My 6 months with my Phantom 3 Pro have been awesome

It was a long story to finally get my hands on the Phantom 3 pro. I finally had a chance to start testing it out in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I had a chance to develop a beginners course for an US on-line learning company. In the process I went step by step to ramp up my knowledge and practice flying in Chiang Mai. I've been a Phantom 1 pilot since 2013, but I had skipped the 2nd generation. After the course was finished I started to take the Phantom 3 to different destinations like Myanmar, Siem Riep, and Singapore.

I had a chance to fly the Phantom 3 in different situations to push my comfort levels. Flying at night to take aerial photos in Yangon and Bagan Myanmar. Flying high above the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. I also had experience traveling with the drone through many airports,  airplanes, motorbikes, car, and MRT.

The photos I've been able to get are amazing

At the beginning you should focus on flying the drone as opposed to being the camera operator. You have the ability to tilt the camera up and down and monitor what the camera is seeing. With a simple press of the remote control button you can snap photos or switch to video mode

You can quickly download the photos from the aircraft to your app wirelessly if you are impatient. I've recently been experimenting with applying some HDR toning to my photos to make it look cool. These photos are on the automatic settings with no manual settings meaning that there is room to improve and that you could also get similar results once up in the air. Of course you need to pay attention to natural lighting and framing the picture.

Indoor Flights

You might have seen the Dji wedding promo with the drone flying indoors. It's amazing, but how realistic is that? The Phantom 3 features VPS, which uses ultrasound tech to determine it's distance to the ground when there is no GPS satellite coverage. I recommend reading up on DJI's manual on the VPS section as there a lot of caveats. One is that you need to fly between .3 and 3 meters.  I used it several times and found that the drone doesn't always hover in place. I used it indoors most recently in the production facility for a corporate shoot. Due to the height of the ceiling I found the optimal height was to fly at 1m, which was close to head level height. You need to keep your hands on the controls to make adjustments so you don't hit anything. Be careful.  I found the flight to be not as stable as in GPS mode, but I was able to get the job done. The results are amazing though. Indoor flights can get amazing sweep shots and pans that are difficult to get with SLR camera's.

Strong Community

There is a strong community on Facebook, DJI, and Youtube. This means you can ask questions, make contacts, or share videos and knowledge with others.

More goodies in the App

• Flight Records Flight records automatically log your flights and extra information like distance flown, highest altitude, and you even replay your past flights. With these flight records you can share these with other pilots to learn and improve on your past flights. You can view most of your telemetry stats and flight paths on the replay making this a powerful learning tool.
• Flight Simulator
  The Flight simulator is hidden in the app, but it's a great tool to actually practice flying in a virtual environment with the remote controller without the risk. It's an awesome learning tool for first-time flyers
• Intelligent Mode Major Update - In September 2015 Dji released a major update to the drone. This update enabled new flight modes to the aircraft. I use these modes extensively and these new features added a ton of new value to this aircraft. It allowed me to fly in a perfect orbit around an object, which is called point of interest mode. I've used it in my Thailand video. To read more about the intelligent modes check out my article here

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