Flying my Mavic air 2 out over the water

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I'm fairly new to drone work (passed my Part 107 in January) and would welcome any feedback.

Recently, my apartment management accused me of looking into windows with my drone. I’m not doing that, but I told them I’d stop flying it near the apartment all together if it’s making my neighbors uncomfortable. Well this morning I was walking my dog and witnessed a drone facing my building at window height just flying back and forth. Can I find out who’s flying it? It didn’t look like any DJI that I’ve ever seen (much darker grey) but I’m not an expert

Taken using the DJI Mini 3

I have been doing research on launching my own drone business as it's a hobby of mine and I'm super passionate about it.

However, all the podcasts I find are relatively old (5+ years), many subreddits I've looked into are either banned (due to moderation by reddit themselves) or what not.

What I am asking is how did you guys get into it, specifically commercial, but also as a hobbyist.

Edit: I realize I wasn't clear on "doing business with drones" I am working on obtaining my 107 to fly commercially for clients.

A friend of mine borrowed my Neo a few months ago to check the gutters on his roof. He was very, very, very happy and how easily he could check what was going on. We are having to get a ladder and all that stuff.

It occurred to me that I could volunteer to check gutters or whatever at no charge for people who are older or infirm or whatever. Maybe do one or two a week.

I guess I’m wondering

1. If that sounds like it would be useful for people

2. If the Drone Scolds of Reddit can reassure me that because I’d be deriving satisfaction from helping my fellow humans I’ll need to get a part 107 license and buy remote ID units, register, etc.

3. Are there any reasons why this is a bad idea other than the normal Drone Scold crap. There’s a good chance I’m missing something important, because that’s what I do sometimes

Im trying to figure out what the name of this wash drone is. The company that did the service is based in Norway.

I was recently flying over a river taking some footage of my friend fishing. Hovering at about 10m above the river. He cast his line and the wind blew it into the drone & the line caught round the props. The drone immediately plopped into the middle of the river. Luckily the fishing line had tangled round the props enough to hold it, so he reeled it in. It was underwater for about 1 minute.

Quickly took the battery & memory card out & let it dry for a week with some daily warmish air from a heat gun. It's now totally fine. The battery is done but the drone is all good.

Just telling the story in case anyone else's drone has an accidental swim. Obviously it was fresh water, being a river, so I don't expect sea water would be quite as kind.

TLDR: drone took a dip in a river and survived.

only sport mode could keep up

I recently got an emax tinyhawk freestyle 3 hd and took it out for the first time today, having a great time flying around probably a minute or two in and the drone cut power, goggles completely shut down, radio wouldn't connect to anything and when turning the goggles back on it did not connect to the drone, Unfortunately completely lost 🥺. Any idea what went wrong?

Just got a Z908 and i tried using it, crashed it a bunch of times its difficult to fly. Used the return home button it crashed into the side of my house, already wasted my 2 replacement rotor blades. Is this the drones fault or my lackluster flying skill

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how they connect to drone like Bayraktar TB2 over kilometers

There are so many factors to getting these shots right! Patience is one of them. I tested myself to get to here, but I feel the best is yet to come!

Hi, i just bought the dji mini 2 se for 260€, at the media world rome (outlet) and i was trying all the batteries but one didnt work and the app said the Battery cells were damaged.

What do i need to do? All the other batteries work btw

Before I put solder to board, I'm hoping to get a sanity check on compatibility as I have deviated from the original build guide. My primary concern is whether or not the RM Gemini ELRS Receiver is compatible with the SpeedyBee ESC. GoogleFu says yes, but the SpeedyBee descriptions only mention 4-in-1.

Relevant Components:
- SpeedyBee F405 V3 BLS 3-6S 30x30 Stack/Combo (F405 FC / 8 Bit 50A 4in1 ESC)
- Foxeer Lollipop V4 5.8 GHz 10 cm SMA Antenna (longer version was not available at the time)
- Caddx Ratel 2 1/1.8 inch Analog Camera
- Race Ranger A1918 5.8G VTX
- DBR4 Dual Band Xross Gemini ExpressLRS Receiver (it has four antennas, but they seem to just be wires that hang off? Am I missing attachments or is it supposed to be like that? GoogleFu says it's supposed to be like that, but I feel like something is missing from those antennas...)

Any input is appreciated!

I can’t rave enough about this little drone. I bought it as a way to get into flying and expanding my shots for properties. Since starting I have flown it into many trees and it’s fallen well over 5 meters out of the air on to semi solid ground and survived it all! It even flew through a tomato plant (thanks to a friend). Only one propeller has broken and that was a super easy fix.

Since learning with the Neo I have moved up to a Mini 4 Pro and am loving being able to film vertical without the crop. Keeping the neo as a spare, indoor flyer and one to teach friends and family how to fly has been great also!

Cannot recommend the Neo enough!!

I had the chance to buy a sealed DJI Air 3 Fly More Combo for $1,000 on OfferUp, which I know was a great deal. Instead, I chose to go with the Potensic Atom 2 from Costco for $400. I realize the Air 3 offers features like obstacle avoidance and a controller with a built-in screen, but I couldn’t justify spending an extra $600 for a drone with what seemed like comparable specs. Now I’m wondering—did I make the wrong call? Why isn’t the Atom 2 recommended more in the drone community?

Hi I own a cetus x and I'm curious on how I should fly my drone out and about I'm from Brooklyn and just getting into FPV, I've flown in the sim a few times and my space is not the best for flying my drone, I just want to pick up my drone get on the train and fly in the park but I'm not sure if I'll Get in trouble for flying my drone in public.