Recent content by djohnston

Totally agree with MarkNix. ALL National parks should be off-limits to our toys, forever. The idea of a national park is serenity, nature, beauty, etc. (irrespective of loud Hardley-Abelsons but that's another topic). I am an MP owner, have flown mine on Maui and had a fantastic time doing...

Even as a MP owner, I would not want to visit a national park and have to listen to the incessant buzz of drones over me. The majesty and beauty of such places would be ruined. Pollution isn't simply crap you see on the ground, it's also noise. And I won't even start on drones crashing into...

Similar situation for me. Second or third flight, wanted to see some camera angles. Started drifting towards wall, control stick had no effect! I grabbed it from underneath, which made it ANGRY (optical sensors saw my hand as an object and tried to fly away from it). So fought with it for a...

My very first flight was to a distance of about two miles. Before anyone pounces on me, please be aware I have loads of experience flying other quads, when I launched my MP for the first time, it all felt very natural. My intent was to see if I could reach a park about two miles distant; it...

Wow. Just. Wow. As mentioned above, I was a 3DR Solo fanatic, but anyone familiar with that company knows that drone didn't survive the market pressures and is going away. Many of us Solo fans snapped up the heavily discounted drones and accessories as prices went lower and lower. We didn't...