A FRIEND FEARFUL TO FLY

[360 Guy]

I have a friend that is fearful of sending his drone out beyond say 75 yards.
I noticed this the other day when we were flying together for the first time.

Here's how it went:
We both had the drones up and, in the air.
While I sent mine out and watching the screen, he glanced at my screen and said "man, you're over that building in the open field".
Soon thereafter, I returned to my home point to see how he was doing.
SURPRISE.........he is up about a 100 feet and fly's out about 50 yards or so, comes back down and lands, only to walk over to retrieve his bird.
He did this a few times in different directions of course.

It really didn't dawn on me till later that night, I believe my friend was afraid of losing his drone.
It was cold that day and I just assumed that he didn't want to fly that much because of the temp.
He has flown around his home area (community) very little.
He purchased the drone about 6 months ago., after he saw mine. It's a DJI Mini 3

I pay this little episode out to all here that reads this for a solution in helping this gent overcome his fear.
Open to one and all for suggestions.
Thx,
360

 

[PINEBARON]

I have a friend that is fearful of sending his drone out beyond say 75 yards.
I noticed this the other day when we were flying together for the first time.

Here's how it went:
We both had the drones up and, in the air.
While I sent mine out and watching the screen, he glanced at my screen and said "man, you're over that building in the open field".
Soon thereafter, I returned to my home point to see how he was doing.
SURPRISE.........he is up about a 100 feet and fly's out about 50 yards or so, comes back down and lands, only to walk over to retrieve his bird.
He did this a few times in different directions of course.

It really didn't dawn on me till later that night, I believe my friend was afraid of losing his drone.
It was cold that day and I just assumed that he didn't want to fly that much because of the temp.
He has flown around his home area (community) very little.
He purchased the drone about 6 months ago., after he saw mine. It's a DJI Mini 3

I pay this little episode out to all here that reads this for a solution in helping this gent overcome his fear.
Open to one and all for suggestions.
Thx,
360

Its not unusual for a first time drone owner to be scared or concerned about how far they fly.. He'll get over it in time.

 

[360 Guy]

But after 6 months? I guess so.
THX

 

[PINEBARON]

But after 6 months? I guess so.
THX

Every person is different.

 

[Daniel NZDF]

I had that exact problem. My brother flew his drone out of view, so he could not see it, but I couldn't seem to fly mine beyond 50 m. Height was the main issue. I found that what I needed was time. Now I can fly practically any distance without getting fearful.