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Not really. I have the Mavic Pro. These are not like a remote control airplane where you risk crashing while learning to fly. These have all kinds of safety features that prevent you from crashing into things including the ground, and will even take over and fly back and land itself exactly where it took off from if it detects an issue like a low battery or if you push a button and instruct it to. It even warns you of high winds and recommends landing. Unless you put it in SPORT mode. Then all bets are off..  | |||
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Pretty much any drone is massively easier to fly without crashing than pretty much any manually-controlled RC aircraft, but you can definitely crash any of them, and some a lot more easily than others. Black92LX mentioned the DJI Mini SE. That model only has downward vision sensors to enable precise hovering, automated landing, and not crashing into the ground. In any operating mode, it will be perfectly happy to let you fly it forwards, backwards, sideways, or upwards into a tree. Many models only have downward, forward, and reverse sensors. You can still run right into something sideways or up. The Mini 3 Pro and Air 2 fit this category. The Air 2S also has up sensors, but still no sideways sensors. For this reason, many of the drones disable sideways flight by default in “normal” flight mode, although you can change the setting and start crashing sideways any time you want (even without going into no-obstacle-avoidance sport mode). | |||
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I think the previous replies cover the various Minis and what they have/don’t have in regards to sensors. My goal is to get you flying in a manner that keeps those sensors from being utilized. They are kinda like airbags in a car; glad to have them. Don’t really want to get to the point where I need them. I am in KY often as our parent company owns several companies across the state. Looking forward to coming over your way and flying some drones, when you’re ready. | |||
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I like VictimNoMore’s approach. I flew RC planes and helicopters for a while and I pretty much fly my drone like an RC helicopter that won’t wander off or crash itself (depending on the helicopter configuration) if I take my thumbs off the sticks. I haven’t even touched the “smart” features like subject tracking, drawing paths on a map, automatic cinematic video flight trajectories, etc. | |||
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Thank you. For the record, I do have one crash in my history. It was a Phantom 3A in 2017, which had no collision sensors. As for the smart features (Active Track); I do use a couple of them, and they are good. Orbit around a point is very useful, especially on an oil rig. Staying on topic - Black92LX, you should also consider a used DJI Mavic 2 series (Pro or Zoom). Solid drones. Lots of them on the market, as people start buying the Mavic 3s. | |||
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My point was buy a more advanced one because it has the sensors that make it "almost" foolproof and buy once cry once. Unlike some other items where you should buy cheap to start and move up when you get skilled. | |||
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I second that... get the multi battery pack. My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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Aside from visual damage is there a way to determine a good used one from a bad used one? A way to check battery levels or flight hours? ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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Other than obvious physical damage or marks…no. However, I’d let a place like B&H Photo in NYC do the inspection work for you. They buy used gear/drones, and naturally make sure they are operable etc as part of the process. | |||
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All the DJI drones keep track of hours, flights, max height, distance, speed, how many time each battery has been charged and many other parameters. The pictures below are from my Mavic 2 Pro and in the first pic you can see the battery that’s in the drone has been charged 37 times. The second pictures shows how many total flights, flight hours and a bunch of other stuff. It would be possible to cheat the system and create an all new profile for the same drone but there’s really no need. The motors are brushless and hours aren’t really what would kill them. If someone takes off from the sand all the time or tall grass that tries to stop the propellers it would be way more worrying than hours. I would have the owner put each battery in the drone so you can see the health (each cell at similar level) and how many charges has each battery had.   | |||
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