My father just bought a 25 acre property out in Texas and asked me to help keep an eye on fences / cattle / general stuff and I thought a drone would be perfect for that and also just fun to fly. I'm not a photographer at all, I literally have only flown some cheap $80 toy drone that wasn't that impressive. I need something that's easy to fly, has good range return-to-home so I dont lose it in the field and maybe follow-me mode so I can have it follow the ATV. Camera just needs to be clear enough to see the land, not trying to shoot movies. Trying to keep it under $700 so somewhere there is a sweet spot.

any suggestions/solutions for stripped motor mounting holes?

I crashed my 8" and the hit on the propeller/shaft make the base of the motor bend/lift off and consequently two of the screws stripped the thread of the mounting points.

I've managed to flatten the motor base so i could try to re-use the motor if i can fix it properly (the only 2 screws working are both on one side so not ideally to hold a 2810 motor in place).

shall i just try to use m4 screws ?

or just forget about it