david.p.mann
 Second Officer
Flight distance : 18835673 ft
United States
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I've been flying DJI Phantom 3 Pro, Inspire 1 and Phantom 4 equipment for a little over a year now (since March 4, 2015) and I achieved a major milestone this past weekend - 3,000,000 Feet Total Distance as reported in the DJI GO app Flight Records. That's 43.5 hours of Total Flight Time and 244 Total Flights.
Of course, I've only been flying the P4 since release day (March 18, 2016) and have 37 flights and 600,000 feet Total Distance on the P4 in a little less than 7 hours total flight time.
I have thoroughly enjoyed flying all three of my DJI quadcopters and gaining a new appreciation of the beautiful world we live in through the aerial video and photography that I have shot with my three quads.
I have had only one crash, due to operator error, and, unfortunately, it was with my most expensive aircraft - the Inspire 1 - a year ago. DJI service center in CA repaired it for a reasonable cost, and I have been flying it and my other two aircraft without major incident ever since.
Well - I did manage to run my P4 into the ground on my third day of flying it (during low level flight testing), but escaped with zero damage to the aircraft - just one broken prop. Did you know the P4 can do multiple forward rolls inches off the ground?? I don't really recommend trying that particular acrobatic maneuver. But I am impressed that the P4 flight control software/hardware was able to regain stable flight in that dramatic situation and land gently even though one prop was damaged.
Has anyone achieved 4,000,000 feet or more of Total Flight Distance on their DJI aircraft to date? |
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