Hi All. I have an assignment to film a school bus arriving at an education center and dropping off students tomorrow morning. My problem is going to be timing. The bus is supposed to arrive at 9am, but I know the unpredictably of Long Island rush hour traffic and that estimated 9am arrival time can vary by a good 15 minutes on either side of that. I generally use the Litchi software, and I will need to turn the drone on prior to bus arrival so I can connect wifi (sometimes can be a bit defiant), make sure video and telemetry feed is good, and set the home point. So as not to burn out the wifi unit while sitting and waiting for the bus to approach, I feel it will be necessary to have the props spinning at idle to help cool the unit -- even though I have done the heat sink upgrade to it and have also opened the shell vent holes wider. Aside from the wifi unit overheating, my other concern is battery drain while I wait for the bus with props idling. I assume the drain isn't as quick as when flying/hovering, but I I'm thinking I could be idling on the ground for a good 10 minutes. I have arranged for the teacher assistant to text me (don't worry, I use a tablet to fly) when the bus reaches two points along it's route -- the first for me to start setting up and the second for me to to launch when they are reasonably close. Morning temp will probably be upper 70s.
Can anyone guess how much concern I should have regarding the wifi overheating and also battery drain while idling on the ground? Thanks.
Can anyone guess how much concern I should have regarding the wifi overheating and also battery drain while idling on the ground? Thanks.