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I had a job in the Sodo neighborhood of Seattle and one seagull was quite aggressive toward a mavic mini (gen 1). This was a while ago before RID, when I could still use the drone. The descriptions in this thread of gulls simulating attack but...

This drone will beat an F1 car around Silverstone on props ! Jet engines are notoriously thirsty low level coming into their own in 30 to 40k feet cutting comsumption in half What do they want a jet power for ?

I've never been able to understand this sudden lack of control at the end of a 15-20 minute flight, years ago, with a Mavic Mini first generation. Out of hundreds of flights this has happened only once. It was while covering an apartment fire...

Even under so called "Autoland," after reaching 10% remaining battery, you still have both lateral and vertical control to delay the rate of descent and maneuver the drone to a better landing spot. In fact, the drone will actually still climb...

This has happened to me only once and I think it was because I was in the last 20% of battery life. RTH was launched automatically, but I kept cancelling it because it was near homes. It wouldn't let me go anywhere but straight down, no other...