OT: Recreational Drone Recommendations

nolaegghead

WeberWho said:

lkapigian said:

alaskanassasin said:

@lkapigian it is a piece of cake to fly, really cool tooling around with the goggles, its like your in the cockpit. Like what was mentioned before if you just let go of the sticks it will sit and hover, there is a brake button that locks it in place if you panic, and also a home button and you can preset the approach altitude to avoid trees and power line.

 I flew it in some rowdy gusty winds yesterday and it handled it no problem, with the gimbal you really have no idea how bad its getting tossed around.

 Also I can fly it around the barn lot and in between buildings with out losing signal

Thank you, just spoke with Carey , ordering one tomorrow....damn this place

Double check you aviation restrictions on where you plan to fly it. My parents live within 3 miles of a smaller airport and my dad has to call in each time he plans on flying it. (He knew this prior) Just a heads up on that. 

All the drone software out there automatically doesn't let you fly into protected airspace.   At least all the drones that aren't toys have those protections.  Also, you ceiling will be limited to 400 ft from your takeoff altitude regardless of where you fly.  Range will be default limited but you can remove that limitation, this is just to protect new pilots from being idiots.

WeberWho

nolaegghead said:

WeberWho said:

lkapigian said:

alaskanassasin said:

@lkapigian it is a piece of cake to fly, really cool tooling around with the goggles, its like your in the cockpit. Like what was mentioned before if you just let go of the sticks it will sit and hover, there is a brake button that locks it in place if you panic, and also a home button and you can preset the approach altitude to avoid trees and power line.

 I flew it in some rowdy gusty winds yesterday and it handled it no problem, with the gimbal you really have no idea how bad its getting tossed around.

 Also I can fly it around the barn lot and in between buildings with out losing signal

Thank you, just spoke with Carey , ordering one tomorrow....damn this place

Double check you aviation restrictions on where you plan to fly it. My parents live within 3 miles of a smaller airport and my dad has to call in each time he plans on flying it. (He knew this prior) Just a heads up on that. 

All the drone software out there automatically doesn't let you fly into protected airspace.   At least all the drones that aren't toys have those protections.  Also, you ceiling will be limited to 400 ft from your takeoff altitude regardless of where you fly.  Range will be default limited but you can remove that limitation, this is just to protect new pilots from being idiots.

Correct. He has to call it in so it doesn't restrict/lock him out from flying it. I know he's mentioned that he hasn't had to call in the past few times when he's flown it. (He maybe does something online now that let's the airport know? I'd have to ask) I also want to say he's limited to 250 feet where he is located. 

alaskanassasin

Like you said, this one the ceiling is set at 500m. But legally you are not allowed to fly over 400’ 

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

lkapigian said:

alaskanassasin said:

@lkapigian it is a piece of cake to fly, really cool tooling around with the goggles, its like your in the cockpit. Like what was mentioned before if you just let go of the sticks it will sit and hover, there is a brake button that locks it in place if you panic, and also a home button and you can preset the approach altitude to avoid trees and power line.

 I flew it in some rowdy gusty winds yesterday and it handled it no problem, with the gimbal you really have no idea how bad its getting tossed around.

 Also I can fly it around the barn lot and in between buildings with out losing signal

Thank you, just spoke with Carey , ordering one tomorrow....damn this place

more fun than a barrel of titties

nolaegghead

I'm a barrel guy myself.

BigreenGreg

alaskanassasin said:

I just got the DJI FPV Combo, and it is awesome, absolutely having a ball with this thing.

That looks insane, saw a tester vid on YouTube where it was going 93 mph. Don’t blink.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

I'm a barrel guy myself.

Ever shoot fish in any?

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

I'm a barrel guy myself.

Ever shoot fish in any?

Never shot a fish but every time I've shot it's been through a barrel.

lkapigian

Thanks Guys, just spent nearly 2K on something I've never seen  nor did I suddenly need 7 Days ago....should be  here Monday. I hope to post pictures of it Not Crashed ..........or a void picture of an MIA Drone 

nolaegghead

My buddy was in Orlando last week doing a photography shoot and the guy he was working for just bought this drone from Costco. 

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=drone

My buddy Chris flies them professionally and he tried it out.  Said the camera took some beautiful pictures, he couldn't believe it was only $440. 

Not that this drone comes anywhere close to the acrobatic performance of the DJI FPV, but the technology out there is insane for the money.

Langner91

You went big!  That is such a cool drone.  It is amazing how far they have come in a couple of years.  

Botch

lkapigian said:

Thanks Guys, just spent nearly 2K on something I've never seen  nor did I suddenly need 7 Days ago....should be  here Monday. I hope to post pictures of it Not Crashed ..........or a void picture of an MIA Drone 

And the forum gooses the Economy again!
 

 
  

nolaegghead

If you time it right, you'll run out of money when you run out of life.

lkapigian

nolaegghead said:

If you time it right, you'll run out of money when you run out of life.

Perfectly Efficient that way ......i did just order the motion controller as well LoL

TEXASBGE2018

nolaegghead said:

My buddy was in Orlando last week doing a photography shoot and the guy he was working for just bought this drone from Costco. 

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=drone

My buddy Chris flies them professionally and he tried it out.  Said the camera took some beautiful pictures, he couldn't believe it was only $440. 

Not that this drone comes anywhere close to the acrobatic performance of the DJI FPV, but the technology out there is insane for the money.

That's the one I bought. Having to return it already because the batteries are bad and won't hold a charge but Costco return is super easy. Already have the replacement on its way. Shot with it for a couple days and it is a fantastic product. I think I just got lemon batteries. It's super easy to maneuver and video and picture quality is outstanding. 

TEXASBGE2018

lkapigian said:

Thanks Guys, just spent nearly 2K on something I've never seen  nor did I suddenly need 7 Days ago....should be  here Monday. I hope to post pictures of it Not Crashed ..........or a void picture of an MIA Drone 

You will have a blast. These things are friggin cool. The image quality is amazing for such a small sensor. Go to YouTube and watch videos on how to use them so you aren't going into it totally in the dark.

Legume

TEXASBGE2018 said:

nolaegghead said:

My buddy was in Orlando last week doing a photography shoot and the guy he was working for just bought this drone from Costco. 

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=drone

My buddy Chris flies them professionally and he tried it out.  Said the camera took some beautiful pictures, he couldn't believe it was only $440. 

Not that this drone comes anywhere close to the acrobatic performance of the DJI FPV, but the technology out there is insane for the money.

That's the one I bought. Having to return it already because the batteries are bad and won't hold a charge but Costco return is super easy. Already have the replacement on its way. Shot with it for a couple days and it is a fantastic product. I think I just got lemon batteries. It's super easy to maneuver and video and picture quality is outstanding. 

I know your HOA is going to appreciate all of the compliance support.

TEXASBGE2018

Legume said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

nolaegghead said:

My buddy was in Orlando last week doing a photography shoot and the guy he was working for just bought this drone from Costco. 

https://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?dept=All&keyword=drone

My buddy Chris flies them professionally and he tried it out.  Said the camera took some beautiful pictures, he couldn't believe it was only $440. 

Not that this drone comes anywhere close to the acrobatic performance of the DJI FPV, but the technology out there is insane for the money.

That's the one I bought. Having to return it already because the batteries are bad and won't hold a charge but Costco return is super easy. Already have the replacement on its way. Shot with it for a couple days and it is a fantastic product. I think I just got lemon batteries. It's super easy to maneuver and video and picture quality is outstanding. 

I know your HOA is going to appreciate all of the compliance support.

der Fuhrer demands compliance.

lkapigian

TEXASBGE2018 said:

lkapigian said:

Thanks Guys, just spent nearly 2K on something I've never seen  nor did I suddenly need 7 Days ago....should be  here Monday. I hope to post pictures of it Not Crashed ..........or a void picture of an MIA Drone 

You will have a blast. These things are friggin cool. The image quality is amazing for such a small sensor. Go to YouTube and watch videos on how to use them so you aren't going into it totally in the dark.

Watched quite a bit , i think I'm Skeered! I am buying the insurance for sure

FarmingPhD

We have a bunch of DJI drones at work and they are fantastic.  We have a flight planning software for field mapping for making hi res elevation maps and for crop image mapping.  We also use them for taking testing videos chasing machinery across a field.  Before drones got cheap and cool we had a military grade on loan drone from some company who was toying with getting into the ag sector, but they were going to have to get cheaper. $50k drone that could essentially survive a 100m dead drop with the only expectation of fixes would be replacement props.

lkapigian

Good to hear @FarmingPhD ...of all the reviews give watched and read, the consensus was if you were and experienced FPV ( and I just learned what that was, thanks Carey ) and professional photographer , you would not like this drone , if you are inexperienced and wanted fly out of the box, easy to fly this is your drone....it excels in the manual mode above many others...im sure ill like it

alaskanassasin

@lkapigian the nerds who build them from scratch are mad that we can come play too.

nolaegghead

I've been funding a lot of developing technologies like drones as I am usually an early buyer of the stuff.  Without idiots like me, the would be 5 years behind.

lkapigian

alaskanassasin said:

@lkapigian the nerds who build them from scratch are mad that we can come play too.

Lol, thats what I gathered 

lkapigian

nolaegghead said:

I've been funding a lot of developing technologies like drones as I am usually an early buyer of the stuff.  Without idiots like me, the would be 5 years behind.

Bless you for that 

lkapigian

All  came in today, love the case ( actual on top, Amazon image bottom ) now to find some kid to show me how to use it 

Langner91

Charge the batteries while out looking for the kid!

JohnInCarolina

@lkapigian - sure, that thing seems cool.   But do you know what would be really cool?  If you bought a hydrofoil:

fishlessman

im holding out til they can map out surface water temps back to my gps

HeavyG

fishlessman said:

im holding out til they can map out surface water temps back to my gps

Some can if you want to spend $100K+.