Re: Good Drone?
[Re: trapper124]
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11/12/20 01:30 AM
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Re: Good Drone?
[Re: trapper124]
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11/12/20 10:33 AM
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I am not a drone guy but a friend has one and needed propellers and they no longer make them but are still selling the drone. He said he will only buy American. His drone cost him $1,800.00 dollars and it is worthless. FIO
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 10:34 AM
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I am not a drone guy but a friend has one and needed propellers and they no longer make them but are still selling the drone. He said he will only buy American. His drone cost him $1,800.00 dollars and it is worthless. FIO What’s the manufacture?
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 11:47 AM
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DJI Has too many no fly zones. Drone won't work near one of them.
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 02:42 PM
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How far are you planning on flying. Are you near any no fly zones because there are drones that are not effected by NFZ's.
There is an app called UAV Forecast that will tell you if you are near a NFZ. I would send you the link if I knew how, LOL
Last edited by Oh Snap; 11/12/20 02:46 PM.
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 04:08 PM
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NFZ can be anywhere if there is a airline route or even a small float pond or runway for small aircraft. DJI has the mavic mini. The fly more kit is reasonable, under $500.00. If you buy one get extra batteries. The video is good and its really small and easy to fly. Need a smart phone though and an app. Cold temperatures effect the flying time and the joy sticks are small so might be a little difficult with gloves on.
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 04:55 PM
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Just bought a DJI Mavic Air 2. It's my first drone so I have nothing to compare it too but I am very impressed.
Forward, rear, and downward sensors to avoid collisions when I screw up. Launches and lands itself without my input. If I loose radio signal, it will automatically rise to a "return to home" altitude that I choose and thne fly back to its launch spot and even land itself - or I can set it to just hover in place until I can change locations to get the signal back. If flies up to 30 minutes and I've had mine at 42 mph. Has three speed modes so it can be dumbed way down if you need to move in tight spaces. I've had mine over 3 miles from where I was and could have gone farther but got a battery warning that it was time to head back home.
Lots and lots of camera modes that I don't really understand but also has several very simple automatic camera modes that I do understand. I can tell it to "follow that car" and it will and even avoids obstacles while following that car. The video is amazingly stable and smooth.
And they fly themselves. All the knowledge of pitch, yaw, prop speed, etc that you need to manage in a helicopter is handled for you by the computer inside the drone. Just push the stick forward and it goes forward. It's cheating.
I have never had a problem flying in restricted air space. There are locations right around airports that are just restricted and you can't fly there. But there are lots of other types of restricted airspace where you can fly. Sometimes you need permission from the nearest control tower and sometimes the drone just gives you a warning and you can click through. Even when you need permission, there's an app for that and it takes just a couple of minutes to get automated permission. I flew last weekend where I had to request permission so I did, got a text message with a 6 digit code, entered the code into the drone controller and was able to fly - although my altitude was limited to 200' in this air space.
I've put 75 miles on mine in 2 weeks.
-Ryan
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 06:31 PM
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NFZ can be anywhere if there is a airline route or even a small float pond or runway for small aircraft. DJI has the mavic mini. The fly more kit is reasonable, under $500.00. If you buy one get extra batteries. The video is good and its really small and easy to fly. Need a smart phone though and an app. Cold temperatures effect the flying time and the joy sticks are small so might be a little difficult with gloves on. Does it run off the cell data? There are places I can't get service with the phone.
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Re: Good Drone?
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11/12/20 08:01 PM
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No cell tower needed.Surprisingly good pictures. Good price to start flying. Its not for everyone.
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