Hi All,
I've secured a clean looking MP1 (please correct me if there's a more common abbreviation) which all going well, I pick up tomorrow. 1 owner, bought from a local Harvey Norman store and with 38 min on the clock. Only 2 batteries, basic kit with bag etc. I paid 600AUD (pending inspection/test flight of course).
I'm really hoping to do some drone fishing as I live near the beach, and for years have been watching huge schools of fish going crazy about 100m's further out than my best cast. Time to bring it to them. I've also got a large private property to practice on, so I'm going to do lots of training before I try that.
I'm getting some serious congressional oversight from the "Minister for Finance", so I'm trying to utilize any gear I've got here and save money where possible.
Some questions before I pick it up:
1. My tablet is a Lenovo TB-8505F Australian model. I'm hoping that will work, and the DJI GO4 app installed and opens fine on it, so I'm feeling it should be OK. Any suggestions?
2. For some reason Assistant 2 kept telling me to install it on a computer, wouldn't download to the tablet. What would that be about? Do I need that on my tablet, or is that for when you're hooking the drone up to the computer or something.
3. What would be a good filter for looking into the ocean to spot fish? I'm tipping polarized? Maybe some basic camera settings as well for that purpose, more so than for the sake of photography?
4. If I'm reconning a beach, can I take a GPS mark whilst hovering over a spot then fly back to that mark? I've been studying this a bit, and I'm getting the impression that it doesn't do that, and you have to plot waypoints on a map or something. I'm really hoping that's not the case, as if I visually spot a spot with fish I want to mark it then and there so I can connect a line and come back to it.
5. What do we think of clone batteries on ebay/Amazon/etc? I've done a fair bit of messing with Lipos and have found that cheapies are often just as good, and it's all about how you've charged and used them. I don't know if that's the case with DJI batteries though. Obviously warranty isn't an issue.
6. I'm also thinking about buying a used set of DJI googles to go with it later down the track, as it should help with glare and the head tracking feature would be good for fish spotting. They're pretty cheap now and it seems they're full of high end features. Of course I'd have a spotter and the area I want to fish is very private. Any insight on that?
I'd really appreciate any advice. Of course I'm studying the manuals and forums as well.
Cheers and thanks in advance!
I've secured a clean looking MP1 (please correct me if there's a more common abbreviation) which all going well, I pick up tomorrow. 1 owner, bought from a local Harvey Norman store and with 38 min on the clock. Only 2 batteries, basic kit with bag etc. I paid 600AUD (pending inspection/test flight of course).
I'm really hoping to do some drone fishing as I live near the beach, and for years have been watching huge schools of fish going crazy about 100m's further out than my best cast. Time to bring it to them. I've also got a large private property to practice on, so I'm going to do lots of training before I try that.
I'm getting some serious congressional oversight from the "Minister for Finance", so I'm trying to utilize any gear I've got here and save money where possible.
Some questions before I pick it up:
1. My tablet is a Lenovo TB-8505F Australian model. I'm hoping that will work, and the DJI GO4 app installed and opens fine on it, so I'm feeling it should be OK. Any suggestions?
2. For some reason Assistant 2 kept telling me to install it on a computer, wouldn't download to the tablet. What would that be about? Do I need that on my tablet, or is that for when you're hooking the drone up to the computer or something.
3. What would be a good filter for looking into the ocean to spot fish? I'm tipping polarized? Maybe some basic camera settings as well for that purpose, more so than for the sake of photography?
4. If I'm reconning a beach, can I take a GPS mark whilst hovering over a spot then fly back to that mark? I've been studying this a bit, and I'm getting the impression that it doesn't do that, and you have to plot waypoints on a map or something. I'm really hoping that's not the case, as if I visually spot a spot with fish I want to mark it then and there so I can connect a line and come back to it.
5. What do we think of clone batteries on ebay/Amazon/etc? I've done a fair bit of messing with Lipos and have found that cheapies are often just as good, and it's all about how you've charged and used them. I don't know if that's the case with DJI batteries though. Obviously warranty isn't an issue.
6. I'm also thinking about buying a used set of DJI googles to go with it later down the track, as it should help with glare and the head tracking feature would be good for fish spotting. They're pretty cheap now and it seems they're full of high end features. Of course I'd have a spotter and the area I want to fish is very private. Any insight on that?
I'd really appreciate any advice. Of course I'm studying the manuals and forums as well.
Cheers and thanks in advance!
