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Frank Fusco said:
OK, getting read to bite. I'm not sure I would use one enough to spend $500.00 or more. But this one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Holy-Sto...t-Time-Color-White/295259782?adsRedirect=true
is on sale at the Walmart online site. Might have to capitulate to the Big Brother thing and register it though. 🤬
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It will fly OK but the video quality will be very shaky and poor. For $80 more you can get a reputable name brand that will take MUCH better video:

 
Frank Fusco said:
I'm considering this one: https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Lightweight-Transmission-Automatic-Beginners/dp/B0BQ2T2TH9/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.r0AKWcZnO8J5Uz7BCdKSBusOP_k2iqeS49ZPMpAZexRq-zkXNMuK_CCxer1bfOw4Xp-IHUSC0KG6nHaV6RYDjpoG-eB6TxNGfY6ZtPnkd1z2qLPsu4IzctXNUJ7sCrPw9oTVmPy2NoTJyIEhiAGPxUfH-liYAe7kos-41AdVs9pXHczQB5XHMc4p1Hi3qUwKwF3-cgi1-21xC0E6JaLlj_cGf4VBXfjxKCLSeqfW03IiAH6T8nqe76SJdCsGMHRytAtO7Q4o0yVspgE_W1Lq4B6LMbJvwygJ4unQmc0OBb4.5Hu6VD8-8erUhfJAiJ-ksc9mtqrx9kz465r6e_C1Ru4&dib_tag=se&keywords=dji+store+official&qid=1717351732&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do:amzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

but there is no explanation of how one can monitor what the camera sees while flying it. Can someone explain?
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Thats like my drone where you have to hook your smart phone up to it to use as a display. I'd honestly recommend you get one with the display built in to the controller. Keeping the app updated and using the phone can be a bit finicky at times.
 
As Brent said, you use your smart phone for the display. Here are a couple of pics showing the controller with the a phone:
DJI 1.jpg DJI 2.jpg

Having a display built into the controller is nice, but it adds to the price (and I know you're on a budget). My Mavic Mini also uses my phone as the display, and so far I've not had any problems using it with my iPhone.
 
The mini 2 i a great drone as is the mini 4k neither of which come with a display controller. Most people use their phone some will buy an inexpensive tablet if you don't want to tie up you phone you won't be able to get into a controller with a built in display in the price range you are looking @ for me it was a no brainier but I was already committed to going the route I went. and would not go back to not having a built in display. BTW the $lower cost (ryobe) drone you were looking @also needed to be hooked up to you phone to run also. It just the price you pay for wanting to get in the air.
 
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Brent Dowell said:
Thats like my drone where you have to hook your smart phone up to it to use as a display. I'd honestly recommend you get one with the display built in to the controller. Keeping the app updated and using the phone can be a bit finicky at times.
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This is true, but ...... I bought this exact drone a couple of years ago and after a bit of putzing around, learning the ropes, I find it way exceeds my abilities to operate it and that is true regardless of what the display type is. In the hands of a person who does gaming and can operate the controls without looking, the Mini-2 is an excellent piece of kit, if a bit outdated. I like mine.
 
Frank Fusco said:
Thanks all. The product description does not explain all that. I'm still pondering whether to get one.
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Here's one of my first attempts .... notice the jerky action, the lack of a plan for the video, the complete ignorance of anything related to videography technique ..... I'm in the running for the "worst videographer on Youtube" award. :)

This will give you an idea of what a basic Mini-2 video looks like. It's my house construction site prior to the pre-fab arriving. I'm the guy doing the video and the guy standing beside me is my excavation/septic contractor (about whom I cannot say enough great things!).

 
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