DJI Tello

Same rules apply to Mini/2 and Tello as the larger Air 2 and Mavic 2s, don't fly over people or cars, don't fly over 400 ft, you must maintain line of sight and that means you or a spotter can see your drone without a telescope or binoculars, no flying into no fly zones or some other controller air spaces, FAA has B4UFly app so you can check the air spaces around you and see where you can and can't fly, night flight requires lights show you position and the orientation of drone for you and anitcollision lights visible for 3 miles for manned aircraft. and you can't make money off your drone directly or indirectly without getting a part 107 licence and registering your drone.

The next step would be to bring it back and maybe go up to the Tello. Just seems like a lot of people are happy with this and it's only been in use for less than a week before it hit this state. I have also tried recalibrating it to no avail. So I guess I'm looking for troubleshooting steps for a cheap drone..

I will say that the Tello is fun but compared to even a $300 drone is apples to oranges. One neat thing about the Tello is that you can custom code and make it do all kinds of "automated flight". Just the manual process of the automation that other drones do. I would recommend looking for am original DJI Mini.

The mavic 2 is better than the mini 2 as it can be flown outside in higher winds if needed. If you want to be able to bounce off anything then an elios but they aren’t cheap. If you want a platform that could hold any sensor such as gas or thermal or anything and that is highly customisable and rugged go for a tracked rover (think eod robot). Tello £100 -poor signal poor camera.