Fire Canopy

[Jameel Hyder]

Last few days have been mostly cloudy or just plain skies here. On Friday it was more of the former. It started getting really windy as the afternoon progressed and just before sunset a bit of clearing towards the west showed some serious colors. I debated sending the drone up with the heavy wind but the sunset was too much to pass up. Had it up for less than a minute before I came to my senses heeding the wind warning to bring it down.

C&C Welcome

 

[AlanLichty]

I’m jealous - still waiting for a nice sunset this month so far. Neat colors.

 

[JimFox]

I am glad you got it up for a minute. This is a really great image.

I am always surprised at how much wind the drone can resist. The worst I had was trying to get my drone to take off in a thunderstorm with about 40mph winds. The wind was blowing it sideways... I landed it immediately it was about an 8 sec flight.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I’m jealous - still waiting for a nice sunset this month so far. Neat colors.

Thanks Alan. The sunset today was even better. Will post when I have processed it.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I am glad you got it up for a minute. This is a really great image.

I am always surprised at how much wind the drone can resist. The worst I had was trying to get my drone to take off in a thunderstorm with about 40mph winds. The wind was blowing it sideways... I landed it immediately it was about an 8 sec flight.

Thanks Jim. This was my first time flying in winds where the screen of the controller was flashing wind warning and the inability for RTH to work. In hind sight it wasn't such a good idea to even launch it. I could feel the wind even at ground level.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks Alan. The sunset today was even better. Will post when I have processed it.

Sigh - rub it in. I had hopes for last night but the clouds were all to the north of me and the sunset ended up being a bust.