I had ordered a Mavic 2 Zoom last week, and it arrived Thursday. By Friday evening, I was FAA registered and insured through State Farm (Personal Article coverage for drone damage, $60/yr) and my agent said my Homeowner's covered any injury or damage the drone causes through my negligence. With all that done, I had Saturday morning to myself and took off for the local baseball field. Middle of the winter, completely vacant, and covered in hard-packed snow. It seemed about as good as I could find.
I spent the better part of an hour there - first in Beginner, but quickly tired of the short tether. At one point, someone in a pickup truck pulled up, saw me standing in the middle of the field in below-freezing temperatures, staring into the sky like a lunatic ... and left after a minute without getting out. I was surprised by how exciting it was to actually fly the Mavic 2 and felt really giddy afterwards. I wanted to do it again - but life called me back to the ground and I didn't get out again until the next morning.
On Sunday I brought the kids back to the field to show them how it worked, but there was too much wind and it was too cold. Before I could even get the props on, my fingers were going numb. We abandoned that nonsense for a warm lunch at a favorite restaurant.
Later in the day, after things warmed up and the wind died down, I decided to try the drone out on my own property - which I'd have to get used to eventually for some of my goals. The kids thought it was pretty cool, and I had a great time flying around my house "inspecting" it - and trying some low cruising shots of the bog out back and higher shots of the forest around me.
Overall, a great weekend and a really fun first few flights. My log tells me I flew 4 times (2 trips, 2 batteries each) and the drone traveled 52,477 feet in total. I look forward to more! I love my Mavic 2 Zoom, and think I'd easily recommend it to anyone thinking about flying a drone.
I spent the better part of an hour there - first in Beginner, but quickly tired of the short tether. At one point, someone in a pickup truck pulled up, saw me standing in the middle of the field in below-freezing temperatures, staring into the sky like a lunatic ... and left after a minute without getting out. I was surprised by how exciting it was to actually fly the Mavic 2 and felt really giddy afterwards. I wanted to do it again - but life called me back to the ground and I didn't get out again until the next morning.
On Sunday I brought the kids back to the field to show them how it worked, but there was too much wind and it was too cold. Before I could even get the props on, my fingers were going numb. We abandoned that nonsense for a warm lunch at a favorite restaurant.
Later in the day, after things warmed up and the wind died down, I decided to try the drone out on my own property - which I'd have to get used to eventually for some of my goals. The kids thought it was pretty cool, and I had a great time flying around my house "inspecting" it - and trying some low cruising shots of the bog out back and higher shots of the forest around me.
Overall, a great weekend and a really fun first few flights. My log tells me I flew 4 times (2 trips, 2 batteries each) and the drone traveled 52,477 feet in total. I look forward to more! I love my Mavic 2 Zoom, and think I'd easily recommend it to anyone thinking about flying a drone.
