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OT: Recreational Drone Recommendations

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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    @lkapigian that carrying case is awesome.  Last night I talked swmbo follow along on my iphone... first thing she did was start telling me where to go, and when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    alaskanassasin said:
    @lkapigian that carrying case is awesome.  Last night I talked swmbo follow along on my iphone... first thing she did was start telling me where to go, and when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    I tired using the simulator last night, I thing real flying in normal mode will be easy.........I did buy the insurance so ..........there's that 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • BigreenGreg
    BigreenGreg Posts: 600
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    LBGE, 36" Blackstone, Anova Pro
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    @lousubcap This one's for you


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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    lkapigian said:
    alaskanassasin said:
    @lkapigian that carrying case is awesome.  Last night I talked swmbo follow along on my iphone... first thing she did was start telling me where to go, and when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    I tired using the simulator last night, I thing real flying in normal mode will be easy.........I did buy the insurance so ..........there's that 

    You'll be ready to join the Drone Racing League in not time!

    Hit Youtube if you've never seen any of that drone racing - ah to be young and have fast reflexes!

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode, the 30-35  MPH in "Normal" is plenty fast enough for me 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,353

     

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    ho lee....


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,695
    lkapigian said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode
    Probably a good thing you bought that insurance!  

    I’ll be out in Walnut Creek around the same time.  Would be great to see you and your new drone, although I’m hoping you’ll bring some of your fine meats as well ;)
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

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  • BigreenGreg
    BigreenGreg Posts: 600
    lkapigian said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode, the 30-35  MPH in "Normal" is plenty fast enough for me 
    Have you seen all the pieces and parts of things he’s broken strewn about his garage? I think he had to get a bigger garage to hold them all. Do the insurers know about this?
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,695
    alaskanassasin said:

    when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    It’s funny because my wife said the very same thing to me recently, but I don’t own a drone.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    lkapigian said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode, the 30-35  MPH in "Normal" is plenty fast enough for me 
    I'd love to fly it. 

    It's really not a big deal flying them in stunt mode if you give yourself a big buffer (plenty of space around you).  No risk, really, if you keep it a couple hundred feet above ground.  It's when you're doing the equivalent of "tree skiing" or skirting and flying around objects where you need skill or luck, probably both.  I'm not going to do that. 

    I have never crashed a drone.  Sober, that is.  Have I crashed drones, planes, cars, boats?  Yeah.  You can't make an omelette without...

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    JohnInCarolina said:
    lkapigian said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode
    Probably a good thing you bought that insurance!  

    I’ll be out in Walnut Creek around the same time.  Would be great to see you and your new drone, although I’m hoping you’ll bring some of your fine meats as well ;)
    Lol, making some this weekend, we will be getting there on 19th , will be fun for sure 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    lkapigian said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    lkapigian said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    I think you'll be in Sport mode in no time, the move to manual with no safety options will be a bigger step. You've got me looking at these, dammit. Don't need one, don't need one, hello Amazon?
    I'm taking this thing to Walnut Creek in a few weeks and let Carey AKA @nolaegghead have a go @ Manual mode
    Probably a good thing you bought that insurance!  

    I’ll be out in Walnut Creek around the same time.  Would be great to see you and your new drone, although I’m hoping you’ll bring some of your fine meats as well ;)
    Lol, making some this weekend, we will be getting there on 19th , will be fun for sure 
    Can't wait, this will be fun.  I might bring a drone, my big drone is huge tho. I guess this will depend on if we check baggage or not.

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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    Just remember, there needs to be enough of the drone wreckage recovered for a positive identification!

    Half a propeller and a micro SD card probably gets you nada!
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    nolaegghead said:


    I'm trying to figure out how she flew through a spewing volcano and didn't melt the drone.


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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    JohnInCarolina said:
    alaskanassasin said:

    when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    It’s funny because my wife said the very same thing to me recently, but I don’t own a drone.
    And here I am happy to finally get it up, the drone I mean.....


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    TEXASBGE2018 said:
    nolaegghead said:


    I'm trying to figure out how she flew through a spewing volcano and didn't melt the drone.

    Who's to say she didn't go through half a dozen drones on that shoot? 

    In light of the cost of this type of expedition, a few thousand dollars of destroyed drones is still cheaper than one helicopter rental.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,575
    nolaegghead said:



    disappointed they didnt throw the virgin in the volcano
    fukahwee maine

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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    JohnInCarolina said:
    alaskanassasin said:

    when it was all said and done she said "that was fun but I wouldn't want to do it as often as you are."
    It’s funny because my wife said the very same thing to me recently, but I don’t own a drone.

    Ive been waiting all day on that.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    nolaegghead said:
    TEXASBGE2018 said:
    nolaegghead said:


    I'm trying to figure out how she flew through a spewing volcano and didn't melt the drone.

    Who's to say she didn't go through half a dozen drones on that shoot? 

    In light of the cost of this type of expedition, a few thousand dollars of destroyed drones is still cheaper than one helicopter rental.

     There is a micro sd card in the goggles as well as the drone so that when you fly into a spewing volcano you still have the footage.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    alaskanassasin said:
    nolaegghead said:
    TEXASBGE2018 said:
    nolaegghead said:


    I'm trying to figure out how she flew through a spewing volcano and didn't melt the drone.

    Who's to say she didn't go through half a dozen drones on that shoot? 

    In light of the cost of this type of expedition, a few thousand dollars of destroyed drones is still cheaper than one helicopter rental.

     There is a micro sd card in the goggles as well as the drone so that when you fly into a spewing volcano you still have the footage.
    Mine does that too except I get a highly compressed version of the video and lower resolution if I'm shooting 4k

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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    @nolaegghead I never bothered to put one in the goggles, the one I bought at walmart the drone does not like, it pops up in my goggles that the SD Card is slow.  FYI @lkapigian if you haven't already bought a micro sd look at the recommended card speed.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    nolaegghead said:
    alaskanassasin said:
    nolaegghead said:
    TEXASBGE2018 said:
    nolaegghead said:


    I'm trying to figure out how she flew through a spewing volcano and didn't melt the drone.

    Who's to say she didn't go through half a dozen drones on that shoot? 

    In light of the cost of this type of expedition, a few thousand dollars of destroyed drones is still cheaper than one helicopter rental.

     There is a micro sd card in the goggles as well as the drone so that when you fly into a spewing volcano you still have the footage.
    Mine does that too except I get a highly compressed version of the video and lower resolution if I'm shooting 4k

    Yup. 720p is what you get if you are syncing video to your phone via the DJI app. 
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    @alaskanassasin I know nothing about SD cards video compression etc, I did get 1 card ,  no idea if its correct , good or Bad 


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    Looks more serious than the one I bought and it has a picture of a drone. Your probably good.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,915
    @lkapigian it’s a lot easier to fly in person than that phone app.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Larry, that's fine.  One recommendation - don't shoot in 4k, it eats up your card and downloading/editing takes much longer.  1080p at 30fps is fine.  If you are hauling ass and want some slo-mo, shoot at 60fps. 

    Most of the time you just want to have fun or inspect a roof or your neighbor's sun deck.  (I kid!)

    Most trouble people get in is not paying attention to what's around them and especially moving into objects that are off-camera. 

    Be extra careful backing up, going up or down or sliding side to side, anywhere you aren't looking. 

    Learn from other people's mistakes!


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