Just randomly thinking about drones right now. I've always wanted to own one, but figured the novelty would wear of fairly quickly, so I never bought one.
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I feel the same way about 3d printers and CNC machines.
I have a drone I use once a year to take a look at my roof and dont intend to renew FAA licenses.
My son had a cheap $100 drive a couple years ago. It was cool, but I don't consider it a real one.
Build a bigass tricopter from scratch. They fly all pretty and swoopy and you can bypass the DJI spy crap. Strap a little action cam to it and go crazy.
It wears off right around the time you crash it lol
Doh. I watched a friend crash a remote control airplane a few years ago. He was not happy.
I want a done to string antenna lines up nice and high for my #hamradio hobby. I figure I could get my antennas much higher that way than any throw line.
Some people use launchers similar to potato cannons, but the drone has other uses too and more precision than a launcher or throw line.
Once fully autonomous drones exist that will just follow me around and do what I want then I'll get on board.