Hello from Nova Scotia

tourmax · Jun 10, 2019

I'm retired Search and Rescue, used to fly Helo's in the RCAF:

That's just a pic I grabbed off the internet.

I'm a volunteer in the local ground search team, mostly just driving my Argo 8x8 on trail searches as 29 years in primary SAR has beaten my body up pretty good.

Some time ago I realized it would be great if I had a drone to follow along and look down on the Argo, giving the passenger operating the drone the ability to look down on either sides of the trail and see further out into the treed areas.

So I started looking at drones. Big time sticker shock!

I looked at the DJI stuff, but soooo pricey for anything newer like the Mavic pro. Even refurbished/used DJI stuff seems pretty pricey. Looking at other brands revealed some closer to my price range, but they all seemed more like toys than something like I would need for my purposes.

I walked into a local store the other day and they were clearing out their drone stock as Canada recently required licensing and registration for anything over 250 grams. They had a Bebop 2 package on clearance at 500 Cdn. Extra batteries, straps, Skycontroller 1 (or balck, can't remember which it has), etc.

Well, it's kind of a beginner drone. But seems to review half decently and has the features I'd be looking for in a basic "follow me" drone. Seems there's quite a few modifications for it as well.

The gov't licensing isn't a big deal, I'll just get the basic one, which is only an online test. I need to do it anyways as it appears RC model airfcraft fall under the new rules and I also fly battery and nitro Heli's.

So, the store is holding it for me and the wife is going to grab it on the way home.

Should work out nicely as my first drone and a basic flying camera platform.

Jagerbomb52 · Jun 10, 2019

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