Agree with all of that except for the fogging. A cold lens will fog when brought into a warm room. A warm lens taken outside into the cold will not fog.so you don't get a fogging lens.
Ah Ok - I have misremembered that bit Removed from original list - thanks Steve.except for the fogging
Can you fly the mantis Q in the snowA couple of winter fly techniques that I've learned-by-doing:View attachment 19117View attachment 19118View attachment 19119
- I keep the batteries at room temp and put each batt in a spare glove to keep it from getting too chilled.
- I have shooters gloves, with flip off fingertips so I keep the majority of my hand warm. Flip the fingertips back over when not flying.
- When I'm ready to fly, I'll boot up the ST16 and then the H, finally starting the motors ASAP and letting them idle for up to 2 minutes while the batteries warm-up and the electronics stabilize.
- I take off and climb out at max power levels to heat up the batts, then back off to the "half-rabbit" speed setting.
- On really cold days, I will often get "Low Voltage" warnings just a couple minutes into the flight.
- If I back down to full "Turtle" mode and maneuver gently, the battery voltage will rise back up and no further low-volt warnings even with subsequent hi-current maneuvers.
- I've flown often on winter days with temps around 7 to 9 degrees F. Letting the electronics warm up and stabilize seems to produce better flight characteristics.
- I avoid flying in rain, although sometimes a light mist condition is unavoidable.
- I've flown in snowfall, even heavy, without a moisture problem. I let the airframe (without batteries) cool off in the garage so the camera lens doesn't melt snow to droplets.
- On bright sunny days with 100% snow cover on the ground, I set the camera EV on the ST16 to overexpose by 1.0 or more F-stops. Depends on whether subject is on ground or blue sky. ND filters, UV filter, and Polarizing filter provide a wide range of good results.
I'm sure you can. Just keep the battery warm before flying and expect shorter flight time. Land with plenty of reserve in the battery. In really cold weather I fly 7-10 min.Can you fly the mantis Q in the snow