Short float with a new toy.

[patfish]

@Flysmallie  That is some wicked cool stuff there my friend.  Keep it up and I look forward to numerous drone filled pic reports.  

[Flysmallie]

And there weren't a lot of fish caught but I was able to catch a few. All on the same bait. Did have one little 14 inch feisty smallmouth too. It really was a beautiful day out there.

[ColdWaterFshr]

What model of drone did you get?  I've been wanting to get one, just can't commit.

Very cool shots.

 

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My buddy has the Phantom 4 and it's bada$$. 

My neighbor bought a cheapy and it flew away on the inaugural flight 

[Flysmallie]

12 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

What model of drone did you get?  I've been wanting to get one, just can't commit.

 

Dji Spark. 

 

When I started the search for a drone the Spark was the first one I eliminated from the list. But after doing a lot more research it kept coming up as the perfect option for me. Something small. Not overly expensive for a first drone. Reputable company, which eliminates a lot of problems like fly aways. 

I was going to go the Phantom route but when they were there both side by side I like the smaller size of the Spark. I'm sure I will outgrow it but that's fine. I'd rather be experimenting with a $400 toy than a $1,000 or more. 

You can get one through B & H photo right now for $349 and it comes with a free $120 remote control. Another $50 for an extra battery and you have a pretty good setup. The remotes are on backorder so I'm just controlling it from my phone for now. 

[Flysmallie]

Here’s a example of video with no editing. It doesn’t record sound. The wind was blowing about 15 with some small gusts. I could hear the constant adjustments that it was making trying to hover in one spot. Video is still pretty smooth. 

 

[Flysmallie]

On second thought, the processing that YouTube does makes it look a lot worse. That may be since I uploaded through my phone. 

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Google up hawk attacks drone

[David Unnerstall]

Hey, fly that over the topless beach in Pornichet, France.

[JestersHK]

The Sparks are awesome little Drones!  Lots of tech packed into a small package.  I inherited a Phantom I am trying to nurse back to health.  Has a bad remote after a botched firmware update...  

The DJI family of drones are some of the better ones out there.  At least when it comes to software and easy to fly settings and such.  We just had 2 of our commercial grade drones crash after some flaky software.  30 grand in sensors and hardware lost in 30 seconds