New toy and learning experience

[mmayo]

Just managed to get my new DJI Mini 2 drone up and running. It is tiny but flies well and is smart enough to help me fly better. It has both still and video ability. A friend gave me a solenoid to carry jigs away from the boat when fishing and release them at distance.

We have an radio control air strip in our community where I can fly. I can fly it in my shop too. Let the learning begin!

 

[sorcerertd]

carry jigs away from the boat when fishing and release them at distance.

That's a pretty cool idea! I really like how it folds up like that.

 

[TDahl]

Very cool. Have fun.

 

[montmill]

A photo taken of me while flying my first and last drone. After this photo a gust of wind blew the drone away, in a tree I thought. A year later while my granddaughter was on the roof cleaning our gutters she found it. It actually fired up but was way out of wack. Hope you have better luck.

 

[bsshog40]

Sweeet. I have a mavic pro. I also have the headset that a person can wear and it looks like you're in the drone. You can have blast with these things. So is the control strip the only place you can fly! I'm in Tx. and you can fly most anywhere except near airfields. Also, I had to register mine thru the FAA. Here's mine.

 

[mmayo]

Baby steps. This is my shop; fittingly my first photo from the drone.

Mine is lighter than yours so no registration was needed. Those goggles sound very interesting so back to work to make more stuff.

 

[KMCloonan]

Baby steps. This is my shop; fittingly my first photo from the drone.

Mine is lighter than yours so no registration was needed. Those goggles sound very interesting so back to work to make more stuff.

The clarity of the photo you took with your drone is amazing.

 

[InkyMike]

I built a tricopter from scratch years ago before drones went mainstream and you had to get a license. The control board helped keep it level but it was a little bit of a challenge to fly. Luckily the arms were 1x1 as they were cheap and easy to replace.

 

[mmayo]

I built a tricopter from scratch years ago before drones went mainstream and you had to get a license. The control board helped keep it level but it was a little bit of a challenge to fly. Luckily the arms were 1x1 as they were cheap and easy to replace.

This is both a drone easy for beginners to fly and advanced. One button and it flies to the launch point and lands. If the batteries are low it flies home before running out. It can fly a route with Google maps waypoints. I'm learning and it already knows.

 

[InkyMike]

This is both a drone easy for beginners to fly and advanced. One button and it flies to the launch point and lands. If the batteries are low it flies home before running out. It can fly a route with Google maps waypoints. I'm learning and it already knows.

That's very cool. I remember the first time I flew mine. It shot straight up like a rocket and then ended up on my neighbors roof. I got a lot better with it eventually.

 

[SteveG]

So...Is it "Finders, Keepers"? If I find your drone in my back yard, do I get to keep it?

 

[mmayo]

So...Is it "Finders, Keepers"? If I find your drone in my back yard, do I get to keep it?

I'd bring yours back…

Mine has a return home feature unless it hits something

 

[mmayo]

My launch site was the X. This drone has a return to home feature that I triggered. The drone was far away and as high as legal <400' and it came back to the X quickly. There was quite of wind that was handled well. I'm standing by the X flying the drone. The lake is a temporary lake call Jack's lake. It is part of the RC flying zone.