Old man fun

[Pahunter1274]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

 

[old man mavic]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

thats what we are here for ,and yes drone flying is great fun ,and a nice way to get some fresh air and see the world from a different viewpoint

 

[Drbobk]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

Lots of us old men enjoy this hobby!

 

[Barbara]

Always a good thing when your partner is an enabler....

 

[teccer]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

65 blimey your just a youngster, just think about us olduns

 

[Tentoes]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

Can you believe it's legal to have this much fun?

 

[Jay241]

We are never old for toys.

 

[Gary VJ]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

Your still a kid

 

[wheelski80]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

Agree! At 85 yrs of age it has been excellent mental exercise learning all the techniques for manual flying. I rarely use the auto controls.

 

[Formosa Straight]

I'd be wondering why my wife bought me a present that will obviously need me to leave the house for a few hours . Good on you for enjoying yourslef and you are in very good company in that age group.

 

[earth3rd]

I recieved a MM for Christmas from the wife. Best gift ever. Hard to believe that at my age 65 I can have as much fun as I have had with my quad.. Your forum has been very valuable with learning the dos and don'ts of flying. Thanks, Ed.

I'm 65 and received my MA2 for Christmas as well. Most fun I ever had with any piece of technology for sure. A real rush flying it. It's great isn't it!!

 

[vindibona1]

It sure is mentally invigorating at any age. And if we look at this objectively what we DJI customers have purchased are flying cameras. So not only do we have the joy of learning to fly, we get to learn to shoot (or shoot from a different perspective) and work on, or even learn new editing skills. It's the trifecta of neuroplasticity and fun .

 

[mereflyer]

Have to agree with all of the above, 78 years young and can't get as much airtime as I'd like.
A very addictive and enjoyable hobby for any age - 3 - 90!

 

[72evenant]

Always a good thing when your partner is an enabler....

Heck yes!! Sucks when she isn't though bro.

 

[teccer]

Heck yes!! Sucks when she isn't though bro.

my wife just says every time, get on and get it, it's only money, enjoying life is more important 80 in a couple of months

 

[Deleted member 133794]

my wife just says every time, get on and get it, it's only money, enjoying life is more important 80 in a couple of months

Yes mines the same, always encourages me in what ever i want to do.
You do only live once after all. Just have to get this covid business under
control and as soon as the ?? lockdown is over i'll be up in those clouds
again.

 

[Haggar]

Thats it. My mind is now made up. I've been flying the M2P for a couple of years and the camera is brilliant. However I need another challenge so I've decided to get a 2 meter RC glyder, with the intention to upgrade to a 3 or 4 meter glider once I get the hang of it. I should fill in for the Mavic on days where its just too windy. Sorting out a camera to fit will be fun as well. Anyone else gone for fixed wing to partner up with there drone?

 

[teccer]

I built my first balsawood plane 60 years ago, only flew once and crashed but still never got me off model planes, I took up Hangliding for 14 years, gave that up when I realised I was getting older but missed seeing the ground from the air, my next one about 20 years ago was a Easy Glider fitted with a camera then went to the Easystar again with a sony camera, see this video, switched motor off at 2.54 then glided down the rest of the flight.

had about 7-8 of those, next was selfbuilt small quadcopter from there to tricopters,had about 8 of those then to DJI quads

 

[Haggar]

I built my first balsawood plane 60 years ago, only flew once and crashed but still never got me off model planes, I took up Hangliding for 14 years, gave that up when I realised I was getting older but missed seeing the ground from the air, my next one about 20 years ago was a Easy Glider fitted with a camera then went to the Easystar again with a sony camera, see this video,

had about 7-8 of those, next was selfbuilt small quadcopter from there to tricopters,had about 8 of those then to DJI quads

I've got some catching up to do!
Nice vid

 

[Ken J Schmidt]

2 sons through private school and university and financially independent I can now afford to spoil myself a bit .I fly fixed-wing models, I have a home built FPV drone and fishing drone, and in the middle of last year I got my MA2.