Here is the first drone footage of Mt Everest captured by a DJI Mavic 3
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The Drone Thread
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I finally got one. Actually, I've had a couple, but this is the first one that isn't a $100 POS. It's a $300 toy. It doesn't have all the features of the DVI, but enough that I can stay legal, safe, and get some cool photos and video. The biggest thing it doesn't have is collision avoidance. Other than that, it's pretty solid. I played with it today on a fairly blustery day at ~190' max altitude and it was great.
My first drone was the now-defunct GoPro.
I got it, unboxed it, and promptly crashed it into my neighbor's tree with that selfie-fly away mode lol... what a disaster.
I really love the idea of having a drone, but I worry too much about disrupting other people in serene places, the risks of something going wrong in crowded places, or crossing paths with someone who feels I'm invading their privacy and flips out on me.
Where are your favorite places to fly? Any tips on approaching the situations mentioned? Would love to see some of your footage!
It only arrived Monday, and today was the first day I had to try it out. So far I've kept it mostly over my yard, or high enough that I wouldn't be "staring" at someone, mostly taking in New England foliage. I'll see if I can post some video later Here's some stills:
Cool beans! My DJI is sitting, all boxed up, needing a different owner. I'm far too limited of places where I can fly it for it to be fun. It was one of those $1,600 hobbies that just wasn't as fun for me as anticipated. I should have started cheap and worked my way up instead of jumping in with both feet.
I wasn't satisfied in just buying the drone. I bought the fly more package which included a carrying case, a better charger, and extra batteries. I flew it maybe a dozen times at my cabin which was technically not legal air space... and the cabin is in the middle of nowhere.
Your pics are cool. They are so much fun to fly too. Mine had the avoidance system or I'd probably have crashed the drone with all the trees at the cabin. Do you use your phone in conjunction with the controller? I understand some of the newer models have a display of their own. Drones are far cool tech. Glad your have one and are having fun. I look forward to more pics and vids.
I wasn't satisfied in just buying the drone. I bought the fly more package which included a carrying case, a better charger, and extra batteries. I flew it maybe a dozen times at my cabin which was technically not legal air space... and the cabin is in the middle of nowhere.
Your pics are cool. They are so much fun to fly too. Mine had the avoidance system or I'd probably have crashed the drone with all the trees at the cabin. Do you use your phone in conjunction with the controller? I understand some of the newer models have a display of their own. Drones are far cool tech. Glad your have one and are having fun. I look forward to more pics and vids.
So the controller / phone work together. It has GPS, will land back at it's take off point on command or if it loses communication with the remote. It does OK, but it's a toy.Cool beans! My DJI is sitting, all boxed up, needing a different owner. I'm far too limited of places where I can fly it for it to be fun. It was one of those $1,600 hobbies that just wasn't as fun for me as anticipated. I should have started cheap and worked my way up instead of jumping in with both feet.
I wasn't satisfied in just buying the drone. I bought the fly more package which included a carrying case, a better charger, and extra batteries. I flew it maybe a dozen times at my cabin which was technically not legal air space... and the cabin is in the middle of nowhere.
Your pics are cool. They are so much fun to fly too. Mine had the avoidance system or I'd probably have crashed the drone with all the trees at the cabin. Do you use your phone in conjunction with the controller? I understand some of the newer models have a display of their own. Drones are far cool tech. Glad your have one and are having fun. I look forward to more pics and vids.
Ass promised, here is some video. It's my son flying it also for the first time. We're both pretty wobbly, the gimbal helps, but we have to keep practicing.
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So I've sent it up a few more times, still mostly staying withing the confines of my yard. I kept the camera looking out and grabbing the (muted) fall foliage this year.
If you just had some trees in your area... ! Cool pics!
I see your mother-in-law quarters are coming along nicely 👍
Love these things! And I either dont linger, or stay high enough I dont bother people. I have had someone come up to me and accuse me of spying on them (in this video
Cool beans! My DJI is sitting, all boxed up, needing a different owner. I'm far too limited of places where I can fly it for it to be fun. It was one of those $1,600 hobbies that just wasn't as fun for me as anticipated. I should have started cheap and worked my way up instead of jumping in with both feet.
I wasn't satisfied in just buying the drone. I bought the fly more package which included a carrying case, a better charger, and extra batteries. I flew it maybe a dozen times at my cabin which was technically not legal air space... and the cabin is in the middle of nowhere.
Your pics are cool. They are so much fun to fly too. Mine had the avoidance system or I'd probably have crashed the drone with all the trees at the cabin. Do you use your phone in conjunction with the controller? I understand some of the newer models have a display of their own. Drones are far cool tech. Glad your have one and are having fun. I look forward to more pics and vids.
Crap thats right. Which DJI did you get again?
By far my favorite drone video I posted was in Arube, where I asked a cop on the beach how high I could fly here and he said he didn't care, so I took it up to around 1700 feet
*Thumbnails curtesy of @lunatic59
Cool videos @NightAngel79 !! In watching these vids and @Unforgiven is what drones are all about.Love these things! And I either dont linger, or stay high enough I dont bother people. I have had someone come up to me and accuse me of spying on them (in this video) and I had to explain to them that whiel I may have been over top of them, I was filming the courthouse. Never had any issues at all.
Crap thats right. Which DJI did you get again?
By far my favorite drone video I posted was in Arube, where I asked a cop on the beach how high I could fly here and he said he didn't care, so I took it up to around 1700 feet
*Thumbnails curtesy of @lunatic59
Kansas is not nearly so photogenic
I have a near new DJI Mavic 2 Zoom. It was a lot of fun to fly but the hobby was just not me. Bad on me for not selling it while it had some value.
thought that this was appropriate for this season:
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this is just crazy!!!!!!!
dronedj.com
this means that no more new DJI drones will be available.
from the article:
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DJI ban: What happens to the drone I already own?
With Congress only hours away from deciding DJI's future in the US, pilots are wondering what a ban would mean for their existing drones.
dronedj.com
this means that no more new DJI drones will be available.
from the article:
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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so hr 2864 just passed in the House. it nows moves on to the Senate. let's hope it dies there. this is really all about the software that DJI uses and its security protocols. not to mention the fears about china. it is the same reasoning behind tik tok being banned here in the US..........its stupid, if you ask me.
That's crazy. Even ignorant.
so i had no idea that DJI is a chinese company.....not that it should matter. but it is something to think about.
Phones, Tablets, Laptops, TVs a lot of things we use are made in China
Never had much interest in drones myself, But I always knew DJI was a Chinese company. Based in Shenzhen I believe.
Pretty much everything I own and see was made in China. Except for my Samsung phone(Vietnam) and Yamaha keyboard(India).
so it seems the banning of DJI maybe legit:
the fact that data can still be collected even when the drone is off!!!!!! the fact that they can collect photos taken from the drone is also crazy.
i skimmed over the letter and it is some crazy stuff.
the fact that data can still be collected even when the drone is off!!!!!! the fact that they can collect photos taken from the drone is also crazy.
i skimmed over the letter and it is some crazy stuff.
It all seems that we are more than a bit paranoid. However, the more information that is released, the more justified the the paranoia seems. I have a DJI drone. I haven't flown it in a few years. I should have sold it when it had some value.
Drones, Tik Tok, Mobile phones. People are going to start thinking their Made in China coffee cup is a listening device
Yeah but if that's true what they are saying, that's some crazy stuff.
I live in a no fly zone that is a footprint surrounding an Air Force base. The drone knows where it is at and will not fly. It was that way when I bought the drone years ago. I don't think there is any spying going on anywhere near a military facility by a DJI drone. If China has tapped my drone footage they can glean just how well the wheat field South of my cabin is doing or how much water is in the river. Honestly, I'm not completely buying into the super threat potential but I will acknowledge the possibility.
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Yes because we all know that the Aliens are the one's spying on our Military bases 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽