Before you shell out the big bucks for that awesome autonomous camera drone, get one that you can have fun practicing with! Not the tiny toy ones that you can’t control, but one that is responsive and stable. Make sure it can handle a few crashes (and there will be many!) without breaking. Learn to...
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