I bought a drone :)

Looks amazing quality and very easy to fly if that was your first time. Really stable looking even though the trees were moving in the wind.
Your other video at night though could be looked at being a bit creepy, going up and down your street looking in windows :lol:
 
The picture quality looks good bearing in mind the niggles you mentioned.The neighbours are going to love you if you fly it from your garden. :D
 
maxman said:
The picture quality looks good bearing in mind the niggles you mentioned.The neighbours are going to love you if you fly it from your garden. :D
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One particular neighbour - or has she left yet? :lol:

Just a question - the moving from left to right is a bit quick, can that be slowed down as well?
 
pvr said:
maxman said:
The picture quality looks good bearing in mind the niggles you mentioned.The neighbours are going to love you if you fly it from your garden. :D
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One particular neighbour - or has she left yet? :lol:

Just a question - the moving from left to right is a bit quick, can that be slowed down as well?
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:)

Yes, that's just me getting used to it, just uploading a new vid, this is a cracker....

Mike
 
Ok, today I have been to a graveyard of sorts, in Accrington Stanley of all places..

Some sad sights there :(

BUT, LOTS of pickings!!

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Mike
 
Just been playing with the active track and follow me modes. I'm impressed! It can track virtually anything without needing any sort of tag or transponder!

Mike
 
Ducklakeview said:
Ok, today I have been to a graveyard of sorts, in Accrington Stanley of all places..

Some sad sights there :(

BUT, LOTS of pickings!!

[youtube]jsaobh1e4CY[/youtube]

Mike
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Wow, that's an interesting Z graveyard Mike, those drones are amazing, just don't start plane bothering with it :wink:
 
Oh, and heads up, Mizzi the guy who owns the place had about 4 cruise control stalks with the correct cowl on the shelf.. £80 with the cowl!

Mike
 
Ducklakeview said:
Oh, and heads up, Mizzi the guy who owns the place had about 4 cruise control stalks with the correct cowl on the shelf.. £80 with the cowl!

Mike
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How about cup holders and Gap-tec's, not that I need them, just handy for others :thumbsup:
Great find by the way
 
Ducklakeview said:
Ok, today I have been to a graveyard of sorts, in Accrington Stanley of all places..

Some sad sights there :(

BUT, LOTS of pickings!!

[youtube]jsaobh1e4CY[/youtube]

Mike
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Small world - I went there a few months back on a Saturday midday looking for parts but it was shut :(
 
pvr said:
I think the DJI has a GPS bit that makes it always come back to the starting point, which is a great feature.

Not read that it could follow you though.
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It uses GPS and GLONASS simultaneously, locks on upto 20 sats, everytime I've powered it up, it has gotten to 20 within a few seconds.

Mike
 
pvr said:
How does the following work?
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Amazingly well! You just draw a box around the subject on the screen and click ok, it will then either follow behind, at the side or circle you amongst other modes, all at a height and distance you choose. I took some video from it following me in the various modes earlier, but will need to take to the shop to upload tomorrow, as we only get a 1mb upload speed here, and they are BIG files.

Mike
 
pvr said:
I think the DJI has a GPS bit that makes it always come back to the starting point, which is a great feature.

Not read that it could follow you though.
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First go at "follow me" - You select the mode, and draw a box around the "target" on screen, then set the height and distance you want, and go..

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It lost me for a second at the first big tree as I should have set it a little different, I adjusted it and it didn't lose me again on the next tree, I'm impressed...

God I need a shave!

Mike
 
Mind you, I'll need some more practice before I attempt this. Oh, I'll need to learn to ski as well...

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Mike
 
The drone with 1 battery is around £1k. I went for the "fly more" combo, comes with 2 extra batteries, a charging hub (allows you to charge 4 batteries) car charger, carry bag and a few extra bits, price was £1,359 I haggled £40 off, would have liked more, but they are like rocking horse sh1t at the mo, very few places have physical store stock.

Mike
 
Leesfarm07 said:
Wow! but how fantastic...you get what you pay for and I really like this
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Yup, I spent ages looking on YouTube, looked at the other DJI ones, but just too big and noisy, the Mavic had nothing but good reviews and I can see why. It's a doddle to fly, and there are loads of safeguards like obstacle avoidance and RTH (return to home) should it lose contact with the controller, not that I plan on trying out it's 4.3 mile range anytime soon! I flap when I can't actually see it in the sky!!

The fact that it folds up so neat clinched it for me, means I can take it on days out with the kids, or if we go out on bikes or walks, The Snowdonia video I saw really tipped the boat for me though, I mean how fantastic to create memories like this? And this vid is only in 720p, the 4k quality on a big TV is unbelieveable, every bit as good as a BluRay.

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Or just me and the Zed :)

Mike
 
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