Thing is, any flying carries risk and even perfectly good equipment can go down. Welcome to aviation.
But, for me a total loss is the cost of enjoying a wonderful sport, hobby and most of all technology. It’s cutting edge full of fascinating possibilities.
Waiting only prolongs not knowing and I like to “know” what does what, this and that, rinse & repeat.
As long as you don’t lose the gear it’s always gonna be worth something so initial price may never be the upfront price paid. Same logic with many adult toys. No wife jokes please, LOL...
No. Sorry, I don't feel bad just saying no. It's that kind of talk that's scaring original poster away in the first place, and it's wrong! Namely, "it's easy to buy a new one if you break even a little piece of it."
These machines are actually quite serviceable for even amateurs, and there's a huge support community, and there are many shops that do repair work.
The P3P is ready to fly out of the box, just most pilots aren't. I spent hours watching videos and reading stuff, plus flying the Syma X5C and Phoenix RC Simulator. Had mine for a month, no problems yet.
Simply put after reading a number of post about the phantom 3 my gut tells me postpone this purchase.
My son tells me, people post more when something is negative than when something is good, Logic is the "how good it is" doesn't make the drawing board as much as how bad it is. ....... Possibly
So are there others in the same position awaiting their units, wondering if the timing is right? Is this product have all the bugs out or does it improve in 6 months.
Luckily I went with Amazon, an have a couple weeks to cancel
Maybe some of the veterans on here can tell me, has DJI put a unit out there then latter
Correct an issue after the public has done their test work? Thanks
OK let me just put this out there..I just came back from a class at Maine Media Workshops that was running a drone photography and cinematography class. The class was 12... the instructors had bought there own equipment.. that was 2 phantom v2+, 2 phantom 3s and a anspire 1. At the first meeting of the class.. the question was asked.. how many of you have ever flown before? 9 of the 12 had not..I had brought my dyi 250 drone frames and the two other guy had bought their anspire 1's.... and one guy had brought his anspire 1 that he had never taken out of its box. With the proper instruction nobody crashed... They all shot good stills and video and some where over the top. So what an getting at here is this any RTF drones may be ready to fly..but you may not be.. with proper instruction you will to.Simply put after reading a number of post about the phantom 3 my gut tells me postpone this purchase.
My son tells me, people post more when something is negative than when something is good, Logic is the "how good it is" doesn't make the drawing board as much as how bad it is. ....... Possibly
So are there others in the same position awaiting their units, wondering if the timing is right? Is this product have all the bugs out or does it improve in 6 months.
Luckily I went with Amazon, an have a couple weeks to cancel
Maybe some of the veterans on here can tell me, has DJI put a unit out there then latter
Correct an issue after the public has done their test work? Thanks