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Hue Jorgan said:
Pretty impossible you need to be line of sight of the drone to control it

There is NO zoom contrary to public belief

They are pretty noisy a neighbour would see and hear it so unless they wanna let you watch them then it's not that plausible

The examples of spying drone vids on YouTube are fake or click bait
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there is a digital zoom

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Hue Jorgan said:
Pretty impossible you need to be line of sight of the drone to control it

There is NO zoom contrary to public belief

They are pretty noisy a neighbour would see and hear it so unless they wanna let you watch them then it's not that plausible

The examples of spying drone vids on YouTube are fake or click bait
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I won't be purchasing one. What's the point of them if you can't see the bird next door getting her back doors smashed in?
 
Aardfark said:
A whole x2 zoom, nobody will buy the Mavic anyhow, it's not as good as the P4, yet costs twice as much :lol:
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Zoom is zoom you capitalised no not that I care I'll just get closer.
Haven't decided yet whether to buy one but if I do it'll definitely be the mavic pro p4 is far too large to lug around
 
ivanthereasonable said:
Mrs R plays squash with a lad who has a small media type business, and is getting into drone photography and filming. Needs some sort of course and accreditation to fly it for his work. I've seen Cyclocross races professionally filmed and they look great.
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Must be a fit bint is she?

Holds the 'T' well?
 
Spot said:
Zoom is zoom you capitalised no not that I care I'll just get closer.
Haven't decided yet whether to buy one but if I do it'll definitely be the mavic pro p4 is far too large to lug around
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It's not that big actually, and it's very light, I just grab my case and away I go, I can store all my spare batteries as well, cos you'll need more than 1, otherwise it's not worth the trip out..
 
Aardfark said:
You're better off waiting till it warms up a bit anyhow, nowt worse than being stood in the middle of nowhere freezing your nads off, and on windy days it drains the battery quicker, besides they might have come down in price in a couple of months.



Out of all my toys this is my favourite, and gets used far more, just waiting for the kids to go back to school and I'll be back out, nowt more annoying that "ow mister is that a drone" and "giz a gan"....
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I tried the remote helicopter hobby for a bit. Spent a few Bob had a blade 400 helicopter and a spectrum dx8 remote. Could I fuck fly it after a couple of crashes I repaired it and sold it on. Ridiculously hard to control. Apparently drones are a doddle in comparison, been thinking of trying one.
 
ivanthereasonable said:
Packed in squash many years ago marra. Was damaging my back. That name sounds vaguely familiar, but my era was Jahangir Khan and later Jansher.
Unfortunately for her, her tutor was a certain Ivanthereasonable.
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Aah Jahangir Khan, great player , met both of them Jansher and his coach Mo.

Jahangir won the Irish Open up in Drogheda at the age of 16 back in the day.

Jansher played a few exhibitions in my area against Mohibullah Khan.

Martin Bodimeade was English # 1 for a while, he was around that era
 
yamar1 said:
I tried the remote helicopter hobby for a bit. Spent a few Bob had a blade 400 helicopter and a spectrum dx8 remote. Could I fuck fly it after a couple of crashes I repaired it and sold it on. Ridiculously hard to control. Apparently drones are a doddle in comparison, been thinking of trying one.
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Leasing a car is unacceptable and a waste of money though? :D
 
StripedPaddy said:
Aah Jahangir Khan, great player , met both of them Jansher and his coach Mo.

Jahangir won the Irish Open up in Drogheda at the age of 16 back in the day.

Jansher played a few exhibitions in my area against Mohibullah Khan.

Martin Bodimeade was English # 1 for a while, he was around that era
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Saw them both play. A bit like watching paint dry. Though i suppose it depends on what you want from a match as a spectator.
 
I fancy one of these meself.
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Handy to nip down the shop for a few cans avoiding all the traffic.
Nice little storage space in the back as well.
 
yamar1 said:
I tried the remote helicopter hobby for a bit. Spent a few Bob had a blade 400 helicopter and a spectrum dx8 remote. Could I fuck fly it after a couple of crashes I repaired it and sold it on. Ridiculously hard to control. Apparently drones are a doddle in comparison, been thinking of trying one.
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The one I've got can more or less fly itself, there's also a beginners mode where at the touch of a button it will take off and hover in the air 1 metre high, and the same button will also land it for you, I've flown helicopters in the past and drones are one hell of a lot easier.

This bloke does some decent tutorials:

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