Hello from Illinois

CRM · Nov 20, 2020

Bluesub00 said:
Hello from northwest Chicago suburbs. New to drones. Got a Mavic Mini and looking forward to insightful information from the forums.

George

George,
I too am from the NW Chicago suburbs. New to drones also. Looking at purchasing a Mavic Air 2 in the next month or 2.

Have you found any good places to fly?

CRM · Nov 20, 2020

Hello from the NW Suburbs of IL. New drones also.

Hodge · Nov 20, 2020

Hello from the Glen Ellyn/Wheaten part of Illinois
I'm so looking forward for a break in the wind so I can test my drones with DroneLink
and if things look good I might even try a flight with the Beta version.

buddb55 · Nov 20, 2020

I'm down in Kendall County, if you want to drive I've got miles of open area.

Hodge · Nov 20, 2020

I hope to take you up on that sometime when we have a moderate weekend,

Bluesub00 · Nov 20, 2020

Hey there. I have only had it out a few times. Took to Busse woods and flew around for a bit. But with the weather and work haven't had much time to have fun.

Hodge · Nov 21, 2020

Bluesub00 said:
Hey there. I have only had it out a few times. Took to Busse woods and flew around for a bit. But with the weather and work haven't had much time to have fun.

I know what you mean it seems that they only breaks ih the weather came when I had to be at work, family obligations, or after sunset. I'm optimistic that this weekend has a couple of opportunities

Hodge · Nov 21, 2020

CRM said:
George,
I too am from the NW Chicago suburbs. New to drones also. Looking at purchasing a Mavic Air 2 in the next month or 2.

Have you found any good places to fly?

I haven't been able to take advantage of it yet but Glen Ellyn park district offers a permit that allows you to fly in 8 of their parks. I have my permit but I have not had a chance to get to one of the park, I got out one time but the park was pretty crowded and one of the stipulations of the permit is that you don't interfere with others using the park. Anyway tomorrow morning looks promising according to this evenings forecast, the plus side their should be few if anyone to be in the park the down side is it's going to be a bit cold.