Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

LG Q70.

Stupid phone dying.

 

Cannot approve more strongly.

 

Never tried it - you make it sound a tad sickly.

 

Thanks Byron, after a lot of thought and planning I went with the “devil I know” to carry on learning with.
I did get carried away considering inexpensive Inspire 1s and Typhoon H6s, but decided they would be too big and intrusive.

Seeing hexcopters did make me think of you and your adventures...

The folding Mavic design means it can go almost anywhere easily and is ready to fly in no time at all.

First flight in the garden was ok, but it was too windy to be safe for long.
I just pottered round and flattened the 2 batteries.

 

Makes sense - you'll have all the extras from your other Mavic.

 

Exactly, this came with a set of low noise props which I was going to buy had I not lost t'other one. Batteries = 4, so a full compliment for the multi charger!

I now have 2 handsets, so can experiment with tandem flying with my flying buddy.

The rather natty carry case is useful in a way that the DJI FM kit isn't . It means I can go out with the MP, 2 batteries and handset without having to break out the full backpack setup.

 

Four batts - nice. Let me know how you get on with the low noise props - they are quieter but I didn't like the slight jello effect that popped up occasionally on the footage, and I couldn't dial it out in the settings. I mean, they'll do as last gasp spares, but I'd rather not use them.

I had the same thought and nearly purchased that exact same case to replace my FM case, but ended up just going with the BP200. I got £30 for the useless FM case on feebay.

 

Jello? that's worrying, is it because the props were designed for the Platinum with different ESCs?
I recall you selling the useless handbag, £30 is a real win.

My initial reaction flying for a short time yesterday was that they weren't noticeably quieter, but I'll need to go out and test them on a longer run and look out for possible jello.
I have a set of standard props that came with the new Pro and a random selection in my other kit having split one a few months ago clipping a groyne - definite squeaky bum moment! Footage available...

I must have used the last of my lives with that incident and the one where I was over water and couldn't get home from downwind and had to force it to land on a derelict site...

 

Finally caved today and pre-ordered Desperados III.

 

They produce a lower pitch and the noise doesn't seem to travel as far - I found it was harder to hear it a few hundred feet away. The jello is slight and seemingly intermittent but once you see it...

If you have another near-miss over water, I'm driving over there to give you a damned good slapping, on general principle!

I had one moment near Carisbrooke castle - it was fairly windy but not too bad. That changed at anything over 100 feet - the wind was so strong that switching to sport mode and pinning the throttle was enough come back to me at ~ 1.5mph.

 

Yay, found 2

 

Nice, mate! You can fly for a full 10 to an incredible 12 minutes!

 

The wonders of modern engineering; flying for a bit, then beep beep beep battery low...

On a good day, they should be good for 20+ minutes each

 

Yeah, I easily get one hour+ out of three batteries, usually landing with the batt percentage still in the mid-teens. It'll drop a bit if I'm blatting around at 40mph in sport mode, obvs, but I rarely do that.

 

Yeelight YLFW01YL



Since my Echo Studio has arrived the desk lamp had to go. I didn’t like it anyway as the light was far too intense, I used it more to avoid turning on the living room lights. I was always after something slightly warmer and more atmospheric.

From what I’ve seen of the light it looks good, I think I’ll enjoy it and if the temperature picks up it’ll be great to take into the garden for a evening drink. I’m unsure on if the price was worth it yet though

 

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Some antique wiring I’m paying to get taken out. Guess that counts as a purchase right?

Lead sheathed 2 core wire. The wires are “insulated” by a canvas cover, with some waxed paper to separate the two cores.

 

We're with Bulb and they make that claim except, you get whatever's being supplied to the National Grid at the time you are using it.

 

I was with iSupply, but then 6 months in they decided to pull out of the UK market so now I'm back with damn EDF, as EDF bought the contracts! The price is staying the same at least! I use one of those auto switching services so I'm always on the cheapest service though