As I keep practicing flying, I am planning to start writing down logs of the flights as entries here (for posterity). Hopefully some of them are interesting! I managed to sneak up to Mary Cummings Park this afternoon (Saturday 4/10/21) Read more…
Success! My Mavic Air 2 finally arrived this past week, and I unpacked it, set it up and did my first test flight. Unboxing and Setup Unboxing the drone was actually really easy. All you have to do is Give Read more…
The Lesson The weather is finally warming up and I reached the limits of what I could do with my little DJI Tello, so I just finally got to take the drone lesson my lovely family gave me for my Read more…
It has been frigid, frigid cold, but the wind was non-existent today so I took my little Tello drone outside for a test flight. Up until now, I have mostly been flying it at about 5-10 feet off the ground Read more…
As I have been practicing and obsessing over all the details of starting to fly drones, I have been very lucky to have my wife and kids supporting. However, that brings it’s own challenge – how do I involve a Read more…
After starting to research drones, one thing became increasingly clear: as much as I want to run out and buy a DJI Mavic Air 2, I needed to learn how to fly a drone first. The dual joystick controls take Read more…
I am starting this (very sleek) blog to document and hopefully gather my thoughts as I attempt to pickup a new hobby – recreational drone flying and (hopefully) aerial photography. I can’t honestly say I know why I started reading Read more…