[Closed] Droning about drones

I haven't tried it but I have seen plenty of chat on MavicPilots about the follow me function on using the litchi app so I think it does work.

@covert oh yeah if I'd had one as a young lad I'd have definitely tried it. Hopefully I'd have been sensible enough to go further than 5 doors down from where I lived though.

I haven’t tried it but I have seen plenty of chat on MavicPilots about the follow me function on using the litchi app so I think it does work.

yes you are right, since an update late last year! (Mini 1 only) Very cool 😎 Gives me something to play around with this weekend!

A couple of mates have several FPV freestyle/racing drones, self built and not in any way easy to fly like the mavic type drones most people buy, they have never had anything but positive comments when random strangers have seen them flying over the years and have spent a lot of time and money on them. They've both said the new law makes it pretty much illegal to fly them anywhere that they used to go and the only time they're going 2 use them is following the lads on the mtbs ( following close behind at similar height and speed, not hovering a hundred ft above ) as they both ride bikes as well. I've personally never had any interest in learning to fly a drone but, while I can see the reason for their introduction (potential terrorist using as a flying bomb etc), the d*******s who would be anti social users/potential terrorists will definitely not abide by any laws to control their use.

, shatters peace and quiet in the countryside.

Sort of sound like the ramblers complaining about 'bloody mountain bikers tearing up the countryside ', live and let live as far as I'm concerned

So, is there a sub 250g drone that has a follow function?.

well I tried out the Litchi 3rd party app with my Mini last night, can confirm the active tracking works well! (using the camera - all processing for this is done on your phone). Only tried it indoors in static mode, it can also follow via active tracking or by following your phone's GPS location... couldn't try that indoors obviously but I looked at some YT videos last night where it seemed to work ok!

Litchi looks like a pretty decent control app too with some nice features the DJI app doesn't have so looking forward to trying it outdoors at some point.

sub 250g freestyle/race machines are out there already

bit of a sod if you've just put something bigger together

@thebibbles - are you sure you meant to tag me? I haven't posted here in about 5 years.

Edit: ahh you meant convert. Not to worry.