The wife and I are off grid in Alaska and have to take a steep mile plus tracked ATV ride to get to our place. Even on a tracked ATV it's rough and so most of our building supplies and such were delivered via helicopter.
Enter my bright idea of buying a DJI FlyCart 30 to sling some of the smaller items up and save wear and tear on our ATV and save money on helicopters. It can only sling up 88 pounds but would be useful for us in a whole host of ways. However, it's DJI and with world events and our experience with the company (like our Mavic thermal drone no longer able to maintain altitude within a hundred feet and that apparently being a common thing without a fix), I wince at the thought of spending the ENORMOUS amount of money for this big drone.
But the biggest hurdle is the maintenance manual which essentially says every single component on the drone has to be replaced, even if undamaged, every 1000 flight hours or every three years. What??? The remote controller, the RADAR, the cameras, etc etc. That's nuts, so I'm trying to figure out how true that is.
Anyway, figured I'd check in here just in case somebody has experience with one of these things. It's one thing to spend a grand or two on a Mavic, but this purchase is on a whole different level...
Oh, just got to the end of the long manual and it sums it up nicely, the entire DJI FlyCart 30 has to be replaced, it says, every three years or every 1000 flight hours. That is absolutely.....insane.
Enter my bright idea of buying a DJI FlyCart 30 to sling some of the smaller items up and save wear and tear on our ATV and save money on helicopters. It can only sling up 88 pounds but would be useful for us in a whole host of ways. However, it's DJI and with world events and our experience with the company (like our Mavic thermal drone no longer able to maintain altitude within a hundred feet and that apparently being a common thing without a fix), I wince at the thought of spending the ENORMOUS amount of money for this big drone.
But the biggest hurdle is the maintenance manual which essentially says every single component on the drone has to be replaced, even if undamaged, every 1000 flight hours or every three years. What??? The remote controller, the RADAR, the cameras, etc etc. That's nuts, so I'm trying to figure out how true that is.
Anyway, figured I'd check in here just in case somebody has experience with one of these things. It's one thing to spend a grand or two on a Mavic, but this purchase is on a whole different level...
Oh, just got to the end of the long manual and it sums it up nicely, the entire DJI FlyCart 30 has to be replaced, it says, every three years or every 1000 flight hours. That is absolutely.....insane.
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