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I was addressing an earlier post(MadMonkey) about a mini with a shorter than expect range. His prairie dog town hunting is a good case for craft reaching specified range assuming flat isolated land. His shorter than expected configuration was not specified. My Air easily flies farther than my old eyes can see. :-)

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:08 pm

MadMonkey wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:30 am

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:44 am

MadMonkey wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:00 pm They'll be useful in the coming years if you take the time to learn about them

Actually... I’m very interested in learning. My next planned large purchase isn’t another gun—of which I have plenty—it’s a a drone. I’m thinking in terms of the latest Mavik Mini, which is supposed to have longer battery life than the larger models, while still offering decent video feed.

Have you ever considered offering drone flying lessons to the uninitiated first-time buyer? You might make some decent side -money that way. (I have copyrighted the idea, which of course I’ll license to you in exchange for free lessons. )

I might actually have a Mavic Mini for you, but I need to do some troubleshooting to figure out why it's not getting the range it's supposed to... I took it to Nebraska to scout for prairie dog towns last month and it did pretty well for that application I think wifi interference is the problem but I need to verify that it's not defective before I sell it.

The video quality is exceptional for being such a tiny thing! I'm not a great teacher but I can definitely show you how to fly one.

Oh man! I’ll probably take you up on that if you sort it out!

I have a Mavic Air so I follow the hobby. The mini is a good starter and get the fly more package as it has nice accessories. I had to look the specifications up and depending on frequency it is using about 1.2 miles no obstruction or interference. It will be out of sight long before that and requirements are to have visual line of sight to the craft. I don’t believe DJI is overstating the range, but I’m betting the testing area is pristine for the no obstruction/interference. Really what range helps with is keeping good control of drone within your line of sight with the environment we typically have to work with.
Mike