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Tips For Flying Drones In Cold Weather with Dirk Dallas
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Dirk Dallas of "From Where I Drone" shares a bunch of hard-won, real-world tips for flying your drone in cold conditions. He talks about ways to keep your batteries warm, things to look for to prevent drone failure, and his favorite accessories for tackling the cold weather as a drone pilot.
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Dirk is working with the DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter with 4K Camera in this video, which has recently been replaced by the DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ V2.0 Quadcopter Drone. Learn more about it here.
Dirk Dallas, creator of "From Where I Drone"
For more from Dirk Dallas, be sure to check out his website, From Where I Drone. You can also find him on Twitter and Instagram, both his own account, as well as his curated feed for the #fromwhereidrone hashtag. The background image in the title graphic is from Dirk's first drone flight, which he describes here.
And for more education and inspiration on cameras, lenses, lighting, production, post, and more, be sure to visit Adorama TV.
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