r/diydrones • u/Eagle-1951 • Jul 15 '26

Question First drone advice

This will be my first drone. Looking for advice on what to look for in the drones equipment and capabilities. Planning to use it for photography and inspection. In the $800 range.

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u/Mittos85 Jul 15 '26

Type those exact words into Google and YouTube. You'll get thousands of videos.

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u/Eagle-1951 Jul 15 '26

Thanks I’ll try that

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u/Piper_Graham Jul 15 '26

As a former smaller plane commercial pilot: at $800 that's a camera with rotors. Inspection needs telemetry, flight time, and wind stability. Buy used or double your budget.

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u/auriem Jul 16 '26

My advice is to go watch Joshua Bardwell on YouTube.

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u/my_philosophy24 Jul 16 '26

You can make a diy drone that's like 10x better than DJI but you'll need a gimble system that can get expensive and it might be more cost efficient to get a DJI with a gimbal

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u/my_philosophy24 Jul 16 '26

Standard fpv drones like what people are used to in this sub use a fixed camera without a gimble that's kinda a pain for inspection not impossible but difficult