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    Taking off near metal? How bad is it?

    My past experience using a a dji Phantom 3 Pro, it was not a good idea. Took off once from a Ford truck tailgate and she took off like a scaled dog into the side of my neighbor's jump trampoline safety net. I was extremely blessed nothing got broken. Another time I took off with same unit from a...
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    Hello from East Tennessee (USA)

    Greetings, Currently I purchased a DJI Mini 3 Pro (dji RC) and am most excited to be back in the air once again after a couple of years on the ground. In 2017 I bought a DJI Phantom 3 Pro. Several years back, due to pilot error I sent her into a tree some 80 or so feet up. Spent sometime and...
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    Hype lapse waypoint mission in a wooded environment stalls due to obstacle avoidance system

    Greetings, I've been trying to control my dji Mini 3 Pro (dji RC) on a local disc golf course, using the hype lapse waypoint mission method. Each time I try my drone stops due to it's obstacle avoidance system. I thought I would be able to turn off the sensors, but have not figured out how, or...