hello all

[Horace]

Good day everyone, new member horace here joining the club, just got my air 2 and sc last week, happy flying !

 

[THE CYBORG]

Hi Horace Welcome to Mavic Pilots.
New flyer advice,
Wide open space.
Slow & easy
Power-lines & trees are evil.
Don't forget to read the manual
Download Air 2 manual HERE

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching . ?

 

[Drone Master]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots! Enjoy the forum!

 

[MA2 317]

Hello from the Hoosier Heartland Horace

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[Heindrich1988]

Welcome from China.

Air 2 is a great choice.

 

[Manty]

welcome from UK. Happy flying, safe flying

 

[old man mavic]

welcome to the forum

 

[Hauptmann]

Welcome to our forum, from Hauptmann in North Texas!

The MA2 is a great machine with a great camera. Lots of cool stuff to shoot in this wide world. Read the manual (link below), and be conservative at first. Practice using "Find My Drone". Don't wait until you lose your MA2 before you try to learn how to find it. We have over 120,000 members world wide to help you advance as a pilot and photographer. Ask for help when you need it. Share your work when you can.

Thanks for joining!

https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic_Air_2/20200615/Mavic_Air_2_User_Manual_v1.2_en_.pdf

 

[Tommy85]

Horace, welcome to the form from Indiana.
Go slow, & learn all the controls before doing any high flying.

 

[wjkrysak]

Welcome to the forum. I enjoy my MA2. Have fun. We look forward to your contributions.

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.

 

[Steel63]

Greetings from ? florida

 

[Horace]

Thank you all for the advice and encouragement, I already learned so many thing from this forum it really helped me a lot in setting up my air 2 and sc so I think I have come to the right place.

 

[zeusfl]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots!

 

[Heindrich1988]

Thank you all for the advice and encouragement, I already learned so many thing from this forum it really helped me a lot in setting up my air 2 and sc so I think I have come to the right place.

You're welcome sir.

Out of curiosity... are you a veteran of other DJI drones before getting the Air 2? Just wondering why you decided to invest in a smart controller straight away.

$750 seems like a really big investment for a controller, considering the drone is only $800. I know people say that the screen brightness is great... but tbh, I've been surprised by how good my Huawei P20 Pro has been, I've even flown in the sun and I can still see my screen clearly.

 

[Chetk7677]

Welcome from Florida.

 

[Horace]

You're welcome sir.

Out of curiosity... are you a veteran of other DJI drones before getting the Air 2? Just wondering why you decided to invest in a smart controller straight away.

$750 seems like a really big investment for a controller, considering the drone is only $800. I know people say that the screen brightness is great... but tbh, I've been surprised by how good my Huawei P20 Pro has been, I've even flown in the sun and I can still see my screen clearly.

I flew first generation phantom 4 for couple of months, my Samsung S2 tend to overheat and screen went dark, recently my Huawei p40 also has the same problem. So I decided on the sc when I got my air 2, after ten flights it is working well so far,

 

[Mavic Mac]

Welcome to the forums - a lot of good info here. So, take a look around and hope you enjoy some of the fine photography and information posted by the members.

Also, if you haven't done so yet, consider getting the AirMap and KittyHawk apps. I also suggest this Visualize it: See FAA UAS Data on a Map

If you joined 10/22/2016 it has taken you a long time to say hello ?

 

[Horace]

Long time indeed, looking back at my airdata and dji log my P4 last flight was on Nov 2017, had 30 plus flights or so, including 2 waypoint missions on Litchi, then it was in cold storage for a long time due to work and commitment, also I have to drive an hour away to a safe spot to fly. The bug returned when I saw an Air 2 in my neighbourhood, impressed with its performance and how quiet it was.
So now I fire up my air 2, hover 7 meters above for a few sec then off it goes, and hardly anyone noticed.