New member from Montana

[MtRoxx]

Hi All,

I'm exploring a new way to photograph the world. It will be fun to see what you are doing with your drones. I live in the Rocky Mountains in Montana and travel a great deal. I'm a professional 360 photographer - and all around geek.

 

[msinger]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots from Dayton Ohio! Fly safe and have fun!

 

[ChuckNorrisUSAF]

Great Falls area here - welcome - I'm a new guy too

 

[Captain Lou]

Hey Montana! You have a great place to fly out there ... my son lives in Hamilton and I’ve visited him a few times... beautiful place!!
I’ll be looking for your first pics !

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

 

[MtRoxx]

Great Falls area here - welcome - I'm a new guy too

I'm just above Missoula. Finally have everything calibrated and waiting for a snow squall to pass so I can try a 3 feet hover. How did your first flight go?

 

[Captain Lou]

I have the mavic2 Pro ...
I was surprisingly pretty confident after watching many many you tube videos ... my first flight was about 15 minutes total with me going under 100ft, 50 yards away and just getting the feel of it ... and of course I had to try the RTH button [emoji41].... I’m finding it very easy to fly !!! What drone do you have?

 

[MtRoxx]

Welcome to the forum.
I hope you will find our site helpful and look forward to any input , photo's/video's you might post .
Don't be shy and ask anything if you can't find it by searching .

I'm looking forward to some videos of the mountain lakes/water falls we hike to. I'm looking forward to seeing yours too. Where can I see them?

 

[MtRoxx]

I have the mavic2 Pro ...
I was surprisingly pretty confident after watching many many you tube videos ... my first flight was about 15 minutes total with me going under 100ft, 50 yards away and just getting the feel of it ... and of course I had to try the RTH button [emoji41].... I’m finding it very easy to fly !!! What drone do you have?

Mavic 2 Pro I calibrated it, but I believe I should do a better job. We also have snow/rain today so I'm not in a rush. I have mine set at beginner and 30 feet max. I also have a large field, so I should be good. I think.... lol

 

[MtRoxx]

Hey Montana! You have a great place to fly out there ... my son lives in Hamilton and I’ve visited him a few times... beautiful place!!
I’ll be looking for your first pics !

I've been watching the Stevensville webcam on Facebook. They have lots of snow down there yet!

 

[Captain Lou]

I've been watching the Stevensville webcam on Facebook. They have lots of snow down there yet!

They had 2ft .. my son said it’s almost gone by him

 

[Former Member]

Welcome to Mavicpilots.com. If you ever need advice or repair questions, feel free to reach out to the forum.

Best regards and good luck,

Rob
Thunderdrones

 

[ChuckNorrisUSAF]

I'm just above Missoula. Finally have everything calibrated and waiting for a snow squall to pass so I can try a 3 feet hover. How did your first flight go?

Mine was a basic hover and testing all the features, then I shot it up to 400 feet - I went through all 3 of my batteries on the first flight...... I had been researching for months and watching the "how to's'" and guide videos on Youtube.

I just took it out to the mountains a couple weeks ago near Showdown ski area (where there isn't an absurd amount of NFZ's) and took it for a real spin. Won't say how high I went but I got some amazing shots.

 

[ChuckNorrisUSAF]

@MtRoxx

Example shots from the Showdown area (1 hour SE of Great Falls) - my wife snapped the pic of me and the drone

 

[tonyb]

@MtRoxx

Example shots from the Showdown area (1 hour SE of Great Falls) - my wife snapped the pic of me and the drone

Billings, been flying about 4 years. Very fortunate to live and fly in MT. Aside from the beauty, very few restrictions and paranoid people.

 

[Hauptmann]

Hi All,



Welcome to the forum from an old Missoula boy!

 

[Twocalf]

I can't wait to get my drone back to Montana where I was born and raised and capture some footage in places that are near and dear to my heart. I live over the hill from Missoula in northcentral Idaho where there's plenty of good flying and filming opportunities! We should try for a fly-in some day later this summer or fall.