A question about moving up the price range of drones

General Drone Discussion
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Specifically, I want to ask.

What was the flight profile like moving up from a £100 drone to say a DJi mini 2?

  • was it easier to keep stable?
  • More responsive?
  • Less drift or easier to handle in breezes?
  • More or less forgiving on the controls?
  • easier it harder to correct in flight?
  • more precise positioning and holding?
(Better able to annoy those demons!)

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Less
  4. More
  5. Easier
  6. Yes
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It will also come back and land all on its own if you lose connection.

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Chalk and Cheese

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One go of a Mini 2 and you will be hooked

No comparison

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Plus it has far better camera - still and video. It’s a drone you can grow into, gradually explore all the features but it is also a great beginners’ aircraft.

If you decide to get one you will be doing yourself a great favour!

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In this instance, you get exactly what you pay for.

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In ALL instances you get exacrltwhat you paid for!! :rofl:

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As others have said, you get what you pay for.

However, I would also have a cheaper UAV where you can turn off the GPS, just so you can practice flying with the wind blowing it around … may save you if the GPS fails on the more expensive one.

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It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of things DJI, but needs must as the Devil drives.

Saying the above though the Mini2 is the best drone in its class currently on the market. I bought mine last February, and for quite sometime afterward I couldn’t understand why I did. It wasn’t until a month or so ago I got around to flying it in the great outdoors, in a 25mph wind gusting at 35mph, that my opinion of changed.

Transitioning from your Holystone to a Mini2 will be like moving up from an Austin Maxi with a dodgy clutch to a 2021 Ford Focus.

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All of those. It’s a completely different and much more enjoyable experience.

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So, practicing with a cheap done, because it’s more twitchy and less stable might mean they I have to fly it better, it’s more unforgiving.

A cheap done then is good for practice.

Great I have my justification :face_with_hand_over_mouth::face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Practice, practice, practice …

Don’t be these guys:

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