Chaosrider
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Flight distance : 1226762 ft
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Depp Posted at 6-11 11:43
I don't think there are any other differences but I'm not sure. I pretty much stopped using "baby mode" after a few days and never looked back (only after I got a new drone and forgot to turn it off. I hated it, completely unnatural!).
Well, it's a matter of perspective, and preference.
I never had any interest in acro. Still don't.
My single overring interest in FPV, was FPV...First Person View. The immersive visual experience. If I could have gotten that conveniently for my Mini-2s, I'd probably have just done that.
My secondary interest was just to go faster, and the Mini-2s were never going to do that.
I spent 2 weeks in Normal mode with the FPV before I shifted to Sport, and another two weeks in Sport before I shifted to Baby Manual.
The transition from Mini to FPV Normal was easy. Anyone who can fly a Mini in Sport Mode, can fly an FPV in Normal mode.
The transition to Sport was more challenging, because the consequences of mistakes are more sever, and can happen much faster. 90+% of my drone flying time is around the opposite wall of the canyon, and any drone lost over there, is pretty much lost and gone forever. So, I eased into the added capability of Sport mode gradually.
But after two weeks, I was throwing the thing around the ridge on the other side of the canyon, 1000 ft up and 2000 ft away, with complete ease. I had planned to shift to Manual on June 1st, which I did.
Another gradual transition. But after 10 - 12 Manual flights now, the transition from Normal to Manual is apprehension-free, and seamless. I started increasing the speed of my CanyonBall runs, but at just a bit over 80 mph, I couldn't pitch the nose any farther forward, and adding power just made the drone climb.
I had reached the angle limit on pitch.
I continue to have no interest in acro. The only reason I'd switch to Full Manual, would be to go faster.
But how much extra speed would I actually get? My flights start at just about a mile MSL, so I'm not going to get the 87 mph they advertise for the FPV in any event. Since I'm already getting 82 mph, how much speed am I going to gain by going to Full Manual? 2 mph?
My question then is...why? It's not obvious that there's anything that Full Manual gives me, that I seriously want to do.
If the Top Gun thing is what you really want to do, that's one thing. I wanted to be an Air Force pilot when I was kid...but I wanted to fly bombers, not fighters!
I'll take a B-52 over an F-22 any day!
:-)
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