Introduction
Recreational drones began life as a new, fun way to fly model aircraft. Radio-controlled airplanes fascinated early flyers simply from the ability to send a heavier-than-air flying machine skyward and conduct aerial maneuvers that tested the skills and imagination of the Earth-bound pilot. Cameras and photography came much, much later.
As you might guess, quadcopters like your Mavic Air 2 and Air 2S evolved in a circuitous way from the first radio-controlled model airplanes, pioneered by 21-year-old twins Walt and Bill Good in 1937. They added remote control to their 8-foot gasoline-powered plane, paving the way for much lighter, more agile model aircraft. The hobby really took off, so to speak, in the early 2000s, as technology ...
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