I Piloted A Parrot Bebop 2 Drone And I Loved It

I always secretly wanted to pilot a drone and lucky me with my job of reporting what’s new and hot in technology for Women Love Tech last week my wish was heard.

I Piloted A Parrot Bebop 2 Drone And I Loved It

I was invited to a Parrot’s event presenting their new consumer drone: Bebop2. We went to a park for trying the new ‘toy’ – I’m with few tech journalist friends and the Sydney sun is shining. In my group I’m the only woman and I have zero experience of piloting a drone by gallantry or just for fun the boys let me try first – the instructor – Jim was lovely and explains in 2 minutes few piloting rules and how to use the remote control – I’m truly excited and nervous of not crashing the almost $1,000 drone! I had to strap the remote control mounted with a tablet around my neck. Like a video game one button is for taking off and landing, one for flying ahead or reversing, and the other one for right and left. To add more pressure to the experience, I had a passenger, meaning my friend wears a VR connected to the remote control and can see my flight like he is on board on the drone.

Good news, I didn’t crash the drone and I love piloting, of course at the beginning I had no idea of what I was doing but the instructor was by my side during the whole flight, the remote control was a bit heavy but easy to use. After few minutes of flying, I started to feel more comfortable and start flying higher and faster. I now understand boys with their toys I have to admit this is lots of fun and I can’t wait to review the experience. The boys with more experience could make the drone flipping by tapping the tablet on the remote control, how cool is this?

Few Drone Piloting Rules

• Fly of a minimum of 6km away of an airport

• Don’t fly over crowd, people and city

• Always keep your eyes on the drone

• Keep a safe distance with trees, birds and people

• Be familiar with drones regulations of your country

• Don’t fly over military areas

• Don’t fly in rain, snow, fog, strong wind or at night

About Parrot Bebop 2 Drone

Price & Availability

Availability: Late March 2016

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