Drones.. DJI Spark.
- Thread starter stuss
- Start date
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Thought about getting son one because theres so many to pick from with different prices etc and can imagine theres some really expensive ones aswell but son was convinced he wanted to fly a real plane lol
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Bloody hell didnt realise battery life was that bad because i bet they are great fun to fly and video pic footage a bonus :(:👍: if you get chance to go up in a cessna their dead easy to fly which really suprised me and son said to me can we keep it dad lol £125 a lesson dont think so lol
stuss
V.i.P Oakley connesuir
Video footage is wicked. I bought the spark as it has a rtb ( return to base)
If in difficult press the button.
I use 3 batterys on a afternoon 2 are supplied with the unit. Syncing the unit to remote is solved with otg cable I don't trust wifi once over 800 metres
I got a fly by for my 40th . Took pictures of my home had a play. Gotta be honest I was scared
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Yeah i bet you can get some spectacular footage from the camera etc i was at Raf waddington a few months ago when one of their drones was taking off from the bunker and thought it was going to be really loud but it was about as noisy as the average hairdryer :👍:
Watch this on tv next week should be spectacular to say the least
Watch this on tv next week should be spectacular to say the least
Last edited by a moderator:
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Yeah they should be good living near sea and see some good sights :👍:
stuss
V.i.P Oakley connesuir
If you ever need any advise on the basics. Just holler..
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Yeah sure will cheers :👍::👍:
I own a Bebop 2 Parrot
https://www.parrot.com/us/drones/parrot-bebop-2#parrot-bebop-2
1080p camera and 25mins flying time on one battery. Easy to fly and good price.
A new model just came out which folds its arms like the Mavic and spark
https://www.parrot.com/us/drones/parrot-bebop-2#parrot-bebop-2
1080p camera and 25mins flying time on one battery. Easy to fly and good price.
A new model just came out which folds its arms like the Mavic and spark
dsayers2014
VIP Member
Wouldn't a petrol helicopter get you similar experience with more flight time as you just top it up with petrol?
stuss
V.i.P Oakley connesuir
Hello m8
I built a helicopter. 2006. Lots of faffing about and 6 weeks to build
I didn't use a cage to stop the blades touching the ground on take off..
It ended miserably .. I never had the heart to try again..
BeakyFord
TK Veteran
had a bebop 2 then sold it to a friend who is into metal detecting, he uses the drone to target better detecting zones backed up by old online maps with google overlay, the short flying time isnt an issues when used like this, has helped my friend locate some nice finds... best so far is a posey ring worth 6k that he gave to the land owner to prove its the detecting/finding that he likes rather than the value of his finds.
rs500nutter
TK Veteran
Yeah but you cant throw a phone in the air to get some spectacular footage and i bet most documentary programmes nowadays use drone for footage that otherwise would be impossible to capture :👍: a drone was used a few weeks ago to rescue a dog in a river that got lost and narrowed down the search drastically thus most probably saving its life
stuss
V.i.P Oakley connesuir
Using a drone near the sea or countryside. You get to see things you would never see on foot or with a normal DSLR It's called a hobby . Police used drones @ grenfell. park rangers used a drone recently to spot fire. On saddleworth.
