DJI Mini 4 Pro Fly More Combo + Smart Controller

This is my very first drone and it was an immediate experience! The adrenaline and wow effect you get when taking off for the first time is difficult to describe. You immediately feel like a high-end filmmaker when you send the images to your mobile phone or computer: Fantastic image, extremely stable and recordings with cinematographic allure.

The drone feels a bit plasticy, but I suspect that this is inevitable if you want to stay under 250 grams (to be exempt from mandatory drone training). I have already crashed it into a hedge 3 times (more about this later) and everything still seems to be fine. So the build quality seems good to me.

Some findings / experiences:

• I bought the drone to film gardens. You have a function that allows you to program a flight route and then re-fly it exactly at different times. Nice to capture the difference between winter and spring in images. You soon encounter one important limitation: the sensors. The sensors that ensure that you don't bump into anything also ensure that such a programmed route only works in an open space. For example, if you want to fly between 2 hedges or under trees, you will soon receive a message that an object has been detected and that the flight route is paused. Bummer… You can solve this by turning off the sensors, but then I strongly recommend using your drone intensively for a few weeks so that you get to know the drone behavior without sensors. If not, you are guaranteed to crash into something, for example when “return to home” is activated at the end of the route. (Experienced..)
• Experience required: Your drone is extremely easy to operate, but that also makes you quickly overconfident. In the beginning, all the levers of the remote control are not very intuitive, so you sometimes dare to exchange "turning around the axis" with "flying full throttle in one direction", resulting in a crashed drone (experienced... of course... without damage, fortunately..)
• On the internet you have hundreds of videos on how to fly this drone. I think a “10 beginner mistakes…” video is a must-have for first-time drones. Also the video “Can you fly with a drone in Belgium” by a certain “Herman D.” recommended.
• When I bought my drone, I had no idea about the applicable regulations for operating a drone. However, there are several videos from Coolblue on YouTube that helped me get started here. For example, you must register your drone with the FPS (https://es.mobilit.fgov.be/drones/). Drone training is not mandatory, but I thought it was an added value. You will learn, for example, whether or not you can fly over people, what about flying over houses, what no-fly zones are and how you can consult them, whether or not you can fly in the dark, how high you can go, etc. ... After the training (virtual online & free via the government site) you can take an online exam where you must achieve 75% or more. You really have to study for this because the questions cannot always be answered by just thinking logically. I can really recommend this course to avoid getting into trouble later.
• You need insurance for a drone. So also check whether your drone is covered by your civil liability insurance. This was the case with me.

In any case, I'm absolutely in love with my new drone and I can't wait until spring to shoot beautiful images. However, there was more to it than I first thought. You have to be aware of that; I would say: with this drone you get a top device!

I had never even flown a drone before and with this one it is really very easy, do not put it in sport mode because then the sensors do not work... Furthermore, anyone can create very professional images using the master shots and the Quickshots. . I really don't regret the purchase for a moment. The fly-more combo is a requirement in my opinion, you really want to fly for a long time once you have this drone.

This is my very first drone and it was an immediate experience! The adrenaline and wow effect you get when taking off for the first time is difficult to describe. You immediately feel like a high-end filmmaker when you send the images to your mobile phone or computer: Fantastic image, extremely stable and recordings with cinematographic allure.

The drone feels a bit plasticy, but I suspect that this is inevitable if you want to stay under 250 grams (to be exempt from mandatory drone training). I have already crashed it into a hedge 3 times (more about this later) and everything still seems to be fine. So the build quality seems good to me.

Some findings / experiences:

• I bought the drone to film gardens. You have a function that allows you to program a flight route and then re-fly it exactly at different times. Nice to capture the difference between winter and spring in images. You soon encounter one important limitation: the sensors. The sensors that ensure that you don't bump into anything also ensure that such a programmed route only works in an open space. For example, if you want to fly between 2 hedges or under trees, you will soon receive a message that an object has been detected and that the flight route is paused. Bummer... You can solve this by turning off the sensors, but then I strongly recommend using your drone intensively for a few weeks so that you get to know the drone behavior without sensors. If not, you are guaranteed to crash into something, for example when “return to home” is activated at the end of the route. (Experienced..)
• Experience required: Your drone is extremely easy to operate, but that also makes you quickly overconfident. In the beginning, all the levers of the remote control are not very intuitive, so you sometimes dare to exchange "turning around the axis" with "flying full throttle in one direction", resulting in a crashed drone (experienced... of course... without damage, fortunately..)
• Online you will find hundreds of videos on how to fly this drone. I think a "10 beginner mistakes..." video is really a must for first-time droners. The video "Can you fly with a drone in Belgium" is also recommended.
• When I bought my drone, I had no idea about the applicable regulations for operating a drone. However, there are several videos from Coolblue on YouTube that helped me get started here. For example, you must register your drone with the FPS (https://es.mobilit.fgov.be/drones/). Drone training is not mandatory, but I thought it was an added value. You will learn, for example, whether or not you are allowed to fly over people, what to do with flying over houses, what no-fly zones are and how you can consult them, whether or not you are allowed to fly in the dark, how high you can go, etc. ... After the training (virtual online & free via the government site) you can take an online exam where you must achieve 75% or more. You really have to study for this because the questions cannot always be answered by just thinking logically. I can really recommend this course to avoid getting into trouble later.
• You need insurance for a drone. So also check whether your drone is covered by your civil liability insurance. This was the case with me.

In any case, I'm absolutely in love with my new drone and I can't wait until spring to shoot beautiful images. However, there was more to it than I first thought. You have to be aware of that; I would say: with this drone you get a top device!