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I’m 48 on my 4th drone and still loving it , how about you.

ro_flyer Posted at 2-22 03:23
I’m 48 on my 4th drone and still loving it , how about you.

I’m 57 and I’ve owned 11 drones still have 7 .

hallmark007 Posted at 2-22 09:54
I’m 57 and I’ve owned 11 drones still have 7 .

Which is your favourite?

ro_flyer Posted at 2-22 14:28
Which is your favourite?

My favorite is zoom, best I think is MP2, but I think only really noticeable in photos.

Mavic Air.  Second Drone.  Age 71

Hi,
Age 38
Mavic Air 1st drone

hallmark007 Posted at 2-22 14:39
My favorite is zoom, best I think is MP2, but I think only really noticeable in photos.

I love the zoom also.

31 and on my first drone - though i havent got to use it much as the windspeeds have been to high and weather to wet in the UK recently

I've been looking at getting a mavic air.  It seems the age range of mavic air users is very similar to the age range of mavic mini users and so i don't think i would feel out of place flying the mavic air in my advancing years. A noticable difference in these polls is that 1800 users have replied to the mavic mini poll but only 314 users to the mavic air poll. Is this because the mini is much more popular (it would seem so)  or is it because the mavic air is rubbish? The specs of the air look better to me and although slightly heavier i think it would be much better for stable flight in windier conditions.

PhantomPhil Posted at 3-1 04:13
I've been looking at getting a mavic air.  It seems the age range of mavic air users is very similar to the age range of mavic mini users and so i don't think i would feel out of place flying the mavic air in my advancing years. A noticable difference in these polls is that 1800 users have replied to the mavic mini poll but only 314 users to the mavic air poll. Is this because the mini is much more popular (it would seem so)  or is it because the mavic air is rubbish? The specs of the air look better to me and although slightly heavier i think it would be much better for stable flight in windier conditions.

I think the mini just like the orignal Mavic were hugely popular because they brought many new flyers to the whole drone scene, mini was cheap and Mavic was revolutionary with its fold up design. Mavic Air came in the middle at a time of many new dji drones coming on the horizon like two M2 and p4v2.

Mavic Air is almost twice the price of mini, but IMO it’s worth the money, it’s so well built compared to mini, camera has so much more to offer than the mini, it’s a much more powerful drone than mini, many more features, for me Mavic air is the best build quality drone dji have built in their fold up drones.

It has one problem and one drawback, the problem is it’s a little noisy particularly when taking off and landing, it doesn’t bother me as it’s not as noisy as my neighbors ride on lawnmower and I have to spend an hour every week listening to that against him listening to my drone for a couple of minutes while landing and taking off.
Drawback, it uses wifi and for me that’s fine because I don’t need a drone that flys 4 miles while I stand around pushing a stick forward waiting for it to come back, for me it’s very reliable flying between 500/1000m a lot more than I need.
As a travel drone there isn’t any better.

hallmark007 Posted at 3-1 04:42
I think the mini just like the orignal Mavic were hugely popular because they brought many new flyers to the whole drone scene, mini was cheap and Mavic was revolutionary with its fold up design. Mavic Air came in the middle at a time of many new dji drones coming on the horizon like two M2 and p4v2.

Mavic Air is almost twice the price of mini, but IMO it’s worth the money, it’s so well built compared to mini, camera has so much more to offer than the mini, it’s a much more powerful drone than mini, many more features, for me Mavic air is the best build quality drone dji have built in their fold up drones.

Thanks for the input. As for the noise, I gather quite a few pilots use earplugs but as I'm pretty deaf already I have no need for those . I'll wait n see if the Air 2 materialises and is compatible with the Smart Controller I recently received since this would be a deciding purchase factor for me.

I'm 53 and use mine for real estate photography. At first, it was a challenge to learn to fly it, I thought I would crash it or fly it too far and never see it again.
Jose Barrios

www.josebarriosphoto.com