Professional fixed wing corporate pilot getting into the drone industry. How y'all doin'? (in my most southern accent).
New to drones from Charleston, SC
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Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!
LoudThunder
Part 107 Licensed
Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.
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Even if you have flown Drones before, here is some Good Old Fashion Advice… Consider it your Ground Check!
You paid a lot of money for that Drone, put your phone number on it. If your drone gets lost or stuck in a tree and it finally comes down when you are not around, give the finders an opportunity to contact you so it can be returned.
Now, for the Fun Part, But do not let the excitement of the moment get the best of you. When you are going out to fly, do it slowly and deliberately. Get used to a set procedure and even practice it.
There are so many things I could write but these are the highlights that I feel need mentioning.
Plug in your phone/tablet into your controller; turn on the Controller and DJI Fly App (if it does not start on its own…). On the Drone, open the front legs, then open the back legs, then remove the Gimbal Cover.
The Gimbal is the most delicate item on the Drone and banging or bumping can damage it. I also fastened a short "Remove Before Flight" ribbon to the cover so it's more noticeable and I do not forget to remove it…
Turn on the drone and watch it come to "life." Watching the Gimbal go through its self-check is almost like watching a kitten or puppy opening its eyes for the first time…
Place the drone down (preferably on a Landing Pad) while it finishes its self-test (collecting satellites, etc…).
Check your battery status (Phone, Drone, and Controller), check the Signal Strength, by now the Controller should have reported it updated the Home Point.
Lift off, 4-5 feet (1-1/2 meters) or so, hover a bit, check the controls (move the drone a bit forward, back, left, right, yaw left and right). By now, your Controller will probably report again, Home point Updated.
If you go out in a rush and race thru your start up and take off before the drone has finished it prep, it may update its Home Point over that pond or that old tree you are flying over and in your excitement, you'll fly the drone long past it Low Battery point and when it engages Return to Home and lands in the pond or in a tree; it will be all on you…
Now go have fun, learn to fly the drone by sight before you try to fly it out a distance depending on the video feed, FPV.
I would also advise you to use YouTube and watch a lot of the Videos on flying and setting up the Drone. When it is too dark, too cold, or too wet, you can "fly it vicariously" through YouTube. Also watch some of the Blooper Drone Videos and learn how not to fly your "New Baby."
Below is the link to all of the downloads offered by DJI for the Mini 2, including the User Manual.
After you read the Manual, read it again, you will be surprised what you missed the first time and you will be better prepared for that first "scary moment…"
Fly On and Fly Safe…
Welcome to the forum. We look forward to your participation and your view of the world.
Welcome to our forum, from Hauptmann, in Hurst, Texas!
You'll love the flexibility of vantage points a slow aerial camera platform affords--you'll get shots and videos you could only dream of before! I fly a Mavic 2 Pro now, but will soon be upgrading to the Mini 3 Pro.
We have over 150,000 members—many, many from your part of the South--who enjoy helping each other get the most out of our hobby. Most of the questions you'll have have already been addressed, and are easy to search. If you have NEW questions, just ask!
Glad to have you with us!
Rich R (aka Hauptmann)
P.S.: "LA Center, Aspen 2-0, can you give us a ground speed check?" Brian Shul/Walter Watson in an SR-71. A VERY kool video. If you really are THAT Brian, please don't do a low level pass over Sac Metro with your drone! (LOL)
Seriously, though I would LOVE to have been at SMF during that flyover, especially if I was near a window and could see what it was that scared the krappe out of all of us!
You'll love the flexibility of vantage points a slow aerial camera platform affords--you'll get shots and videos you could only dream of before! I fly a Mavic 2 Pro now, but will soon be upgrading to the Mini 3 Pro.
We have over 150,000 members—many, many from your part of the South--who enjoy helping each other get the most out of our hobby. Most of the questions you'll have have already been addressed, and are easy to search. If you have NEW questions, just ask!
Glad to have you with us!
Rich R (aka Hauptmann)
P.S.: "LA Center, Aspen 2-0, can you give us a ground speed check?" Brian Shul/Walter Watson in an SR-71. A VERY kool video. If you really are THAT Brian, please don't do a low level pass over Sac Metro with your drone! (LOL)
Seriously, though I would LOVE to have been at SMF during that flyover, especially if I was near a window and could see what it was that scared the krappe out of all of us!
Welcome to Mavic Pilots! 
Enjoy the forum!
Enjoy the forum!
LoudThunder
Part 107 Licensed
Brian,
If you are Major Brian Shul, then that Avatar Photo must have been taken 50-years or so ago… That Brian Shul, like me, we both were born during President Harry S. Truman. And that photo makes you look like you would have studied about Truman in the history books… So, something besides that photo is "fishy…" ( LoL
)But, be that as it may, the limitations of flying your Mini 2 must be very disappointing… At least with your Part 107, you can fly up in the rare air when flying over structures…
I also fly a Mini 2 and I am also Part 107'd, but my Mini 2, like the SR-71 has some enhancements…
I charge my batteries with the lightning from Thunderstorm Supercells and my props are a "special order…" They were cast from the unique Vibranium-metal alloy that the Captain America's Shield was cast from by Dr. Myron MacLain.
I live inside a Zero Altitude Zone of Langley AFB (LFI) Class D Airspace and after I call Langley's ATC to coordinate my flights, I sometimes forget myself and I fly a bit too fast and a bit too high…
One time, I was flying in Sport Mode, I did not notice that the drone was already within the Airspace because I was flying so fast (465 MPH) and so high (15,650').
I had to take evasive action to avoid the F-22, and I quickly evaded the pursuit of the F-22 by Max climbing to 80,000' , 15,000 higher than the operation altitude the Raptor…
Since my Mini 2 is not authorized ADS-B nor does my Part 107 allow me to talk to Langley or Norfolk Tower I cannot impress the other pilots as Walter did when he asked for "Ground Speed Radar Check…"
For more stories of the "Little Drone That Could" stay tuned to this station…
( LoL
)…
PakNheat380
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Welcome to the forum from NW Montana. I didn’t fly military but was a corporate pilot for many years flying most all of the Cessna twins, Citation SP, Aero Commander 690 & Lear 24.
Greetings mate, welcome to the forum from the outback of Australia. A lot fixed-wing pilots here.
Regards
Regards
Chetk7677
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Welcome to the forum from the beautiful woods of Maine!
astrohip
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Welcome from Brenham TX. I'm going to be in Charleston (Isle of Palms) for a week's vacation in June, and planning on bringing my drone with me.
Welcome from your North Carolina neighbor!
kalimah
Well-Known Member
Welcome to the forum.
careless
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