1700 feet out and 100 high over lake

AH-1G · Nov 17, 2018

Lake Apopka Florida.
Great day to go boating, I've been wanting to take images of this historical pump house. So I got my nerve up to fly the distance.
My wife was worried about it plunging into the water, well, if it does, it does!
Photo. #1 You can see the pump house way in the background
This is the farthest I've flown, I was a bit nervous, but all went well. I hand caught rather than let it land on the boat.
It's only a 16 foot boat.
Came back with 14.9v no issues.

Boating Lake Apopka Pump House in Background 1.png

Boating Lake Apopka Close Shot of Pump House 1.png

Eagle's Eye Video · Nov 17, 2018

Any video, or you didn't want to tempt fate on battery #2...

AH-1G · Nov 17, 2018

Eagle's Eye Video said:
Any video, or you didn't want to tempt fate on battery #2...

Correct, no video on the way up or back. Once I was back I did a bit of video around the boat.

Ty Pilot · Nov 17, 2018

AH-1G said:
. . . . .My wife was worried about it plunging into the water, well, if it does, it does!

This is the farthest I've flown, I was a bit nervous, but all went well. I hand caught rather than let it land on the boat.

Well now see, if I had been on the boat I would have said 'let's see if you can do 2500 feet'

Yeah I was 'that kid'

AH-1G · Nov 17, 2018

Ty Pilot said:
Well now see, if I had been on the boat I would have said 'lets see if you can do 2500 feet'

And I might have said "let me borrow yours".

Ty Pilot · Nov 17, 2018

I've got the recovery buoy on the Plus, so at least I will find the remains if she goes in

AH-1G · Nov 17, 2018

So once I got back I needed to run the battery down a bit, here's about a minute plus of boring video, my wife and I on the boat. We're usually the only boat out here, I like that!