What is the lowest temperature you have successfully flown in?

breathein · Jan 19, 2016

I am interested in what the lowest temperature people are able to fly their Inspire 1 without having any issues during flight.

Droider · Jan 19, 2016

You may want to know what firmware their on to.

The Editor · Jan 19, 2016

breathein said:
I am interested in what the lowest temperature people are able to fly their Inspire 1 without having any issues during flight.

The DJI Studio Crew flew one in -45C without problems on the shoot for the new Audi SQ5

At 1:50 you will see the Inspire

Scotflieger · Jan 19, 2016

Who uses Farenhenheit? Celsius is international and far more logical. 0C = freezing point of water, 20C is comfortable, >25C is hot, >30C is unbearable, 100C = boiling point of water. Simples!!

gruvpix · Jan 19, 2016

Have flown all of our drones successfully in as low as -28 celsius.

Droider · Jan 19, 2016

Coldest for me -35 but that was with the WKM and a 450. See DJI nicked my idea for the batteries! Or may be it is just great minds! ;-)

Tdechene · Jan 19, 2016

Droider said:
Coldest for me -35 but that was with the WKM and a 450. See DJI nicked my idea for the batteries! Or may be it is just great minds! ;-)

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Hello,
How did you make your insulation shield ?
Thanks

RaptorMan · Jan 19, 2016

Droider said:
Coldest for me -35 but that was with the WKM and a 450. See DJI nicked my idea for the batteries! Or may be it is just great minds! ;-)

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Is that the Olympus 12mm with Oly lens hood? If so, did you have any issues with the wind effecting the shot with the large lens hood?

Brian

breathein · Jan 19, 2016

The Editor said:
The DJI Studio Crew flew one in -45C without problems on the shoot for the new Audi SQ5

At 1:50 you will see the Inspire

Did you see the extra insulation they wrapped around the battery?

breathein · Jan 19, 2016

Droider said:
Coldest for me -35 but that was with the WKM and a 450. See DJI nicked my idea for the batteries! Or may be it is just great minds! ;-)

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What is WKM and 450?

Paul K · Jan 19, 2016

The Editor said:
The DJI Studio Crew flew one in -45C without problems on the shoot for the new Audi SQ5

At 1:50 you will see the Inspire

Very nice and professional footage ; only what I would dispute is that -45C looks bit different ( at least here in Canada)

White Airwolf · Jan 20, 2016

I'd like to know at what temperature the blades become too brittle to trust to fly with.

The Editor · Jan 20, 2016

@Droider - curious to know what's the theory behind putting a Wookong on something as tiny as a 450?

Droider · Jan 20, 2016

It is a WKM that I got when they first came out. WAY before Naza. I was flying Mikrokopter on my large machines then but wanted to test the WKM. Henece the 450. Its stayed on there to this day and was always used as a test machine for FW. All my commercial machines fly with WKM.

The Editor · Jan 20, 2016

Droider said:
It is a WKM that I got when they first came out. WAY before Naza. I was flying Mikrokopter on my large machines then but wanted to test the WKM. Henece the 450. Its stayed on there to this day and was always used as a test machine for FW. All my commercial machines fly with WKM.

Ah, gotcha. I wondered if it was one you had already.
I was going to say, bit of overkill otherwise for a 450.

Droider · Jan 20, 2016

Tdechene said:
Hello,
How did you make your insulation shield ?
Thanks

Fron wet suit neoprene.

Droider · Jan 20, 2016

Paul K said:
Very nice and professional footage ; only what I would dispute is that -45C looks bit different ( at least here in Canada)

Was thinking that.. in those winds you don't pull your face mask down and do a piece to camera!

dspear237 · Jan 20, 2016

I flew in December when the temp was 34F. There were no apparent issues with the aircraft...but the X3 gimbal seemed to be having a hard time keeping up with the aircraft movements.

SRH · Jan 20, 2016

-15F and it flew fine... I keep the batteries warm, have been easy on the sticks, conservative on flight time, and let the aircraft hover for a few minuets after takeoff. However vision positioning system will not let me enter travel till I let it warm up for a bit...

blade strike · Jan 20, 2016

I have done a lot of cold weather testing.. Avg when doing testing for cold weather is about 0-20F. I just keep my packs warm and use an ice chest with warmed dry rice. This keeps them about 80f for a good 6-8hours.