So, I have a super nuub story where I got lucky I didn't wack my face off. Anyone else have any? (It was funny after, and still is, no harm no foul) About 11 years ago I got my first drone. I was super excited. After work, I charged it up. I could NOT wait to fly it for the first time! I had read a lot, but not enough. I just simply wanted to fly this thing straight away! I was a kid in Christmas morning all over again.
I was in my room, my wife was asleep. I HAD NO IDEA what I was doing. Never flown anything but those cheap 20 dollar drones from Walmart, that you never could get them to fly.
Stupidly, I do admit I did have my actual pilots license with over a 200 hours logged under my belt. But hey , this isn't a real plan we are talking about per say...
Well, needless to say, after my batteries had a bit of charge and I made sure all software was installed I set the drone on the edge of my big dressor about 6 feet away from me. By this time it was late. Lights were out, close to midnight.
I turned my drone on and lift off! It hovered for maybe a couple seconds, I remember how beautiful the lights were, and how dang loud it was! (magnificent, so I thought..for a split second) suddenly it started to drift to the right, I over corrected in the controls and it was over. It went to the extreme left, then up, and forward and straight towards me, rotors painting my wall "black" along the way! It hit the head board of our bed.
Fortunately I did have enough sense to read the users manual while it charged. (the only smart thing I did in the whole process.)
I remembered how to do an emergency shut off. My wife but this time had woken up because it seemed like a **** tornado in the room with papers flying everywhere, the lights, the noise,... Anyways, she reached up and caught it as soon as I shut it off! She has quick reflexes.
Lots of good advice above. It's a great question to ask. To those who say "don't fly indoors" I don't agree with them! There's countless reasons to know how to do so. Videography, emergency searches, you get the idea.
You should learn how to fly in all conditions that you can.
Just don't learn like I did the first time. Research it a bit and do what you can to mitigate damage if course. (safety first). I'd also suggest learning how the drone flys and feels out doors first...but if you must start out indoors first, just be safe and have fun! I have since learned a alot since. I fly at least 6 times a week for an hour or more.
Happy Droning!
. I launch inside my home quite often, and you will have no problem whatsoever with the Mavic 3. Now flying around inside? That’s a different story, and I would heed the above advice.
