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    Anyone used one of these ?

    Ive been thinking about getting a drone for a while, these look pretty good.

    wide angle lens, filters, fly more kit with long range batteries, 256gb card etc comes to around $1900 delivered.
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    I have the DJI Mavic Pro about 4 years old now, easy to fly and never had any trouble. The mini might struggle in windy conditions but there great fun

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    Doesn't usually get too windy here, although I am planning to use it in Kalbarri, possibly the windiest place in wa......

    Is it possible to enter a gps coordinate directly into controller or app and have drone fly there or is there an app that integrates with Google maps etc?








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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    Is it possible to enter a gps coordinate directly into controller or app and have drone fly there or is there an app that integrates with Google maps etc?
    Flylitchi app integrates with Google maps/Google earth so you can enter coordinates.
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    I have used an app called airmap and u can set a flightpath with that and u can send the drone for miles and back but u are supposed to have the drone in sight at all times.
    When u get the drone it is restricted to 30mm range (my dji was) until you register it (serial number) with CASA,

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    Looks like sdk release for the mini 3 pro is still a couple of months away....



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    I bought the predecessor DJI Spark about 6 years ago and the only main difference is the price, nearly fell of my chair.
    Yeah flight time has improved.
    I paid back then around $600 on Fasttech. Wanted to check there if they had the mini for a better price but they seem to be down.

    Just wanted to say it has mostly been lying in the shelf for about 6 years.
    I only use it to survey overgrown properties.
    However in the past I have used it cut down large critical trees by sending it up, towing a fishing line, then around the tree over a top branch so I can pull up a strong rope tied to the fishing line which I then connect to a winch so I can guide the tree safely and accurately down without hitting infrastructure, while I cut it.
    So I can say my DIY drone method has payed itself 10 times over the cost of arborist.

    I wouldn't dare fly it on our beaches anymore as everybody these days thinks you are a perve if you use a drone.

    I was thinking of using it for fishing but I don't even find time to go normal fishing and again bugger me if I attract attention with the thing.

    These drones also have absolutely nothing to do with flying.
    They are self flying and I don't see much fun in that. It as exciting as moving a mouse and watching the arrow on a screen.

    My first drone had none of this gadgetry.
    You really had to fly and balance the thing yourself and unlike a model airplane it had no tail so you can not see it's head, which drove you nuts with the yaw, especially as it had 6 motors.
    It could be blazing fast, I had the feeling it got over 100km/h and was super fun but I smashed it to smithereens.
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    I grabbed one today and once it was registered etc. i was allowed to take off, as most of kalgoorlie/boulder is within 5.5km of an uncontrolled airport......

    i must say it was fun, yes they are pretty idiot/hoe proof. I did manually land it a couple of times without any drama.

    The collision warning system is handy for a novice.

    I did break the rules already, its no fun sticking to line of sight, lol....

    Got some good video of the super pit and surrounds.

    pretty limited without a remote licence.....
    FTTN, 400m line length, bit faster now with 2x100/20 connection via load balancing.....


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