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Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
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A thread for all things .....Drone
Getting my new drone delivered on Tuesday 1/10/2017. The DJI Mavic Pro. Planning on sharing my adventures and my learnings as I'm brand new to the world of drones.
And of course I invite all to participate drone or not.
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
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Well of course I crashed....lol....in the house .... damaged two walls. Pretty mad at myself. Good wakeup call.
First I flew the Mavic in the family room and all went very well. I can post that video tomorrow. Boy I quickly became over confident that's for sure.
So I place the Mavic into Tirpod mode and had the bright idea to fly from the family room pass by the kitchen table and down a short hallway to the foyer. BAD IDEA. Tripod mode only goes very slow and acts like a tripod. But, and I'm guessing, the air current going through a short hallway caused a slight air current disturbance? But that doesn't totally make sense to me because the Mavic started its slightly odd behavior upon entering the foyer which is exiting the hallway.
Pilot error is the real reason Ronnie. You don't know what you are doing...lol
Anyway only the walls are hurt and a few scuffs on the props. I grabbed the Mavic from the air/wall before anything super ugly happened.
Placing a mention here for @Big Mike so he can have a chuckle.
Some pics....
Here are the beat up walls... the pictures don't do it justice...lol
And the scuffs on the props.....
I have DJI Care Refresh and I also added other coverage ... because I need it. That much is for sure.
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
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Gee I need to workout......a lot.....................lol
I really don't know what I am doing................... hence the crash yesterday..............so I have the cameras plastic protective cover on because of it..... so there is some light refraction you can see in the video.
Ron
...My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy...
The steed of this Valley is pain; and if there be no pain this journey will never end.
Buy Low And Sell High (read left to right or right to left....lol)
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
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58°F January day yesterday. First time off Beginner Mode which limits you to an altitude of 30m. Video starts at an altitude of 208 ft on a windy day. Video is remarkably stable.
Ron
...My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy...
The steed of this Valley is pain; and if there be no pain this journey will never end.
Buy Low And Sell High (read left to right or right to left....lol)
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
Posts: 2,311 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 7,341
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Getting in some practice when the weather is nice. This day was 54°F. More comfortable and brave. Looking forward to spring and summer and missions a few miles’ distance and about 15 minutes in length. There's a few horse farms nearby to check out from 300 feet. One I have never seen except for the entrance due to all the trees and the other appears to just have one horse and a goat.
In this flight the aircraft made an altitude of ~260ft for the Return to Home function, once initiated. I set the altitude in the app for RTH to 80 meters.
Ron
...My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy...
The steed of this Valley is pain; and if there be no pain this journey will never end.
Buy Low And Sell High (read left to right or right to left....lol)
Nice house Ron. To make it absolutely perfect you need 2x YZ450's all muddied and parked on your driveway right next to the latest ranger wildtrack.... oh, and some drone footage of you whipping a tabletop.
Even better, some earth moving equipment parked next to the house with your own MX track!
