Look what came in the mail today

[BigD451]

Woke up this morning to a loud bang on my front door, to my surprise it was the FedEx guy with this,



I can't open it yet because it's a Christmas gift from my wife, so basically, I bought myself a Phantom 3 standard for Christmas lol. I am also getting a Syma X8HG from my mother in-law, I figured I'll fly that around first until I get the hang of it, I'm totally new to this. Once I'm comfortable with the toy I'll give the Phantom a go.
I was just planning on getting the Syma to see if I'm even going to enjoy flying, if I did I would eventually upgrade to the Phantom 3. Well, once I saw that they dropped the price to $399, free shipping and no tax, I couldn't wait, I had to have it now. My wife thinks I should've waited, make sure I enjoy flying first before we spent the money on it, lol she doesn't know that I bought a Nanuk 950 case for it, I hope I like it! What do you guys think?​

 

[eatpasta]

Woke up this morning to a loud bang on my front door, to my surprise it was the FedEx guy with this,



I can't open it yet because it's a Christmas gift from my wife, so basically, I bought myself a Phantom 3 standard for Christmas lol. I am also getting a Syma X8HG from my mother in-law, I figured I'll fly that around first until I get the hang of it, I'm totally new to this. Once I'm comfortable with the toy I'll give the Phantom a go.
I was just planning on getting the Syma to see if I'm even going to enjoy flying, if I did I would eventually upgrade to the Phantom 3. Well, once I saw that they dropped the price to $399, free shipping and no tax, I couldn't wait, I had to have it now. My wife thinks I should've waited, make sure I enjoy flying first before we spent the money on it, lol she doesn't know that I bought a Nanuk 950 case for it, I hope I like it! What do you guys think?​

Awesome!!

You are going to have a very eventful holiday weekend....keep the batteries charging!

 

[Mark The Droner]

What if you open it and it's a Weber?

 

[eatpasta]

What if you open it and it's a Weber?

ohhhh that's cold blooded

 

[BigD451]

What if you open it and it's a Weber?

lol I hope not!

 

[eatpasta]

lol I hope not!

well, that and lets face it, Weber's suck so it would be a double bummer

 

[Pharm]

What if you open it and it's a Weber?

Or a box full of jaunty socks?

 

[Limp Gimble]

Definitely not a drone , they have the fragile and the battery awareness stickers all over the box.


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[BigD451]

Definitely not a drone , they have the fragile and the battery awareness stickers all over the box.


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It definitely is! Says on the return label it is from DJI. I'm the one that ordered it, and the tracking number says delivered.

 

[ATC1986]

Your gonna love it I would return the cheap model and get some upgrades p3s


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[gaz1969uk]

Luvvly jubbly, bet you'll find the phantom much easier to fly than the syma, I'd just jump right in with the p3s.. congrats and enjoy your Xmas!

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[Limp Gimble]

It definitely is! Says on the return label it is from DJI. I'm the one that ordered it, and the tracking number says delivered.

DJI as in Dow Jones Industrial? How heavy is it? Might be gold bars.


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[danieljmoore]

"That's no drone, it's a space station"

 

[solentlife]

Have to agree --- the Phantom far better and easier to fly than any 'toy' multi-rotor.
The Syma - can't really see any use for it other than sell it or keep for kids to use ....

Nigel

 

[BigD451]

DJI as in Dow Jones Industrial? How heavy is it? Might be gold bars.


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Lol that would be even better.


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[BigD451]

Have to agree --- the Phantom far better and easier to fly than any 'toy' multi-rotor.
The Syma - can't really see any use for it other than sell it or keep for kids to use ....

Nigel

I'll probably just keep the Syma for something to beat on, have fun with. It was only $113, can't even buy an extra battery for the Phantom with that lol, might as well keep it and have fun with it.


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[Xdjcast]

I would keep the Syma to learn how to fly without gps in case you get into some trouble and have to manually fly the Phantom. True the Phantom is easier to fly but that sometimes can be misleading..

 

[BigD451]

I would keep the Syma to learn how to fly without gps in case you get into some trouble and have to manually fly the Phantom. True the Phantom is easier to fly but that sometimes can be misleading..

Excellent advice! Sounds good to me, I'll go with that.

 

[captainmilehigh]

Welcome BigD451. I think if were me I'd do all the preflight stuff the next few days, so you will be ready to fly Christmas morning. Things like charging batteries, installing props, registering the bird with DJI and the FAA registration task. That along with downloading the DJI Go app on your device.

Also, download the manual and read it. Then read it again. There is a bit of a learning curve on these things, and you must know this information before you fly.

Santa won't mind if you open the box and get started. Just don't fly until Christmas Day.

Good luck-- Fly Safe [emoji3]


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[microraptor]

Did you take the phantom out of the box yet?