OT: Drones

Xenomorph

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I use a DJI Mini 3 for work a couple of times a month. Very easy fly. Incredible image quality for the price. Small enough to fit in a carry on. Cheap enough that if I break it I don’t feel bad having to buy another one.

Had it for a couple of years. There’s probably even better stuff out now.
 

RocketDawg

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Oct 21, 2011
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My roofer used a small drone to measure the amount of roofing materials needed.

He could only get to about 80 feet - too close to the airport.
 
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Pookieray

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DJI Mini 3

Dont use it for anything in particular. It takes awesome pictures and videos though.
 

msugrad2003

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DJI mini 4 pro.
there are dedicated YouTube channels that teach you all the features of this drone. It’s pretty incredible what it can do
 
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AleutianIslandawg

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I'm on my 3rd, all have been DJI. My current one is the mini 3 pro. They are easy to fly, take great pics and video. Super portable. I suggest buying a $20 mini drone on Amazon first just to get the feel for the controls before flying an expensive one.
 

MaxwellSmart

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May 28, 2007
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DJI mini 3 pro. I use it to check around the farm after storms more than anything now. When I first got it, I did a lot of flying and videoing. Last year when we remodeled the house I made some videos of before during and after all the changes. It's amazing the video quality and stability in windy conditions for something so small.
 

Dawgbite

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Nov 1, 2011
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Here's mine. It's not worth a ****. Picture quality is non-existent and I guess I lost the controller because it just flys wherever it wants to, when it flies ...

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When we cleaned out my mothers house a few years ago I found a shoe box that had 8-10 of these still in the package. There is no telling how many of these I purchased at Elmores 5&10.
 

She Mate Me

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Dec 7, 2008
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When we cleaned out my mothers house a few years ago I found a shoe box that had 8-10 of these still in the package. There is no telling how many of these I purchased at Elmores 5&10.

I had a bunch of these growing up. My dad was never real happy while fishing them off the roof with a ladder and a rake.
 

The Peeper

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Our department bought one for surveying. Multiple employees will be using them so we had a rep from the company do a class for us. The rep was showing off how fast it could go and flew it into the side of a metal building and tore it up. He said one of the props malfunctioned and he couldn't control it.;);) They sent a new one to us and we handled training ourselves.....