# Drones
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 28, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571 "2015-01-28T13:36:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/1 "2015-01-28T13:36:53Z")
Anyone own one of these quadcopter things?
I impulse bought one last night on Amazon Prime, seems like a good ass time, yet I have no idea what I’m doing.
Kind of a cool little toy though.
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### Author:  [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/2 "2015-01-28T13:44:20Z")
> [@djdstar"](#):
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> Anyone own one of these quadcopter things?
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> I impulse bought one last night on Amazon Prime, seems like a good ass time, yet I have no idea what I’m doing.
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> Kind of a cool little toy though.
A co-worker builds his own from the frame up. Even has a GoPro, and POV goggles so he can pilot the thing. Camera’s are on a gyro so they stay balanced during flight.
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### Author:  [@SOLITUDE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SOLITUDE)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/3 "2015-01-28T13:50:34Z")
^ In for pics. I am also interested in these.
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### Author:  [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/4 "2015-01-28T14:15:26Z")
A good friend has had one for a couple years now. His photo’s of different area’s of the city are amazing.
Seems fun, just be careful where you fly them.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/5 "2015-01-28T14:22:10Z")
> [@djdstar"](#):
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> Anyone own one of these quadcopter things?
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> I impulse bought one last night on Amazon Prime, seems like a good ass time, yet I have no idea what I’m doing.
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> Kind of a cool little toy though.
Which one did you get?
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/6 "2015-01-28T15:09:31Z")
I have a Parrot AR 2.0 Power Edition. Haven’t taken it out of the box yet, it’s currently boxed up and in my dining room.
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/7 "2015-01-28T15:41:07Z")
I’ve got one of the little Hussan 107’s (~5" square). Lots of fun to mess with in the house and at work.
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### Author:  [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/8 "2015-01-28T16:14:43Z")
Been thinking about a DJI Phantom
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/9 "2015-01-28T18:51:24Z")
I’ve got a couple small quadcopters for flying around the house. Estes Proto X and a Hubsan X4 h107. Perfect way to learn to fly them before moving up to a big camera drone. I plan on building a nice FPV rig eventually.
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### Author:  [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/10 "2015-01-28T19:04:03Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Which one did you get?
Syma X5C - just a little one to see if I ever take it out more than the first time I get it. Then I’m thinking about getting one of those crazy FPV ones, and upgrading the transmitter so I can try to fly it super far. No idea which models are good so suggestions are appreciated.
Was looking at this cuz it’s turnkey FPV for the most part:
[http://www.helipal.com/storm-racing-drone-rtf-type-a.html](http://www.helipal.com/storm-racing-drone-rtf-type-a.html)
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/11 "2015-01-28T19:09:14Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/Hubsan-Channel-2-4GHz-Copter-Camera/dp/B00EXBDWZC/ref=sr\_1\_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1422500895&sr=8-4&keywords=drone](http://www.amazon.com/Hubsan-Channel-2-4GHz-Copter-Camera/dp/B00EXBDWZC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1422500895&sr=8-4&keywords=drone)
Get decent reviews there are number of sub $100 that are actually pretty decent
I’m waiting for the next revision of the Phantom to come out and getting it or after the newest firmware going with the built in camera one.
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### Author:  [@stuiephoto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuiephoto)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/12 "2015-01-28T19:14:45Z")
I’ve been really interested in one as well. There’s that guy who has a dj2 who records all of the big events in buffalo and I really like his work.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/13 "2015-01-29T06:08:56Z")
Played with a DJI in Florida last year. Was amazing. The stability on the camera is amazing and the controls are really accurate. We messed with the air points too so you can expand the range and fly the thing some serious distance. Would love one but they $2k. Haha
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### Author:  [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/14 "2015-01-29T09:53:08Z")
Wanted to buy one for some commercial use but the FAA wont allow it. Only a few companies were given permits. I read a guy was fined $10k for using it commercially…sux
Im sure they will require registration/permiting and NYS will try to push a 7 battery limit
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/15 "2015-01-29T10:00:16Z")
A friend of mine has/had a DJI Phantom Vision II. Really cool machine! Easy to fly, good feature set and great recording. Here is a sample video we took (yours truly driving the boat). Frankly, I’d probably prefer to have a gopro mounted than to have the built-in vision2 camera here, but that’s beside the point lol.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/90851651?app_id=122963
oh and here is another one of wakeboarding at a cable park
https://player.vimeo.com/video/91234406?app_id=122963
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/16 "2015-01-29T11:56:37Z")
> [@rugsr](#):
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> Wanted to buy one for some commercial use but the FAA wont allow it. Only a few companies were given permits. I read a guy was fined $10k for using it commercially…sux
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> Im sure they will require registration/permiting and NYS will try to push a 7 battery limit
Ya this police state of America won’t let me fly one of these around the white house or airports. What kind of country do we live in!
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/17 "2015-01-29T12:13:23Z")
DJI now has firmware that will block flight within 15 miles of downtown DC and within 8(?) miles of an airport
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/18 "2015-01-29T12:26:39Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> Ya this police state of America won’t let me fly one of these around the white house or airports. What kind of country do we live in!
Actually they’re trying to restrict them in a ton of places but carry on
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### Author:  [@WGFletch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/WGFletch)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/19 "2015-01-30T03:07:54Z")
I have a dji phantom 2
love it, awesome toy for sure
I bought it mostly to test out new software that i want to buy at work (that’s how i justified it atleast:snky:)
I think i have a photo or two on this computer from the holidays
 
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The potential these things have is truley amazing as i have had one for a few months now almost everyday i come up with a new way to use it
I was at my parents house in Rochester for the holidays and our neighbors were in the back yard looking for a lost dog…i grabbed the drone flew over the 4 acre property @200ft or so and searched the property…didn’t find it but let them know he wasnt on my parents lot REALLY cool for search and rescue
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### Author:  [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drones/271571/20 "2015-01-31T14:11:10Z")
So I get the drone today and master flying it around my house. Go outside (in NYC nonetheless, not the place to do this) and decide to see if I can just whip it around real quick. Didn’t factor in the 20 mph wind earlier and it belts into some dudes patio window.
Looks like I’m buying another drone :tif:
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