New User From Wrexham

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Hi, just thought I’d introduce myself, I’m Andy from Wrexham, North Wales. I’m a new pilot and a complete novice. I have a DJI Mavic Pro and looking forward to learning to fly it, any help and advice would be greatly appreciate, would love to here from others in my area.

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Hi @Lxmanager and welcome to Grey Arrows :wave:t2:

Have you seen our members map? (Click the burger-menu in the top right) You may find some pilots living near you. :+1:t2:

We’re a well established club with many knowledgeable members so it’s very likely that any issues you come across will have been discussed here before. Our discussion forum has very powerful search features which should help you find what you need but if you get stuck you can post a new question in the Questions & Answers category.

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Welcome once again!

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Hi Andy - welcome to GADC from south Wales :+1: :+1: :+1:

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Hi @Lxmanager Andy welcome to the club

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Hi Andy @Lxmanager and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Hi Andy @Lxmanager welcome from Walsall. You have come to the right place for help and advice. There are a lot of knowledgeably friendly people on this site

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Hi Andy,

Relatively new Mini 3 pilot from Nantwich here.

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Hi @Lxmanager welcome, we are hopefully getting to Wrexham one day as have a friend who lives close… hope you enjoy GADC

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Welcome @Lxmanager :smiley:

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welcome to the GADC

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Hi Andy welcome to the club happy flying

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Bore da Andy, welcome from the Black Country

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If you are starting out on your own, then just some common sense is needed for your first few flights.

  1. Keep it close.
  2. Keep it slow.
  3. Remember when the drone is coming towards you, LEFT is YOUR RIGHT and RIGHT is YOUR LEFT.
  4. Stop flying before all your batteries are flat. You need a break in all the concentration. Better to go home with a drone than bits and pieces.
  5. Choose a large open area with nobody around, saves embarrassment!
  6. Practice flying from left to right and take a left turn, right to left and take a right turn.
    7 Now try a figure of eight, this helps with learning about orientation and not as easy as it seems to do well.
    And finally, when in doubt, just let go of all the sticks and the drone will stop, giving you time to think.

Most of this is what I did when starting RC flying in the stone age. I later joined a club and had some tuition which saved a lot of rebuilding, but nowadays, a drone can fly itself if you let go of the controls. As long as you can see it or see where you are on the screen then a safe return to base is more likely.

I know this sounds like common sense, but it’s best to go out with a plan.

Enjoy flying.