Interesting poll. I expected the majority to be over 50, and surprised to see it over 60. I’m 62, retired after a 40year career in aviation. After years of flying big planes, I started flying small ones and helicopters in the 80’s.
About 15 years ago, I saw this abomination with 4 rotors someone had built, and HAD to try that. What followed was a decade of carbon fibre, prop cuts and broken plastic until DJI introduced the Phantom 1. Then everything changed; it flew, stable and powerful, and you could finally take a Gopro airborne.what followed...one of each Phantom that came out, a flame wheel 550 kit, an s1000, an Inspire 1 and 2. Then the Mavic, and the five others I still have sat idle for 6 months until being sold. I took the needed training to fly commercially again, and now have a Matrice 210 with FLIR and an X5, waiting for a Micasence RGB camera, strictly for paying jobs. The Mavic is always with me and flies the most. The Matrice is an incredible machine and I love flying it, but it has the same issue everything before the Mavic had; I need to “intend” to fly, pack everything up, load it into the car and go fly. The Mavic is in a backpack by the door; every time I leave the house I take it along, just in case. No “intent” needed...only an excuse ....I can fly anytime I come across something interesting. A subtle but significant difference, I think
About 15 years ago, I saw this abomination with 4 rotors someone had built, and HAD to try that. What followed was a decade of carbon fibre, prop cuts and broken plastic until DJI introduced the Phantom 1. Then everything changed; it flew, stable and powerful, and you could finally take a Gopro airborne.what followed...one of each Phantom that came out, a flame wheel 550 kit, an s1000, an Inspire 1 and 2. Then the Mavic, and the five others I still have sat idle for 6 months until being sold. I took the needed training to fly commercially again, and now have a Matrice 210 with FLIR and an X5, waiting for a Micasence RGB camera, strictly for paying jobs. The Mavic is always with me and flies the most. The Matrice is an incredible machine and I love flying it, but it has the same issue everything before the Mavic had; I need to “intend” to fly, pack everything up, load it into the car and go fly. The Mavic is in a backpack by the door; every time I leave the house I take it along, just in case. No “intent” needed...only an excuse ....I can fly anytime I come across something interesting. A subtle but significant difference, I think
