Newbie & recommended accessories/books & tips!

[Leafley]

Hi All,

I'm Lee and all new to the forum and Drones!

I've just got a Anafi & spare battery (plus case, feet, leads & motor covers) and slon it a couple of times so far!

Looking for any tips, recommended accessories or books/mags please.

Hope to be able to contribute back at some point in the future once I have mastered the controls

Lee

 

[Rocky the FS]

I found this site to be helpful: Drone training series part 3 – Flying and training exercises | Propwashed

Learn from the beginning to fly slowly and precisely before you start zooming around.....(oh, OK, you get to do a little zooming around in a nice big grassy field.) Keep the drone within 100 yards (LOS) until you can fly accurately with first person view. Practice, practice, practice.

Don't take the battery below 15% before bringing her back, as one new pilot here just found out to his distress.

 

[McAl]

I found this site to be helpful: Drone training series part 3 – Flying and training exercises | Propwashed

That is a pretty good site actually, I was just looking for exercises to get more confident with the Anafi, thanks fro sharing the link.

 

[McAl]

@Leafley I am quite new to the Anafi and trying to learn as well but, i found a few videos which might be interesting to you:

Piloting:

Good workflow for better quality videos:

Best practise and aerology when flying in mountains and at high altitude in general:

The videos from Paladrone are in French with good english subtitles, which is a bit of a pain if you do not speak french, but I found the information to be worth the extra effort.

 

[Rocky the FS]

Yeah, I watched those Paladrone ones since I fly in the mountains....good stuff! I've also watched just about every Anafi video I could find over the last 4 months....hundreds of hours worth....good thing I'm retired!

 

[McAl]

Yeah, I watched those Paladrone ones since I fly in the mountains....good stuff! I've also watched just about every Anafi video I could find over the last 4 months....hundreds of hours worth....good thing I'm retired!

All time well spent and a good way to enjoy retirement

 

[McAl]

@Leafley I just found these two which are pretty good as well:

(2) The Ultimate Guide to Flying A Drone: From Where I Drone with Dirk Dallas - YouTube
Cinematic Drone Shots You Need to Master: From Where I Drone with Dirk Dallas - YouTube

 

[pmh1nic]

Read the owners manual, start your flying in a wide, open space without any obstacles and keep the drone in camera mode. Make sure you have green GPS lights for the drone and controller before taking off and spend some time getting use to the controls and how the drone response. It will take some time to get use to the opposite control inputs (left and right) when the drone is flying toward you versus away from you but after a while you'll get use to it.

Beyond the things above and those others have mentioned don't be in a rush to do anything...and have fun.