DarthSLR
First Officer
Flight distance : 2169370 ft
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Probably an off-topic... And definitely is not an attempt to start a rant or impose judgement...
I cannot help but notice a very large number of posts where people crash their new M3 into all sorts of objects and then go and complain loudly about it.
Note, I am not talking about professionals doing their jobs in a difficult environment. Those guys usually are careful enough, and, most likely, smart enough to NOT use a tool with a clearly stated not-fully-completed firmware for a real world production job. And, should things happen, they definitely don't winge about it since it is most likely their fault and they would only make themselves look bad in the eye of the potential customers.
I'm also not talking about beta testers and reviewers. It is their job to run all sorts of weird edge cases, and as we all know, when it comes to the edges of any map, here be dragons.
So that leaves us, mere humans, amateurs. I'm trying to understand, what can possibly compel a person, who apparently never flew anything more complicated than a frisbee or a paper airplane, to purchase a $3K..$5K advanced piece of hardware and then run it full steam into a tree trunk in sports mode, and then come up and say something like "see, such a bad drone".
I do admit, the very possibility of flying makes you lose your head a bit. I remember my first drone, Mavic Pro. After a few flights I decided I'm good enough and wanted to fly it amongst the aspens trees in Telluride. You know, StarWars chase style. It was a good idea, as the aspens do not have small branches close to the ground. But I was not good enough to watch the uneven terrain of San Juan mountains, so one of my props hit a thin upper branch of some undergrowth. Granted, I was very low, and there was plenty of grass, so I ended up only damaging a single prop. But was it a drone fault? No frigging way, it was me. Besides, the whole reason I got MP and not Inspire, was that didn't trust myself enough to operate an unfamiliar and very expensive piece of equipment, where pretty much any mistake can be fatal (to the equipment, at least).
So, it really befuddles me when I read about all those operator-induced crashes, with the tone of posts being it's all drone's fault.
And even more so, why M3? There are plenty of cheaper devices to try your air feet on first. It's like getting Ferrari or Bently to your teenager after they just got thier permit. It's not even a question if they wreck it, cause they sure will. But to blame the car or the manufacturer for this?
Anyway, just wanted to share my observation...
Peace!
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