Whats up guys? Today we're going to be taking a look at some of the best drone backpacks you can buy. Having a good quality backpack or case for your drone is extremely important, as they must be able to both protect and house your drone and accessories whilst you're traveling. Lets take a look. DJI Phantom Series - Manfrotto D1 First up, we've got the Manfrotto Aviator D1 backpack for the DJI Phantom models. This is one of the most popular backpacks for the Phantoms and is Amazons top choice, and for good reason. The backpack itself is rather large, which is due to the sheer amount of storage space that it has to offer. Inside the case you can fit your drone, controller, 3 batteries, laptop, ipad, DSLR one spare lense, nd filters and charging cables. Basically, any filmmaker will love this backpack. Oh yeah, and it has an external hoop which you can attach your tripod to. Incredible. The D1 is build with high quality materials, as is all Manfrotto products. This means that although it is a fairly pricey item, you know it will last a long time! The bag features both a chest and waist strap, which eases the pressure off your back whilst you're walking. This is great as due to the amount of storage space, the bag can get pretty heavy when it's full. The back is also padded with material which makes it a bit more comfortable on your back. You can also check out this article on the Manfrotto D1 backpack for any more information. Lowepro View Point CS 80 - DJI Spark For the DJI Spark, we've got the Lowepro View Point CS 80. What's interesting about the View Point is the fact that it was originally designed to be an action camera back, which just so happened to perfectly fit the DJI Spark. What did Lowepro do? They rolled with it, advertising it as one of the best backpacks for the DJI Spark. And you know what? It is. In typical Lowepro fashion, the bag itself is incredibly high quality and is super light weight. It also allows you to bring along some accessories in the same backpack, for example, a transmitter and a spare battery. You could also fit an ipad inside the lid of the backpack. In terms of price, the backpack is pretty expensive compared to some other DJI Spark backpacks, however the quality is decently better as well, so you get what you pay for. Lowepro View Point BP 250 - DJI Mavic Pro Ok, moving on to a backpack for the DJI Mavic Pro - the Lowepro View Point CS 250. As I mentioned earlier, Lowepro products are extremely high quality which I think is very important when looking for a backpack for your drone. As they're higher quality, they tend to be more expensive, but in my opinion if they are going to offer your drone more protection and be easier to use, the extra investment is worth it.
The backpack doesn't have a tonne of room for accessories, but if you have a basic set up and are looking for a light and easy to carry backpack then the Lowepro will definitely meet and exceed those requirements. You can also use these Lowepro backpacks for other camera equipment as well, this is great if you're a filmmaker of photographer who does not always use your drone on all of your shoots! For any more information on these backpacks you can head over to the LowePro website here.
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Hey guys, today we're going to be looking at some more affordable drones, with today's article focusing on drones that are under $200. It's worth noting that these drones are still deemed as toy/hobby grade level, so don't expect to be shooting some highly cinematic looking footage with them. These drones are a great starting block for those of you who haven't flown a drone before and are looking for a reasonable priced model to practice on. With that being said, lets get to it. 1. Parrot AR 2.0 Features:
2. Hubsan X4 H501S Features:
3. Holy Stone HS300 Features:
4. JXD 509G Features:
5. MJX Bugs 3 Features:
So that brings us to the end of todays list of the 5 best drones under $200, I hope that you've found it helpful! Feel free to get in touch with any requests or questions you may have!
Until next time. What's up guys, today we're going to be taking a look at 5 different ways you can start making money from your drone. With the rise in drone popularity, more and more entrepreneurial minded folk are starting to make an income from the drone. To be honest, if you're a half decent pilot and are willing to put yourself out there and put in the hard work, then you stand a good chance at being able to succeed. It's worth noting that in order to be able to make money from your drone, you need to have a commercial piloting permit, which can be acquired on the FAA website. Right, with all the small talk out of the way, lets get to it! 1. Real Estate This is the method that most people seem to be using to make an income from their drone all over the world. This one really isn't that hard, all you have to do is get in contact with some real estate agents, preferably high end as they're willing to pay more and offer to do some shoots for them. You can make anywhere between $100 - $800 per gig! If you're doing a few gigs a week, that money starts to total up! When you're doing this, make sure your shots and slow and steady and provide a clear picture that allows the viewer to gain an understanding of the scale of the house. Edit it nicely, throw some color correction on it and put a watermark of the estate agents logo at the bottom. You should end up with a professional looking final product. 2. Weddings Next up we've got wedding photography. I have personally been to a wedding where they've hired a drone pilot to take some snaps outside of the reception. Why they didn't ask me I don't know, maybe it was because I was pretty legless at that point! Conduct yourself professionally, take your time and work your magic. I would recommend the Phantom 4 Pro for these kind of gigs as it takes a cracking photo. Make sure you get plenty of photos from different angles and a few different locations and also make sure you don't actually fly over anyone when you're doing this as this is breaking the FAA regulations. 3. Aerial Surveillance Kind of a random one, I personally haven't tried my hand at this, but it does seem like a very viable way of making an income from your drone. You can hire yourself out to people like personal investigators, who are need to follow someone but it may be too risky to follow themselves. Events where a certain area is in need of being watched from an aerial perspective - it helps if you have a drone with as long a flight time as possible with this one. You get the idea. Anyone who may need eyes in the sky is your potential customer! 4. FPV Racing It's all kicking off in the drone racing world with two major leagues taking the world by storm. Prize pools are increasing by what seems to be every event, with the winner of the Drone Racing League taking home a whopping $100k. Even small State competitions are starting to rack up some serious prices, it being common to see price pools as big as $25k at these events! These numbers are only going to continue to rise as the sport gains more traction, thanks to its high profile media coverage on Sky Sports. 5. Agriculture You can hire out your services to farmers for a number of reasons. If you can establish a relationship with a farmer who needs you to conduct a monthly survey of his land and crops, you're going to be making some good money! Now think if you can get 10 different farms on board, each one paying you $500 per money for each survey. You do the maths. When you really start to take off, you could easily do 10 in a week... Crazy numbers there! Cool guys, that brings us to the end of today's article, I do hope that you've found it helpful! As always, do feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have!
All the best! Hey guys, so today we're going to be taking a look at the best drones under $500. I like this price bracket of drones as this is where things start to get really good, the drones can stay in the air longer, they come with some good features and usually have a pretty decent camera. Also at this price bracket, it's not too big of a deal if the drone accidentally gets broken. I say that losely though, as I'm aware that it's still a good amount of money. Right, lets get to it. 1. DJI Phantom 3 Standard What. A. Drone. When this first came out I thought it was pretty good value for money, however over the past year its price has dropped dramatically, making it one of the most affordable high grade quad copters around. If any of you aren't familiar with DJI, they are the worlds leading drone manufacturer for professional grade quad copters. The Phantom 3 Standard is their most basic phantom model, designed for aerial photography and cinematography. For the price you are paying, the drones specifications are nothing short of amazing. You get a 25 minute flight time, a maximum range of 1km and the camera can shoot at 2.7k @24fps and 1080p at 60fps - incredible. In terms of features, the Phantom 3 standard is equally as impressive. It comes with the basic auto take off, landing and return to home functions that make piloting the aircraft extremely easy. Furthermore, it comes with a series of autonomous flight modes such as point of interest, way points and follow me. If you want more information on what these are, head over to the DJI website here. Basically, these allow the drone to pilot itself when carrying out certain maneuvers and tasks. This allows even for a complete novice pilot to record some pretty amazing stuff. 2. DJI Spark Next up we've got the DJI Spark, which is DJIs latest release and is tailored towards people who have never flown a drone before. This is also DJIs cheapest model and is incredibly easy to fly, in fact you can actually fly it without a transmitter at all... but we'll get to that later In terms of specifications, you get an incredible amount for your money, especially considering how small the drone actually is. You get a flight time of 16 minutes, a maximum range of 1km (when you're using the transmitter) and the camera is able to shoot 1080p video. Admittedly, this is the minimum standard you would want if you're hoping to shoot some high quality videos, however this drone is incredibly affordable and also such much fun to fly! In terms of features, there's pretty much no other drone in this price category that can match the DJI Spark. It has the basic automatic take off and landing features, as well as a one key return to home button that make piloting the aircraft incredibly easy. It's the Sparks gesture mode that make it truly unique. You're able to take the drone off from the palm of your hand, then control it using different hand motions. This works pretty well considering it's DJIs first attempt at such features and I'm sure they will improve as time goes on. It also comes with some other features, including follow me, way points, orbit and a few others. These mode allow people who have never flown a drone before to capture some awesome stuff. 3. 3dr Solo Ok, so we've made it past the DJI models now and moving onto the 3dr solo. It's incredible how much this has decreased in price over the years, originally you were looking at close to $1000 for this bad boy, now you can get it for as cheap as $250. Although it's worth noting that you need your own Go Pro if you're wanting to record some footage, so if you haven't got one, this does increase the price by almost double. The 3dr solo was designed to be incredibly easy to fly, whilst still delivering high quality, cinematic looking footage, and it's safe to say they succeeded in that regard. The drones specifications are also very impressive, with a flight time of around 22 minutes and maximum range of 1.5km. The camera quality will obviously depend which Go Pro you're using. Attaching the Go Pro to the drone is also incredibly easy, as 3dr worked alongside Go Pro when designing the mount. The two products seem to work together seamlessly and it's a good thing too! The 3dr Solo also comes packed with some extremely handy features. These include your more basic functions such as auto take off and landing and auto return to home. 3dr also included some pre-made flight modes that allow users to record very cinematic looking footage, without having to pilot the air craft themselves. These include orbit, cable cam, follow me and tornado. If you're looking for a high quality, cheap drone for your go pro you should consider getting the 3dr solo! 4. Parrot Bebop 2 - FPV Bundle You're able to purchase the Parrot Bebob 2 in a number of different packages, however I always recommend the FPV bundle as it provides you with everything that you need for a fun and successful flight. Also, it just borders the $500 mark, so it's a perfect fit for this list. The Parrot Bebop 2 is an extremely respectable drone and has been around for quite a long time, in fact it could be possible that Parrot are planning on releasing their next drone soon as the price for the Bebop 2 has decreased considerably over the past few months. The Bebop 2 provides you with a flight time of roughly 20 minutes, a maximum range of around 500m and can shoot in 1080p. What's also great about this bundle is that you're able to fly using FPV. For those of you who don't know, FPV stands for first person view and is a common method of flying the drone. It is where you fly the air craft using the live feed from the drones camera. This makes for some really fun and immersive flying. The Parrot also comes with some nice features, but due to the fact that it came out so long ago, can't quite keep up with the likes of the DJI models. However, it does posses your usual auto take off and landing functions and also a one key return to home. It does also have a follow me function, however this doesn't come installed on all Parrot models. Although aging, the Parrot Bebop 2 is still great value for money and a blast to fly! 5. UPair One Now moving onto the final drone on our list! The UPair One, and although this looks like a cheap knock off of the DJI Phantom, it safe to say that it is definitely not! This drone came out earlier this year and has taken the drone world by storm, with its incredibly reasonably price tag and awesome specifications.... lets take a closer look!
The UPair one boasts a respectable flight time of around 18 minutes, reach a maximum of 800m from the transmitter and incredibly shoot in 4k! The fact that you're able to get a 4k camera drone at this price range is absolutely fantastic and goes to show you how much the drone market has developed over recent years! In terms of features, the UPair one doesn't slack and in fact can keep up with the big boys! It of course comes with auto take off and landing functions as well as a one key return to home. It also possess a follow me function, way points, tap to fly and orbit! Absolutely incredible! One quick thing worth mentioning is that although the camera films in 4k, it does have a slight fish eye distortion, so if you're wanting cinematic looking footage the DJI models are probably still your best bet. Hey guys, and welcome to Just Another Drone Blog. For our exciting first post, we're going to be looking at how exactly you fly a drone. I know this is a pretty basic concept, but we thought we'd start off nice and simple and work our way up to the more juicy complex stuff later on. I think a lot of you will agree with me when I say that flying a drone isn't quite as easy as it looks. I know when I first flew a drone (back before the days of gps positioning and altitude hold), I couldn't believe how hard it was! Needless to say though, I was hooked. Shortly after flying a friends quad for the first time, I went out and bought my own. After trial and error, and a fair few number of drones I finally got the hang of it. My aim with this article is to help you through/ eradicate your trial and error phase. Learn from my mistakes and save yourself the money! Drones have come a long was since I first started flying, but that's not to say that they're easy. There is a whole range of things that could go wrong, strong winds, sheer panic and the worst of all... a flyaway! So lets get to it. DefinitionsTo start off with, I thought it would be a good idea to go over some definitions. Phrases tend to get thrown around all over the place, and if you're new to the hobby, you may find it all rather confusing. Lets take a look: RTF - Ready-to-fly - This basically means the drone comes assembled and with a controller. ARF - Almost-ready-to-fly - This means that the drone does not come fully assembled and often requires a separate transmitter to be connected. Line of Site - This refers to the pilot of the aircraft being able to see the drone. FPV - First Person View - A method of piloting the drone, where you watch a live feed from the drones camera and use this to steer the drone in the right direction. Step 1 - Forward, Backwards, Left & Write For the first step we're going to be keeping things as simple as possible. Practice going forwards and backwards, then practice going left and right. To begin with, the controls may take a while to get used to. Step 2 - Making a Square Now you've mastered the basic movements, it's time to start putting them into practice. Pilot your drone so that it makes a square shape in the air and continue to do this until you feel as though you've got it mastered! This shouldn't take too long, as you're still focusing on only on stick. Step 3 - Making a Circle Now it's time to implement the left stick in order to control the yaw of the copter, which makes the drone move in a circle. This one will take a while to get the hang of, so don't get annoyed with yourself when you can't do it straight away. No one said flying drones was easy! Step 4 - Figure of Eight This time, I want you to try and make a figure of eight eight with your quad copter. Use your right stick to accelerate forward, and use the left stick to control the rotation of the drone. You essentially use the left stick to draw the figure of eight. Step 5 - Non Stop Flying Ok, now we've got the basics covered, it's time to start non stop flying. The idea here is to be able to continuously fly your drone, without having to stop. To do this, move your right stick forward to accelerate, and use your left stick to turn the drone around when you want to come back. Practice flying in different directions and slowly increase your speed as you get more comfortable. You've Got The Basics Covered - Well Done!
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