So after going through my parts and “to be looked at later” box I found where my interest in this hobby (or obsession as my other half calls it. you decide)
Here is the photo of the little bugger that started it all.
[Backstory]
back in 2018 I was looking at getting a drone with a camera on for a while and always looked at DJI as the gold standard of what to buy. I knew what I wanted but my wallet always stopped me. So anyway off to everyone’s most loved mobile source for Chinese Cr*p Wish. so £40 later and over 2 months shipping this little thing arrived.
and boy was I disappointed. so after flying it for a few days and thinking this is ok but not for me off it went in to the bin of “stuff for later” otherwise known as that draw full of cables every man seems to have.
[Where it got serious]
So not long before I joined GADC at the end of 2020 I decided that maybe drones had come down in price a little and after 3 weeks of searching the common online market places (eBay, Gumtree, Facebook, etc) I came across a listing in Southampton for a Phantom 3 Pro for £190 with 2 battery’s and case as well. fast forward 3 hours and its in my hands and fast forward 1 day I’ve already gone and crashed the thing (no major damage just the Props got damaged)
(What I got in 2018 vs 2020. The size and weight isn’t the only difference.)
[NOW] And this is where it all went down hill. So after buying the P3P and the new rules coming in to play I splashed out for a Mini 2 after selling a camera lens. Then decided to 180 in terms of size and speed and bough my i1 that there is a video of me crashing somewhere on here. So after having my attempt of re-building and restoring a Mavic Mini. I exchanged that + £60 for a Crashed P4 standard. so £208 later in parts (new gimbal and FC board) I am where I am now with my “fleet” of drones.
(keen eyes will also notice another DJI Product in the above photo.
I must also say a huge thanks to a lot of our members on here for either advice with my i1 (@PingSpike @macspite and countless others on my advice for a new flyer to an inspire 1 v2 ) and to all the other people who have had to suffer with my obvious questions.
