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Air 2 My very first serious flight

JackL

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After a few days of keeping my new drone real close and basically only going up and down I suddenly just got over it one morning and decided it was time to see what my new MA2 could do. I know it is long and boring but if you stick with it you will be rewarded with seeing me not notice a pod of dolphins I flew over...lol I cut out the first five minutes of me hovering around being scared to fly away to make it slightly more tolerable! ;)

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For those looking.... the dolphin sighting is at 8:53.

I love that color blue looking down near the dolphins, we have similar water color up in Lake Tahoe, always reminded me of the warmer sunny beaches in Florida :)
 
For those looking.... the dolphin sighting is at 8:53.

I love that color blue looking down near the dolphins, we have similar water color up in Lake Tahoe, always reminded me of the warmer sunny beaches in Florida :)

I can stare out into that all day and never get tired of it. :) Hopefully I'll catch one of those really magic mornings where it gets even more blue and the water goes as clear as gin soon. I really wish I would have got a Mavic when they came out.
 
So you are telling me that you were able to get a 30 minute flight? nice..

I did skip a few minutes here and there but overall I liked seeing it. I is quite a thrill to see how well they handle at different ranges. Thanks for sharing.
 
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So you are telling me that you were able to get a 30 minute flight? nice..

I did skip a few minutes here and there but overall I liked seeing it. I is quite a thrill to see how well they handle at different ranges. Thanks for sharing.

The wind was almost totally still and up higher on return from the reef I think it gave me a little push back. The flight was a total of 14.9km. At the furthest distance I made (about 3.5km) it still had rock solid full signal and controlled with no lag. I wish I would have screen recorded the tablet. I swear that would have made a way better video. I'm going to try getting the flight telemetry on it with Dashware tonight.
 
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Nice flight, ready for editing.
Obviously is in the keys, cold you supply the Long. & Lat. of your RTH ?
I would appreciate since I like to visualize at the same time on GE (Google Earth).
Thanks
 
After a few days of keeping my new drone real close and basically only going up and down I suddenly just got over it one morning and decided it was time to see what my new MA2 could do. I know it is long and boring but if you stick with it you will be rewarded with seeing me not notice a pod of dolphins I flew over...lol I cut out the first five minutes of me hovering around being scared to fly away to make it slightly more tolerable! ;)

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Nice flight, the best part is indeed the one with the dolphins, very beautiful sea with clear waters.
 
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Nice flight, ready for editing.
Obviously is in the keys, cold you supply the Long. & Lat. of your RTH ?
I would appreciate since I like to visualize at the same time on GE (Google Earth).
Thanks

The unmistakable Florida Keys indeed!
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After a few days of keeping my new drone real close and basically only going up and down I suddenly just got over it one morning and decided it was time to see what my new MA2 could do. I know it is long and boring but if you stick with it you will be rewarded with seeing me not notice a pod of dolphins I flew over...lol I cut out the first five minutes of me hovering around being scared to fly away to make it slightly more tolerable! ;)

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First shot of the sun over the water is beautiful. You were very venturous heading down the highway. And I guess you were very trusting with the RTH. Were was this? Florida?
 
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First shot of the sun over the water is beautiful. You were very venturous heading down the highway. And I guess you were very trusting with the RTH. Were was this? Florida?
Thank you! It is the Florida Keys. I have flown so far over the ocean in all kinds of wind at this point I am really confident in the MA2 now. I flew some goo ones this last week. Hopefully I can find time to edit and post them.
 

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