Lots of good info already here. I'll just add my experience. I have a DJI mini 2 drone that I bought used. Takes me about 10 minutes to set up if the batteries are charged. I can fly 4 to 5 mi away with it. The pictures and video it takes are equivalent to a good cell phone camera. And it's a lot of fun just to fly. For what you want it for, which is flying out in the boonies, I would definitely get one and try it out. I don't think people get that upset when the drone flies over them, it's when they're hovering in one place above them that upsets them. And rightfully so.