Does any have a drone?

[Prairie~Phlox]

 

My 15 year old son has been working on my dad's fairly large cattle farm. He is thinking he would like to get a drone to be able to get a good view of things out in the pasture/fields. Just curious if anyone has one and what you would recommend?

[Chris in VA]

We have two, but I don't know much about them. We are too near an army post and airports to fly them here.

[SporkUK]

No, around here I think it would go to waste. Around New Years just past, when they were the hot ticket present, there was a large amount of posts on a local website from people asking for help from fly away or damaged drones and tech experts said most popular/affordable drones can't really take our typical weather and lot of them are really flimsy and break easily in any condition which makes me nervous. I can see the appeal in wider open spaces with calmer weather though, a farm seems ideal for them, hopefully someone knows of a good robust model for you. 

[gardenmom5]

my dsil has one, but I don't know much about it.

 

here are all the links for a copter he sent in his birthday wish

 

·         1^st choice: Quad copter with 5.0 MP camera (replacement parts are cheap and easy to find!)

o   $87 for M

§  http://www.banggood.com/YiZhan-Tarantula-X6-RC-Quadcopter-Wide-Angle-500W-200W-With-IOC-p-964160.html

§  Plus $7 for 2 extra sets of 4 wings http://www.banggood.com/YiZhan-Tarantula-X6-RC-Quadcopter-Spare-Parts-Propeller-4-PCS-X6-01-p-972198.html

§  Plus $12 for an extra battery - http://www.banggood.com/YiZhan-Tarantula-X6-RC-Quadcopter-Spare-Parts-7_4V-1200mah-Battery-p-972203.html

·         Same quad copter but $100 instead of $87 http://www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_175903.html

[Tita Gidge]

We have one but I also know nothing about it. The son who bought it is camping this week, or I'd ask him about it.