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- Jan 2, 2017
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Hi all,
My name is Keoni Ahlo, I'm a 50-year old native Hawaiian born and raised on Oahu. While I'm "old" to 1/8 scale RC racing trucks and sports photography, I'm as NEW to drones as they come! So I was walking into Best Buy on Christmas eve to buy my son a spare $20 GoPro battery as as stocking-stuffer, and the first thing I see is that 3DR Solo bonus package on sale for $299! I couldn't believe it--I had been looking at buying a DJI or 3DR drone for my son and I for about a year, but it was always a bit more that I wanted to spend. So needless to say, I snagged one of the kits. We took the Solo to the park on Christmas (my son was blown away by the give, btw!) and we practiced until both batteries died. Then again the next day. I was hooked! I went back on Bestbuy.com and bought one for myself--and while I was there, I noticed that the batteries and backpack were deeply discounted, so I grabbed two bags and 3 batteries for each of us! After that day, we've been hiking and taking the drone with us on the weekends. The video below show some highlights of our 4th outing with the drone at Banzai Pipeline. I have a lot to learn about controlling the exposure on the GoPro, but we're learning every time we fly I look forward to meeting more of you here in the forums. Aloha!
My name is Keoni Ahlo, I'm a 50-year old native Hawaiian born and raised on Oahu. While I'm "old" to 1/8 scale RC racing trucks and sports photography, I'm as NEW to drones as they come! So I was walking into Best Buy on Christmas eve to buy my son a spare $20 GoPro battery as as stocking-stuffer, and the first thing I see is that 3DR Solo bonus package on sale for $299! I couldn't believe it--I had been looking at buying a DJI or 3DR drone for my son and I for about a year, but it was always a bit more that I wanted to spend. So needless to say, I snagged one of the kits. We took the Solo to the park on Christmas (my son was blown away by the give, btw!) and we practiced until both batteries died. Then again the next day. I was hooked! I went back on Bestbuy.com and bought one for myself--and while I was there, I noticed that the batteries and backpack were deeply discounted, so I grabbed two bags and 3 batteries for each of us! After that day, we've been hiking and taking the drone with us on the weekends. The video below show some highlights of our 4th outing with the drone at Banzai Pipeline. I have a lot to learn about controlling the exposure on the GoPro, but we're learning every time we fly I look forward to meeting more of you here in the forums. Aloha!