1st session of 2015!

I finally headed out to the field to get some flying in. I went in the morning when it's usually busy in hopes of seeing some other heli flyers like myself. Instead, only some guys flying FPV quads were there :(. They hogged the flight box by sitting down to fly and took off from a small pad to the side of the pits. This made it hard to tell when I could fly as nobody was standing out at the main heli pad.

Once these guys left around 11:30am, I was able to get back to back flights in on my 550, which was fun, but it was lonely as I was the only person at the heli pad. 

I found my old beach umbrella that I used when racing rc cars.  It worked well enough to keep some shade on myself and my equipment. The main advantage was how fast it is to setup and put away vs my quick shade canopy. 

I used my icharger to charge my packs at 2C and put a storage charge on them before I went home. My marine battery provided plenty of power and I didn't even hit its minimum voltage :)