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Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by GenerocUsername on Monday September 25, 2023 @05:32PM (#37650984)
I've had a Mini V1 since 2020 and here are my uses:

* Fun Flights * Aerial photography of yard projects * Towing fishing lures way beyond furthest castable distance * Fireworks videos * Hiking Scouting * Surveillance drone ( Caught some motorbikers trespassing on property and tracked them back to house ) * Firewatch * Pester folks safely from patio

Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by eweise on Monday September 25, 2023 @05:42PM (#37651112)
How do you drop the lure?
Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by GenerocUsername on Monday September 25, 2023 @06:13PM (#37651438)
I put a small metal 'basket' that I put the float into. It's a fine-tuning thing to allow the line to tow, but 'pop out' with a bit of extra tension.

So we fly it out 200m and then lock the line and it pops out of basket.

Risky, but very fun

Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by eweise on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:22PM (#37652134)
Thanks. I'm going to try it
Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by GenerocUsername on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:45PM (#37662004)
Pro-tip, fly up and out to keep the line safely below the propellors.

There is a huge risk of the propellors grabbing the line and losing the drone far from shore, but in our outing we did a dozen casts with out issue

Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by prmoustache on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @03:32AM (#37655743)
I am pretty sure you broke some laws in the process.
Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by capableweb on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:06AM (#37658702)
How fun would life be if you didn't break some laws sometimes?

Only two rules:

A) don't be mean to or hurt others (humans or animals)

B) only commit one crime at a time

Following these rules, even lawbreaking can be made into a fun past time without losing out morally :)

Re:DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro by GenerocUsername on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:41PM (#37661923)
I don't think I broke a single law in these examples.