I guess I'm not the only one that watches all my flights twice (or more). Once real time and then on the PC in 4K
Silly question, but now what?
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Spend time on the DJI simulator. It's a great tool. Gives you ample opportunity to practise control and orientation skills. It's fun and totally crash proof!
Sent from my SM-T550 using PhantomPilots mobile app
Sent from my SM-T550 using PhantomPilots mobile app
I found, after I got mine, that practicing using the P4 simulator in DJIGO at least allowed me to get some practice in using the remote and to learn how to fly in circles around an area and so on. There's plenty of things you can not do with the simulator, but here is zero risk while using it.
My best inputs came from Laurence Seberini's flight and video courses. Go to courses.phantomfilmschool.com/enrollments and look around. He has some great plans to teach one to learn how to fly and make amazing videos.
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I been flying for over two years now. I started out very nervous.Started going
200ft. then 500ft. ,1000ft. now I am up to 3000ft. still nervous but Next flight
I am going to try 35-40000ft. We will see how far I get. Having a blast with
this. I am flying a p4 now. I do have a yuneec 500 and about 8 other toy
ones.Just have fun this is a great hobby.
200ft. then 500ft. ,1000ft. now I am up to 3000ft. still nervous but Next flight
I am going to try 35-40000ft. We will see how far I get. Having a blast with
this. I am flying a p4 now. I do have a yuneec 500 and about 8 other toy
ones.Just have fun this is a great hobby.
I agree but would add one more thing. Contact an insurance agent and get a personal property policy. Mine (from State Farm) has zero deductible and covers any damage or loss, unless intentional. Intentional is like setting it on fire, deliberately crashing into an object, throwing it in a lake. Crashes are covered, even if it's your own fault. That's not the same a deliberate unless you had "deliberate indifference". These policies are very inexpensive. And, no, I'm not in the insurance business.
I tried to find an insurance company over my way that would include the type of insurance you are referring to but no one would go near it, with the exception of it being covered for theft under contents insurance. I have read of a company over east that does specifically cover drone insurance but that won't work for me over here. I suspect that the market is so small with very few occasions of crashing incidents that no one has seen a business opportunity in either a standalone or incorporated policy to include UAVs.
I missed the 48 hour window on DJI Care, and I haven't decided if I will try their video verification option. I did get a policy with State Farm, so at least I do have some kind of protection.
On Friday I finally took the training wheels off, and a couple of minutes into the flight DJI Go 4 promptly crashed. Fortunately I was only ~1000 feet away and still had visual, so I could land it manually.
Yesterday flew with the regular DJI Go. In my neighborhood I can barely make it 1100 before I receive warnings about poor signal strength. There are a ton of tall trees here, and I'm sure residential interference applies as well.
Now I gotta find larger spaces near me to fly.
On Friday I finally took the training wheels off, and a couple of minutes into the flight DJI Go 4 promptly crashed. Fortunately I was only ~1000 feet away and still had visual, so I could land it manually.
Yesterday flew with the regular DJI Go. In my neighborhood I can barely make it 1100 before I receive warnings about poor signal strength. There are a ton of tall trees here, and I'm sure residential interference applies as well.
Now I gotta find larger spaces near me to fly.
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Who are you to rate a members' response? He has a right to post whatever advice he feels is fit without fear of being chastised by the post police.
I don't think glen e meant anything bad at all and was just letting the fellow know that finding a field is a good option away from buildings and trees. I see nothing wrong with his post and he shouldn't have to worry about being ridiculed for trying to help someone.
Sometimes these forums just make me want to puke because some people think they're better than everyone else. I'm a bit tired of this one now. I know there are people here that are much kinder than that. At least they have been to me anyway. msinger for one has helped me immensely and if anyone had spoken to me that way I'd have been gone in a heartbeat.
I've only been up here since last June Glen but I apologize for the treatment you just received.
Bud
I don't think glen e meant anything bad at all and was just letting the fellow know that finding a field is a good option away from buildings and trees. I see nothing wrong with his post and he shouldn't have to worry about being ridiculed for trying to help someone.
Sometimes these forums just make me want to puke because some people think they're better than everyone else. I'm a bit tired of this one now. I know there are people here that are much kinder than that. At least they have been to me anyway. msinger for one has helped me immensely and if anyone had spoken to me that way I'd have been gone in a heartbeat.
I've only been up here since last June Glen but I apologize for the treatment you just received.
Bud
Ha! It didn't bother me in the least. I post sometime very succinct, I did not mean to be sarcastic. I also don't believe you have to write paragraphs and paragraphs to explain something. I own a forum and see this all the time, there are always " asst moderators" out there. Thanks for your post. In general I think this forum has an overwhelming amount of people that want to help, and in general, you see less bickering here than on many, many , many other sites......
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Wow!! I wasn't aware that we had posting police up here on this forum. I guess we'd better check with rleigh from now on before we answer someone's question. That way he can approve it before we post it and that way we won't annoy him.
I'm sorry that you are upset with my reply and you might have thought that yours was helpful and hell who knows it might have been. I don't plan on being a police of post but the way your post ended " end of story " reads like a smart *** remark and that you feel the OP is wasting people's time for posting. Maybe I read into it too far but I just get tired of people being rude to newcomers that are just trying to learn or maybe find some way just to get started in the conversations on the forum.
Yes, most topics posted have already been asked and answered and yes, a lot of posts seem like common sense. Sometimes people just want to post something just to start building relationships and get to know other members. I just get tired of the people that chime in with rude comments or just want to argue and get the last word in.
So again, I apologize if you were sincere and thought your reply was helpful and I'm not trying to make enemies here. I only want people to be able to post and not have someone tear them down when they are only trying to be apart of the group.
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Hi rleigh;
Thank you for your kind post. I may have said some things I shouldn't have said and for that I too am very sorry. Life's too short to be bickering with anybody and I should have known better. At 71 years of age you'd think I'd have learned that by now.
I sincerely hope you'll forgive my rudeness to you and I can promise you it won't happen again. I was out of line and I'm sorry.
Once again, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments rleigh, it was a pleasure to read.
With kindest regards
Bud
Thank you for your kind post. I may have said some things I shouldn't have said and for that I too am very sorry. Life's too short to be bickering with anybody and I should have known better. At 71 years of age you'd think I'd have learned that by now.
I sincerely hope you'll forgive my rudeness to you and I can promise you it won't happen again. I was out of line and I'm sorry.
Once again, thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments rleigh, it was a pleasure to read.
With kindest regards
Bud
Or an ocean. Nothing to crash into and you learn twice as fast over water. Fact.
Seriously though, we've all been there. While others are saying, take it real slow; I'd suggest you not go over the top. As you said in the first post, nerves can increase your likelihood of crashing. Recognise that the P4 is a pretty failsafe platform. As long as you are pointing forward (which is a good direction to be facing for a beginner!) You can't get into too much trouble.
When I first started out I had what I call hand dyslexia - I'd get overwhelmed about which hand is doing what. I nice tip for complete novice - once you are up the air - you can't crash into the ground using your right hand (elevated terrain excluded!
Just like learning a clutch. Also a good tip, don't rely on various course locks and home locks. Learn to fly as if you are in the cockpit (video feed is great for this). It helps a lot later down the line to not be using a crutch. Then when you are comfortable with altitude and pitch & roll, introduce yawing the aircraft and you are on your way to real flying.
One thing I have done recently was buy the Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV goggles. Really helps give you more confidence since you can see from the copters perspective vs watching on your tablet or phone which really washes out due to the sun. I even use a hood over the screen of my tablet but still it doesn't compare to a true FPV experience.
Does it use its own camera and video downlink? So I was asking if you lose video feed going out too far before the phantom's camera does?
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