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    Hello from San Francisco!

    Hey hey from San Jose! Welcome to the Mavic club, it's a great bird and worth learning to fly without all the aids, then enjoy not needing to fly manual haha, see you around!
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    Battery full charge and discharge

    There's a pretty good battery discussion here somewhere (and battery life and usage theory is an always contended topic) Personally I'll fly to 20-30% provided I'm in a safer flight area in case 20 goes to 0 spontaneously... Then a full charge before I go to fly the next time
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    Custom Vinyl Design Giveaway

    Well, A custom Maverick for the Mavic, of course! [emoji41]
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    GIVEAWAY: DJI Mavic Hard Case by Freewell Gear

    Absolutely! Tail in or out is essentially flying towards or away from yourself, which of course reverses controls (flying nose towards you makes left = right and vice versa) With a quad it's even trickier because it's much harder at a glance to tell which was is the nose (helis have tail...
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    GIVEAWAY: DJI Mavic Hard Case by Freewell Gear

    Thanks for the giveaway! My protip comes from flying single rotor helis and applies even more to quads: Learn to fly Tail-in and Tail-out - no other aids. When GPS fails, modes switch, wind tries to overtake or anything else, being able to re-orient quick and fly to safety is the difference...