I got a bit of twilight flying last night. It was fun, but I got eaten alive by mosquitos to the point that I was flinching a lot while trying to concentrate on flying and also watching the drone.
The strobe light works good but since it's on top of the drone, I don't see it (yeah, I get it...it's supposed to be for manned planes to spot). I'm thinking of getting two more lights (red and green) and putting them on the front arms of the quad.
I thought the strobe light would affect handling dyamics of the quad, but I didn't notice any control issues.
I also found that Remote ID was broadcasting, although I couldn't see it within my phone's WiFi applet. I did see an indication within the RC's menu (buried two levels into the menu - you'd think this would be one level down at a max menu depth, or at least showing Remote ID status on screen somewhere.
Initially, I thought that the Plus battery wasn't activating the Remote ID broadcasting - it was, but it wasn't noticeably apparent.
I also bought an external Remote ID broadcast module because it was cheap ($30) and because it would enable me to use the non-Plus batteries, which I really don't want to sell.
With both the strobe light and the Remote ID module, the drone is somewhat weighed down...I'm not really sure about adding the additional two red/green lights, although I'm sure the Mini 3 can handle it.
I got some good pictures last night but only one 10 sec video. I thought I had more video footage found that one of the two files was corrupted. I'll probably try again tomorrow, plus there's Labor Day weekend coming up, too! I've also been adjusting EV settings in the photos and videos, too, although it's sometimes difficult to determine how much to adjust. In one case, I dialed down EV for the one video I captured. The sun was below the horizon but was still throwing out it's last light. On the RC screen, it showed that some of the clouds were reflecting a lot of sunlight, showing the reflection as a "mask" of pixels. I interpreted that to mean that I needed to dial down the EV and when I did, the "masking" disappeared!
I'll upload some screenshots to my server and will post the picture here (will do this tomorrow).
Although I love night flying, unless you've a specific focus, it gets boring really quick, as it's difficult to see things when it's not so much ambient lighting.
