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  • vmax

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    Who has one?

    I'm ordering one this week
    I'm searching for the best deal online
    I want a combo with controller, spare battery and maybe prop guards
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    sharkey

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    I looked at them but more than I wanted to spend. I got a Force1 drone found on Amazon. $250 with a lot of nice features and I have been happy with it. Decent battery life compared to others. I don't fly it enough.
    Last time, I was done flying and hit RTH. A guy from the church near by where I fly it was leaving and hit with the windshield of his truck. It can take a beating. I would buy another one.

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    vmax

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    Being able to control it with your hand gestures is a pretty cool feature
     

    Texan-in-Training

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    I'm ordering one this week
    I for one would appreciate a "review" on it after you get used to it.
    I've been toying with the idea of getting one eventually, also. Just ordered an inexpensive beginner's model from Amazon to try things out. That way the "learning curve" isn't so painful.
     

    TxStetson

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    The Big Country
    Here is a photo he took while flying it at my house.

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    W5LF

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    Noise is my issue with the smaller one. I use one at my property in Terlingua PRIOR to hunting season, I can sit on a high bluff and have it weave around draws, clumps of brush and such and get a very good idea of the lay of the land and see if anything has happened. I record it and look at it at home. I use a Typhoon H and its range is very good, it use it instead of the smaller one as the Typhoon H can lose one propeller and still return. there are factory refurbished ones on ebay for under $700 with full warranty.
     

    vmax

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    DJI will sell the Mavic Pro Plus on Black Friday for $999
    I'm pretty sure, I'm getting one
     

    dhalker

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    I got a spark and love it! Actually getting the Mavic 2 zoom this weekend I think


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    vmax

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    I've had the spark awhile
    I also added the Mavic Air last Dec to the fleet
     

    vmax

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    The Mavic Air is pretty awesome .
    Around 19 minutes of flying time on a full charge battery.
    Camera is awesome and the legs fold up so it's really more compact than the Spark
    I shot this about 2 weeks ago. It's a little over exposed because I didn't set the camera up for the very bright conditions. But the drone flies so well. I was about a mile away when I shot this.

     

    Younggun

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    I’m eyeballping this one. Never flown one before but I like the range.


    That specific model or any at all?


    If none at all I highly recommend getting something cheap, even a tiny indoor model and learning to fly it. Almost every account I’ve read about a quad “flying away” can be traced to a compass or GPS error and the person flying not knowing how to manually control it without all the extra stability and position hold features. So instead of just switching to manual mode they watch helplessly as it zooms off to the west thinking it’s going east.
     
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