Mad Mavic
Well-Known Member
Hello from the great state of Tennessee. Been there done that. I wiped out on a YZ250 on a jump; throttle stuck and couldn't get on the back brake fast enough in the air. Felt like somebody wacked my tail bone with a 2x4. My pastor said there is a switch that eventually flips in all our heads that, when flipped, says " I could get hurt doing that"...hat's why you don't see old farts like me doing extreem sports LOL
I still ride a Harley but love the drone. I picked mine up last Christmas, along with a pair of DJI goggles. The fort time I flew it was from inside my car sitting in a field. The experience left me so immersed, I had to remind myself I was setting in a car!
Advice: do a preflight check before each flight, and stay above the trees for a bit. DJI make some sophisticated "toys" that are mind blowing, but can crash in a lot of ways. For example. One of my first mishaps was a minor prop strike on a thin branch. I didn't think much about it since i was so low to the ground. I set the drone for takeoff and about 3 meters off the ground I slung off a prop. Had I done a preflight and inspected the props< i would have noticed that one of the locking tabs on a prop had broken off and fell down into the motor.Needless to say, it reached a catastrophic failure when I took off... that's one of 50 crashes but still flying.
Fly high and fly often
I still ride a Harley but love the drone. I picked mine up last Christmas, along with a pair of DJI goggles. The fort time I flew it was from inside my car sitting in a field. The experience left me so immersed, I had to remind myself I was setting in a car!
Advice: do a preflight check before each flight, and stay above the trees for a bit. DJI make some sophisticated "toys" that are mind blowing, but can crash in a lot of ways. For example. One of my first mishaps was a minor prop strike on a thin branch. I didn't think much about it since i was so low to the ground. I set the drone for takeoff and about 3 meters off the ground I slung off a prop. Had I done a preflight and inspected the props< i would have noticed that one of the locking tabs on a prop had broken off and fell down into the motor.Needless to say, it reached a catastrophic failure when I took off... that's one of 50 crashes but still flying.
Fly high and fly often