Discussion
8bit said:
Lost Soul said:
If you get the Litchi app, then you can get follow me function on the Mini 2
Ooh, thanks for that. Does that work well then, the app?Have a look for Shaun the Drone on youtube, he did a 3 video series on it but he is just one of the many doing videos on it
toastyhamster said:
Nice shots.
Are the bigger drones easy to fly? I bought a 50 quid one and as soon as it takes off it smashes itself into the nearest tree before I can get the hang of the controls, and I've tried it in some big spaces, it just seems cheap crap.
It's pretty hard to crash a decent drone. You have to try really hard and they won't let you!Are the bigger drones easy to fly? I bought a 50 quid one and as soon as it takes off it smashes itself into the nearest tree before I can get the hang of the controls, and I've tried it in some big spaces, it just seems cheap crap.
(9 years of not crashing, and I'm no pilot).
ETA - £50 drones are just toys.. you need to spend some decent money to get a decent drone.
Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 25th May 17:05
toastyhamster said:
Nice shots.
Are the bigger drones easy to fly? I bought a 50 quid one and as soon as it takes off it smashes itself into the nearest tree before I can get the hang of the controls, and I've tried it in some big spaces, it just seems cheap crap.
Our big ones take a lot of risk management!Are the bigger drones easy to fly? I bought a 50 quid one and as soon as it takes off it smashes itself into the nearest tree before I can get the hang of the controls, and I've tried it in some big spaces, it just seems cheap crap.
But as Steve points out, better drones have better collision avoidance systems as well as vastly improved flight control systems.
Buy yourself a more recent model of DJI drone, even a second hand DJI Mini 2 will surprise you how good they are for not much money!
dobbo_ said:
Questions:
1.) Does anyone else spend the entire time they are flying in a state of abject terror? Or just me?
When I first flew mine I was pretty nervous, and would get the trembly thumb of fear! Plus I'd be concentrating so much on flying and landing it before crashing or running out of battery that I'd forget how to take photos. The other strange thing I found was I'd get virtual vertigo and would get nervous if it flew higher than a few metres. But that goes away once you get more practice. Now I don't even think about it, and quite happily send it out over water, up high and way further than I probably should! The DJI drones are so good you can just put the controller down and they'll sit hovering in the same place forever, and if you run low on battery or lose connection with the drone they will return home automatically.1.) Does anyone else spend the entire time they are flying in a state of abject terror? Or just me?
A newly planted woods on the local park nearby, predictably it took the local scumbag chavlettes angels about 3 days to vandalise it. The local council spent hundreds of thousands getting a professional graffiti artist to paint all the underpasses near the town centre....yep....the local scumbag afterbirths youths vandalised the lot. I don't know why they bother, i really don't, the local chavs clearly don't want the place to look nice, so leave it drab and grey, they'll be happy that way 
Took a brave pill in North Wales this morning and flew over water again. I continue to be staggered by how capable the DJI Mini 3 is.....
Lake Vyrnwy straining tower by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
Lake Vyrnwy straining tower by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
And one of the car for the hell of it...
DJI_0073 by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
Lake Vyrnwy straining tower by Nigel Ogram, on FlickrLake Vyrnwy straining tower by Nigel Ogram, on FlickrAnd one of the car for the hell of it...
DJI_0073 by Nigel Ogram, on Flickr
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