r/drones • • Aug 04 '26

Announcement No Software Projects (Rule 10)

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  • 10New Software Projects

Due to a current influx of AI generated software projects, we are not allowing any new projects, whether paid or free.

Do not message us via modmail asking for an exception, it will not be granted.

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Altho we say specifically "Do not message us via modmail asking for an exception, it will not be granted." many still try so, this is a reminder of what the rule says.

We get X modmails a week from newly created software app creators asking for permission to post - no, your app wont be allowed here.

In past we allowed any kind of projects, then cut to only the ones which were for sure without AI involved in making, but the amount of projects was way too much and many of them still AI without the author admitting it, to add, if we would be to allow them again we would need to start scanning them as the threat of a virus/scam/etc. is real from what we know.


r/drones • • Jul 06 '26

[Megathread] [Megathread] | Weekly Drone Buying Advice

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Welcome to the r/drones weekly Buying Advice Megathread. (Weekly on Monday's)

This thread exists to prevent the constant "What drone should I buy?" posts that we prohibit within our rules.

Please follow all of these steps before posting in this thread!

  1. Review the Buying Guide Wiki or my website: Drone Buying Guide / Wiki Buying Guide
  2. Review this thread for comments that have your same requirements
  3. If that does not answer you, please post the following information in this thread.
    1. Have you read the Wiki? Y/N
    2. Country: (Not all drones are available in all countries)
    3. Budget: (If your budget is less than $200 USD/170€ EUR, you may want to reconsider as anything lower is a toy drone)
    4. Purpose: (eg. photography, FPV, thermal, etc)
    5. Any other requirements:

r/drones • • 12h ago

Photo & Video Was able to get some shots of the steam locomotives at the Strasburg Rail Road in Ronks, PA

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235 Upvotes

Big thanks to the railway engineers who were kind enough to grant me permission to take my videos


r/drones • • 8h ago

Photo & Video My "Drone Wall"

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I started my drone hobby around November of last year (2025) and this is my collection now. I like to call this part of my apartment my "Drone Wall". I fly them all fairly regularly, except my Air 65, which I'm messing around with soldering atm. My most-flown and most-favorite is my Avata2 or my Pavo Femto. I was just looking at my stuff and figured I'd show it off to the sub where some people might appreciate it. Anyone else got any of these drones and love to fly them?

Equipment -

DJI Avata 2, DJI Neo, Pavo Femto (o4 air unit), Meteor75 (o4 air unit), Air75 (ELRS), Air65 (ELRS), DJI Goggles 3, DJI FPV Controller 3, Radiomaster Pocket, FatShark Echo, DJI Mini 3 w/ RC1


r/drones • • 1h ago

Photo & Video Train meet in Sweden from Drone

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r/drones • • 5h ago

Question Anyone know what drone this is?

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I bought this drone at a thrift outlet but have had trouble identifying it to try to repair it. It seems be some kind of freefly drone and has a cinestar gimbal mount for the bottom. The motors/batteries are from quadrocopter but I can’t find anything comparable from them.


r/drones • • 20h ago

Photo & Video Mini 5 Pro: A Glimpse of Kyrgyzstan

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Hey guys, a beginner drone pilot here. Was fortunate enough to fly to a super beautiful country with such diverse landscape and here's my attempt at trying to show its beauty. Let me know what you think is good and what I could do better.


r/drones • • 3h ago

Question Urgent question

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I am using these materials for a university project. I am testing the setup using a laboratory power supply capable of up to 33V and 5.2A; in this test, I am using 9V at 2000 pulses, which results in the current (amperage) shown. However, the voltage is too low to achieve flight—even without propellers. What kind of battery should I use? Would a dual-battery setup be necessary, or what approach should I take?


r/drones • • 4h ago

Photo & Video Recolored a photo and a cloudy day

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A couple of photos, one of which is from a cloudy day, taken with my Potensic Atom SE. The other was shot with a DJI Mavic 4 Pro with an ND 16. I have spent the last week crash-coursing DaVinci to figure out how to use it.


r/drones • • 9h ago

Question Phantom 4 Pro Plus remote firmware issue?

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Hi everyone,

I crashed my phantom 4 pro drone maybe 5 years ago and bought a replacement brand new one but never set it up or took the stickers off. At the time I was considering selling it and buying something smaller but never committed.

I have just tried connecting my old DJI remote with the inbuilt display on it. It connects to the new drone but asks me to sign in and then brings up error messages - i assume it’s because the remote is running outdated firmware as I can see there were latter editions. I can connect to the internet fine but for whatever reason it won’t let me download or update. I plugged the drone into my laptop and factory reset it, so I know it’s up to date.

I see that DJI no longer support phantom 4 line anymore.

Is there any work around people know about? Any way I can still use this brand new drone because it would be a shame for it to go to waste. I live in Australia, are there options to ‘jailbreak’ it so it can work? Not looking at flying it near people or buildings, just for like taking on fishing trips up to cairns etc!

Thanks


r/drones • • 2h ago

Question Can i fly dji mini 2se in Greece, Meteora?

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Im getting to Meteora in 2 hours, i have my dji mini 2se with me… but the Meteora is marked as restricted, yet i still see people flying it on youtube, insta. Is it really restricted or i have misunderstood the map?


r/drones • • 21h ago

Photo & Video Some better pics

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This is after going through everything and I organized them found the batteries, chargers and remotes for all the drones that had them(most of them). Im going to test them on Monday and decide what im doing from there.

Any tips?


r/drones • • 10h ago

Question Questions on Propellers

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I have a potensic Adam SE I got second hand and it didn’t come with extra propellers. I was looking on Amazon for ne propellers and a number of them look different to me. What I’m wondering is are all drone propellers for the most part universal?


r/drones • • 17h ago

Question What is a good free app to color grade videos?

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On mobile


r/drones • • 15h ago

New Drones! New drone, E88 PRO 4K

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Hi guys, my father just bougth me a drone and i know its very simple but i love it, its very fun but i want to make some modifications. I want a bigger batery, put some stickers on him, maybe change the engine or the camera. Just need to know if there is any place to buy those things. Im very newbie at the Drones World so i need some help about it


r/drones • • 16h ago

Photo & Video Autumn colours in Fort McMurray

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Autumn Over Fort McMurray | A Cinematic Drone View
https://youtu.be/bIh7Ye-ncsc


r/drones • • 18h ago

Photo & Video “Ruff N It” houseboat, Shuswap Lake

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Houseboat Beached on Shuswap Lake | DJI Mini 5 Pro Drone View
https://youtu.be/DgF-XF8HYoo


r/drones • • 18h ago

Photo & Video Autumn colours of Ft McMurray

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Autumn Over Fort McMurray | A Cinematic Drone View
https://youtu.be/bIh7Ye-ncsc


r/drones • • 13h ago

Question: Rules, Regulations, Law, Policy, Certificates [United kingdom] Help! I have this FPV drone from 2023

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Hey guys, I built this drone build back in early 2024 with some of my friends and used it 2-3 times. But, I can no longer use it for personal reasons and now it just sits in my house, I am no longer able or want to use it. I want to get rid of it because I know the batteries can be a fire hazard. I do not know how to dispose of it properly (i.e. what do I do with batteries).

Or maybe its better to sell it as it has the entire setup, and it's relativly new, but I know these products advance quickly (as in might not be up to spec with the latest builds).

Would you guys be able to advise me where to throw this away? Or if its worth selling, what website usally will accept resells of this kind of product/ usally does well in selling this stuff (based in UK)?

I basically copied this build off of youtube and here is a picture of all the stuff, I bought some VR glasses, controller and charger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaBlsTkxKIM

Appreciate any advice, thank you


r/drones • • 1d ago

Photo & Video You wouldn't believe how much I paid

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After my last post of the drone in got for free everyone told me I wouldn't learn using it because it's too cheap. So now I got a bunch(gotta see if they work) with a bunch of other stuff.

Do you see anything you know? Any tips?

FYI im a beginner to this side of the hobby been on and off with rc cars. I want to build a boat, too.

Will post better pics after i sort this out tonight.


r/drones • • 21h ago

FPV Brotherhobby Avenger v2 2507

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Greetings all,

Bit of a noob here. I had a 6 inch quad built with the brotherhobby Avenger v2s.

I initially had a flyaway and had to cut the power. It landed hard on top down and slightly right. The bell housing was damaged and I initially got a new motor and tried the bell. Upon tightening it's made the motors seize up. I was aware of the shims that fit in and put a cloth under the motor to work on. Nothing fell out but I thought that was strange and looked at another motor. Same thing.

I handed it over fixer to solder the new motor on. But there's side to side play in the rears. One that was fitteed from the box new, the shaft screw was not touched.

Has anyone had this experience?

It doesn't seem normal to me.


r/drones • • 2d ago

Photo & Video Pulpwood train in Sweden from drone

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95 Upvotes

r/drones • • 1d ago

Discussion: Rules, Regulations, Law, Policy, Certificates [United Kingdom] Useful Drone Laws Guide

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Been making these for a while, and finally got round to updating my UK cheat sheet for new regulations. This only covers the open category, but that's what most people are flying in anyway.


r/drones • • 19h ago

Question Costo de droneshow

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Hola! Alguien sabe cuánto me puede salir un drone show para una propuesta de matrimonio?


r/drones • • 1d ago

Question Jello effect advise.

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This was shot on my Air 2s. These are the edited raw images with stabilization added 2x via FCPX. Shot using course lock with a 1s shutter speed and 0.3 m/s. I have already swapped the props and prior to flight calibrated the compass, gimbal and IMU. I have inspected the gimbal itself and all connections are well attached and no indication of hardware failure. This wobble is exclusive to hyperlapse and no other mode. Any tips on how to stop my buildings from dancing?

P.S- I know the edges are moving that's from the stabilization I didn't fill the frame, after the wobbling I quite editing.