xmas2016-drones

Remote controlled planes and helicopters have been around for many years but they never caused the frenzy that we have seen with drones. They have invaded our psyche and become a part of our culture. This is the year that drones have emerged as a cultural phenomenon. You can quickly become the envy of your friends if you win one of the 3 incredible drones that Best Buy is awarding as prizes in this contest.

I am currently reading Dickens’ Bleak House, an amazing story that includes many references to 19th century culture. For example, on page 344 Dickens includes in his descriptions of the Smallweed family, a family that is basically born adult, presumably skipping childhood and childish things, numerous childish games and toys that were popular in his day:

“… her twin brother couldn’t wind up a top for his life. He knows no more of Jack the Giant Killer or of Sinbad the Sailor than he knows of the people in the stars. He could as soon play at leap-frog or at cricket as change into a cricket or a frog himself.”

 

I am sure that if Dickens was writing in 2016 he would include references to flying a drone. They are here to stay as more and more people are using them for more and more things.  Here are the incredible drones we are offering as prizes in this contest and some of their key features:

p3-standard DJI Phantom3 Standard: easy to fly, travels up to 57.6km/h, 2.7 k HD video, 12 megapixel photos, stream video to your phone, up to 25 minutes of flight time per charge
mavic DJI MAVIC Foldable Quadcopter Drone with 4K UHD Camera & Controller: Foldable, lightweight, travels up to 65km/h, easy to fly front obstacle avoidance, 4K video and photos
p4 DJI Phantom 4 4K: visual tracking, travel up to 72 km/h, obstacle avoidance sensing system, 4k video or full HD at 120 fps, built in Wi-Fi

 

 

How to enter

You are permitted to enter once by leaving a comment at the bottom of this blog article. In that comment, tell us which feature of the drones described above is your favourite.

What you can win

We will draw 3 comments from all of the eligible entries. Each winner will be awarded one of the 3 DJI drones available as prizes.  Complete contest details can be found in the rules and regulations document located at the bottom of this article.

The contest runs from December 2nd until December 16th.

You can enter once, so be sure to tell your friends and family to enter too. If they win after you told them about the contest they would have to share … don’t you agree?

Good Luck!

Win a drone contest rules and regulations

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
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1907 COMMENTS

  1. DJI Phantom 4 4K: visual tracking, travel up to 72 km/h, obstacle avoidance sensing system, 4k video or full HD at 120 fps, built in Wi-Fi

  3. Love the Easy to fly description. Mavic. Easy to fly with Front Obstacle Avoidance at speeds up to 36km/h. Long ago experience with model aircraft was a little less than successful.

  5. The 4k video is awesome! How fun would it be at a cottage or camping! My husband would love this and I would love to win him one!

  13. Love the DJI Phantom 4 4K- best feature is that it is sleek (oh and fast)! My husband used to fly radio controlled home built planes- still does on occasion so the drone would be cool!!

  14. I love the portability of the Mavic. It’s honestly quite astounding how they can fit so much power into such a small package.

  25. My favourite feature? It’s a drone and my son (12) has been diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa and is going blind. He would LOVE this!

  32. I love that it has 4k video or full HD at 120 fps with built in wi-fi! Very convenient and will provide great quality pictures or videos

  34. So many amazing features! With the DJI Phantom 4, just the speed and video quality alone make it stand out from the others!

  38. The dji mavic foldable quadcopter drone looks awesome!! It’s SOO cool that it has fly front obstacle avoidance, and really!!?? 4K video and photos!! Soo cool!

  42. DJI MAVIC !!! Obviously the pure portability of it makes it a win! Small drone, small controller! I need to have this

  47. I would LOVE to win the DJI MAVIC Foldable Quadcopter Drone with 4K UHD Camera & Controller. It’s design is awesome and its features are everything i want in a drone! It would also work well with my GoPro!

  48. I’d love to have a drone follow my students while on outdoor trips: canoeing, rock climbing, hiking and camp set up. Imagine the video we could get from the 4K of the DJI Phantom 4! The object avoidance would be pretty handy around trees, birds, paddles etc.

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