Hello world !

[S.C.C.]

New Anafi pilot from Switzerland, I bought my first drone last week, an Anafi. The brand new skycontroller was out of order, but the replacement looks fine, I had my first flights today ! I was a bit anxious, but everything went well !

2 little short flight plans programmed, then a few minutes of very slow manual flight, and I was happy to come back home without any issue, except for some insects wings on the props ! Take off from a small lot with lot of trees, hedges, so the flight plan feature is really great when you don't know how to fly - at least if the right distances and altitude are programmed of course !

Now I need to stitch a few "map" pictures together, but the camera was not perfectly vertical as I expected, and Microsoft ICE which was quite good for panoramas, can't get the work done, I need to find another software.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

Welcome from Canada
PanoramaStudio 3 Pro works very well for me when the in App stitching misses some spots on the horizon. PanoramaStudio 3 Pro is not free but it does a good job in my opinion.

Now you get to read my form letter to every new member

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Please read over the Advice for new pilots

Advice for new pilots

Drone School 101 Here are a few Do's and Don'ts for new drone pilots or pilots new to Parrot drones. * READ THE MANUAL! * Preflight the drone, looking especially for prop damage. * Fly close and slow until you get a feel for the controls. * Practice over a course until you can fly it...

parrotpilots.com

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

Welcome from Germany!

 

[S.C.C.]

Thanks both ! Yes, I already spend some hours reading the Free Flight manual and a few forum threads, to be ready for my first flight !

I am also looking for information about vegetation mapping (hence the "stitching") and identification, but apparently there is nothing yet, except for some scientific research, and expensive professional systems for agriculture, which is not my interest.