Drone suggestion

   / Drone suggestion #201  
Does anyone know what is due to come out soon? I'd hate to drop a grand on a product only to find it outdated before I get it.
Any GOOD links to online info sources for drones? I can't yet discern the reliability of various web drone sites.
 
   / Drone suggestion #202  
The first time my Drone didn't make it home I had flown a mile away, down wind. I was a novice and didn't pay any attention to remaing battery. The monitor initiated the RTH feature. The Drone was only capable of 8mph into the head wind. Critical landed in my hayfield about 1/8 mile from my launch point. Learned a valuable lesson that day.

My constant worry as well, so I have coming a GPS locator that affixes to the drone that I can activate via my phone that will locate it for me. Just like the avalanche location devices. You can move it from one to another so you only need one.

Hayfield is much better that say a wooded area or even worse, in a body of water. I don't fly until the RTH is initiated and it's not that far away anyway.
 
   / Drone suggestion #203  
Does anyone know what is due to come out soon? I'd hate to drop a grand on a product only to find it outdated before I get it.
Any GOOD links to online info sources for drones? I can't yet discern the reliability of various web drone sites.

You buy today, it's technically obsolete tomorrow...lol

I like the Autel Pilots Forum, pretty nice site with some some very technically astute folks and some good video's made with EVO's. Same with the Tello pilots forum. You learn lots of stuff on them.

I keep wondering how politics and China and the chip makers will play out concerning drones. They all require very complex chips to operate.
 
   / Drone suggestion #204  
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Hayfield is much better that say a wooded area or even worse, in a body of water. I don't fly until the RTH is initiated and it's not that far away anyway.

Hayfield is the subdivision where my house is located in Virginia. Google Maps Can't fly drones there. :)
 
   / Drone suggestion #205  
What do you consider too high of winds? I don't fly in over 15 to 20mph gusts. I know it can do better and video quality is no issue. Just don't want to be blown into a tree.

That all hinges on drone size, battery capacity and terrain plus how far your RTH is. Like my tiny Tello. It's so light that any wind blows it around like a leaf so when I fly it outside it cannot be windy or I cannot control it. When I can fly the EVO and be stable, the Tello would get blown away....:laughing:
 
   / Drone suggestion #206  
I'm looking for my first drone for two prime purposes, both in remote northeast Mississippi.
1. Monitor my rooftops - I've 7 good sized roofs mostly not visible from the ground or adjacent buildings. All surrounded by trees which drop limbs, needles, leaves etc. BUT provide a lot of shade. I'd like to be able to get a view of the tops after storms versus getting the ladder out. So that purpose could be served easily by a small limited drone.
2. Monitor my "lots", I've 7 parcels of land that have road frontage and are over 25 acres each. I'd like to be able to look at who is clearing timber on my lots. Most lots the roads run on the ridges so if I can get up a few hundred feet I should be able to see the entire lot.
I've had one guy that cleared 1/2 acre of prime 10 yr old planted pine to set up a landing so he could haul trees out from his lots. Never asked, I discovered it on Google Earth about a year later. I think this usage might require more drone power.
So any recommendations for my first drone? (As inexpensive as possible)

Well I gave up and ordered a Mavic Mini bundle from Costco for $390.
https://www.costco.com/dji-mavic-mini-bundle---gray.product.100652321.html
With recent experiences in stuff "slowing" down at the Post Office and load getting dumped on other shippers I wanted to get that this summer.
 
   / Drone suggestion #207  
Good price on the mini.
 
   / Drone suggestion #208  
I waited 2 months for my EVO. Worth the wait however. You'll need a cell phone with at least 2MB of RAM and and a micro SD card in the phone too. 'Cause I'm old I went with a Tablet, easier to see.
 
   / Drone suggestion #209  
My constant worry as well, so I have coming a GPS locator that affixes to the drone that I can activate via my phone that will locate it for me. Just like the avalanche location devices. You can move it from one to another so you only need one.

Hayfield is much better that say a wooded area or even worse, in a body of water. I don't fly until the RTH is initiated and it's not that far away anyway.

Your Autel drone will tell you where it's landed at. The red/green lights will continue to blink until the battery is exhausted. I've used these features twice.
 
   / Drone suggestion #210  
Your Autel drone will tell you where it's landed at. The red/green lights will continue to blink until the battery is exhausted. I've used these features twice.

true but if down in tall grass they aren't visible or behind a large rock or in a dip in the ground, you still need to be almost on top of it to see the pod lights. With a GPS locator on the body, it don't matter. Your phone will take you to it.

Looking back, I probably should have waited and bought an EVO II. More expensive (couple hundred more) but lots better advanced features and you can get thermal imaging too. The camera is supposedly much better as well, not that I find the EVO camera to be lacking at all. The gimbal mount on the II is different so when flying and the gimbal is level with the horizon, there is no prop intrusion into the picture frame.

Considering it took me 2 months to get the EVO, I would imagine the II would be even longer.

Controller is the same for both but different software. The only downside I have with it is the fact that the Autel cell phone attachment bracket is limited in size so in my case I had to add a tablet holder and there is an extremely limited selection available. Lots for the DJI's but not for the Autel so I was limited to either modifying one for the DJI or getting the expensive aluminum Lifthor which is what I got. I can fly with either the cell phone or the tablet but I prefer the tablet because it's easier to see for me.

Seeing the drone itself is never an issue, it's Kubota orange so it's easy to see....:D
 

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