Drone Experience

[Alien]

I used to fly my drones with a transmitter but since I went to the tablet I have rarely had a oops and those were due to throwing props or dead batteries. Hundreds of flights without mishaps now. I leave my transmitters (4) solely for my planes/gliders now. I love auto flight.
Every pre-flight check now includes props and battery capacity test. If a prop looks doubtful I replace it. They are only $1.50 each. I admit I am getting out of practice flying my quads manually but occasionally I make myself. Guess it's an age thing....
Incidentally, the little vidcam I use has built in stability which is good enough for what I do unless it is windy.

 

[Alien]

Bunyip, your vids are nice and smooth compared to mine but as I said, I don't bother with my gimbal now. I retired the frame that carried it. Your country is nice and open compared to mine. I would love some more open fields but my wife won't leave her bush animals and birds now so it looks like I'm gonna die here. LOL

 

[jbrumberg]

It took me a while to get used to handing over the controls with even the limited controls on that old DJI flight controller. RTL made me nervous. I am now probably dangerous with manual control with my Tx at this point.

My Mobius upgrade from the keychain video cam did not have image stabilization. Alien- I am curious about your vidcam.

Natedog- Nice aircraft. I agree about the rules & regs and believe in respecting people’s and animal’s personal space.

My upgraded motors were scary loud and my flashing low battery alarm could probably be heard in the next county

I have a nice hangar queen now. If I get another it will be technologically advanced.

This thread has been hijacked for my part I apologize.

 

[Alien]

Here are the details of my vidcam. As I said, I replaced the lens from 120 deg to 90 degrees. Much better and no fisheye.
My drones are very quiet. You can't hear them from about 75 - 100 feet. No warning beeps for the battery as voltage is displayed on my screen. I use QGround Control.

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[jbrumberg]

Alien- Thanks.

 

[ovrszd]

I use Masterscrew props to try to be quieter. But it's not.

My battery life is displayed also. But I definitely need the warnings.

 

[natedog75]

Two images for height reference. Closer one is about 125ft. Second one is 396ft. I get the higher shot to minimize distortion of the rooflines so I can get more accurate measurements.

Even at 125 ft it is almost impossible to identify specific humans with the Mavic. At 125ft I definitely can hear my drone. It would be creepy to have it flying overhead without prior notice and would definitely illicit something type of response from me. We shoot skeet on a regular basis, so I feel like I could hit it. My perception is if it is over my property and within shotgun range it is invading my privacy and could be a danger to my family and my personal safety. You never know what the crazies are up to nowadays. That said, it would have to be very low to be in SG range. My drone looks very small at 125ft.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Interesting picture. What a way to check out your roof, gutters, or anything else that's taller than you are.
My one experience with drones was at an outdoor training session, the company sponsoring it put one up to take an aerial view. My only thought was that the humming could get annoying very quickly, but what an easy way to visit your property for beaver problems and blowdowns while driving down the woods road.

 

[natedog75]

^^^^
Interesting picture. What a way to check out your roof, gutters, or anything else that's taller than you are.
My one experience with drones was at an outdoor training session, the company sponsoring it put one up to take an aerial view. My only thought was that the humming could get annoying very quickly, but what an easy way to visit your property for beaver problems and blowdowns while driving down the woods road.

It works very well for inspections. I have some plans to use it to map out some land for a client. There are a couple of applications for this but the cost can be high. You can build a very large very high res photo/map of a large section of land. Great for planning.

 

[cdaigle430]

Hey all. A slight departure from tractors.
I have just picked up a drone and started learning about various aspects of the drone world.
Any thoughts or information on them like--
Agricultural applications
Photographic uses
Rules and regulations
Good/bad experiences

I am a registered DJI Mavic Air pilot and have been so for a year. I use Filmora9 for editing them but I am h
hesitant to share my videos publicy. I always get permission and check the "b4ufly" app but have been reported for flying at a lighthouse in the past even though I got permission from the caretaker. Too many a holes out there who report everything cause they are unhappy people-and I also do not like publicly posting property and people.

I am soon taking my drone to Brazil so wish me luck-already registered with Brazilian version of FAA. Now its just to get it through customs and back home without getting it stolen. Also worried my Samsung Note 8 will get stolen as I use that as the drone controller.

Hoping the video I get is well worth the risk.