Hi Dean, if you picked the DJI Mavic you did good, all DJI Drones are well engineered flying platforms, I consider them as the "Apple Macs" of the available drones in the market, the Mavic will not be my first choice though he has its honourable place in the small sized Drone market, my advice to you, find a place with little wind at first, may be an empty Socker field, fly the drone 6 feet in the air and get yourself accustomed with the controls, don't try to fly far at your first flight(not even on your second!!), this is what will get you to crash/lose/damage it, get comfortable with contr