The Drone Party
By Christine Lozada
The Drone PartyOct 21, 2022
I never thought I’d be EXCITED to see DRONE CRASHES (ep.12 FPV DRONE RACING!)
Is First Person View or FPV drone racing actually interesting to watch? What happens at these FPV drone races, is it fun, who goes to them, and more in today's Drone Party Podcast.
I was invited to attend the largest in-person FPV drone race in the world (to date). It was held by The Drone Racing League at LoanDepot in Miami, Florida.
📝 Read this as a blog post: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1594
📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post!
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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Connect with Mari!
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💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Intro
1:17 What are FPV drones
2:49 How the FPV races work
4:45 Seeing a ton of FPV crashes
7:30 Who was racing
8:38 Who was attending
12:28 Where it was held
15:22 Pro baseball player flies FPV
18:52 What vendors were there
20:00 The drone light show that never happened
23:49 Would I recommend going to FPV races
#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot
He (literally) swam in sh** to get his crashed drone (ep.11 @scratchyourmapa )
They’ve had 99 drone problems and (literally) swimming through a river in which every restaurant toilet empties out into was one of them. These are some of the craziest drone stories I’ve heard. From drone crashes, to getting spare parts sent to remote islands (accidentally delivered the day after they’ve left), drones getting stolen, or controllers running out of batteries, literally NOTHING is stopping this content creating power couple Danni and Fede @scratchyourmapa from flying their drone.
📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post!
https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1440
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Danni and Fede:
https://scratchyourmapa.com/
https://www.instagram.com/scratchyourmapa/
https://www.pinterest.com/scratchyourmapa/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa44-QmlA7LoDUrHi1d_66w
https://www.facebook.com/scratchyourmapa
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 A literally shitty drone story
0:27 Intro
3:52 First drone in 2019 in Brazil
9:25 Drone accident number one
16:20 Systems for backing up drone footage
20:27 Broken controllers
24:08 Drone crash on the side of a cliff
32:36 What they wish they knew when they started
36:35 Drone controller runs out of battery
40:18 Why they won’t stop
#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot
He later realized cheap drones and DJI drones are totally different (ep.10 w/@destination_unknown_dj)
Dennard Jackson lost interest in drones after he flew a cheap toy drone back in 2016, but later realized that “real drones” are totally different. Inspired by the point of view a drone is capable of capturing, Dennard of Destination Unknown Travels got the Mavic Air 1.
His first flight was also his first crash while he was traveling in Ireland, but it wasn’t his scariest flight. His crash in the woods required sending his drone to get fixed.
Fast forward, he now flies the Mavic Mini 1 and I’ve had the opportunity to fly with him in Sarasota Florida and the Bahamas.
📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post!
https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1013
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Dennard:
https://www.instagram.com/destination_unknown_dj/
https://www.youtube.com/destinationunknowntravelvlog
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Operating a drone and drone laws
4:53 Intro
6:52 Flying the DJI FPV
10:00 First drone was a cheap drone
14:05 First flight with the Mavic Air 1 in Ireland
18:20 Next drone was the Mavic Mini 1
19:34 Scariest flight
23:16 Best flight
24:22 Comfort level with flying drones
28:30 Location scouting and planning your flights
33:37 Drone names and special backpack
A professional filmmaker who uses a drone as part of his toolkit (ep.9 w/@JacobsMedium)
There is no easier way to get an establishing shot than using a drone. Meet Jacob Sigala, a photographer, filmmaker and creative director. His first drone was the Mavic 1 Pro in 2016 and his first flight happened while he was traveling in Iceland.
Amazing right?
Not really if you’re trying to figure out how to operate the drone AND you’ve got windy conditions. He was not prepared, his drone did NOT fly the way he expected it to, but I applaud him because he did it anyway (and kept trying!!) even in windy and challenging situations.
Deciding to fly the drone is half the battle.
📖Read more about this episode including the KEY TAKEAWAYS and content referenced in this episode:
https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1008
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Jacob Sigala:
https://www.instagram.com/jacobsmedium/
https://www.instagram.com/maediomedia/
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Using a drone as an establishing shot
6:40 Intro
8:10 First drone was Mavic 1 Pro
9:12 First flight was the scariest flight in Iceland
12:58 How his Mavic 1 Pro died
15:37 Best flight in Scotland
18:33 Drone footage settings and filters
22:20 Editing drone footage
25:20 It’s not easy to navigate where you are allowed to fly
28:28 How I figure out how to fly in other countries
29:50 People get weird around drones
33:34 Flying in Mexico
35:37 Evaluating whether it’s worth flying at that moment
40:25 SEND THE DRONE HIGH as soon as you launch
#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot
The Spanish authorities made him leave his drone in a castle ditch (ep.8 with @Curious Pavel )
Meet Curious Pavel! A videographer from Bulgaria who makes super fun videos about travel. His wife told him NOT to buy a drone. He bought the Mavic Air 2 anyway only to realize she bought him the Mavic Mini 1 as a gift.
📖Read more about this episode (including key learnings and my fave content from Pavel!): https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=994
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
🙋🏻♀️ Let’s CONNECT!
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🥳 Connect with Curious Pavel:
https://www.instagram.com/curiouspavel
https://www.tiktok.com/@curiouspavel?lang=en
https://twitter.com/curiouspavel
https://www.youtube.com/curiouspavel
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Drone propellor tip
2:04 Intro
4:16 Why the Spanish authorities took his drone
12:47 First drone flight
17:00 Best flight above the clouds in Madeira, Portugal
22:05 Tips for flying in wind
24:16 Tips for flying using maps
29:50 Flying from a boat
35:17 Use a PRO Micro SD card
38:09 Drone joke
#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot
She got bloody while hand catching her drone in a floating cooler (ep.7 w/@chasing.candice)
Meet Candice a professional photographer who’s been flying “Dirty Bird” (her Mavic Air 2) for the last year and a half.
She lives in a van (she’s built herself), is an adventure tour guide and a general badass (who’s been on my Everyday Badassery podcast)
https://whereintheworldiscl.com/she-left-her-doctorate-to-drive-buses-in-alaska/
Her drone not only sliced her hand, but her face while she was in the middle of a lake in a floating (drink) cooler. Let's just say it's one heck of a story with a lot of learnings that came from it.
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=958
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Candice:
https://www.instagram.com/chasing.candice/
https://www.facebook.com/ChasingCandice/
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
A talented photographer and videographer using drones since 2015 (ep.6 with @EbisHernandez)
He’s been flying drones since the original DJI Spark was out in 2015 and had a friend who had been flying drones and showed him the ropes. Since then he’s brought his drones around the world.
We keep it VERY real in this episode and talk about the scary flights we’ve had. From flying with critically low battery, to signal lost to birds.
Or that time his drone hit the window on the way back and as he ran downstairs to get it a van runs over it.. while he’s watching…
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=881
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
🙋🏻♀️ Let’s CONNECT!
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🥳 Connect with Ebis:
https://ebishernandez.com/
https://ebishernandez.com
https://www.youtube.com/ebishernandez
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
She lost her confidence but later came back with a new love for drones (ep.5 with Rebecca @roamfreerebecca)
It takes just one bad crash in the wrong situation with the wrong people around to make you lose your confidence flying drones.
She may have put her Mavic 1 Pro drone on the shelf for a few years, but later she came back to the joy of flying a drone with her Mavic Mini 3 Pro.
Meet Rebecca, a photographer and blogger capturing the great outdoors and her solo travel adventures. I had an opportunity to fly drones with her when she took my drone workshop at TravelCon in Memphis and we realized: there were some key safety tips and flying skills that gave her a TON of confidence to start flying drones again.
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Rebecca:
Website https://roamfreerebecca.com/
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💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Avoid crashing by knowing the highest height around you
1:25 Intro
2:21 Rebecca
2:43 Mavic Pro 1 to Mavic Mini 3 Pro
5:24 Why having a larger drone is sometimes important
8:30 Losing confidence in flying
11:18 Best flights
14:30 Mini 3 Pro with DJI RC
16:24 Confidence in flying
17:40 Flying close to or through things
20:55 Self portraits
23:50 First drone flight
27:20 Drone party round
29:18 Size of Mavic Mini vs. Mavic Pro drones
30:43 Drone content for social media
His journey from Mavic Pro to FPV drones (ep.4 with Carlo @carlo_vnc91)
Meet Carlo Vinci of CV Drone Productions! A drone enthusiast turning his passion into a business. He started with the Mavic 1 Pro and (many) drones later, now loves flying FPV drones.
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=886
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Carlo:
https://www.instagram.com/carlo_vnc91/
https://www.facebook.com/cvdroneproductions
https://www.instagram.com/cv_drone_productions/
https://www.cvdroneproductions.com/
Key Learnings
- Everyone wants to fly fast when they first get a drone, but SLOW DOWN if you want cinematic footage
- Understanding drone maneuvers can be tough because it's not intuitive how to control a drone. Start by LOOKING AT THE BUTT and having your drone face away from you (so when you tell it to go left, it goes left ... instead of MIRRORING you and doing the opposite)
- Don't forget to CAPTURE your first flight! Make sure you have a micro SD card in your drone and don't forget to take a photo or video to capture it
- If you're interested in flying FPV drones like the DJI Avata, it's not like flying a regular drone. Regular drones are like driving cars. Flying FPV is like getting into a space rocket. Start with simulators (there are many free ones such as the DJI simulator on iphone, or Liftoff or DLC online).
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Drone maneuvers
4:57 Carlo introduction
8:33 BIGGEST mistake hand launch and hand catching drones
10:57 First flight with Mavic 1 Pro
15:48 From Mavic 1 Pro to Mavic Air 1
18:11 My first manual FPV flight failure
20:25 Carlo’s journey with FPV
25:51 Flying an FPV vs. regular drones
27:50 Tips for getting into FPV
31:05 Scary FPV flights
34:07 Etiquette when flying FPV drones
36:42 Most beautiful things captured on drone
39:50 Carlo’s next FPV drones
Her 1st drone came the night before she left for Costa Rica and now it’s traveled around the world (ep.3 with Tori @toritravels22)
Tori started flying the Mavic Mini 2 in 2021 and she traveled with it to Costa Rica where she had her first flight. For her, being able to explore and see the world from a new perspective is why she loves flying drones.
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=862
🔊Listen to this episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/G1NMOKPg1tb
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Tori:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfjsIWg9x5FnOyZsw20xxg
https://www.instagram.com/toritravels22/
See her house: https://www.itrip.net/st-augustine-vacation-rental/bayside-bohemia
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Confidence in flying
3:04 Intro
4:01 Tori intro
7:20 First flight in Costa Rica
11:00 Flying alone vs. in public and around people
17:00 Etiquette when flying
24:40 First drone crash cliffs and wind
30:19 Realizing she needed a bigger drone than a mini
34:40 Creative challenge
37:05 Wanting the Mini 3 Pro
40:09 Drone Party round
Marine biologist using drones to map ocean projects (ep.2 with Dr. Kim Baldwin @dronesorbust)
She started flying drones in 2015 and on day 2 of flying her drone she accidentally triggered the propellor auto shut off while the drone was in flight. Not only was she able to save her drone, but she went on to teach and use her drones to map ocean projects as a marine biologist.
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=856
🔊Listen to this episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pvUJUCoe1tb
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Kim:
https://www.instagram.com/dronesorbust/
https://linktr.ee/drkimbaldwin
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
💥 In this episode:
0:00 Safety and return to home
5:32 Intro
6:10 Dr Kim Baldwin intro
7:05 Drone background
9:31 Are people who play video games better at flying drones
12:08 Scariest drone flight
17:10 How many drone flights
20:19 A scary flight that required emergency shutoff
24:45 Landing a drone on a boat
26:39 Flying drones in rain
28:00 Best drone flight
31:29 Location scouting
33:09 What she’s working on now
She WON my drone and became an advanced pilot overnight (ep.1 with Mia of @miaonthemap)
Meet Mia of Mia On The Map! She won my drone contest in 2021 and I flew her out to Florida to give her my Mavic Air 2 and teach her EVERYTHING I know about flying drones over an all expenses paid weekend.
Fast forward and now she's regularly flying her drone and just recently became a Part 107 Certified Pilot.
💥 In this episode:
0:00 (Tip) Get certified
2:01 Intro
3:24 (Tip) Start scared
8:25 Flying close to things
13:33 Trimming the trees and grass with our drones 1
6:20 Stop saying you should fly more
18:43 First flight
25:10 (Tip) When you’re feeling afraid to fly
28:04 Best drone flights
31:19 Worst drone flight
37:30 (Tip) Hand launching and landing
39:36 Creative challenge
43:55 Drone party round
📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=850
🔊Listen to this episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/AhRyVbhb1tb
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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🥳 Connect with Mia:
https://www.instagram.com/miaonthemap/
https://www.tiktok.com/@miaonthemap
💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
INTRO! Welcome to The DRONE PARTY!
Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.
🤘🏽 Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast
🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/EVERYDAYBADASSERYPODCAST
💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/
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