Doubles Downwinder by Drone - Paddle v Propellor - Raw Run

For those that don't know me - I've had the US made Skydio 2 autonomous tracking drone for about 2 years now.

They have just recently had a mid-cycle refresh and released the 2+ which is quite similar functionally - but with increased range and flight time and I finally just got my hands on it last week

I'm pretty active on Instagram @paularity_ mainly solo shooting Flite and Evolve content as they are my main brands of focus - but I've had some ideas pin balling around in my mind for a while now and hit up Nathan aka Susan Foil @foil_perth to attempt some downwind content

We managed a successful maiden run yesterday arvo in pretty standard Perth Seabreeze ~18-20kn conditions.

Playing it safe we went from Sth Trigg - North Beach which is only about 3km and here's a raw run straight out of the drone of about 6 minutes from when he first gets up on the foil almost to the exit

Fair bit of logistics involved with car shuffles / drone exit strategies (hence me wearing a dry bag!) and areas of coastline not riddled with kiters

I'm on the Flite Ultra 4'2"- Flow 1100/245 wing just cruising on the lowest power level 1 and Nathan is on a Sunova Aviator (I think 6') and AXIS ART(I think 999)/420

Aside from a sketchy start with me getting pummelled going through the shore dump and losing my hat (devo) and the Trigg clubbies antenna array wigging the drone out - it was a pretty fun little run!

IMO probs the best section of the whole metro Port-Sorrento downwinder

Next time will have the drone and beacon with Nathan and get a solo run of him with me tailing out of frame to commandeer the drone if needed

There is definitely potential to get some prone footage and a longer runs for sure!