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<blockquote data-quote="Chips" data-source="post: 52819" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>I've been flying for a year now though in actual time, it's been mostly on weekends and holidays. </p><p></p><p>I recommend that you get comfortable flying the drone at low altitudes and within a short distance from you. Get used to operating the sticks so you don't think about your actions, just as you don't think about steering and accelerating your car. Start off in the biggest open space you can find and ideally, you should put on prop guards because there may come a time when you accidentally push the stick the wrong way and into trees. Happened to me a few times initially and fortunately never broke the drone. So for my next 3 drones, I made sure I bought prop guards from Day 1.</p><p></p><p>Take your time understanding how the drone flies and whenever it is flying automatically (like Return Home), keep your finger on the STOP button so you can stop its action right away if it is behaving strangely. For example, it may have messed up its Home Point and is not headed to where you expect it to and maybe away so you need to stop it right away before it goes out of sight.</p><p></p><p>Talking about going out of sight, if you do lose sight of it, don't instinctively lower it thinking that's the safer action. I learnt the hard way and lost one drone because I was disorientated and couldn't figure out where the drone was from the imagery (I had not learnt to fly with the map yet) as it had blown off course. I lowered it - and it ended up at the top of a jungle. I know where it is but I can't get to it! So if you think you've lost it, going up is better and then let it hover a while so you can calm down (newbies will panic when the drone is seemingly lost).</p><p></p><p>Even after a year, I am still tense when flying because I have had various scary incidents and now am having to fly my drones repeatedly until I am sure they are not going to do the same things again. Having a drone fly off and get lost is one thing but having it crash onto a highway or someone is really bad news and I am doing my best to ensure that does not happen. So right now, I'm having something like an American space program - testing, testing, testing until it's safe enough to go for long-distance missions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chips, post: 52819, member: 2322"] I've been flying for a year now though in actual time, it's been mostly on weekends and holidays. I recommend that you get comfortable flying the drone at low altitudes and within a short distance from you. Get used to operating the sticks so you don't think about your actions, just as you don't think about steering and accelerating your car. Start off in the biggest open space you can find and ideally, you should put on prop guards because there may come a time when you accidentally push the stick the wrong way and into trees. Happened to me a few times initially and fortunately never broke the drone. So for my next 3 drones, I made sure I bought prop guards from Day 1. Take your time understanding how the drone flies and whenever it is flying automatically (like Return Home), keep your finger on the STOP button so you can stop its action right away if it is behaving strangely. For example, it may have messed up its Home Point and is not headed to where you expect it to and maybe away so you need to stop it right away before it goes out of sight. Talking about going out of sight, if you do lose sight of it, don't instinctively lower it thinking that's the safer action. I learnt the hard way and lost one drone because I was disorientated and couldn't figure out where the drone was from the imagery (I had not learnt to fly with the map yet) as it had blown off course. I lowered it - and it ended up at the top of a jungle. I know where it is but I can't get to it! So if you think you've lost it, going up is better and then let it hover a while so you can calm down (newbies will panic when the drone is seemingly lost). Even after a year, I am still tense when flying because I have had various scary incidents and now am having to fly my drones repeatedly until I am sure they are not going to do the same things again. Having a drone fly off and get lost is one thing but having it crash onto a highway or someone is really bad news and I am doing my best to ensure that does not happen. So right now, I'm having something like an American space program - testing, testing, testing until it's safe enough to go for long-distance missions. [/QUOTE]
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