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    "Why do you hate drones?"

    I thought about it for a moment at the time, but then remembered he was wielding a chainsaw. Discretion is the better part of valour... ;o)
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    "Why do you hate drones?"

    I've mostly had positive feedback. The important thing is not to get close to people with the device. They're noisy little suckers! That said, I had a fellow shouting at me from about 100m away last week that he was going to "call the cops" because my flying over an abandoned railway station to...
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    Dear MavicHelp, The GPS was truly DOA. Under Australian consumer law, the little beast had to be replaced with a new one as it was within 30 days of purchase. The supplier was great and made it happen asap. The result? I now have a Mavic that shows five bars in the GPS status (and I can fly...
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    Hi. Yeah. I've done the compass calibration "dance" before every flight in all three locations I've flown the little beast. Still no GPS.
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    Thanks for the intel.. Back to the seller!
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    No indoor flying... all in the great outdoors. My phone gets GPS. My TomTom watch gets GPS. My car Navman gets GPS. My Mavic does not get GPS... Lament.
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    Here it is. DJI Phantom & Mavic Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com
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    Cannot take off. No gps help!

    GPS blues. Noob at work here too. I have a new Mavic Pro. I can fly it at 5m off the ground in ATTI mode. But no GPS. Ever. I have calibrated the IMU twice - successfully - and the compass each and every flight (18 now)... as per advice from the DJI support site. I boot it up as per...