My little Mini-1 Reliant passed her full quals today, 1000 ft ATL, and 2000 ft away, above the opposite canyon wall! Some of the controls were a little sluggish, rotation in particular, but I may still be scrubbing some of the barnacles off of her hull...
That little beast is a ZIPPER in Sport mode! Climbed like a bat, and that was from a starting elevation of 5300 ft MSL. Coming downhill and moving forward on the way home, I got her up to almost 30 mph. I haven't seen that kind of speed with either my Mini-SE, nor my Mini-2s.
One characteristic that the -1 and the -SE seem to share is "ungraceful" RC signal degradation. With the -2s, it drops from a solid 5 bars, down to 4, then to 3, etc. With the -1 and -SE, I get the weak signal warning sometimes when the RC signal indicator is showing 5 bars. Weird.
If you can find a Mini-1 FMC for around $230, which is what I paid for mine, that would be a great way to get started with droning. The Mini-SE is a somewhat better aircraft, but a Fly More Combo for it, the aircraft + the Mini-2 Fly More Kit, will run you close to $450. Perhaps not that much more, but if a couple hundred dollars matters to you, you won't go far wrong with a Mini-1 FMC, for half the price of an -SE FMC.
All Minis are good!
MM-FPV!
That little beast is a ZIPPER in Sport mode! Climbed like a bat, and that was from a starting elevation of 5300 ft MSL. Coming downhill and moving forward on the way home, I got her up to almost 30 mph. I haven't seen that kind of speed with either my Mini-SE, nor my Mini-2s.
One characteristic that the -1 and the -SE seem to share is "ungraceful" RC signal degradation. With the -2s, it drops from a solid 5 bars, down to 4, then to 3, etc. With the -1 and -SE, I get the weak signal warning sometimes when the RC signal indicator is showing 5 bars. Weird.
If you can find a Mini-1 FMC for around $230, which is what I paid for mine, that would be a great way to get started with droning. The Mini-SE is a somewhat better aircraft, but a Fly More Combo for it, the aircraft + the Mini-2 Fly More Kit, will run you close to $450. Perhaps not that much more, but if a couple hundred dollars matters to you, you won't go far wrong with a Mini-1 FMC, for half the price of an -SE FMC.
All Minis are good!
MM-FPV!
. A bit of parameter tinkering can let the drone hit 6m/s vertical speeds too! You get up to 120m remarkably quick, and it makes "standard" sport mode seem quite slow in comparison.
