Hi everyone,
I'm awaiting delivery of a Mavic Mini Fly More package, that's currently somewhere between Shenzhen and the UK. I've been flying RC fixed wing and helicopters (well, more crashing than flying those) for years and have had a Hubsan H501S for a few years (as well as a couple of tiny Cheerson quadcopters). The Hubsan has been great, and as it uses the same LiPo battery packs as some of my planes I can go out and fly all afternoon. But it's a bit lacking in the camera department (fixed FPV camera really), and the flight controller isn't as advanced as newer quadcopters so it's a bit limiting as to where and when I can fly.
So I've been looking to add another quadcopter to my collection - this time spending a bit more money on something a bit more polished. So after a lot of research (enforced working from home can be handy), I narrowed it down to either the Parrot Anafi or the DJI Mavic Mini as being in my price range and having the features on my list. I've decided I can't be doing with buying in China on Gearbest/Banggood etc and waiting months for something that may or not have any support (although I can't knock Hubsan for that, they've been superb with updates). In the end I decided the Parrot is a bit much money for what it has above the Mini, and things I'm not massively likely to use regularly. So after reading a good percentage of posts on here and RCGroups, as well as a lot of Youtube videos it was ordered.
As a reasonably experienced RC pilot, I'm fully aware of flying conditions (I've destroyed planes due to wind being more than I expected at height), and pre-flight checks (it amazes me that people just take a drone out of a box, stick in a battery and fly without checking the props are straight and tracking properly and there are no loose bits - you'd never risk a £200 helicopter like that, so why do people do it on a £400 drone?). So don't expect I'm going to post about how I crashed and don't know why unless I've already ruled out weather, signal, manoeuvring mistakes and just not looking where I'm going. I'm a BMFA member and will stick my CAA Operator ID on the Mini even though it's not technically necessary.
Now where's that DHL delivery van?
Rich.
I'm awaiting delivery of a Mavic Mini Fly More package, that's currently somewhere between Shenzhen and the UK. I've been flying RC fixed wing and helicopters (well, more crashing than flying those) for years and have had a Hubsan H501S for a few years (as well as a couple of tiny Cheerson quadcopters). The Hubsan has been great, and as it uses the same LiPo battery packs as some of my planes I can go out and fly all afternoon. But it's a bit lacking in the camera department (fixed FPV camera really), and the flight controller isn't as advanced as newer quadcopters so it's a bit limiting as to where and when I can fly.
So I've been looking to add another quadcopter to my collection - this time spending a bit more money on something a bit more polished. So after a lot of research (enforced working from home can be handy), I narrowed it down to either the Parrot Anafi or the DJI Mavic Mini as being in my price range and having the features on my list. I've decided I can't be doing with buying in China on Gearbest/Banggood etc and waiting months for something that may or not have any support (although I can't knock Hubsan for that, they've been superb with updates). In the end I decided the Parrot is a bit much money for what it has above the Mini, and things I'm not massively likely to use regularly. So after reading a good percentage of posts on here and RCGroups, as well as a lot of Youtube videos it was ordered.
As a reasonably experienced RC pilot, I'm fully aware of flying conditions (I've destroyed planes due to wind being more than I expected at height), and pre-flight checks (it amazes me that people just take a drone out of a box, stick in a battery and fly without checking the props are straight and tracking properly and there are no loose bits - you'd never risk a £200 helicopter like that, so why do people do it on a £400 drone?). So don't expect I'm going to post about how I crashed and don't know why unless I've already ruled out weather, signal, manoeuvring mistakes and just not looking where I'm going. I'm a BMFA member and will stick my CAA Operator ID on the Mini even though it's not technically necessary.
Now where's that DHL delivery van?
Rich.
