After a number of years I've finally managed to gather 2xP1's, 2xp2's, 2xP3's and a MPP. All but the MPP were purchased with known problems and as cheap as chips. A surprise back pay from my war service pension and repayment of an outstanding debt allowed the once in a lifetime purchase of the MPP.
I spent many hours tracking down the parts I needed and many more hours repairing the Phantoms. My family clubbed together and gave me the DJI Halo Goggles for Christmas and an Apple tablet for my birthday.
Now I have 7 DJI craft ready to fly, great news, *BUT*
I just paid DJI for another 12 months Care Package and the Mavic hasn't even lifted off and neither have any of the Phantoms. Apart from spending 18 weeks in hospital in the past 12 months, I'm too bloody scared to fly them. The thought of so much money going aloft and numerous stories of Mavics and Phantoms hitting the deck gives me goose bumps. How do I tell my wife "I just lost the Mavic, it flew away" or "that Phantom I spent so much time and money on crashed" One other problem is my abilities have lessened dramatically over the past year and I find the launching procedure for the Mavic too darned complicated. eg. Why should I need to have the system make a phonecall via a mobile phone? I don't have one and being "Mobile" is something I'm definitely not.
I'd love to find someone local who also flies, who could get me airborne, but living in a very small country town I'm the only Mavic or Phantom owner. We do have a Fire Chief who owns a commercial craft, but he's not exactly friendly toward quad flyers. I've advertised for a local DJI flier, but the only answer was from someone 500Km away. A 1,000km round trip put him off :-(
So be honest, Should I just walk away and sell them all, or wait for someone with more courage to turn up?
I spent many hours tracking down the parts I needed and many more hours repairing the Phantoms. My family clubbed together and gave me the DJI Halo Goggles for Christmas and an Apple tablet for my birthday.
Now I have 7 DJI craft ready to fly, great news, *BUT*
I just paid DJI for another 12 months Care Package and the Mavic hasn't even lifted off and neither have any of the Phantoms. Apart from spending 18 weeks in hospital in the past 12 months, I'm too bloody scared to fly them. The thought of so much money going aloft and numerous stories of Mavics and Phantoms hitting the deck gives me goose bumps. How do I tell my wife "I just lost the Mavic, it flew away" or "that Phantom I spent so much time and money on crashed" One other problem is my abilities have lessened dramatically over the past year and I find the launching procedure for the Mavic too darned complicated. eg. Why should I need to have the system make a phonecall via a mobile phone? I don't have one and being "Mobile" is something I'm definitely not.
I'd love to find someone local who also flies, who could get me airborne, but living in a very small country town I'm the only Mavic or Phantom owner. We do have a Fire Chief who owns a commercial craft, but he's not exactly friendly toward quad flyers. I've advertised for a local DJI flier, but the only answer was from someone 500Km away. A 1,000km round trip put him off :-(
So be honest, Should I just walk away and sell them all, or wait for someone with more courage to turn up?