[AT] Happy Saturday!

[Mike M]

That is something I could use Ralph, mine was not an expensive drone at 
all, and did not have any automatic controls;  it was all fly by sight. 
Hopefully these drones will keep dropping in price to the point I can 
afford a good one. Time will tell.

Mike M

On 1/8/2017 3:35 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
> On 1/8/2017 12:09 AM, Mike M wrote:
>> Smart ass, I knew it was a drone, I was wondering what brand and model.
>> My wife bought me a drone a few years ago, before all the smart phone
>> integration. I took it outside and started a climb; I quickly ran out of
>> radio range and it crashed about 200 yards from the house, after about a
>> 1000 ft climb. Needless to say it was returned.
> I'd have to say this Autel has been pretty user friendly so far. It took
> a bit of work to get the compass calibration
> procedure and I needed some help but after that no problem. I stayed in
> beginner mode where the altitude was
> limited to 90 metres (about 100 feet) as well as the distance. Yesterday
> was my first flight beyond  beginner mode
> and I took some high altitude pictures of the yard. One I posted here..
> I forgot to take note of the actual height but
>    it was considerably higher than beginner mode. I'll never need to pay
> for another aerial photo of the farm.
> I think this one has the automatic return to home feature if it runs out
> of range or the battery gets low.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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