Yup, my cousin has been flying rc models for probably 50 years so he's filled me in on them all
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Yup, my cousin has been flying rc models for probably 50 years so he's filled me in on them all
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Pleasantly surprised at how well this little thing flies and how easy it is to control, just flew around for a bit getting used to the controls and snapping the odd pic. Quite happy with it so far, i don't even think anyone noticed it as it's so quiet in the air.
Pleasantly surprised at how well this little thing flies and how easy it is to control, just flew around for a bit getting used to the controls and snapping the odd pic. Quite happy with it so far, i don't even think anyone noticed it as it's so quiet in the air.
Judging by your previous flight videos (if I'm remembering correctly) I'd be doing them
For most people the old plod won't bat an eye lid.
EDIT: LOL and that video. That's precisely why the rules are coming in
Had my first crash today, the copter was returning to home and out of the blue the motors stop spinning, ends up landing in some brush area. Battery levels were good, it was high enough up to not collide with anything, and it was't that far away. Found it easily enough as it was still transmitting video when i got close enough to it and a little beeping sound. Some damage to one of the rear legs, going to have to contact parrot to see if it can get fixed, no reason that i could see that it crashed, the engines just stopped spinning out of the blue. 
Looked at it, nothing indicated from what i can see. Max height was slightly over 300 feet, it was on RTH when whatever happened, happened. Just got an error saying the motors had stopped functioning and it fell into a brush area. Oddly enough it was on it's 16th flight, seen another guy on youtube get something similar on his 16th flight as well, motors cut out for no reason.
The only possible thing i can put it down to is it was returning from a little nature area at the time, maybe a Crow took a swipe at it, i wasn't recording at the time so nothing really to go on. Just about **** myself when i seen the engines had stopped message.
Little Hyperlapse i was doing a few mins before it went into Flying Brick mode
https://i.imgur.com/13C8KRc.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/13C8KRc.mp4
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Documentary tomorrow night by the biased broadcasting corporation, about the dangers drones pose to aircraft. I look forward to seeing just how clueless their "expert" is.
Statistically, a turtle is more likely to be in a mid air collision, than a drone. A turtle... Obviously means drones must be really dangerous.
BBC2 9:30PM if anyone else wants a giggle.
Statistically, a turtle is more likely to be in a mid air collision, than a drone. A turtle... Obviously means drones must be really dangerous.
BBC2 9:30PM if anyone else wants a giggle.
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Yeah I watched it reluctantly knowing exactly what was going to happen. If I got a £1 for every time he mentioned weaponized drone. I'd at least cover this months council tax. There is absolutely nothing unbiased about the BBC today. I seriously doubt if the FPV pilots knew exactly what they were getting into during that segment. You never actually saw Aldo talking about the negatives while they were present. It was always off screen with that other guy.
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Picked up a DJI Spark last week, the fly more bundle for £275 2nd hand. Really enjoying it so far. The form factor is perfect for the little tankbag I have on the motorbike which is one of my primary reasons for getting it.
I know others have better speed, higher resolution, longer flight time, but as a test to see if I want to invest more significantly I have been very pleasantly surprised.
I know others have better speed, higher resolution, longer flight time, but as a test to see if I want to invest more significantly I have been very pleasantly surprised.
They're surprisingly fun to fly, it's interesting seeing places you know well from totally different viewpoints. I've a mavic pro and a parrot anafi, the anafi gets the most usage as it's small and people tend to not even notice it. I can sit in the car and launch it from hand, do a flight and have it land back on my hand without ever getting out of the car
. The only thing about it that annoys me is getting it to connect to the phone and controller can be hit or miss, sometimes i turn the drone on and it almost seems to not "boot up" all the way and as a result it doesn't broadcast a wifi signal for the controller to connect to.Case in point, last night i had a 10 minute flight, turned it off and went to my next location to film. When i got there i turned it on and spent a half hour trying to get it to connect with no luck. Just seems really random and looking online it's been an issue for parrot drones over the years with no real fix.
The mavic is bigger, louder but has more range and due to the size of the props is a bit more steady when it comes to hovering. I really wish these drones had some sort of parachute system as standard (they're available separately but at a stupid price and imo they don't make the drone fall slow enough to mitigate damage\injury), the mavic is a fair bit heavier than the parrot so i dread to think what damage it could do if it dropped out of the air and somehow hit someone or something on the way down.
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