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<blockquote data-quote="RockyNH_RIP" data-source="post: 529689" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>Ok folks.... Taking a minute to update you all on my Quadcopter Journey... I know some here have them ... some have toyed with them and moved on... and some are doing some Beautiful work with them.</p><p></p><p>I am a raw beginner, drawn into this hobby over a year ago watching Don get involved, later seeing Scott and Sparky progressing and watching videos of others. This year, at Christmas I decided to try it out and picked up an inexpensive ($50) Syma X5C to learn to fly and play with the little 2 megapixel camera. I had fun!!!! No flying aids with this but that was good as I was learning to control from the beginning. The videos were not much but between the copter and playing with the videos (2 mpx camera) I knew I wanted to progress.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]196828[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I began following various videos on YouTube, learning about what was available, what features etc... I was somewhat enamored with the DJI Phantom Line but the price point was a bit prohibitive for me. I began looking at lower priced options that I could work into a better camera with some flying aids (as in GPS modes). I had issues with some, others would cost near a Phantom when done. I continued to study and play with my X5.</p><p></p><p>Then I saw an ad from B&H Photo where they dropped the price $200 on the P3 Standard. I looked online but then they added shipping. I checked at Adorama and they had free shipping so my wheels started turning. The next day, they were out of stock! As I looked around, I realized the price was dropped everywhere. I looked long and hard at the differences between the STD, Advanced and Pro. The other 2 were clearly out of my price range and after analyzing the differences, came to the conclusion that for me, I would be satisfied with the STD. On January 20th, I picked it up local at BestBuy.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]196837[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]196838[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Very impressive machine... I will follow up with my learning to use/fly etc this impressive machine. Trust me, I am nervous so proceeded very slowly.</p><p></p><p>This shows the size difference between the little X5C and Phantom 3 Standard!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]196839[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Pat in Savannah GA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyNH_RIP, post: 529689, member: 10784"] Ok folks.... Taking a minute to update you all on my Quadcopter Journey... I know some here have them ... some have toyed with them and moved on... and some are doing some Beautiful work with them. I am a raw beginner, drawn into this hobby over a year ago watching Don get involved, later seeing Scott and Sparky progressing and watching videos of others. This year, at Christmas I decided to try it out and picked up an inexpensive ($50) Syma X5C to learn to fly and play with the little 2 megapixel camera. I had fun!!!! No flying aids with this but that was good as I was learning to control from the beginning. The videos were not much but between the copter and playing with the videos (2 mpx camera) I knew I wanted to progress. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]196828._xfImport[/ATTACH] I began following various videos on YouTube, learning about what was available, what features etc... I was somewhat enamored with the DJI Phantom Line but the price point was a bit prohibitive for me. I began looking at lower priced options that I could work into a better camera with some flying aids (as in GPS modes). I had issues with some, others would cost near a Phantom when done. I continued to study and play with my X5. Then I saw an ad from B&H Photo where they dropped the price $200 on the P3 Standard. I looked online but then they added shipping. I checked at Adorama and they had free shipping so my wheels started turning. The next day, they were out of stock! As I looked around, I realized the price was dropped everywhere. I looked long and hard at the differences between the STD, Advanced and Pro. The other 2 were clearly out of my price range and after analyzing the differences, came to the conclusion that for me, I would be satisfied with the STD. On January 20th, I picked it up local at BestBuy. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]196837._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]196838._xfImport[/ATTACH] Very impressive machine... I will follow up with my learning to use/fly etc this impressive machine. Trust me, I am nervous so proceeded very slowly. This shows the size difference between the little X5C and Phantom 3 Standard! [ATTACH=CONFIG]196839._xfImport[/ATTACH] Pat in Savannah GA [/QUOTE]
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