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09-10-2019, 10:02 PM
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Bought a drone
Camped at Center Hill lake this weekend, took a few aerial pics before the Turkey Vultures got mad, they are not at all happy to see a small unmanned aircraft 
Straight up from the camper
Center Hill Lake
Sligo Resort and Marina around the corner
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09-10-2019, 11:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wildwest450
Camped at Center Hill lake this weekend, took a few aerial pics before the Turkey Vultures got mad, they are not at all happy to see a small unmanned aircraft
Straight up from the camper
Center Hill Lake
Sligo Resort and Marina around the corner |
Details please, what drone and review?
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09-11-2019, 07:12 AM
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I have a DJI Mavic Pro and we take it on every camping trip - great fun to have!
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09-11-2019, 10:44 AM
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Do you have it registered with the faa and stuff?
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09-11-2019, 12:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CSCLARK
Details please, what drone and review?
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DJI Mavic 2 Pro. It's my first drone so I don't have a lot to go on. I know it's super safe to fly, you'd have to want to crash it in certain modes. The camera is amazing, the still pics almost always come out perfect. It shoots in 4k video and it's also capable of some amazing stuff. I'm starting to learn a little about editing videos, that's going to be the hard part.
It has a lot of preset video modes where it will basically fly itself to and around objects you select on the remote control screen.
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09-11-2019, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by franktafl
Do you have it registered with the faa and stuff?
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Yes
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09-11-2019, 01:12 PM
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Here's on of the flight modes called Hyperlapse, a five second video takes 4 minutes of flight time, 200 pics and a gig of memory
This is point of interest, it will fly around a chosen point. Both of these videos are straight off of the camera with zero editing. My editing skills are very basic right now
https://youtu.be/_mUqcdieJWI
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09-11-2019, 01:52 PM
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Awesome Paul, thanks. We are considering the same one just haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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09-11-2019, 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CSCLARK
Awesome Paul, thanks. We are considering the same one just haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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I don't see how you would regret it. Let me know if you do, i'll give you the link to the kit I bought, you basically get all the extras you'll end up buying any ways for the same price as DJI sells the drone and remote for. They are also an approved DJI seller, if they aren't they won't warranty anything.
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09-11-2019, 06:41 PM
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Get a Drone !
I have been flying then for several years. I have had/have about 7 of them They are a BLAST!
Now they are almost "idiot" proof............hahaha
My one recommendation is do not buy a toy drone to learn on. Although that sounds like a good idea. If you crash you don't lose much. Well you will crash. And it will take longer to learn.
Learning to fly in "coordinated flight" is very difficult.
Buy a drone with GPS. You get in trouble, you let go of the controls the drone STOPS in midair. Phewwww, regain your composure and try again.
You advance at your own pace. From yanking and banking to real "coordinated flight"
Have FUN!!!!!!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NwL...ew?usp=sharing
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09-11-2019, 10:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wildwest450
Camped at Center Hill lake this weekend, took a few aerial pics before the Turkey Vultures got mad, they are not at all happy to see a small unmanned aircraft
Straight up from the camper
Center Hill Lake
Sligo Resort and Marina around the corner
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Nice pics and getting some altitude there.
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09-12-2019, 10:42 AM
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Looks like you get some pretty good control range on that one. Nice altitudes!
Would you send me the link.
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09-12-2019, 11:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thom
Looks like you get some pretty good control range on that one. Nice altitudes!
Would you send me the link.
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The MAVICs have a claimed range of 4.7 miles. I have personally flown mine out just over 1.5 miles over the Atlantic last April when we were on Daytona
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09-12-2019, 06:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by donzinger
The MAVICs have a claimed range of 4.7 miles. I have personally flown mine out just over 1.5 miles over the Atlantic last April when we were on Daytona
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Just as an FYI. Not sniping here
Hobbyist flyers are technically limited to "visual line-of-sight rules" by the FAA.
More info here:
https://www.faa.gov/uas/recreational_fliers/
Have fun!
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09-12-2019, 06:55 PM
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Yep understand that per my FAA licensing. Also limited to 400' elevation. But just like on all things, we want to see "what it'll do". I was out over the ocean so if I had lost it, it would have been my loss.
Does it count if it's at night and I can see my navigation lights miles out? 
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09-13-2019, 01:39 AM
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This is my "drone". GPS is for sissies. 
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09-13-2019, 02:29 AM
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I got a TREX 500 sitting on a shelf. Never got the hang of nose-in flying. Didn't want to crash $500. Gave it up. Got a Mavic Pro. Took it up to 500 meters (1640 feet). Software won't let it go any higher. Did some looking around and appears the government doesn't care much about drones until someone gets hurt or airport operations are disturbed or a pilot goes crazy.
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09-13-2019, 12:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by azdryheat
I got a TREX 500 sitting on a shelf. Never got the hang of nose-in flying. Didn't want to crash $500. Gave it up. Got a Mavic Pro. Took it up to 500 meters (1640 feet). Software won't let it go any higher. Did some looking around and appears the government doesn't care much about drones until someone gets hurt or airport operations are disturbed or a pilot goes crazy.
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The Mavic etc. brings a whole new and interesting perspective to photography when used responsibly. Unfortunately the gps stabilized drones also made it very simple to abuse the 400' altitude limit for model aircraft and other rules for the airspace. Then you have the stupid people looking for that great shot of an airplane landing or taking off.
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09-13-2019, 12:57 PM
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One thing about the Mavic is if I'm too close to an airport the motors won't start. If I'm flying, the software won't let me fly where I'm not supposed to be. Earlier this year we were 'camped' at the Walmart in Page, AZ for a night, which is located near a deep gorge of the Colorado River. I wanted to fly the 1/2 or so mile for a photo but the drone said I was too close to Page airport, which was 2.5 miles away in the opposite direction.
BTW I'm an Instrument rated Private Pilot.
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09-13-2019, 02:52 PM
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The new software on these things is crazy, they will limit you around an airport and give you flight updates no matter where you are. I live in the literal boonies so I don't have any air traffic problems. I can fly 10 feet in the air and shoot out over a bluff and "be over" 400ft from the valley floor. The Mavic calculates altitude from the takeoff spot
There's a vid on youtube of a guy on some island that takes his straight up 6000ft 
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