Hello everyone, just received my Mavic Pro bundle today. My very first UAV. Am retired, love photography and travel extensively so am anticipating I will make some good use of my Mavic. Cheers!

Danny

Welcome to the forum!

Hey, I just got mine as well, form Ontario, Good luck !!! Happy flying

Congratulations on your new drone. We do appreciate you've chosen DJI as your first UAV. If you do have some questions don't hesitate to reach us here. For additional information about your Mavic Pro. Please follow our official YouTube channel for some tips. Thank you and have a safe flight always.

Thanks! I will view your videos for sure.

Welcome and congrats on your bird! If you havnt done so already familiarize your self with the Transport Canada drone rules, they are fairly straight forward.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/ ... safely-legally.html
Next I recommend a useful little app - UAV forecast. You can assign the no fly zones in the app and when looking at the map it will show you where its safe to fly.
Enjoy the new toy ) looking forward to some footage.
Cheers

Welcome Danny,
Congrats on the new bird.
Looking forward to seeing your work.

Welcome Danny and shipwama, congratulations and always happy landings!

Rawsome Posted at 2018-7-19 13:51
Welcome and congrats on your bird! If you havnt done so already familiarize your self with the Transport Canada drone rules, they are fairly straight forward.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/services/aviation/drone-safety/flying-drone-safely-legally.html
Next I recommend a useful little app - UAV forecast. You can assign the no fly zones in the app and when looking at the map it will show you where its safe to fly.

Thanks Rawsome. According to the tech sheet, the Mavic Pro weighs less than 1kg so I will follow those rules no problems. Don't want to end up with a fine. How do you guys mark your names and address on them? I sure don't plan in engraving so am thinking some sort of stickers? Also downloaded the App you suggested.

Danny

Welcome and congrats! Be sure to abide by the laws of your country before you fly. I'm in the USA so i don't know what you need to do but it's best to keep the law on your side.

SgtDannySgt Posted at 2018-7-19 14:21
Thanks Rawsome. According to the tech sheet, the Mavic Pro weighs less than 1kg so I will follow those rules no problems. Don't want to end up with a fine. How do you guys mark your names and address on them? I sure don't plan in engraving so am thinking some sort of stickers? Also downloaded the App you suggested.

Danny

My wife owns a Dymo label printer
However I decided against the fact to print a huge label with my contact info and plaster it over my precious air, instead i went online and created a QR code with my information.
Downloaded it, opened up Photoshop, created a new document with the size of the label and pasted the QR code in like 3 or 4 times. Each is less than half an inch square so it tiny and doesn't bother me too much.
Placed one on each battery and on the belly of the Mavic. The regulations don't really dictate on a format yet so this works for me

Also I assume this might be your first drone, if not disregard, I would recommend to first and foremost update everything, then find a calm day and an open field of sorts and just have some fun and burn a few batteries. Test out the settings and really get to know your bird. The more you fly the more confident you will get and the more fun it becomes and a warning right here - it is addicting!!!
Youtube is a great resource to learn a few tips and tricks, I like this guy
And as a piece of mind if you haven't done so already, splurge the extra $$ on the DJI Care refresh and hope you'll never have to use it but if you do - you'll be glad you have it.

Welcome to the DJI UAV family! I'm excited for you - I just took mine on my first trip and it was a blast... I reckon you'll have a fantastic time

I just took mine out and???? I realized that my phone connector is upside down so the provided Android cable is not good for me. My phone is a Nexus 5, so my question is, how do I get around this? Can I connect my phone with the controller's USB port? Is there a cable that will be good with the Nexus 5? I did fly my buddies Mavic so all was not in vain.

Edit: I just checked and there is a reverse cable available.


Danny

Welcome to the club.  have fun and fly safe.  make sure and take a look at the videos here and many more on yt.  

Welcome to the forum and the Mavic Family!  Glad to have you!    Have fun, and fly safe.  Please make sure you come back and share some of your work with us!  We look forward to seeing it.

I got stickers for my Mavic Air from  http://reclaimdrone.com  there are other options like this as well.

Again, welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! Hope to see some great captures for you!

Hi Danny, what part of the country?  I'm close to Edmonton.  I love travel & photography as well, retired too.  Here is a link to my YouTube page.  https://www.youtube.com/user/hummingbirdRPV?feature=mhee

Hummingbird.UAV Posted at 2018-7-19 21:26
Hi Danny, what part of the country?  I'm close to Edmonton.  I love travel & photography as well, retired too.  Here is a link to my YouTube page.  Hummingbird.UAV link

Hi Hummingbird, I am about 60 klics NW of Montreal. What is best for live feed? I have a buddy who uses Periscope and he loves it. Facebook is not an option for me as I don't have social media. Thanks

SgtDannySgt Posted at 2018-7-20 02:26
Hi Hummingbird, I am about 60 klics NW of Montreal. What is best for live feed? I have a buddy who uses Periscope and he loves it. Facebook is not an option for me as I don't have social media. Thanks

Could not say what's best for a live feed, I have never used any.

Welcome to the forum and good luck enjoying your new MP

Welcome aboard Danny...Happy Droning

Thanks everyone!!

Danny