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General Category => General Board => Topic started by: BFM_Fuzzy on May 09, 2017, 06:55:45 PM

Title: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_Fuzzy on May 09, 2017, 06:55:45 PM
I had a birthday 3 days ago, and among my gifts was a brand new Phantom 3 Advanced. It's a top of the line drone that can fly up to 3 miles away from the controller. My airspace is a bit tight, but I've gotten it to fly at 36 miles an hour. Doubtless it could go faster if given more room to accelerate.

Here's a picture of the drone and its controller:

(http://i.imgur.com/CiavbeP.jpg)

It also comes with a great camera that can be used to record video or take pictures. Here's a few outside shots I've taken:

A bush:

(http://i.imgur.com/pZPOubZ.jpg)

The lighting could be better, as it was an overcast day. But it still looks pretty good.

A tree:

(http://i.imgur.com/UImbtsm.jpg)

The lighting is a little atypical, being a burst of quasi-sunset light on an overcast day. But still quite good.

I cut down the image quality of the two above images for faster loading times. So they aren't quite just what the camera is capable of. But they provide a good idea.

Here's a picture I took of myself:


(http://i.imgur.com/33y6aIl.jpg)


As you can see I'm a boating enthusiast.

I'll take some more photos in the days to come.
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_JANE on May 10, 2017, 04:54:11 PM
Neato! Take some cool videos of rooftops and stuff, and watch out for branches
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_Crimson on May 10, 2017, 09:17:11 PM
Whatever you do, don't try to catch it by the blades
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_Fénix on May 11, 2017, 09:03:26 AM
You are one step closer to join The Drone Racing League (https://thedroneracingleague.com/)  ;D
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_Invert on May 17, 2017, 07:54:14 PM
Sorry I missed your B day, Fuzzy .  Hope it was a good one.    :yesyes:  We got a drone for our grandson at Christmas but it was no where near as fancy as yours looks.  Yours looks like breaking the sound barrier is not out of reach.  And a final thought, you may want to consider getting an outboard motor for the ship of yours.  You could move a lot faster for sure but not as fast as your drone.
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: BFM_Boredom on May 18, 2017, 02:50:13 PM
Doesn't the military have rocket launcher mounts for that thing? :)
Title: Re: I got a drone for my birthday (photos!)
Post by: -shiNe! on May 23, 2017, 10:51:00 AM
I have never seen a better picture before than the one at the bottom. My god!