RE: Video: I Flew My Drone in Venice, Twice. This Was the First Time.
You know I've heard the same thing about the canals but never experienced it myself. I've always gone at the beginning of tourist season (I've been twice now) and I've never been overwhelmed with any kind of smell. Not many places in Italy aren't beautiful but Venice is definitely a spot I wouldn't want to miss.
Buildings are a tricky thing for drones. When you have a lot of open space, there's no problems and the signal remains quite strong. Part of it is keeping a line of sight with the drone. So although I had an ok signal, I couldn't get too far away. The second trip I found an even better spot to fly from and had no problem with signal.
Birds on the other hand are always attracted to it. I assume it's because I'm invading their space (unintentionally). Small birds usually circle it but that's about it. I've experienced two or three different times, and usually near water, where seagulls hate the thing and definitely try swooping on it. It's really crazy to watch.
It was a great experience overall and I always like to show off the drone, especially to kids. Mainly because I'm just a big kid and I'm looking for some friends hahahaha They were quite entertained by it though.
Thanks for reading, watching and commenting! I appreciate it.
Beginning of the tourist season would be April/May? I could try it then :)
I didn't know you had to pay attention to many details while flying a drone. I thought you just send it off and watch it on your device. Good to hear as I wanted to get a drone but as you can see I don't know much about it.
Seagulls are crazy in general so I'm not surprised they try to attack this thing. I never feel comfortable around seagulls :)
Kids are the best friends! Actually, right after dogs :)
It was my pleasure! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your drone adventures!
May/June is when I've always gone. I think if you got in during April you'd be a little ahead of the curve, which isn't a bad thing. I imagine there'd be less people.
There's a lot of things you have to pay attention to but to be completely honest, it's really not that hard once you get the hang of it. Drones these days will hover in one spot without you even needing to touch the controller. So if all else fails you can stop movement and recollect your thoughts on your flight pattern.
I'll be sure to keep posting! Thanks again for sticking around.