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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 […]

Litchi App For DJI Drones

October 10, 2019
/ drones
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

Litchi is an app for DJI drones that can be very useful for automating flight paths. Often touted as a replacement for the DJI GO 4 app, I prefer to think of it as a supplement to that software. Both apps are good and both will have their place in my flying. While the Litchi app […]

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 […]

First Drone Flight

September 5, 2019
/ 3D Printing drones
/ By tom

I managed to combine 3D printing with drone flying today. The highlight was doing my first flights with my new DJI Mavic Air! I will get into that more it a little bit but just let me say it was super easy to fly – at least in beginner mode. First, let me talk about […]

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 […]