Hi all,
I have been flying the Phantom 4 pro plus for a little while now for my employer but have never owned by own drone.
That is about to change though as today I am purchasing either a new P4P+ or Mavic 2 Pro of my own (yet to decide which one).
I have a couple of questions though as a soon to be drone owner that I haven't had to deal with yet as other staff at my job maintain our drones and was wondering if I could please get some advice.
1) I live right next to the coast and a large portion of my flying will no doubt be over the surf/ocean. Is there any standard maintenance procedures you would recommend as far as maintaining the drone when flying a lot in the ocean salt air breeze? I'd imagine quite a lot of mist/spray would get on the drone if flying even mildly low and that couldn't be good for its life span in the long term, is there a method you would recommend for cleaning the motors etc. or are these drones pretty resilient in that regard?
2) I intend to buy a few batteries for whichever drone I purchase, what is the best way to store these to preserve their life, charged or un-charged? Whenever I use our drone at work I need to pre-book it and it is brought out with fully charged batteries, but I am not sure if they are charged just prior to use or always left that way.
3) Are the controls for the P4P+ and the Mavic 2 Pro the same? From what I have seen on youtube they look almost identical so I'm guessing as somebody who has only flown the P4P+ there shouldn't be any issue switching if I decide to go that way... Having said that, would you recommend buying the DJI controller?
4) Is it true that the Mavic 2 Pro gets significantly more range than the P4P+, especially when amongst trees etc. or is this a myth?
Thank you for any help it is much appreciated.
Cheers.
I have been flying the Phantom 4 pro plus for a little while now for my employer but have never owned by own drone.
That is about to change though as today I am purchasing either a new P4P+ or Mavic 2 Pro of my own (yet to decide which one).
I have a couple of questions though as a soon to be drone owner that I haven't had to deal with yet as other staff at my job maintain our drones and was wondering if I could please get some advice.
1) I live right next to the coast and a large portion of my flying will no doubt be over the surf/ocean. Is there any standard maintenance procedures you would recommend as far as maintaining the drone when flying a lot in the ocean salt air breeze? I'd imagine quite a lot of mist/spray would get on the drone if flying even mildly low and that couldn't be good for its life span in the long term, is there a method you would recommend for cleaning the motors etc. or are these drones pretty resilient in that regard?
2) I intend to buy a few batteries for whichever drone I purchase, what is the best way to store these to preserve their life, charged or un-charged? Whenever I use our drone at work I need to pre-book it and it is brought out with fully charged batteries, but I am not sure if they are charged just prior to use or always left that way.
3) Are the controls for the P4P+ and the Mavic 2 Pro the same? From what I have seen on youtube they look almost identical so I'm guessing as somebody who has only flown the P4P+ there shouldn't be any issue switching if I decide to go that way... Having said that, would you recommend buying the DJI controller?
4) Is it true that the Mavic 2 Pro gets significantly more range than the P4P+, especially when amongst trees etc. or is this a myth?
Thank you for any help it is much appreciated.
Cheers.