High Elevation Flying Experience?

[colindw]

I am curious if anyone has had experience flying the inspire 1 in the mountains around 10,000 feet (3000 m)? I have flown minimally around 8-9,000 in Colorado, but not enough to give it a good test. I am assuming at some point one would not have enough power to effectively fly, has anyone reached that boundary?

Thanks for your thoughts

 

[Kilrah]

The I1 is officially rated up to 4500m as per the specs in the manual.

 

[The Editor]

I believe Tahoe Ed from DJI has flown at around 6,000m but the motors were really screaming and I can't imagine the batteries last too long!

 

[DJM]

I fly regularly between 10 and 12 thousand feet without any problem. I live in Leadville Colorado and fly up on Fremont Pass. My flight times may be a bit shorter but still adequate.

The few times i have been able to fly at a lower elevation I do notice the quad is quieter and seems to be more stable.

 

[tuxevil]

flown about 3000 meters high, no problem just high wind speed

 

[Nick Severin]

I fly regularly between 10 and 12 thousand feet without any problem. I live in Leadville Colorado and fly up on Fremont Pass. My flight times may be a bit shorter but still adequate.

The few times i have been able to fly at a lower elevation I do notice the quad is quieter and seems to be more stable.

I live in Aurora CO, I have yet to get a clear guidelines for CO and drones do you by chance know the state laws here?

 

[ajohnsonlaird]

There are quite a few results when you do a Google search for:

colorado drone law​

It's not clear what the actual prevailing law is though.