Dji magic for a beginner?

[Waylander1o1]

Hi all I';ve never flown a quadcopter before been wanting one for ages and had my eye on a Dji phantom 3 advanced until the maverick was announced and I want one. Am I being a bit too adventurous, should I get something cheaper first. I have read the micro quadcopter a pretty unstable? Done a lot of research on the drones but I haven';t flown one. I love photography wanted to expand into aerial photography and video hobby not professional. My heads a shed need some advice plz

[Waylander1o1]

Sorry Mavic damn predictive text

[Area21]

I strongly recommend you do your research before you buy.  This is a good forum to use with tons of experienced pilots. Go to the Drone Show in Birmingham in the 1st weekend in December and have a look.   See if there are any local model flying groups close to you and go ask if anyone is flying Multi Rotors (Drones). If from what I have seen and heard about the Mavic up to now does not deteriorate leading up to December. I will probable buy one myself at the show.   

[Cheredanine]

Hi 
So people do go out and buy these quads, fly them, have great fun and no downside.

But others go out and buy them, try and fly them and hit one of the following problems:
Set something wrong (Rth/failsafe etc), lose the drone or crash it
Lose control, lose the drone or crash it
Break the law

So,
First point I gues is well done for asking 

I would recomend the following actions:

1. Read the rules/laws on flying and understand them, they are probably more proscriptive than you think
2. Look up what easa are currently trying to set out as new laws, these could pretty much stop you flying completely, you may want to consider this before investing big money
3. Buy yourself a toy grade quadcopter, I usually recomend a hubsan x4 h107l - don';t spend more than £30- and fly the life out of it around the house, this will teach you stick control and muscle memory without crashing something expensive
4. Watch the hell out of YouTube particularly setup videos for the model you choose
5. Find a local hobby club that supports multirotors (bmfa club finder) or someone round here that can fly and lives near you, when you get round to flying whatever larger model you fly, meet with them and have them help you maiden it

Other than that the mavic has not been available long enough for any issues to come to light, buying one runs the risk of becoming bleeding edge rather than cutting edge

The phantom is a known quantity, but is really the start of the photography market in terms of model, so it depends how serious you are, look up dji inspire, that is a step up, but you are still not really at the professional area, they are running larger birds with 6 or 8 props so it can carry heavier stuff, is more stable and loss of a motor does not bring you and your expensive camera spiralling to the ground

If the phantom or mavic is the sort of thing you are after then there are cheaper Chinese clones, however I don';t fly that soft of thing so can';t really comment on what would be better, what would be as good but cheaper and what will seem to be a good deal but turn out to be a heap of trash.  All three will exist, I am sure someone with experience will comment

[Waylander1o1]

WOW thanks for that I did read the post on the regulations but yeah I could do with talking to someone in an organisation near to me that would help. I think I';ll take your advice and start small that';s an expensive piece of kit and it hate to wreck it.ill get a cheap drone n fly the heck out of it 😀. Practice makes perfect .thank you all for your advice

[apollo7]

I would say get a used Blade 350 qx as a learner quad, hellfire i could sell you mine for not a lot, this has gps RTH and so on and its a great learner quad, fly something like this for a couple of months and if you still want the Mavic the price may have come down by what you paid for learner quad