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[jaydee1445]

I bought a refurbished Mavic 2 Pro to do roof inspections. Slipped and almost ate it on a steep roof last week so I pulled the trigger.
Wife thinks I'm crazy Dropped over $2 k on kit and now it looks like more $$ for 107 and hdw. to run Flight simulator.
I keep saying business expense over and over.
Check out my post about flight simulator and hardware please

 

[Thomas B]

Welcome to the forum from the deserts of Arizona! Enjoy.

 

[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 .

 

[msinger]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[bliksem]

Forget the flight simulator hardware.... just get a cheap drone at amazon and use that for practice.
Flying this little $30 drone has been the best fun I've had with my clothes on:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R48VP3D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[msinger]

Those little drones are super fun to fly, but I've never found any that fly anything like a DJI drone. Practicing with an actual DJI drone in a wide open location that's free of all obstacles is no doubt the best/easiest way to learn how to fly a DJI drone (IMHO).

 

[ChrisOutdoors]

I bought a refurbished Mavic 2 Pro to do roof inspections.

Knowing CFL airspace well you're going to have major issues with NFZs. Highly recommend you take a peek at the hack/mods section of the forum on how to remove that handicap. You're a classic case of why hand holding from DJI shouldn't happen.

 

[bliksem]

Agreed, flying a DJI drone is the only way to get to know the DJI drone.
But.... if you're new to drones as the OP is and have no previous experience, then gaining some hands on experience with something this cheap is your first step to overcoming that hurdle and fear to fly. The basic controller functionality (up/down, left/right, forwards/backwards) is the same and teaches you the dexterity required to fly any drone.
I started with a MP and now have a Phantom 4 RTK (that's $10k worth of equipment) and sometimes need to get into tight spaces, honing my control skills on a $30 drone has helped tremendously with eye-hand coordination. Plus flying it is great fun especially chasing squirrels

 

[bliksem]

Jaydee, if you want to meet up somewhere and fly, I'm in Kissimmee/St Cloud. I know of a big open park where you can fly and there are no airspace restrictions:
2001 Macy Island Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34744

 

[jaydee1445]

I bought a Syma X5C and a 6 battery pack last night to get my feet wet. I guess the priority is to get my 107 so I'm legal and can get nfz permissions.
I'll read up on flight control software options not keen on DJI over reaching on airspace restrictions.

 

[BigAl07]

Welcome to the forum