Decided today would be the first day I fly my new P4P. So I found a park nearby, called and she told me no problem flying the drone there. Turns out there are 2 or 3 parks relatively close to each other.
Well, after going thru so many machinations of thinking that I would miss something and after having watched dozens of videos on the firmware updates, compass and IMU calibration etc, I finally found park and launched today!!!! As soon as it got airborne, I was like.... "It's ALIVE" as it rose up to about 6 ft and said hello to me. Swear to God it felt like I just had a newborn!!! Lol. I had a smile across my face as wide as the Mississippi! It was a gorgeous day here in Vegas (not too hot yet). I rose it up to about 40 feet and just got used to the controls and flying it around a bit, all the while keeping a visual and getting used to the controller sticks.
I'll tell you this... As I got more comfortable with maneuvering around a little bit, I found that I seldom looked at anything on the iPad other than the video, no alt, no distance, no batt condition or other settings. I was just too thrilled that all was going well. I didn't even have to do a compass calibration (which surprised me). I landed from the first short 10 minute flight and then decided to go again and got a bit more "daring" and there was a moderate sized hill I flew towards about 500 feet away and the P4P went out of visual but I just resorted to the video and flew around there for about another 5 minutes or so and came back.
After coming back, I set it at about the 6 ft altitude right in front of me and did a 360 degree walk around and all the sensors that were supposed to go off... went off! Then I landed again.
Solid machine in every way! Just an awesome day.
I did have a visit from a very nice gentleman from the Park who told me I should probably fly the drone over at the other park next door! Lol. Turns out, I went into the wrong park and sure enough, there was a sign that I didn't see as I drove in saying No RC's etc. He was really nice Indian guy. I used to fly the B777 over in that part of the world so I knew the geography pretty well and we ended up talking about that more than anything. Very nice fella.
All in All... what an AWESOME day!!! Now I have to figure out how to get the video to the tv! Lol
Pat
Well, after going thru so many machinations of thinking that I would miss something and after having watched dozens of videos on the firmware updates, compass and IMU calibration etc, I finally found park and launched today!!!! As soon as it got airborne, I was like.... "It's ALIVE" as it rose up to about 6 ft and said hello to me. Swear to God it felt like I just had a newborn!!! Lol. I had a smile across my face as wide as the Mississippi! It was a gorgeous day here in Vegas (not too hot yet). I rose it up to about 40 feet and just got used to the controls and flying it around a bit, all the while keeping a visual and getting used to the controller sticks.
I'll tell you this... As I got more comfortable with maneuvering around a little bit, I found that I seldom looked at anything on the iPad other than the video, no alt, no distance, no batt condition or other settings. I was just too thrilled that all was going well. I didn't even have to do a compass calibration (which surprised me). I landed from the first short 10 minute flight and then decided to go again and got a bit more "daring" and there was a moderate sized hill I flew towards about 500 feet away and the P4P went out of visual but I just resorted to the video and flew around there for about another 5 minutes or so and came back.
After coming back, I set it at about the 6 ft altitude right in front of me and did a 360 degree walk around and all the sensors that were supposed to go off... went off! Then I landed again.
Solid machine in every way! Just an awesome day.
I did have a visit from a very nice gentleman from the Park who told me I should probably fly the drone over at the other park next door! Lol. Turns out, I went into the wrong park and sure enough, there was a sign that I didn't see as I drove in saying No RC's etc. He was really nice Indian guy. I used to fly the B777 over in that part of the world so I knew the geography pretty well and we ended up talking about that more than anything. Very nice fella.
All in All... what an AWESOME day!!! Now I have to figure out how to get the video to the tv! Lol
Pat