Firgrove: Test flights after being grounded for over two months

FlushVision · Mar 10, 2020

Before this footage was shot the other day the last time I flew my H480 was on 31st December...New Year's Eve. This was as a result of bad weather and other commitments. However, I saw a window in the weather last Thursday so charged three batteries up and shot out to some playing fields a few miles away. This video is from footage captured during the first of the three flights.

Shot at 4K, manual, 800 shutter. Temp was 5c with 12 MPH wind at Firgrove Playing Fields Rochdale, Gtr Manchester, England.

Mrgs1 · Mar 10, 2020

I like the shadows of clouds on the ground, those storms past few week have been a real pain the A. How's that GiFi battery holding up?

Ric B · Mar 10, 2020

Nice! So jealous of your flying area., all the athletic fields near me have huge light poles all over them, a bit disconcerting when you are learning. I also liked the shadows, especially when you were in sync and it almost looked like it you were flying a really big drone casting that shadow, LOL.

FlushVision · Mar 11, 2020

Mrgs1 said:
I like the shadows of clouds on the ground, those storms past few week have been a real pain the A. How's that GiFi battery holding up?

Not flown the Giffi since new year's eve. These flights last Thursday were done using three older batteries that hadn't been used since November last year. This winter has proved difficult to get much flying in so I'm having to be very particular in my battery management.

FlushVision · Mar 11, 2020

Ric B said:
Nice! So jealous of your flying area., all the athletic fields near me have huge light poles all over them, a bit disconcerting when you are learning. I also liked the shadows, especially when you were in sync and it almost looked like it you were flying a really big drone casting that shadow, LOL.

If I had waited another day, Friday turned out to be CAVOK so I wouldn't have had cloud shadows. Problem was that due to other things going on I couldn't fly on Friday.

I flew there because the place was more suited to test flying which, essentially, was what I was doing due to not having flown it for over two months. I live on the edge of an urban area on the slopes of the Pennines in England. To the East of where I live, then, starting just a couple of hundred yards away I have the Pennine moors with Crompton Moor just half a mile away. It follows, then, that I have some stunning scenery just a few minutes drive away with many sites ok for flying drones. Indeed, although Crompton Moor is a conservation area I have a special permission from the conservation group to fly there in exchange for doing some aerial work for them from time to time.

(CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK)

Mrgs1 · Mar 11, 2020

FlushVision said:
Not flown the Giffi since new year's eve. These flights last Thursday were done using three older batteries that hadn't been used since November last year. This winter has proved difficult to get much flying in so I'm having to be very particular in my battery management.

So say high pressure is coming next weekend, so hopefully some flying time.

FlushVision · Mar 12, 2020

Mrgs1 said:
So say high pressure is coming next weekend, so hopefully some flying time.

Yes. Next week looks promising. I would have liked to have gone out today: we have blue cloudless sky here ATM but the wind is gusting pretty strong at the moment and is set to gust at around 50MPH later today here in the North. Tomorrow looks better but I have other commitments in the way so no flying tomorrow.

Next week, then, hopefully will see a few flights...yayyy

Mrgs1 · Mar 12, 2020

FlushVision said:
Yes. Next week looks promising. I would have liked to have gone out today: we have blue cloudless sky here ATM but the wind is gusting pretty strong at the moment and is set to gust at around 50MPH later today here in the North. Tomorrow looks better but I have other commitments in the way so no flying tomorrow.

Next week, then, hopefully will see a few flights...yayyy

Unless we're all in Quarantine!

FlushVision · Mar 12, 2020

Mrgs1 said:
Unless we're all in Quarantine!

My car broke today. looks like I'm going no-where till it's fixed unless I can swing my backpack on my back and go on my motorbike...which, incidentally, currently has a flat rear tyre. Dayum.

Mrgs1 · Mar 12, 2020

FlushVision said:
My car broke today. looks like I'm going no-where till it's fixed unless I can swing my backpack on my back and go on my motorbike...which, incidentally, currently has a flat rear tyre. Dayum.

Never rains but it pours.