Where was this taken?Took the spark out this morning I thought a up and down to get some footage of snow. within 1min 34 battery had dropped to 78%. landed straight back in house. be careful in cold weather it might drop like s stone.
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Please keep us up to date how your spark did in the -30°. I assume nothing will happen except the battery will be drained fast.Thanks for sharing. I will be flying to saariselka in 3 weeks.... Recording at -30°...let's see how it feels on the small spark
Thanks for the info xveral! I'll try it out too with the battery kept in my pocket before flying.Hi! Some days ago I flew at -20C at Romanievi. First battery at -2C ...no even starting and got the message of low temp. Then used a battery at 12C and flew for 12 minutes with no problems. It was getting hotter with usage.
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My cut off is 15 degres f, I flew when it was negative 15 and the video feed was glitchy.The battery was draining constantly. But at 15 degrees i seem to have no issues.Cold weather will always reduce battery runtime. (NiCd batteries are really bad that way) I just got up and it's -14F with a -35F wind chill, highs will be in the single digits today. Not the best weather for flying! Also well below the recommended operating temperature range for the Spark, so beware.
If you insist on flying in this icebox, make sure your spark is warm before taking off. Don't store it outside and then expect to get it out and fly. Always store it inside where it's warm. Spark will not allow you to fly with a cold battery, and will sit there using battery power to warm up the battery to a reasonable temperature before allowing you to take off. (you'll get a warning message telling you it is warming up the battery and you have to wait) Temperature shouldn't affect GPS accuracy, but may affect compass and accelerometer performance. Cold also gums up lubricants, so it wouldn't surprise me if the camera gimbal wasn't running as smoothly either.