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New drone owner here, DJI Mini 3 Pro. I'm barely scratching the surface of its capabilities but it is a blast to fly. I will have questions and refuse to join a drone forum. So Irate it is. My first comment is I wish I had sprung for the bundled RC instead of N1, lot cheaper that way and hooking up a cell phone to the N1 is kind of clunky. I still think I will just bite the bullet and order it, along with the fly more kit that comes with the multi-charger and bigger batteries. I was waiting to see how much I liked using the drone before ordering accessories and it has definitely turned out to be a fun little hobby.

For starters, any must know tips for a newbie?

Second, can anyone recommend a good hard case for the drone and controller?
 
I've got a good hard case from Amazon for my DJI Mavic Pro. It's a chineseium Pelican knockoff but it works great. I have the DJI backpack case for the old full-size Drone.

Don't leave the batteries for months without using/charging them. I've lost a couple that way- they simply will not accept a charge anymore. I make it a point to get them out and fly them every couple months even if it's just around the yard.
 
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I bought the Air2 fly more combo about 5 months ago. I knew nothing about flying or operating one - previous experience was with a budget drone that had no bells and whistles. I have the N1, and thought it was fine - until I just reviewed the all-in-one RC. That seems like a much easier and faster way to get the drone in the sky. Might have to find a way to 'need' to upgrade to that.

A few tips I have learned already -
  • watch out for power lines between poles. They are hard to see if you are more than a couple hundred feet away. you might get lucky and fly right between a couple of lines that are 3-4 feet apart.
  • When taking videos of something on fire - like multiple piles of slash being burned in a pit, you can't get to close to the smoke. The IR sensors pick it up as an obstacle, and will stop the forward momentum of the drone. This effectively parks the drone above a very hot surface, and you might melt your props to the point that lift and maneuverability are compromised before you realize what is going on.
  • If you go into Sport Mode, remember that there is no collision avoidance. If you forget, and get flustered with the controls, you may end up bouncing the drone off a friends bicep before the drone runs into the house behind him (at an angle, hopefully, so nothing actually breaks except the props).
  • When you try to use active track to follow you, make sure you have the 'max distance' limit removed. I had mine set at 3,000 feet, and when I tried to use the follow me mode on a deserted highway, it took a looong time for me to figure out why it kept stopping.
  • Practice, practice, practice. I still suck at getting slow, steady movements on my videos, but I have taken a few decent photos so far.
There are a ton of videos out there - take some time and watch a few and you will figure out which youtuber has the best content and delivery.

For a case, I went with the Lykus M1 backpack from Amazon. It's not a hard case, but it holds everything that I have for the drone and has extra room for other cables and peripherals.

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I really want a drone to send up and scout out our 100 acres. Would like good streaming video. Think surveillance. :smokin:
 
I know some got butthurt in another thread regarding the "rule per .gov" but if someone is hovering their drone over my house at 15 feet above roof level, what can I do to protect my privacy? I live in town so shooting is out, and I doubt legal. I don't want to stop someone from filming the house next door that is vacant for a realtor, but if my wife wants to wheel around our property in her chair nude I don't think she would approve of anyone posting pics on the internet.

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Here she is, so you mothfockles don't need to ask.:flipoff2:
 
I just got a cheap little one, pretty decent for $56.00:flipoff2:
The camera is tiny but takes incredible video, haven't taken a pic with it yet, still learning the basics.
It did come with three battery packs , my phone doesn't work well in the holder, between the case on it and the fact that the on/off button is right there on the side it keeps shutting the software down.
It has one touch fly key, haven't explored that yet.
My dog doesn't like!
It gets pushed off course pretty easily so take that for what it's worth.
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I wand a drone watch dog. Do they have one yet? Seems simple enough. Home base (charges and observes), motion sensing, follows subject records or in my case chase off that damn blue heron and records.
 
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Following. I bought a DJI Mini SE a month or so ago and haven’t had it out yet.
 
spaceman said:
I bought the Air2 fly more combo about 5 months ago. I knew nothing about flying or operating one - previous experience was with a budget drone that had no bells and whistles. I have the N1, and thought it was fine - until I just reviewed the all-in-one RC. That seems like a much easier and faster way to get the drone in the sky. Might have to find a way to 'need' to upgrade to that.

A few tips I have learned already -
  • watch out for power lines between poles. They are hard to see if you are more than a couple hundred feet away. you might get lucky and fly right between a couple of lines that are 3-4 feet apart.
  • When taking videos of something on fire - like multiple piles of slash being burned in a pit, you can't get to close to the smoke. The IR sensors pick it up as an obstacle, and will stop the forward momentum of the drone. This effectively parks the drone above a very hot surface, and you might melt your props to the point that lift and maneuverability are compromised before you realize what is going on.
  • If you go into Sport Mode, remember that there is no collision avoidance. If you forget, and get flustered with the controls, you may end up bouncing the drone off a friends bicep before the drone runs into the house behind him (at an angle, hopefully, so nothing actually breaks except the props).
  • When you try to use active track to follow you, make sure you have the 'max distance' limit removed. I had mine set at 3,000 feet, and when I tried to use the follow me mode on a deserted highway, it took a looong time for me to figure out why it kept stopping.
  • Practice, practice, practice. I still suck at getting slow, steady movements on my videos, but I have taken a few decent photos so far.
There are a ton of videos out there - take some time and watch a few and you will figure out which youtuber has the best content and delivery.

For a case, I went with the Lykus M1 backpack from Amazon. It's not a hard case, but it holds everything that I have for the drone and has extra room for other cables and peripherals.

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Good advice. Thank you. I already broke down and bought the RC yesterday direct from DJI. It had a 10 day out ship date but I got a notification last night it had shipped. Also ordered the fly more plus kit on a separate order because it showed an 8/31 ship date. I saw some of those chinesium knockoff hard cases on Amazon, they actually got good reviews and look legit. May order one of those but I will see how the DJI bag in the fly more kit works for now.

edit: I'll have a like new N1 controller for sale if anyone is interested.
 
I have the mavic mini with the fly more kit I got off marketplace for $200, use it mostly for work.
 
Buy the DJI care. I've already used it 3 times between 2 drones. When you start intentionally flying near things it will bite you every once in a while.
 
Drakeslayer said:
I know some got butthurt in another thread regarding the "rule per .gov" but if someone is hovering their drone over my house at 15 feet above roof level, what can I do to protect my privacy? I live in town so shooting is out, and I doubt legal. I don't want to stop someone from filming the house next door that is vacant for a realtor, but if my wife wants to wheel around our property in her chair nude I don't think she would approve of anyone posting pics on the internet.


Here she is, so you mothfockles don't need to ask.:flipoff2:
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Hovering over someone is not considerate and not technically legal. You have some rights to privacy, best course of action is to find out who is doing it and letting them know you don't appreciate it. But they do have the right to fly right on past you just like any other aircraft in the sky.

A fishing pole with a lead weight on the end of the line can be a pretty effective way to ruin someones flying if you are skilled at casting.
 
booger said:
Hovering over someone is not considerate and not technically legal. You have some rights to privacy, best course of action is to find out who is doing it and letting them know you don't appreciate it. But they do have the right to fly right on past you just like any other aircraft in the sky.

A fishing pole with a lead weight on the end of the line can be a pretty effective way to ruin someones flying if you are skilled at casting.
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Im thinking a co2 net launcher
 
I have an Air2 and a DJI FPV. The FPV with the goggles and motion controller is a blast to fly!

This was my first time out with the FPV drone
 
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I have an Air2 and a DJI FPV. The FPV with the goggles and motion controller is a blast to fly!

This was my first time out with the FPV drone
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I have a mini 2 and a DJI FPV. The FPV is a lot of fun to fly, I've got a ways to go to be good with full manual mode though. I just don't fly it enough.
 
Check the pelican knockoffs at china freight. They have a really large pistol/camera case for like $30. Should work well for your drone.
 
I'm the same, I don't dare to fly it in manual after using the simulator.
 
Boss said:
I wand a drone watch dog. Do they have one yet? Seems simple enough. Home base (charges and observes), motion sensing, follows subject records or in my case chase off that damn blue heron and records.
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no and they won't until the federal laws change.
You cannot run a sUAS without a pilot in command line of sight.
 
Here's one of the first videos I did. It's pretty boring, and I'd like to think I'm getting better videos now, but some days I'm not sure. 🤣



And video of my drone trying to knock over a house...

 
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My daughter and I finally got the Mini SE out this week to test it out. We've spent about 40 minutes of flight time just getting used to the controls. It's very easy to fly and takes clean pics/videos. I bought a couple extra batteries that were just delivered today so we can get more fly time.

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My son bought me a mini for Christmas last year and it's a blast.
One of my first videos playing with the buit in tracks
 
I am fucking flabbergasted BeenGaidan hasn't shown up here throwing his big drone dick around and telling everyone they are a piece of shit because they aren't operating their drones responsibly under USC 101......And his drone expertness only uses his RQ-9 Reaper for work purposes.
 
I have a mavic air 2. Definitely the the DJI care , one loss and it pays for itself. To make it so I didn’t have to remove my cell phone case every time I wanted to use my drone I bought wire extender from Amazon.
 

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RC controller and fly more kit plus came in. RC Controller is WELL worth the money vs plugging in your cell phone to the N1.

Curious what mode you guys fly on. Mode 2 is the default. I've tried them all but Mode 3 feels the most natural. I think because it's the closest to FPS video games with a console controller, which I played a lot when I was younger.
 

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I have numerous drones and planes. I try to avoid dji stuff but I did get the HD goggles and cams. My latest plane/drone is the OMPHobby ZMO. it is a tricopter with the forward motors on a pivot so can take off and land like a drone, but flies like a plane. Had it up to 114 kmh last night but was having range issues. Enjoy the flight, skip to 4:00 for the real start

 
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muleskinner said:
I have an Air2 and a DJI FPV. The FPV with the goggles and motion controller is a blast to fly!

This was my first time out with the FPV drone
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How far out can you get with the fpv? Can you fly it behind mountains or hills? I want to be able to scout the 2700 acres next to me of rolling hills no more then 100' tall.
 
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