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Anyone who's been wanting a drone, but hasn't pulled the trigger yet, this is the one you want
Mavic Air. Not much bigger than a phone, flies 45mph, forward and backward collision avoidance sensors. 2 mile range, 4K and ultra slow motion HD.
$799.
https://youtu.be/uF-WXHwzURs
[Edited on 1-23-2018 by JZ]
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You can get shots like this. San Pedro Island 15 miles off the mainland.
[Edited on 1-23-2018 by JZ]
[Edited on 1-31-2018 by BajaNomad]
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That is pretty cool.
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From what I can tell it requires a smart phone for a monitor. Is that correct?
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Your personal spotting plane at a fraction of the cost!
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Phone or iPad. Streams live back to them.
They also sell dedicated monitors that are 3x brighter than smartphones so you can see better in sunlight.
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Do you have the Mavic Pro. [Edited, to remove question if you had the yet-to-be-released Air.]
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Do you launch them off a boat? If yes how hard is it to land them on a semi moving target?
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Use off a boat all the time. Launch is easy. Landing can be tricky if it's pretty windy, especially if you are in waves and the boat is going up and
down. Still doable though.
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Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider  | Do you have the Mavic Pro. [Edited, to remove question if you had the yet-to-be-released Air.]
[Edited on 1-23-2018 by BigBearRider] |
I have two Mavics, a Phantom 3 and a Phantom 4. The Mavics are the best.
Need to sell at least 3 of those and get the Air, which is even more capable than the larger original Mavic.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | Use off a boat all the time. Launch is easy. Landing can be tricky if it's pretty windy, especially if you are in waves and the boat is going up and
down. Still doable though.
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Thanks for that. Another question: can an totally inexperienced person of age (tercer edad) fly one of these or is it a younger persons toy?
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| Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | Quote: Originally posted by JZ | Use off a boat all the time. Launch is easy. Landing can be tricky if it's pretty windy, especially if you are in waves and the boat is going up and
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Thanks for that. Another question: can an totally inexperienced person of age (tercer edad) fly one of these or is it a younger persons toy?
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Super easy to fly. Watch an hour or two of youtube videos and you'll get it. Pretty much flies out of the box and it just hovers unless you move the
sticks.
If someone gave you 10 secs of instruction you'd know the basics of flying it around.
The video edit part obviously requires some skill. Premier Pro is pretty easy to learn though.
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Thanks!
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Thanks JZ.
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Good info, love the shots you post. Are any of the smaller ones any good, something to fit in a backpack for use on a moto?
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Free expedited shipping and no sales tax outside of N.Y. and N.J.
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| Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | Quote: Originally posted by JZ | Use off a boat all the time. Launch is easy. Landing can be tricky if it's pretty windy, especially if you are in waves and the boat is going up and
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Teenagers to old age, all men love drones! So easy to fly even a caveman can do it!
Seems like every male teen (and their dads )in my hood got a drone in the past year.... I think they are all peeping toms...
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Nice! I have been watching this technology and think it's time to jump in! 
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Great toy/tool.....but with every goombah in the hood flying them around, regulations are coming into effect NOB.
Users need to become aware of flight restrictions, if not currently set, they are around the corner.
Not being a party pooper....just saying.....
e.g http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-drone-fine-danny-mceachren-1.4499979
Don't believe everything you think....
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Imagine trying to film this one today.
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