My new phantom just arrived. I ordered it, with the extra battery last week just after the price drop to $1079. I've built and flown several quads over the past couple years including 250 size racers. I had a cheerson cx-20 for a month or so before my truck was broken into and it was stolen. My time with it convinced me that I needed to step up and buy the real deal rather than the knock off. I'm looking forward to getting started but will take my time.
Ironically, after ordering it I started looking for insurance options to see if anything was available. Then out of the blue, DJI announces their DJI Care program today. $279 for one year of crash protection. As I look through the threads it looks like about every 4-6 threads is a crash thread. It sounds like the majority are glitches etc.., quite often unexplained. I figure for $279 why not, after the price drop last week, I basically got the same total price as before with a year of crash insurance.
Now with all that said, I hope to have many flights under belt a year from now and an insurance plan that's never been used.
Updates to follow.
Ironically, after ordering it I started looking for insurance options to see if anything was available. Then out of the blue, DJI announces their DJI Care program today. $279 for one year of crash protection. As I look through the threads it looks like about every 4-6 threads is a crash thread. It sounds like the majority are glitches etc.., quite often unexplained. I figure for $279 why not, after the price drop last week, I basically got the same total price as before with a year of crash insurance.
Now with all that said, I hope to have many flights under belt a year from now and an insurance plan that's never been used.
Updates to follow.