Ice in the Harbour

[RotorWash]

You know that saying; "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade", well same goes for ice!

Caught some ice flowing into the Northport harbour area near Alberton, P.E.I. The small island that the ice is flowing around is named Oulton's Island and is for sale if you're interested.

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[Spark 317]

You need ice for the lemonade. ?

 

[RotorWash]

You need ice for the lemonade. ?

Yes Sir! And if I'm feeling frisky, I may even spike it!

 

[RotorWash]

Watching my own video just now, thought I'd point out to any new flyers (since you can see my landing pad on the wharf) it's not a good idea to take off from the concrete due to heavy rebar and lots of other metal sheathing all around. It will mess with your compass and may cause all sorts of grief after that. I just used the pad for prepping but I won't even turn the bird on unless I'm holding it at shoulder level. I then hand launched and caught with each flight and even then it was a bit risky. I hit atti mode a couple of times a few meters from the wharf but for just 3-4 seconds. The bird is perfectly controllable under atti mode but winds can easily cause problems if you're new to flying. In addition to that issue, there is also a lot of power line & radio transmission in the area including ham radio but I've never had an issue whatsoever with my controller/video link (5.8GHz) as of yet.

 

[SoccerRef12]

Very nicely done. When I was a kid I lived in Rock Island Arsenal on the Mississippi. The river would freeze to a solid sheet of ice from shore to shore. When it would start to thaw it would crack and it sounded like a rifle shot.

Don't see beautiful winter scenery like that down here in Texas.

 

[RotorWash]

Very nicely done. When I was a kid I lived in Rock Island Arsenal on the Mississippi. The river would freeze to a solid sheet of ice from shore to shore. When it would start to thaw it would crack and it sounded like a rifle shot.

Don't see beautiful winter scenery like that down here in Texas.

Thank you SoccerRef12. lol, I know exactly what you mean about the ice cracking, can give one quite a jolt when not expecting it.

 

[Brian Snyder]

Nice video and flying in the cold.

 

[RotorWash]

Nice video and flying in the cold.

Thanks Brian. Will soon will be seeing the ice cakes disappear, c'mon spring!