How does the novice get started drone aerial photography?

I have been a photography enthusiast for a long time, since the release of Dajiang Elf FC40 began to pay attention to aerial drones. Thanks to the support of my family, my first drone was Dajiang Inspire 1, that is ," Xiao Wu ".

 It was April 1,2016, yes, April Fool's Day. Still working in an Internet company, I received a big box filled with Xiao Wu. At that time, I was probably eager to fly and have a look, so I slipped into the company's living space with a plane. That is, used to eat, chat and play billiards in the big room.

 I've seen drone-related tutorials several times before, especially the videos that come with Xiao Wu's product page. Thought that already had the psychological preparation, although comes up to affirm the hand to be born, but the small enlightenment at least also has the visual localization to be able to hover indoors, I fly up a little bit then drops down, should be OK......

 I turned on the machine confidently, calibrated the compass and —— it ordered "one button take off ".

 Although prepared, but the noise of the propeller still surprised me, the strong air blowing away the next wastebasket garbage bag, small enlightenment.

 Then, began to float to the right, and began to fall high. At that time, I was completely muddled, did not have time to make any reaction, watched it hit the table of colleagues while eating, the propeller hit the table leg made a loud noise, then the blade was broken, debris splashed everywhere. The whole process was only four or five seconds, and I didn't remember until the drone fell to the ground. As the manual said, the inside eight broke the rod and stopped the motor.

 Check the loss, good, not big, two propeller seat broken, the rest intact.

 This incident also corrected my perception of drones. I thought I had learned enough basic knowledge, but I was still far from it and made several mistakes to lead to this incident:

 Calibration of compass in indoor interference environment; reliance on visual positioning in carpet with inconspicuous texture and in environment with insufficient brightness; lack of grip of fingers resulting in late response and so on.

 In the final analysis, I had no concept of the technical level required to operate the drone and felt good about myself. In fact, it's still far away.

 Last week, while filming a project, a client approached me and chatted for a while. She raised the back of her right hand and showed me a scar extending from the thumb knuckles to the wrist. Ask the reason, know is also in the indoor flying drone, hit more, the plane hit his face, too late to respond to the control, instinctively raised his hand to block, cut by the blade.

 Although more than a year later, the drone flight control technology has a qualitative rise, hovering accuracy from 1.5 meters to 0.3 meters, professional flight control with auxiliary equipment can achieve centimeter level positioning accuracy. But here we should suggest that every friend who prepares to operate the drone for the first time, read more tutorials, read the instructions carefully, especially the relevant precautions. Make your first flight in an open and sparsely populated area outside. And after practice, you can accurately control the drone in all directions.

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