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    Mini Mavic blow out over the ocean in Delaware, a mile out.

    So sorry for your loss! Before flying my Mavic Mini [especially] I always check the "UAV Forecast" app. You can check the Wind Profile & the forecast by the hour at a glance, as well as other general conditions including: Wind Direction, Sats Locked, Wind gusts, Visibility, Flight Zones Map...
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    Mavic Mini checked at Customs on Entrance to Ecuador. (Guayaquil)

    Where area will you be going to? Guayaquil, Quito, Quenca. Baños would be great. Galapagos - no drone flights.
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    Lost mavic mini on first flight with it flying away and not responding

    1st ... Sorry for your loss! I check the wind data forecast on UAV Forecast. It is a free app and there are others on the web. Check it out. Wind profile example attached. (When you get your MM replacement.)
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    Mavic Mini checked at Customs on Entrance to Ecuador. (Guayaquil)

    There are 2 checks on entrance into the country. Most of the time my luggage just goes through the tunnel (#1), and the “go through everything (#2)” being the worst, of course. Actually 3, if you count when you (rarely) get to go straight through with no check of any kind, not even the xray...
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    Switch to airplane mode on phone for extended range?

    what an intro :)
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    GPS Tracking device

    I use Speedtalk ... Top Value $9.00 per month (500MIN Talk - Unlimited SMS - 500MB DATA) https://www.speedtalkmobile.com/home Note: Can be used in a watch or extra phone. [I have a Reachfar RF-42 tracker ]
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    What is considered low when flying over water?

    How about course lock?
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    How do I download video directly from my mavic2 to my iPad?

    Use it all the time ... quick and painless!
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    liability insurance in Europe

    I'll contact the company on Monday and check into that possibility. I think I'll offer the company a short term insurance too. Something like $100 for 10 days ... that's twice the monthly rate on their original quote. I have a new Spark I picked up on a great deal, so maybe according to ldsalas...
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    liability insurance in Europe

    Anyone have any new info on drone liability insurance in Switzerland? (only one I found was about $600 + for 1 year, however I will only be there for 1 week.) [Filming in the countryside.]
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    Big Brother knows you're flying, with DJI's approval

    hmm - transponder = less flight time will I have to take my drones in for the "upgrade" ... just sayin' ;)
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    Getting arrested. But found a cool spot

    Read through this thread like a good short story .. you gotta love the ending ;) 'alls well that ends well'