The maps around the park claim there are six or seven miles worth of trails. One day, I decided to see just how far my city’s bike trails actually go. Does the Hover-1 XLS really have a 15 mile range? We want to fly-we do enough walking when we crash. That’s at least five minutes of walking while carrying all our gear- my backpack full of drone gear is nearly 30 pounds! None of us want to walk. If we drove, we’d have to walk at least 1,500 feet. One of those spots can’t be reached by car. One is a 1.5 mile round trip, the other is less than half that distance. The two most common spots that I fly aren’t far away. I ride out to the park almost every day to fly. I’m getting a lot of mileage just using the nearby bike trails. I wouldn’t ride anything like a bike on any of those busy streets. To the east, there’s a busy two-lane road. My neighborhood is surrounded by a trio six-lane roads to the north, south, and west. You probably already guessed that I wound up buying the Hover-1 XLS scooter from meh.com. Both upgrades seemed worth the extra $100. I thought the additional range might come in handy, and having a seat seems like a bonus. ![]() I didn’t think the weight would be a big deal-I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve loaded the XLS into a car. The Hover-1 XLS weighs twice as much as the Xiaomi, but it also has a higher advertised top speed and range. Until then, I wasn’t in a hurry to choose a scooter, but deals at meh.com are only good for 24 hours! Then my friend Brian noticed that meh.com has selling the Hover-1 XLS scooter for $550-about $300 off the usual price. I guess these sorts of contraptions are referred to as kick scooters, but these two don’t require the kicking. The Xiaomi scooter is the better of these two scooters, but it costs about twice as much as a Razor. I had my eye on box the Xiaomi M365 and the Razor E300 electric scooters. I think I’m too old to learn to ride an electric skateboard, so I started researching electric scooters. Did I really want to pedal a bike for a couple of miles, get all sweaty and sticky, and then start flying drones? ![]() When we go out flying in that kind of weather, I’m ready to pack up and get back in the car before I finish flying my first battery. In July, it is 105 degrees outside most days. ![]() I thought I had a brilliant idea-I needed to buy a bike.
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