still having a hard time using the word "drone".

 

What kind of idiot flies in these conditions?!



Nasty day on the mountaintop! High winds (As seen by the movement of the windmills!) An anemometer shows gusts of up to 41 miles per hour! (66 kilometers per hour)
Looks like we're in for some foul weather as well. A storm looms ominously to the North.
Sorry for the short flight, but the conditions were just not favorable.

 

Sorry for the absence. (Did you even miss me?!)
Where has Mystery been?!



The Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, is rather draconian when it comes to bring "Drones" aboard. They won't even let you 'check' them as "controlled" items. They just plain say NO!

I can (sort of) understand where they're coming from. MANY people would abuse them and "spy" on people, or buzz the beach, flyby of the ship, etc. But there are some of us good guys who use Drones for good.