Thứ Bảy, 4 tháng 8, 2018

Waching daily Aug 4 2018

ONCE UPON A TIME SO VERY LONG AGO,

IN AN ENCHANTED "PINKDOM,"

NOT THE ONE THAT YOU KNOW,

THERE LIVED MANY LOVABLE CHARACTERS,

THE GREATEST, THE BEST,

BUT LITTLE PINK RIDING HOOD

WAS LOVED MUCH MORE THAN THE REST.

HE WAS GOOD, HE WAS KIND, HE WAS

OH, SO SWEET, BRINGING TREATS

TO HIS GRANNY, WHO WAS NURSING SORE FEET.

HE SKIPPED QUITE A LOT.

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHY.

LITTLE PINK RIDING HOOD WAS JUST THAT KIND OF GUY.

(woman whistles)

THEN THERE'S THE PIGGY WITH HOUSE MADE OF STRAW,

WHOSE EFFORTS TO THWART HIM

MADE BIG, BAD WOLFY GUFFAW.

(wolf howls)

BECAUSE THAT CLEVER OLD WOLF

WAS A GARDNER BY TRADE,

HE FIRED UP HIS LEAF-BLOWER,

AND PIGGY'S HOUSE WAS PUREED.

THOUGH I DON'T THINK HE PLANNED IT...

HE CRASHED THE HOUSE MADE OF STICKS,

LEAVING THREE FRIGHTENED PIGS

IN A HOUSE MADE OF BRICKS.

WELL, THE WOLF WASN'T DONE.

NO, HE WAS HUNGRY AND MEAN,

AND HE RAN OFF TO FIND AN EVEN BIGGER MACHINE.

A GIGANTIC THING WITH A HUGE WRECKING BALL,

HE'D FRICASSEE THAT HOUSE.

A SIDE OF BACON FOR ALL.

"UH-OH" WAS THE THOUGHT I THINK THAT HE HAD

WHEN THE GIGANTIC BALL CRASHED DOWN ON HIS HEAD.

LITTLE PINK RIDING HOOD WAS WELL ON HIS WAY.

NOTHING COULD STOP HIM FROM GETTING TO GRANNY'S THIS DAY.

(accordion plays)

(wolf laughs)

BUT WHAT? WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

THAT WOLF IS UP TO SOMETHING,

SOMETHING AWFUL, I FEAR.

"THREE BEANS FOR THE BASKET I'LL TRADE YOU," HE CROWED.

BUT PINK RIDING HOOD SHOOK HIS HEAD,

"NO, NO, NO,"

SAID BYE-BYE TO THE WOLF,

AND SKIPPED OFF DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW.

A STRANGE MAN IN SHORTS SHOWED UP WITH A COW.

BUT STOP. WAIT A MINUTE.

THOSE BEANS ARE POSSESSED.

THAT STALK IS GIGANTIC.

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED.

MM.

BUT GIVEN SOME THOUGHT, AND IT'S ONLY A HUNCH...

I'D RATHER CLEAN UP AFTER A COW THAN BE SOMEBODY'S LUNCH.

ROUND ONE.

MANY GREAT SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN PUZZLED

BY THIS FAMOUS CONUNDRUM.

ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS WHAT?

TAKE YOUR TIME, CONTESTANTS.

THIS IS A TRICKY QUESTION.

(laughs)

EL DESTRUCTO RINGS IN FIRST.

WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER, EL?

(scrawling and murmuring)

OH, NO, THAT IS JUST SO WRONG.

IT'S SLIME TIME!

I LOVE THIS GAME.

ROUND TWO: SUMO MADNESS!

TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND,

YOU MUST REMOVE YOUR OPPONENT FROM THAT PLATFORM.

(air horn blows)

AFTER YEARS OF TRAINING,

EL DESTRUCTO'S BODY HAS BECOME A FINELY-TUNED MACHINE.

JUST LOOK AT THOSE HANDS!

DESIGNED TO DISTRACT AND CONFUSE HIS OPPONENT,

HE CAREFULLY MOVES IN TO DELIVER THE FINAL--

OH, WAIT!

WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE.

THAT IS QUITE A FALL.

(splat)

OUCH, WHAT AN UPSET.

ROUND THREE:

PUGIL STICK BATTLERAMA!

OUR CONTESTANT MUST STAY ON HIS TOWER

TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND.

(electronic crackle)

EL DESTRUCTO WASTES NO TIME.

LOOK AT THAT COMBAT-TESTED PRECISION.

WHAT TECHNIQUE.

WHAT STYLE.

OUR CONTESTANT SHOULD BE GIVING UP RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

OH, THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE!

ROUND FOUR.

TREADMILL MAYHEM!

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE

ON A TRICYCLE TO COMPLETE THE TASK.

OH, AND WATCH OUT FOR EL DESTRUCTO AND EL DESTRUCTO, JR.

(laughing)

(air horn blows)

THERE HE GOES, AND THERE GOES EL DESTRUCTO.

THAT E-Z CHAIR'S NOT GONNA MAKE HIS LIFE ANY EASIER.

AND HE BETTER NOT START FEELING TOO SAFE.

EL DESTRUCTO WANTS TO TIRE THIS GUY OUT.

AND HE'S NOT JUST CLOWNING AROUND.

HE'S AL-MOOSED DONE HIM IN.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE TOO PICKY, FOLKS.

(laughs deliriously)

SOMEONE PLEASE STOP ME!

NO, SERIOUSLY, STOP ME!

(springs)

(cheers and applause)

WELL, WELL, OUR CONTESTANT SURE MADE SHORT WORK

OUT OF THIS OBSTACLE COURSE.

BUT WAIT, EL DESTRUCTO HAS ONE MORE TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE:

AN ELEPHANT TOSS.

OR SHOULD I SAY AN ELEPHANT DROP?

OUCH.

ROUND FIVE.

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU'RE THE FIRST TO EVER MAKE IT THIS FAR!

BUT ARE YOU READY FOR THE FINAL CHALLENGE?

THE GAUNTLET!

(audience gasps)

(metallic clank)

HA HA HA HA!

(gulp)

READY?

GOOD!

GO, GO, GO!

LET'S SEE HOW HE FARES AGAINST THE COLLOSAL ROBOBASHER!

WITH EL DESTRUCTO, JR. IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT,

I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE CHALLENGER'S SHOES.

FOR THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACHS,

NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TURN AWAY.

THIS IS ABOUT TO GET UGLY.

(explosion)

(mechanical whirring)

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL OVER

FOR OUR COURAGEOUS CHALLENGER.

BUT WAIT, IT'S THE OLD CRAYON DUMMY TRICK!

VERY CLEVER!

(toys squeaking)

(knobs squeaking)

(funky music)

♪ ♪

(knob squeaking)

(record scratches)

(teeth chattering)

(knob squeaking)

AH.

(groaning)

(knobs squeaking)

(water running)

(objects clattering)

(monkey chattering)

(hair dryer whirring)

(object whirring)

(knobs squeaking)

AAH!

(groaning)

UNH!

AAH!

(whistling)

AAH!

(groans)

(crying)

AAH!

AAH!

(birds chirping)

(air hissing)

(groans)

(chuckles evilly)

(laughing evilly)

(refrigerator whirring)

(ice clinking)

(toys laughing)

(laughter in the distance)

(beep)

(wind whooshing)

(laughing)

(jazzy Pink Panther theme)

♪ ♪

(squeaks)

(electronic blasting)

MM?

(cackles)

(running)

(chimes)

(bell ringing)

boing! boing! boing!

(bell ringing)

(bell ringing)

thwack!

(bell ringing)

(growls)

(laughs maniacally)

(screams)

(birds chirping)

(pop)

(bell ringing)

(tires squeaking)

(bell ringing)

(tickets clicking)

OW!

(bell ringing)

(tickets clicking)

(growls)

(grunts)

OH!

(grunting)

(hollers)

(exclaims)

(groans)

boing!

(dance music)

♪ ♪

(bell ringing)

(chuckles)

♪ ♪

(whirring)

WHA?

(Irish-style electronic music)

♪ ♪

(grumbling)

(exclaims)

(soft breezy music)

♪ ♪

(drill-like whirring)

(blabbers)

(exclaiming)

(exploding fireworks)

(wheels squeaking)

(celestial tones)

(squeaking and muttering)

(monkey chatters)

(flatulence)

(chittering)

(shrieks)

(item rubbing against package)

(triumphant tone)

(remote control beeps)

(beeping)

(engine racing)

(tires screech)

(vacuum snarling)

(vacuum sucking)

(remote control beeps)

(engine racing)

(glass shatters)

(remote control beeps)

(garage door opening, closing)

(crash)

(airplane flying overhead)

(remote control beeping)

(engines blast)

(remote control beeps)

(plane swooshing)

(bike bell rings)

(remote control beeps)

(growling)

(howls)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(werewolf snarls)

(remote control beeping rapidly)

(bike bell rings)

(gasping)

(grunting)

(thud)

OHH!

(grunting)

UHH!

(whimpers)

DOH!

(crash)

(rollers clanking)

(murmuring)

OOOOH!

(sheepish laugh)

UHH!

(grunting)

(grumbles)

(sheepish laugh)

(growls)

(whimpering)

HYUH! AH! AH!

(clucking softly)

(chuckles deviously)

(imitating chicken clucking)

(crows)

(worried grunt)

(sheepish laugh)

(growling)

(angry clucking)

(panicked clucking)

(laughing)

(screams)

(devious chuckle)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(deep bass)

(gentle breeze sound)

(gale force wind sound)

(system shuts off)

(articles clattering)

(remote control beeps)

(monkey chattering)

(chair crashes)

(chair growling)

(remote control beeps)

(chair hollers)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(pop)

(boing)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

(remote control beeps)

WHEW!

(handle squeaks)

(faucet running)

(television playing)

(handle squeaking)

(channels changing)

(water splashing)

(handle squeaking)

(channels changing)

(lasers firing)

(droid beeping)

(lasers firing)

(remote control beeps)

(water pouring)

(lasers firing)

(sipping)

(horse whinnies)

(grumbles)

(giggling)

(grumbles)

(whistle blows, echoes)

(laughs)

(whistle blows)

(laughs)

(laughing) HEY. HUH?

HEY!

(grumbles)

(gasps)

AAH! OOF.

HUH?

(bell clangs)

AH HA HA HA HA!

(wheelbarrow squeaks)

(laughing)

(pumpkin squeaks)

(rumbling)

(sighs)

RRRR!

(panting)

(air hose squeaking)

AH!

(escaping air squealing)

UGH!

(explosion booms)

(laughing sinisterly)

(rabbits snarling)

(panting)

(buzz saw grinding)

(panting)

(laughing)

HMM?

(snarling)

MMM!

NNNH!

(growling)

HA HA HA HA HA!

(rabbits growling)

(buzz saw grinding)

(crashing)

(birds tweeting)

(groaning)

(contestants giggling)

(mud bubbling)

HEH HEH HEH HEH!

(straining, laughs)

OH HO HO HO HO!

HMM? HMM.

HEH HEH HEH HEH! NYUK.

AHA! HA HA!

(neighs)

OH!

(crash)

(air whistling)

(oink oink)

OOH!

(pigs growl)

RRR!

(boing boing)

(riders screaming)

RRR!

(grunts)

MMM!

(riders screaming)

(shouting)

(growling)

YAAH!

WHAA!

HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!

(grunting)

UH!

RRR!

YAAH!

AAH!

(jet engine streaking)

AAAH!

(air whistling)

(splat)

(splat)

HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA!

HUH?

NNH!

(cheers and applause)

RRR!

HUH?

(rabbits growling)

AAH!

(screaming)

(dog whimpers)

(barking)

(baby crying)

(child laughing)

(whistle blows)

(whistle blowing)

(motor whirring)

WHA--

(whistle blowing)

(laughing nervously)

(barking)

(whistle blows)

HMM?

(birds chirping)

(whistle blowing)

(barking)

(bleating)

(bleating)

(spraying)

(yawning)

(eerie whispering)

HMM HMM HMM!

(evil laugh)

(growling)

AHH!

AHH!

(lawnmower running)

(rustling)

(bleating)

(stretching)

(lawnmower running)

(high-pitched squeaking)

(bleating)

(screeching)

(bleating)

PHEW!

(bleating)

(bleating)

(high-pitched speaking)

(screeching)

(giggling)

(gulping, chewing)

(jackhammer hammering)

(heavenly music)

GOOD MORNING, PINK.

HOPE THAT THE DAY FINDS YOU WELL.

HO, HO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SCORCHER.

ICE CREAM?

INSPIRED CHOICE, SIR.

NOW FINDING YOUR ROUTE.

RIGHT. WE'RE OFF, THEN.

APPROACHING YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.

YOU HAVE ARRIVED.

PINK LEMONADE SHERBET?

OH, WHAT AN EXCELLENT CHOICE, SIR.

THAT CERTAINLY BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.

AH, YES. MY FATHER WAS A COMPASS, YOU KNOW,

AND HE JUST LOVED PINK LEMONADE.

(electricity crackling)

(jumbled speech)

WHERE AM I, DEAR BOY?

ICE CREAM?

OH, DEAR, NO, NO, NO.

MY BABY DESERVES SOMETHING MUCH HEALTHIER.

UH, NOW, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

AH, NOW A HEALTHY SMOOTHIE

WOULD BE JUST THE THING FOR MY LITTLE POPPET.

NOW LET'S BUCKLE UP.

YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SAFE.

OH, JUST LOOK AT GRANNY'S LITTLE PRINCE.

LET'S GET GOING, SHALL WE?

(tires screeching)

(blowing whistle)

(tires screeching)

HELLO, DEAR.

I'D LIKE TO ORDER AN EXTRA-LARGE

RAZZAMAGOGO OMEGA GAMMA THREE-B HAPPY TILAPI FIBRO BLASTER,

WITH EXTRA BROCCOLI FOAM TO GO, PLEASE.

BOTTOMS UP, DEAR.

NOW, ISN'T THAT SO MUCH BETTER THAN ICE CREAM?

AH, WHAT A LOVELY DAY.

AH, THIS DRY HEAT DOES WONDERS FOR MY COMPLEXION.

DON'T YOU...

ICE CREAM? THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BROTHER.

(engine revs)

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

TIME TO PUSH IT TO THE MAX, BROTHER!

PEDAL TO THE METAL!

(screams)

WHOO-HOO!

(siren wails)

HERE COMES OUR SHORTCUT, BROTHER.

THIS'LL SAVE US LOADS OF TRAFFIC TIME.

TO THE EXTREME!

(siren wails)

AAH!

YEE-HA!

WHO NEEDS A HIGHWAY WHEN WE CAN GO MY WAY?

NOW THIS IS MY KIND OF TRAFFIC.

RIGHT TURN COMING UP.

HA HA! HA HA! HA HA!

(electric music plays)

(thuds)

(jazzy music continues)

(struggling)

(electric jazz melody)

(jazzy duet)

(electronic music)

(upbeat jazzy music continues)

(loud musical blast)

AH!

(yelling)

UMPH!

(shrieking)

OOF!

(pounding on glass)

AGH!

(growls)

(bagpipes play)

(bagpipe, accordion duet)

(Latin music)

(zills clacking)

HEE HEE!

(laughing)

WHOA, WHOA.

OH!

(snaps)

(whistling)

(chuckling)

(whistling continues)

(Arabic music)

(snake hisses)

(musical fanfare)

(birds chirping)

(laughing and growling)

HA HA HA HA!

(screaming)

(quacking)

(sizzling)

(quacking)

QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

QUACK! QUACK!

(beep)

(speaking fast)

(screeching)

(quacking)

(quacking)

QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

AH!

(electricity crackling)

(swirling)

(loud explosion)

(chirping, quacking)

(growling and yelling)

EEH?

(whistling)

(splash)

(chuckling)

(cackling)

(cackling)

UGH!

AHH!

MMM!

UGH!

GRRR!

HMM.

UGH!

AW!

(alarm clock rings)

(electric static)

(birds chirp)

YAHOO!

(laughing)

(heroic music)

♪ ♪

(machine computes, whirs)

(evil chuckles)

(maniacal laughter)

(alarm rings)

(ripping)

(crumbling)

(cheers and applause)

(buzzer sounds)

(grumbles)

(electric whirring, grumbles)

(suction noise)

(electric whirring)

(grumbles)

OH! (chuckles)

MM. (evil giggling)

OOH, WHOO-HOO!

(laughing)

(cheers and laughter)

(chuckles)

(suction noise)

(electric whir)

HMM?

(growls)

(whirring)

For more infomation >> Big Nose Is A Big Bad Wolf! | 52 Min | Pink Panther and Pals - Duration: 51:44.

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Elon Musk is fulfilling Thomas Edison's energy dreams | Michio Kaku - Duration: 3:27.

Well, the cynic would say, "Ha!

Solar energy?

That's for Hollywood millionaires," and, "I've heard that so often, that we're

going to live in solar houses, and it never happened!

So ha!"

Well, you see, there is a reason that we don't live in the solar age, and it doesn't have

anything to do with solar cells at all.

You see, there's a missing link that's, why we don't have wind power and solar power

everywhere.

And the missing link is something we forget, and that is: Storage!

The battery.

A hundred years ago Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were friends; they would vacation together

and they were rivals, of course, and they had a bet: what would energize the 20th century?

Well Edison said the battery.

Well, Ford said no, it's going to be the internal combustion engine.

Well, people said the solution to that is obvious: the internal combustion engine is

dangerous because gasoline engines will explode.

Batteries will not explode, but gasoline will, and having a gas station on every block?

That's ridiculous.

That's stupid.

So many people said that it's obvious Edison is going to win; we're not going to have

gas pumps on every block; and we're not going to have explosions take place on our

highways.

Well, guess what happened?

The opposite happened.

And that is: Henry Ford was right, at least for the 20th century.

And now General Motors, General Motors recently announced that they can see the time when

they will phase out completely the internal combustion engine.

This is huge.

Think about that.

50 percent of our carbon dioxide production comes from the transportation sector, and

General Motors is already talking about phasing out the internal combustion engine.

So what's the problem?

The problem is the battery: the lowly battery that everybody forgets.

You see, we all know Moore's law: computer power doubles every 18 months, but Moore's

law only applies to ultra violet etching on computer silicon wafers.

It doesn't apply for solar cells.

Storage is the basic problem—there's no Moore's law for the battery.

However, now that inventors are getting wind of this, we now see new energy, new creativity,

new ideas, and so the price of battery power is of dropping by about seven percent a year.

This means opportunities for the super-battery.

It's no accident that Elon Musk of Tesla Motors has made the battery a priority.

He wants to market these super batteries so that when the sun doesn't shine and the

winds don't blow, you can still have large quantities of solar power.

He's also marketing these batteries for industries, because what happens if you can't

necessarily make peak summer and peak winter demands of power?

Why should a facility have to generate this gigantic infrastructure to generate electricity,

just for peak summer and peak winter?

That's where the super-battery comes in.

And so with the price of batteries dropping I think we're going to see the economics

of solar and wind turn the other way, so they are competitive with fossil fuels.

For more infomation >> Elon Musk is fulfilling Thomas Edison's energy dreams | Michio Kaku - Duration: 3:27.

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Is this the Best Beginner Drone? - Duration: 17:17.

Hello and welcome back to Switch & Lever!

Remote controlled helicopters, or drones as most people call them these days, are definitely

not a new thing.

However, more recently though they've dropped in price and increased in quality enough for

the common man on the ground to buy and use.

In this video we're going to take a look at one particular drone, the DJI Mavic Air.

Instead of doing an in depth review of all the different settings and features this drone

has, all the technical specs and all the different ways you can fly it, we're going to focus

on one single thing instead: is this a good beginner drone?

In other words, if you've never really flown a remote controlled flying vehicle, is this

a good place to start?

First things first though, a huge shoutout for making this video a reality, goes out

to Cyberphoto in Umeå, Sweden!

I've shopped from them extensively for the last fifteen years, I bought my first DSLR

camera from them, and I lost count how many rolls of analogue black and white film I bought

from them through their store when I was living and studying in Umeå as well.

They're a company I have no second thoughts about supporting, and if you're in Sweden

and you need to order photographic gear, or other related material, they are the people

to turn to!

They're knowledgeable in the trade and amazing to deal with and I am overjoyed in being able

to partner with them in the making of this video!

Alright, let's get on with getting this thing out of the box and see what we have to deal

with.

Oh!

There it is, just what I ordered!

Thanks Cyberphoto, I always enjoy those extra little gifts!

Anyway, back to the unboxing.

The actual Mavic Air box is a pretty neat affair.

There are two versions you can get, the regular version and what's called the Fly More combo

which comes with some extra bits and bobs.

This box contains the Fly More combo and has inside it a nice case to hold all the bits

for traveling with your drone.

There is also a smaller hard shell case in the box, as well as a compartment which we

will dig into later.

Inside the small hard shell case is the actual Dji Mavic Air drone, neatly folded together,

looking quite small and dainty.

Can this really perform like how it's advertised?

This small case is very handy though if you want to just throw it into your own bag, together

with the remote control, and head out into the skies.

If we open the bigger carrying case we find that other necessary bit to get this off the

ground, specifically the remote control.

The case also contains a box with some necessary cabling as well as two sets of extra propellers

in case of careless flying or accidents.

In the bottom you will also find two extra batteries, and while we will get into the

importance of batteries later I can say already now, this is probably the most important thing

in the Fly More combo.

There is also a dedicated charger, meaning you don't have to charge your batteries by

plugging in your drone, which if you have more than one battery comes in quite handy.

For traveling the drone fits snugly on top in the case, with the remote stuck down the

side.

The last little box contains just a plethora of manuals, for every little bit and bob of

the package, as well as something which could come in quite useful if you're a beginner

flyer, propeller guards!

While getting an unfamiliar piece of equipment, especially one as expensive as this, can be

quite daunting I have to say that DJI has really done their homework in onboarding you

on this drone.

Everything on the drone, and the remote control, is clearly labelled with step for step instructions

on how to fold out the arms of the drone and get it prepared for your first flight.

It does fold together rather neatly, I have to say, with the back arms folding down and

around to lock in a rear position, and the front ones folding straight out.

The front arms also has small standoffs that fold out which act both as antennas as well

as landing gear which help the drone stand slightly off the ground, to give clearance

for the camera gimbal.

The remote control is a sturdy thing, it feels like solid quality, better than any game console

gamepad I've ever held (barring perhaps the NES).

Inside the fold out arms of the RC you'll find the removable sticks for the controller.

They screw in on top of the controller, and unscrew and hide away when you don't need

them.

This of course makes taking the controller with you a lot more practical, even though

it is possible to fly the drone with only your smartphone, though you lose out on a

lot of fine control doing that.

Your phone mounts directly into the controller, and it comes with different cables if you

have an Android phone as well.

The arms comfortably hold your phone, even in a case like this where you have a case

on the phone, though a bigger case may struggle.

Though, becuase of the case I had to remove the cable from it's holder and freefloat it

a little bit, but it's no big deal.

Anyway, before our first flight we really need to charge up the batteries.

Simply plug in and fold out your charger, and dock each battery into one of the four

empty charging bays.

The power supply for the charger also has a USB port which you can use to charge your

remote control at the same time.

This can be charged using the provided USB cable which normally plugs into the drone,

by using a provided adapter to fit the RC.

While it charges we now have ample time and just sit down and study all those manuals.

Naaaaaah, I'm just kidding, let's go fly this thing!

Seriously though, Dji has some really good videos which you should at least watch before

your first flight.

It goes through all the stuff from what's in the box, your first flights and the more

advanced flying modes.

They're a definite must to watch before your first flight.

In the interest of argument and carelessness, I definitely did not watch them though, I

really wanted to see how easy it was just to take off and go with the drone.

Linking up with the drone couldn't be easier, just hook up the phone, turn on the drone

and controller, enter the app and it should link up just fine.

For my first flights I did assisted takeoff, which lets the drone take off and hover a

short distance above the ground by itself.

The controller has two modes to switch in between, one regular flying mode and one sports

flying mode.

In the regular mode the drone will warn when you're getting too close to things, and move

at a more leasurable pace.

In sports mode, this thing throws caution to the wind and hauls ass, which demands that

you be a lot more careful when flying.

The movements are more jerky and it will buck to and fro to balance itself at the higher

speeds.

I'd definitely recommend to wait until you're comfortable with flying the drone before you

flip that switch, regardless how tempting it may be.

Flying this thing is an absolute joy, and thrill.

It moves smoothly and as long as you have a good signal between the phone, controller

and drone it will fly smoothly and accurately.

You can leave the controller and it will just hover in the air, even in reasonable wind.

If you do lose GPS positioning however, in areas with low reception, the drone will start

drifting with the wind.

It is smart though, and will record the home point so you can simply tap an icon on your

phone to tell the drone to return to its home position.

Because the range of this drone is quite far, especially in clear areas with good signal

strength, this can come in quite useful to help it return to you without you having to

remember the way back, or flying up high to get an overhead view to try to see where you

are.

Due to the possibility of losing it, especially if you for some freak reason lose signal between

the RC and your drone, I would highly recommend labeling your drone with your contact info.

I have a Switch & Lever sticker on the top of the drone, as well as full contact info

on each of the batteries.

I have a friend who lost his drone and got it back only because someone found it, quite

some time later, because it had his contact info on it.

There are also BlueTooth trackers you can stick to your drone which helps to actively

track it if you should lose it and it's out of power entirely.

The drone has a built in function to find it through the app, but will only work as

long as it has power.

Though it should remember the last known location of the drone for tracking.

In contrast, something like a Tile BlueTooth tracker has a battery life of up to a year.

Speaking of, in terms of battery life you're not going to get hours of flight from one

battery.

Expect to get around 15 minutes of flight time per battery, but in reality expect even

less than that as you're not going to fly until it's at zero percent.

When the battery reaches 30% your controller is going to start beeping obnoxiously loud,

reminding you that it's about to run out of battery.

When the controller reaches a point where it considers the battery low enough that it

won't be able to return if it goes any lower it will inform you of that and start returning

back by itself.

I guess you could cancel it, but do you really want to risk it if it will set itself down

in an area which you cannot reach?

I've seen people having to chase these things up on roofs, borrowing ladders just to get

access to their drone.

I wouldn't recommend it.

Because of the battery life you can see the use for having some extra batteries with you,

especially so as it takes almost an hour per battery to charge up again.

The charger unfortunately doesn't charge in parallell, so expect around three hours to

charge three batteries.

The app is a wealth of information as well, where you can see stats of your flights, things

like for low long you've been flying, how far total flights, and all sorts of things

like that.

The app also features a full video editor, and beacuse it caches video from the drone

to your phone you can use it for putting together some clips if you want to do some quick sharing.

I wouldn't use it for any serious video editing, but it's quite handy and can even create some

automated clip compilations based on different moods.

Now here is the point where I could continue digging down into all this drone can do, and

there is quite a bit actually.

There are a bunch of different shooting modes, video qualities, it can do slow motion and

some automated flying modes to create neat effects.

You can shoot full 360 panoramas, which it will stitch together automatically, which

can look super neat.

There is even one mode where it will follow you or another subject around automatically,

even if you leave the controller behind, within a reasonable distance.

The active track mode, as it's called, is a bit finnicky though and can easily lose

track of you if you disappear for just a fraction of a second, like here where I go missing

under a boom it stops following me completely and is looking around for me like a lost puppy.

You can dive into all of these modes yourself by jumping around all the other YouTube videos

which cover this in detail, that's not what this video is about.

The question from the beginning is still if this is a good drone for a beginner.

Let me preface this by saying that I've owned a few cheaper, sub $50 drones, in the past,

and they all fly like crap and they tend to last just a couple of flights before crashing

and irrevocably breaking.

I'm still very much a beginner at flying these though, and with the DJI Mavic Air I've had

so much fun, and I was surprised how easy it was to get into.

There is a lot of hand holding going on, especially as you're starting out, but it allows you

to be a bit less careful than otherwise, which as a pilot is extremely relieving, without

feeling limiting at the same time.

The cost is quite a bit, at the making of this video the standard package goes for around

$800, and the fly more combo for around $1000, so it is definitely an investment.

I realized within the first hour of flying that just from an entertainment perspective

it's definitely worth it, and if you do any type of videography it's definitely going

to help you step up your game, even if you don't do the traditional drone style shots.

Aside from just having fun I will use mine mainly for shooting B-roll for my upcoming

videos, but it will be a standard thing to pack when I go on hikes or go out to new places.

Obviously make sure you're allowed to fly whereever you go, so you don't find yourself

breaking local laws.

Cost aside I think this is really the perfect beginner drone, Dji has really done their

homework and makes it very easy to just pick up the controllers and get flying.

Even though it comes with propeller guards I honestly have not felt the need for using

them, though I will probably if I go through more dense forests or in situations where

I'm reasonably sure I will run into things.

For casual flying, even as a beginner, I'd say they're quite superfluous though.

One word of caution though, the propellers, while they do not look like it, are quite

sharp, especially when moving at high RPM during flight.

There is a method of landing it by literally grabbing it out of the air and turning off

the motors while you're holding it, or flicking it to the side to cause it to turn off the

motors automatically.

Be VERY careful if you decide to try this, it sucks tremendously much to get your fingers

caught in the blades!

Though, despite the blades taking a decent chip out of my finger nail the propeller blades

are entirely undamaged, which I'm quite surprissed and impressed by!

Again, a huge thanks to Cyberphoto for making this video possible.

There's a link to their website in the description, and while I don't get any kickbacks for anything

you choose to shop with them, I fully endorse what they do!

They're one of the largest suppliers of photographic equipment in all of Scandinavia, they've been

around since 1955, and I hope they'll be around in many years to come!

I'll just leave you with some of my favourite shots so far, and hope you've enjoyed this

video.

If you have any questions drop a comment below and I'll try to answer the best I can!

Thank you so much for watching, while the only high flying things in my previous videos

are my ideas, I assure you they're still worth checking out.

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