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Oh please. Does fraud occur on Amazon? Yes. Is Amazon known for selling counterfeit batteries? Certainly not. Some shady third-parties are. Buy from a reputable seller on Amazon and you have nothing to worry about. It's not hard.

It absolutely will NOT. It will split the power between multiple ports, the total adding to 100W. How it divvies up the power is not specified in any standard, so the split will be however the manufacturer decides to split it. However, 100W is plenty to charge most late-model DJI drone...

Completely agree, but irrelevant. This is a gedanken.

So maybe i wasn't very clear. Assume the following: The media was captured legally, within the requirements recreational pilots must follow YT is not important; assume the theiving party got ahold of it without permission, from a source that is not in violation of FAA regulations Yes, it's an...

There's also the problem of what subjects Active Track will follow, which is only people and cars, IIRC. Used to be able to "lock" on anything, but in the last few years DJI has narrowed this down, likely to improve tracking success. The POI feature of Focus Track can lock on anything, but...

Simply an idea that occurred to me, thought I'd throw it out there... Suppose your a recreational pilot, no 107 cert. You have a YT channel where you post amazing video and pictures, all captured in compliance with local, state, and FAA regulations. People love your channel. Someone...

We share the liberty attitude you express here. I don't share the strength of your objection, however, not by a long shot. All products are heavily regulated and contain components, and others prohibited, at the direction of authorities. Functionality, features, and capability are similarly...

That Marine Sanctuary restriction on drone flights south of Carmel is some of the most egregious BS from our Mandarins on the books.

Doesn't the Mavic 4 support rotating the camera 90deg?

Yeah, that would be it for sure! Not only is the USB (most likely A, not C) port not Power Delivery protocol, it's very likely limited to 2.5W of power. Computers are not USB power banks. 😁 You need a good PD charger, I'd recommend getting something at least 100W, and if multiport with support...

iPhones don't work with RID on DJI drones because wifi NAN/beacon protocol is restricted by iOS and can't be configured by Drone Scanner. The modules you are successfully detecting are using Bluetooth to broadcast RID. DS on most Android phones will see wifi broadcast RID.

iPhone or Android?

Do you think MAS carries these? 🤣

The confounding example is that little spinning reflective pyramid on the roof corners of buildings almost everywhere these days, which are actually very effective at repelling birds from landing on the roof edges (and fouling the gutters and sides of the building with bird droppings). This was...

I'd add to that, "ever been confronted by a LEO for violating the VLOS or Observer rules" as well. I suspect this is a "no" as well.