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Old May 27th 20, 04:22 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
ray carter
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Default New Toy and Heat wave.

On Tue, 26 May 2020 18:12:08 -0700, Savageduck wrote:

My new Mavic Air 2 drone arrived just before noon today.

So most of my day has been taken up with battery charging, and firmware
updates. I managed to get out for a maiden flight around 14:00 hrs with
the temperature hovering at 104F (40C). Needless to say the heat drove
me to shorten everything, and the one 4K 30fps 4 minute video I shot was
OK until the midpoint when there was what looked like a ripple running
through the playback. It looked like an imbedded heatwave.

Then I discovered that each of my 3 batteries had to have the battery
firmware updated to match the drone system FW.

Now I am waiting for things to cool down so I can get out for a sunset
flight a little longer than my first excursion in the heat.


Only 104? What's the problem.