Hello Everyone,
Joined the forum today (but have been lurking for awhile, esp. on the Autel Pilots page). I was on the fence about getting a drone for quite a while (3 years?) but couldn't quite justify shelling out north of $1K for anything. Over the past 10 years I had been fairly active in the surface R/C scene, mainly racing off-road trucks and buggies. That's gotten a bit tedious for me, so I was looking for something else to do.
I first got wind of the Mavic Mini about 4 weeks ago and within a week I put a pre-order in at Best Buy. The price point and the portability were the 2 main selling points for me. On Sunday the 10th I got a yellow warning on my order and from what i could tell in Best Buy's forums it looked like it was some sort of warehouse stock issue. First thing Monday morning I changed my order to store pickup (it was previously gonna ship to my house) and within an hour I got an email saying it was ready for pickup. I picked it up on the way home from work. I unboxed it that evening and did a few test flights the following afternoon.
Now, with the exception of a few small toy drones and a Blade MCX2 I had no prior R/C flight experience. All I can say is I totally love this thing! As of this post I have 8 flights under my belt with not a single issue. My wife, who is always skeptical of my toys, actually thinks it's pretty cool, too. Back it my teenage years I used to video trains as a hobby, and the Mavic Mini has me excited to do that again, but from above. I do have a Youtube channel, "CTR Aerial", which as of now has my only 2 drone videos on it. I definitely have to get some more practice in, but I like the way things are going!
Joined the forum today (but have been lurking for awhile, esp. on the Autel Pilots page). I was on the fence about getting a drone for quite a while (3 years?) but couldn't quite justify shelling out north of $1K for anything. Over the past 10 years I had been fairly active in the surface R/C scene, mainly racing off-road trucks and buggies. That's gotten a bit tedious for me, so I was looking for something else to do.
I first got wind of the Mavic Mini about 4 weeks ago and within a week I put a pre-order in at Best Buy. The price point and the portability were the 2 main selling points for me. On Sunday the 10th I got a yellow warning on my order and from what i could tell in Best Buy's forums it looked like it was some sort of warehouse stock issue. First thing Monday morning I changed my order to store pickup (it was previously gonna ship to my house) and within an hour I got an email saying it was ready for pickup. I picked it up on the way home from work. I unboxed it that evening and did a few test flights the following afternoon.
Now, with the exception of a few small toy drones and a Blade MCX2 I had no prior R/C flight experience. All I can say is I totally love this thing! As of this post I have 8 flights under my belt with not a single issue. My wife, who is always skeptical of my toys, actually thinks it's pretty cool, too. Back it my teenage years I used to video trains as a hobby, and the Mavic Mini has me excited to do that again, but from above. I do have a Youtube channel, "CTR Aerial", which as of now has my only 2 drone videos on it. I definitely have to get some more practice in, but I like the way things are going!