1700 feet out and 100 high over lake

[AH-1G]

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.

 

[Eagle's Eye Video]

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

 

[AH-1G]

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]

. . . . .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]

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]

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

 

[AH-1G]

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!

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[Old Dude]

Was this on Lake Okeechobee?

 

[AH-1G]

Was this on Lake Okeechobee?

Lake Apopka.