Santa brought me an Avata for Christmas. Unfortunately, it has been snowing....and snowing....and snowing...and raining....and raining....and, uh, snowing again....
Haven't been able to fly it! Never fails, get a new toy and Mother Nature has to put a crimp in my enjoying it.
I suppose that is ok...the goggles don't fit my face so I ordered the goggle 'seals/cushions' but they won't be in for another week or two, so... Craft has my reg. numbers on it., the firmware is up to date, batteries are kept at full poof on my desk. All info to DJI sent in.
We had a nice day yesterday, but with 3 feet of snow on the ground, not gonna fly it. For check out flights of my drones, I usually go down to the playing field of the local middle school. It is wide open and no obstructions. The field is 2 full sized soccer pitches long and wide, and, of course, empty on weekends. But as I said, 3 feet of snow.
Kinda reminds me of back in 1975/76, I purchased a new Honda GL-1000 motorcycle. It was on sale at a dealer 200 miles away, so I took a trailer to pick it up. It was mid-March, so, guess what? It was almost a month before I could start enjoying it, darned weather again!
I have come to a conclusion: Mother Nature just doesn't like me.
So..............
If anyone has any suggestions about first time flights with this drone, I would be most appreciative.
In the past, for new drones, (I have always for first flights) done hover tests for stability, fine tuning, etc. I plan to do this with the Avata first, unless any of you Avata pilots suggest otherwise, I am ALL eyes for suggestions.
Thanks for putting up with my posting 'whine'!
The Kid
Haven't been able to fly it! Never fails, get a new toy and Mother Nature has to put a crimp in my enjoying it.
I suppose that is ok...the goggles don't fit my face so I ordered the goggle 'seals/cushions' but they won't be in for another week or two, so... Craft has my reg. numbers on it., the firmware is up to date, batteries are kept at full poof on my desk. All info to DJI sent in.
We had a nice day yesterday, but with 3 feet of snow on the ground, not gonna fly it. For check out flights of my drones, I usually go down to the playing field of the local middle school. It is wide open and no obstructions. The field is 2 full sized soccer pitches long and wide, and, of course, empty on weekends. But as I said, 3 feet of snow.

Kinda reminds me of back in 1975/76, I purchased a new Honda GL-1000 motorcycle. It was on sale at a dealer 200 miles away, so I took a trailer to pick it up. It was mid-March, so, guess what? It was almost a month before I could start enjoying it, darned weather again!
I have come to a conclusion: Mother Nature just doesn't like me.
So..............
If anyone has any suggestions about first time flights with this drone, I would be most appreciative.
In the past, for new drones, (I have always for first flights) done hover tests for stability, fine tuning, etc. I plan to do this with the Avata first, unless any of you Avata pilots suggest otherwise, I am ALL eyes for suggestions.
Thanks for putting up with my posting 'whine'!
The Kid
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