New Old Guy

[Ol’ Gzr]

I'm about 30 miles North of Fort Worth, Texas. I've been learning how to crash remote control cars/trucks/boats/gliders/planes/helis and now multi-rotors (pretty much in that order) since I got a Cox .049 powered "Thimble Drome Prop Rod" for Christmas I guess in about 1970. The little .049 engine spun a rear facing prop that pushed the futuristic looking 'rod' in tethered circles too fast for any 9-10 year old, but hey, it was the '70s. A couple of years later I bought an old Cox control line plane with no glow-plug for 5 bucks, put a new plug on it and flew it about 5 times before I crashed the first time, and maybe 10 more times before I REALLY crashed it. Fast forward a couple decades through cars, trucks, boats, planes, gas and electric, to helis about 10-12 years ago and now drones. Finally got off my butt and took the Part 107 exam last month and bought a Mavic Pro Platinum to reward myself.
I think the DJI log has me at level 14 after about 40 flights, had my first crash on # 41 or 42 and it was undeniably my fault, but I'll start another thread to talk about that.
Cheers and Safe Flying,
Geezer

 

[msinger]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots!

 

[Bunny Too]

I'm about 30 miles North of Fort Worth, Texas. I've been learning how to crash remote control cars/trucks/boats/gliders/planes/helis and now multi-rotors (pretty much in that order) since I got a Cox .049 powered "Thimble Drome Prop Rod" for Christmas I guess in about 1970. The little .049 engine spun a rear facing prop that pushed the futuristic looking 'rod' in tethered circles too fast for any 9-10 year old, but hey, it was the '70s. A couple of years later I bought an old Cox control line plane with no glow-plug for 5 bucks, put a new plug on it and flew it about 5 times before I crashed the first time, and maybe 10 more times before I REALLY crashed it. Fast forward a couple decades through cars, trucks, boats, planes, gas and electric, to helis about 10-12 years ago and now drones. Finally got off my butt and took the Part 107 exam last month and bought a Mavic Pro Platinum to reward myself.
I think the DJI log has me at level 14 after about 40 flights, had my first crash on # 41 or 42 and it was undeniably my fault, but I'll start another thread to talk about that.
Cheers and Safe Flying,
Geezer

Howdy from Wyoming @Ol' Gzr, welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here.

 

[Ol’ Gzr]

Howdy from Wyoming @Ol' Gzr, welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here.

Thank You!

 

[LuvMyTJ]

Hello,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Mavic Pilots forum.
I hope that you will be able to use the forum to further your safety knowledge and for the exchange of innovative ideas and as a resource for current developments in Mavic quadcopters.
Enjoy!
*MAVIC PRO/PLATINUM MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/mavic/Mavic Pro User Manual V2.0-.pdf
*MAVIC AIR MANUAL: https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/Mavic Air/20180213/Mavic Air User Manual_v1.2.pdf
*GO 4 APP MANUAL: DJI Go 4 Manual

 

[dirkclod]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots .
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

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

Welcome to Mavic Pilots from Dayton Ohio! Enjoy that new MPP, Fly safe and have fun!

 

[SpitFire]

I'm about 30 miles North of Fort Worth, Texas. I've been learning how to crash remote control cars/trucks/boats/gliders/planes/helis and now multi-rotors (pretty much in that order) since I got a Cox .049 powered "Thimble Drome Prop Rod" for Christmas I guess in about 1970. The little .049 engine spun a rear facing prop that pushed the futuristic looking 'rod' in tethered circles too fast for any 9-10 year old, but hey, it was the '70s. A couple of years later I bought an old Cox control line plane with no glow-plug for 5 bucks, put a new plug on it and flew it about 5 times before I crashed the first time, and maybe 10 more times before I REALLY crashed it. Fast forward a couple decades through cars, trucks, boats, planes, gas and electric, to helis about 10-12 years ago and now drones. Finally got off my butt and took the Part 107 exam last month and bought a Mavic Pro Platinum to reward myself.
I think the DJI log has me at level 14 after about 40 flights, had my first crash on # 41 or 42 and it was undeniably my fault, but I'll start another thread to talk about that.
Cheers and Safe Flying,
Geezer

Welcome from Chicago. Sorry to hear about your crash. Mavic pilots forum, is a very use full tool to help you gain confidence and knowledge when flying your Bird.
One of the very helpful sites is Mavic Help, click on Mavic tips once on that site.
Has answers to a variety of question. Fly safe and blue skies and may the propellers
keep on singing to you.