Flying in the cold

wipe it off with some paper towel ,you will get a similar effect when you go into a very cold environment from a hot one

HusT said:

Yes offcourse i wiped. Im just worried what's going on inside. Cant wipe that

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you could if you are worried just wrap it in a towel and allow it to warm up slowly it could have an adverse affect on the internal components if it was extremely wet

HusT said:

Hi. Yesterday a flew in a colder weather. And when i got it back inside it was al wet from moisture caused by the heat from inside the room. Can that hurt the drone?

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Actually condensation would dissipate when moving into warmer location. But the warmer air likely has more humidity which would condense on the cold surface of the drone. Just let it warm up to inside temperature.

I don't think wetsuit will help much with preventing condensation.

HusT said:

.... moisture caused by the heat from inside the room. Can that hurt the drone?

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Moisture is not caused by the heat but the higher amout of water vapor inside the room condensing on the cold surface of the drone. That is pure water that will not cause any corrosion. Just leave the drone in the room for a while, all condensation will eventually go away.

I fly my drones in cold weather all the time and have been out in weather as cold as -25C many times. Just put the drone back in its case (in the cold) and let it warm up to room temperature inside before taking it out. You don’t need a wetsuit for that.

When flying in the cold just make sure your batteries are warmed before flight. There are many threads on this - just do a search.

Chris

A little water never hurt anybody lol

HusT said:

Yes offcourse i wiped. Im just worried what's going on inside. Cant wipe that

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Photographers and videographers deal with this all the time when going from a building to a cold exterior environment. The rapid change creates condensation inside and out and there is nothing you can about it. Just give it a chance to balance out.

** See below for the switcharoo. I mixed up the cold to hot and Icelandman pointed that out. Ty.

TnDronePilot said:

Photographers and videographers deal with this all the time when going from a warm building to a cold exterior environment. The rapid change creates condensation inside and out and there is nothing you can about it. Just give it a chance to balance out.

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Condensation only occurs going from a cold environment to a hot one which is why your glasses steam up when you come into a house from the cold outside.

HusT said:

Hi. Yesterday a flew in a colder weather. And when i got it back inside it was al wet from moisture caused by the heat from inside the room. Can that hurt the drone?

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While outside you can wrap the drone in a plastic bag as tightly as possible and then go in. Condensation will form on the outside of the bag as the drone warms up.

Icelandman said:

Condensation only occurs going from a cold environment to a hot one which is why your glasses steam up when you come into a house from the cold outside.

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Sorry I got that backwards. And yes, I agree about a Ziplock-type bag around the drone before bringing it inside the house or warm vehicle. Out of habit, I squeeze all the air out of the bag that I can before I zip it up but you're probably good either way.

If you warm your drone up inside your car before bringing it into the house you won't have a condensation problem. Your car cabin has very low humidity because the heater drives out the moisture. On the subject of battery temperature, I arrived at an event I was supposed to shoot with my drone. It was about to start and my drone wouldn't start. I had left it in the car during the cold night and the warning came up on my app that the battery had to be above 15 degrees Celsius. My car heater hadn't warmed up yet. The fastest way I could think to warm up the battery was to take it out of the drone and put it down my shorts. After about 4 minutes I reinstalled the battery and the drone started right up! There's the old saying; "Necessity is the mother of invention!"

TnDronePilot said:

Sorry I got that backwards. And yes, I agree about a Ziplock-type bag around the drone before bringing it inside the house or warm vehicle. Out of habit, I squeeze all the air out of the bag that I can before I zip it up but you're probably good either way.

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No problem!! Carry on flying!!

Icelandman said:

While outside you can wrap the drone in a plastic bag as tightly as possible and then go in. Condensation will form on the outside of the bag as the drone warms up.

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Yep that's what we do after shooting DSLR in real cold temperature.

The car heater doesn't physically drive out the moisture. Higher temperatures reduce the relative humidity and the air can take more water - but it doesn't reduce the total amount of water inside the air. Thus condensation will also occur in a car since it's the physical effect of air hitting a cold surface where it's temperature is reduced to an amount where it can't hold the water within anymore.