Troubleshooting

There are many good reasons to buy a second hand drone – my first drone was a second hand drone and I couldn’t have been happier with my purchase. I found a secondhand DJI Mavic Air (read about it here) and promptly requested to see the drone. I learned a lot from that purchase and here I want to share with you everything you can do before the inspection, during the inspection and test flight, and any out of the box things that you may encounter.

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When looking to purchase a drone it can be easy to get swept up in the excitement of a new purchase. Particularly if you have been saving up for a new gadget for a while! The fact of the matter is that drones are not for everyone. There’s a huge range of drones which means that there’s a type of drone to suit nearly everyone’s budget and requirement but sometimes people do not make the right choice – leading to their drone becoming a waste of money. Let’s take a look at the reasons why you risk making your drone purchase a waste of money…

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Everyone who has felt the need to purchase a drone and excitedly anticipated getting a flying gadget has been deflated by one thing. The cost of a good quality drone! There’s no doubt that is is a relatively large outlay for anyone – especially if you don’t know what drone you want. There are so many features, styles and options that it can get confusing about which one to actually buy. Does cheap mean rubbish? Does expensive mean that there will be things that you don’t use – or does it mean quality manufacturing? Let’s talk about why drones are so expensive…

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When launching your drone into the wild you have to accept responsibility for the animals and nature that you will be observing. Just like a well-known hiking moto “Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints”, as drone pilots we have a responsibility for acting responsibly and ethically when flying our drones. Here we’ll go over how drones get attacked by birds and the things you can do to protect your drone and the birds you encounter.

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It’s happened to nearly every drone flyer at some point. You are enjoying some nice panoramic shots and a few black dots appear on your monitor. At first, it’s annoying that something is ruining your perfect shot but then you realize a swarm of bees is attacking your drone! When it first happened to me I was worried that I would wipe out an entire beehive. But also that they would swarm my drone in such huge numbers that they’d easily take it down! Let’s take a look at why bees attack drones and what you can do about it!

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