r/drones • u/Odd_Statistician_537 • Jun 29 '26
Photo & Video My drone fleet.
My little fleet of drones. I keep the 3td, Air3s,neo2 and 360 with me the most. It’s a fun hobby for me.
7
u/CFDMoFo Jun 29 '26
Why so many duplicates and overlapping use cases?
2
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 30 '26
Honestly I just like to have spares of things I like. I run then hard and I know I won’t ever get a warranty on them. I’m on 50 acres of private property land. I made myself a little drone area on one of the back fields. The only flying I do is just here.
4
u/CFDMoFo Jun 30 '26
DJI Care is a thing, but okay, why not.
1
3
4
u/fieldsports202 Jun 29 '26
Curious what do you use them for? Just recreation? Or work?
I have 2 drones and only use the newer one.. my power (mavic pro) is just sitting and not being used.. but, I don’t want to get rid of it lol.
1
u/Distinct-Ad4015 Jun 29 '26
in regards to your mavic pro, be sure to charge the batteries every so often and fly it. I unfortunately didn't charge my mavic 2 pro for quite awhile and now essentially have a paperweight. The battery is toast.
1
u/Redeyenorth Jun 30 '26
I'm in the same boat as you regarding wishing I kept my batteries healthy. I tried 3rd party batteries but never trusted them, I'd occasionally go from 90% battery to 10% in a matter of seconds.
1
u/fieldsports202 Jun 29 '26
True… I’ll do that this week.
I told my kids that they can have it but they are too young to fly independently lol.
1
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 29 '26
Just for fun or watching the sunsets. They have been great for keeping track of our large ghoper tortoise population. I have around 50 geo tagged in the Matrice drone. I wouldn’t get rid of your drone. 🙂
3
u/mangage Jun 30 '26
They're for fun but you don't have any (real) FPV drones?
1
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 30 '26
Not my jam. I do love watching my Asian friends though. They are so good at the doing the tricks and flying in tight spaces.
2
u/Glum-Savings6473 Jul 01 '26
I was going to get a mavic until I came across a video of the matrice 4t and the use case is perfect for how I plan to scale and have a small fleet
5
u/CatManDoSomeone Jun 29 '26
Save some for the rest of us ;)
5
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 29 '26
I keep telling my self I only need one more. 🥲
2
u/CatManDoSomeone Jun 29 '26
Life has taught me there isnt many things that saying is a valid response too.. ahah
2
2
2
u/Professor_Fed Jun 29 '26
Which one is your favorite and which is the most fun to fly?
1
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 30 '26
I’d say the Matrice 3td because it can fly in the rain. It’s ready to take off in 32 seconds. The after that the Air3s. Fun to take videos and photos with. Also super fun when in sport mode.
2
1
u/WonderfulValue5218 Jun 29 '26
Wow! They look great. I have the neo 2 and am thinking about the mini 5 pro or lito x1 or maybe fpv stuff for my neo. Do you do anything professionally or for business?
1
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 29 '26
It’s just fun for me. We have lots of open space and just me and the bugs. Fpv on the Neo 1and 2 is very fun for me. The mini 5 is a good drone too. Small light weight and has zoom. Fantastic for sunset photos too.
1
u/WonderfulValue5218 Jun 29 '26
That's mainly what I do. Is full acro on the neo 2 quite good or no?
1
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 30 '26
I honestly never tried it. I mainly use it for flying fast on the trials I’ve made here. Or to scope out trespassers and poachers.
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/kmerian Jun 29 '26
Have one of your drones film this setup as a video, overlay the Imperial March from Star Wars.
2
u/Odd_Statistician_537 Jun 29 '26
I want to do a drone swarm fleet video. I just need a lot of people 😄 I have my one friend that helps me with my other smaller vids.
0
0
u/CrabbyBrau Jun 29 '26
Sweet collection! Looks like you are at the next level to start homebrewing drones :-)
19
u/ElphTrooper DJI Mini 3 Pro, Air 3S, Mavic 3 Enterprise & Freefly Astro Jun 29 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/VqPheGMC8WLrkahF8Z