Drone suggestion

[dragoneggs]

Some reflective tape can catch some sun and help.

My DJI Mavic 2 Pro is easy to lose in the light. I fly generally to the west and north especially summer time so I seem to be always struggling with keeping sight.

 

[BigBlue1]

My suggestion to you is 'get your feet wet' with a starter drone to see if you even like droning. Dumping a grand or more on something that will sit unused is insane, unless your liquid income flows like Niagara Falls.....

I had a Traxxqas Aton for a while. Nice drone but not camera friendly and no FPV for flying. I think the FPV with the ease of flying and being able to see and re-orient the camera in flight would be awesome. But I don't want to dump $500 on a drone with difficult support and China-sourced spare parts. A DJI would probably be more to my liking, in terms of company support, but I don't want to spend $800 and I don't want to risk the geofencing issue. I'm located within 3.5 miles of a small airport. It has virtually no traffic, but technically I'm close enough to need their permission to fly. I called them when I got the Aton (city-run airport) and they were like "who cares... just do what you want". But a geofence might not be that understanding.

Rob

 

[Alien]

I guess Rob that your best move would be to find somebody with a drone to test fly at your place. That's about the only way to find out for sure.

Here is my video of our local village.

 

[LouNY]

Interesting video Alien,
I'm curious in the tilled fields there appears to be an untilled strip separating the tilled ones,
what is the function of that strip, erosion control?
Those appear to be good sized almost flat fields.
In one set they seemed to have untilled eyes in a few spots are those wet spots or rock out croppings?

Lou

 

[ovrszd]

Great video!!!!

Like Lou, I'm always curious about farming habits. Can you describe what we are seeing in those fields? Also, what season is it there? I assume "Winter"? But it sure doesn't look like Winter. So I obviously don't know your climate.

Also, if appears to my old eyes that your camera is tilted slightly to the left? When I look at the horizons I see it. My Autel was that way when I got it. Called them and they told me how to fix it. I can't remember the procedure but it was pretty simple.

Very good camera definition. Didn't seem to affect it much as you turned away from and toward the Sun. I have to make subtle camera changes to control that with the Autel. Also have to make adjustments if the lense is pointed down versus horizontal.

Your pilot control is very good. Very good speed control and change of direction control.

Very nice video. I greatly appreciate being able to see where you live. Where in the video do you live?

Thanks again!!!

 

[BigBlue1]

I guess Rob that your best move would be to find somebody with a drone to test fly at your place. That's about the only way to find out for sure.

Here is my video of our local village.

I'm really looking for some solid feedback on the Fimi. That would be my first choice for a drone if their quality and support is decent.

Rob

 

[Alien]

Those fields are planted out in all sorts of vegetable crops. They grow anything and everything depending on season. One minute they have lettuce and a couple of weeks later it's another crop planted like potatoes or carrots or beetroot etc You can see some strips are more advanced than others as I guess they don't want everything to be ready at the same time or they will flood markets. The Lockyer Valley provides the Brisbane markets the bulk of produce.
Most of the paddocks are leveled by machinery with laser guidance as they use a LOT of water and they don't want run-off. Those narrow strips are where they locate the irrigation pipes. I will take a vid of that sometime. The spots you mention are probably water junctions for the bore supply to the pipes. No swamp or wet areas there really.
The farm you see at 5 minutes is a friends place. He mainly produces Lucerne and oats crops for animal feed. A lot easier than veges...
Yes it is winter here but we have nothing like you guys. I have never even had a frost but some areas get a little occasionally. Even though it is late Winter it is getting warmer every day now. We are around 24 - 28 deg C lately. We actually had about 20 mm of rain a couple of days ago which was very welcome. We do not get much.
My property is North West about 7 klm from where that vid was taken. I'm retired so I live in the 'bush'
Glad you enjoyed the video. Still learning to control the camera smoothly. Sometimes I over-correct due to a little latency in the signal. Overall, very happy with the drone. Just working on a short range issue with FIMI.

Rob... Most of those I communicate with on the forums are very happy with FIMI service and response. So far they are OK with me.

Ovrszd... Some have had small issues with gimbal horizon but I hadn't noticed it with mine. I have looked for it but I will look again....

 

[5030]

I guess Rob that your best move would be to find somebody with a drone to test fly at your place. That's about the only way to find out for sure.

Here is my video of our local village.

Nice. I like observing farming practices as well in as much as I farm... Was that with your FIMI or another drone? I couldn't see the controller as you landed.

 

[Alien]

Video was taken with my FIMI but not in full 4K. It was uploaded in 1080P so quality can be better. Trying to save upload time as I have a slow connection.
If you looked close you would see me glancing at the controller as I was landing.

 

[Alien]

Here I am in the backyard. I was practicing flying between trees down the paddock.