OP, do you have any experience flying a small cheap UAV? That’s what I’d do (and did) before sending hundreds/thousands of dollars into the air.
OP, do you have any experience flying a small cheap UAV? That’s what I’d do (and did) before sending hundreds/thousands of dollars into the air.
Make sure your firmware is current before flying.. and fully charged batt and transmitter for sure. But the best advice is, as others have said, buy a Syma X5 for 50 bucks to learn basic quadcopter flying before you fly the phantom.. The phantom is actually easier to fly than a toy copter, which is exactly what you want.. Once you can handle a toy copter and fly it stable, once you develop the muscle memory and responses that you don't need to think about, then the phantom will be a piece of cake to fly, leaving you free to concentrate on setting up your pics or vids. And please don't fly the phantom in confined spaces at first, only wide open spaces when gaining experience.. Welcome to this world man, have fun!
Seriously JetF, you need to take the advice from these guys, get yourself a cheap $50 trainer first and master reverse orientation navigation to be second nature before you launch your $700 toy. If you don't, within a week you'll be wishing you had. Based on the questions you asked, you need to take it slow and understand things better before you fly the Phantom. You might want to seek out an AMA field (need to join AMA first) or possibly meet up with someone in the "meet up" section of this forum to get some help with your first Phantom flight.I did do an update on the app. Is that what you mean? Or would I have to plug in my drone into a computer to update?
Ya charged battery & controller overnight, plus phone will be fully charged.
I have flown toy copters before, just the Air Hog ones. But people said P3 are easier to fly than cheap toy store drones.
Seriously JetF, you need to take the advice from these guys, get yourself a cheap $50 trainer first and master reverse orientation navigation to be second nature before you launch your $700 toy. If you don't, within a week you'll be wishing you had. Based on the questions you asked, you need to take it slow and understand things better before you fly the Phantom. You might want to seek out an AMA field (need to join AMA first) or possibly meet up with someone in the "meet up" section of this forum to get some help with your first Phantom flight.
The other thread you started asking how much you should charge for your photography services is a bit premature too Grasshopper. You have much to learn first, both in piloting and in learning the lawsWell thx for all the advise everyone. I'll take it slow and not get super excited about it and fantacize of going super far. I just want to get familiar with the controls in an environment that allows for errors. Gonna take it to a huge park hopefully where no team sports or events is happening and it's just be empty.
This is what I'd recommend. It's practically indestructible. I have one myself to train friends that are interested in learning, and to gauge their ability to comprehend reverse orientation navigation. If you can't fly this little drone indoors without running into things, you shouldn't be flying an expensive $700 drone anywhere, IMHO.So like a Toys R Us drone would suffice?
I'll go to a huge park and fly low and just put it at a height of a cheap drone. I've looked at the videos and I tried the simulator. Is the simulator enough to know where the "go home" button is and getting familiar with how the controls work?
The other thread you started asking how much you should charge for your photography services is a bit premature too Grasshopper. You have much to learn first, both in piloting and in learning the laws
LOL, I was about to post my recommendation: Amazon.com: Inductrix RTF (Ready-to-Fly) Ultra Micro Drone with Safe Technology - Transmitter Included: Toys & GamesThis is what I'd recommend. It's practically indestructible. I have one myself to train friends that are interested in learning, and to gauge their ability to comprehend reverse orientation navigation. If you can't fly this little drone indoors without running into things, you shouldn't be flying an expensive $700 drone anywhere, IMHO.
No problems - I think most of us have had that fantasy at some point since we bought our drones!That was just more of fantasizing, I wasn't really serious of doing it anytime soon. It was more of a what if I were to do a drone business? Well at least I got some insight and it's not as simple as I would have thought. Especially people ratting me out to the FAA.
I just want to get familiar with the controls in an environment that allows for errors. Gonna take it to a huge park hopefully where no team sports or events is happening and it's just be empty.