Skills Update
Didn’t get a chance to fly yesterday as I had something more important to do. Tomorrow I have a lunch meeting and won’t get a lunch log. But Today…
Today I got to fly in one of the big, empty spaces at work that has almost no furniture it (just a few tables because of an event yesterday, and a stage). I mean, as an example: Here’s half of my flight area. The cluttered half:
So, lessons learned today:
- I am getting WAY better at landing. I would bring it back after a few loops around the room and then land on the table next to me.
- This was my first real attempt at flying at speed without wind & kids. It helped me figure out my ability to maintain altitude as I push it, although I also noticed the drone would drop altitude a bit more than expected, but I was able to adapt.
- My batteries, not surprisingly, do not last very long at full speed.
- This little thing books!
- I also thoroughly suck flying Line of Site. Like if I’m looking at the drone, odds are I’m going crash.
Also: Small chance one of the student organizations may end up getting a drone for arial shots of campus*, to which I’m going to point out that legally someone needs a Ham license to operate.
Speaking of:
Ham Update
The “I may fly a DJI for work” Thing:
*One of the staff members who works a lot with the student groups saw me flying mine and she was like “You could get so many good shots of campus with something like that…” And the student government has more money than they know what to do with.