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Mavic Air In Cold Weather

November 1, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom

I took my DJI Mavic Air out for a test flight today to see how it handled the cold weather. It wasn’t extreme cold but it was below freezing at the time. Not only was it cold but the wind was strong too. UAVForecast was reporting winds of 17 mph gusting to 24 mph at […]

Practicing With The Mavic Air

September 17, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom

I have flown a couple more practice sessions with the Mavic Air and am getting comfortable with the controls. I now trust it enough to put the remote down and take pictures of it in flight with my Nikon P1000. It’s cool to just leave it hanging in the air while I walk around it […]

Winging It Again – Sort Of

September 3, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom

This blog started out as a way to document my experience learning to fly and getting my private pilot license. Once that goal was complete, Winging It became much more general. Now, it will be, in a way, getting back to it’s roots – but not exactly. I have been interested in flying drones for years […]