FPV Dawn Flight Zephyr II

FPV flying with Fat Shark system and GoPro Hero flown on a Ritewing Zephyr II. These are first trial flights with the Zephyr. 6600mAH available in 3S configuration good for 30 minutes flight with plenty of reserve. Auto pilot is FY31A with a Hornet Heads Up Display. Got up early before sunrise to record these images as the dawn broke. Exceptionally cold and some of the equipment started failing such as video goggles and OSD. Flight completed Line of Sight.

[@brooklandvideo]

Thanks! This is my best yet. It envolved organisation, pain and fear. Organisation started the day before, checking sunrise time and batteries and weather. Pain was in my hands as I was flying in the cold for about 40 minutes and fear as my FPV goggles and OCD malfunctioned in the cold and I had difficulty finding the Zephyr in a dark misty sky! The flight started FPV and ended LOS ( line of Sight). Oh, and I like the whales!

[@Circleplanes]

Wow that is a magnificent morning flight.
Subscribed and regards from Iceland

[@brooklandvideo]

Many thanks ,, very cold , but acheived my aim!

[@brooklandvideo]

Goggles working now. probably battery failure in the cold.........

[@Circleplanes]

Yeah I some what know the feeling as I didn't know my way back home after fog had moved over me. But I still had video feed so I always could have found a place to land the plane. It must have been scary with all that equipment and that plane.
Did you get the goggles to work again after warming them up?
The whales were magnificent yes. Thank you :-)

[@brooklandvideo]

Yes, heart in mouth and sphincter puckered, but got it back and warmed batteries continued to function!