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Did you guys have any experience with drones before you bought these things?
 

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I had quite a bit experience from small copters and quadcopters, but nothing like this.....

I just flew it. :ugh:
 

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No I haven't seen that but I've seen a little footage of drone racing online. I'll check it out.

I didn't get to play with the drone down in Baja as much as I wanted but I did video some of the places we stayed along the way. Learning pretty quick what you can and can't do and how to get set up for action shots, which isn't all that easy.


I got my boys two Husban drones for Christmas last year. They are a pain in the ass to navigate. I tried for about two days and just couldn't consistently keep them in the air. So I just threw them in the closet. They're only $50 a pop.

By the way what song is playing in that video? I like it.
 

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I got my boys two Husban drones for Christmas last year. They are a pain in the ass to navigate. I tried for about two days and just couldn't consistently keep them in the air. So I just threw them in the closet. They're only $50 a pop.

By the way what song is playing in that video? I like it.
The song is called Mexico by the band Cake. The 1998 album is Prolonging the Magic, one of the great albums of all time IMO.

Yeah, these more advanced drones pretty much fly themselves, using GPS and accelerometers to hold their position. If you let go of the controls they just stop in place and hover. All you are really doing when you "fly" it is tell it where to go.
 

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I'm trying to get some video together here to post. It was pretty amazing. I was cruising around my neighborhood at 250 feet, in very windy conditions, like it was nothing. Incredible technology.
 

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If either of you get really good at it, there's a market for you in the real estate business.

 

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My brother in law is a TV/movie producer. He says the pro drone operators make about 3 grand a day.
 

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Did you guys have any experience with drones before you bought these things?
Never flown any kind of RC aircraft before I got my drone.
 

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The rule about daytime only applies to commercial work.

In all seriousness, I don't think there is a wavier from the daytime operations limit for non-commercial use.

Daylight Operations. Part 107 prohibits operation of an sUAS at night, which is defined in part 1 as the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, as published in The Air Almanac, converted to local time. In the continental United States (CONUS), evening civil twilight is the period of sunset until 30 minutes after sunset and morning civil twilight is the period of 30 minutes prior to sunrise until sunrise

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_107-2.pdf
 

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If either of you get really good at it, there's a market for you in the real estate business.


They are very common now. The contractor for my pool paid for a drone shoot after they finished construction.
 

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They are very common now. The contractor for my pool paid for a drone shoot after they finished construction.
Common, yes but until recently any Yahoo cold fly the drone and take pics, a la @Zambo and @oxrageous . The next thing in Real Estate, which extremely very few are even attempting it, is flying through a home to show a walkthrough. Obviously, a lot more skill and training with that.
 

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Common, yes but until recently any Yahoo cold fly the drone and take pics, a la @Zambo and @oxrageous . The next thing in Real Estate, which extremely very few are even attempting it, is flying through a home to show a walkthrough. Obviously, a lot more skill and training with that.
What's the point of that when you can just walk through the house with a camera?
 

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Here's another video. Same area, but I'm traveling farther and getting better footage.....even going over the turnpike. :ugh:

 

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Here's another video. Same area, but I'm traveling farther and getting better footage.....even going over the turnpike. :ugh:


That camera is pretty impressive.
I see you can tilt it, but no zooming huh?

Pretty soon you'll be buzzing cars on the highway or freakin out those kids on the basketball court :lol:
 

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