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  1. André Di Urechia

    DJI MINI 2 3600mAh

    I´m seriously impressed, only 32g heavier than the original battery, still fitting the battery bay! I watched the video very carefully, the data looks legit. If available for a reasonable price, I´d buy one.
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    The reason is your phone is susceptible to the magnetic parts in the remote control. You either need to use a phone mount or have the RC degaussed. It´s not a software related issue. All display styles will be affected by it. Be careful when you buy a phone holder as most of them also contain...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    I think I´ve expressed myself in a way that could be easily misunderstood. To make it clear, I´d better state what ingredients of an indicator I consider to be essential: - pilot (RC) centric display, automatically rotating according to RC heading relative to aircraft - proportional AC distance...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    I meant a drone centric display is pointless for camera drones like Phantom and Mavic series. Racing drones are flown differently, mostly in modes similar to Atti or even manual, meaning no stabilization at all. There, the drone centric instrument makes sense. For our Mini 2, it´s just useless...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    I highly recommend watching this screen capture video showing the good old DJI Go 4 radar style indicator. It is self explaining. Just look how beautifully you can see everything easily, how the drone moves away and back from its flight. As example I cut out the radar indicator on the final...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    The attitude indicator always existed in DJI Go 4. Instead of the white line the radar screen is half tinted blue. It IS a good tool to judge the wind. I agree. The difference is that DJI Go 4 puts the pilot in the center, the drone moving around him, while Fly 1.2.2 puts the drone in the...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    In fact, the semicircle style position indicator was a suboptimal implementation of the Go 4 radar display, but it followed the same concept. I am the pilot, the display shows me where to aim the RC to get maximum reception. The attitude indicator is just a tribute to the racing scene, where the...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    In my opinion, the whole 1.2.2 display style is wonky. When you perform a fly-by, the attitude indicator is like a stirred vegetable soup. Everything in motion, north, homespot, RC position. Just the drone, the only thing moving, is fixed. I think someone in the programmer team had a terrible...
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    DJI Mini 2 Shoulder Bag: What do YOU put in yours?

    Mini 2 & RC, 3 flight batteries in charger hub, 2 PD power banks 75Wh each, lanyard. In cold weather conditions also a thermo gel pack, heated in the microwave, to preheat the batteries before flight.
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    Even identical phones can be a) magnetized themselves and b) not properly calibrated. Please first use Google Maps to calibrate the phone compass and check the orientation to be consistent with the orientation. For me, both display styles showed the same deviation, after degaussing, both worked...
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    DJI Fly 1.2.2 compass indicator

    This is no software related issue. The remote control itself contains strongly magnetized parts, the metal rods of the phone holder assembly, the hulls of the 18650 battery cells and the RF shieldings. You can easily check this with the free app GAUSS METER you will see extreme high readings up...
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    Mini 2 battery disassembly

    Hello Gregor, do you have a photo where the connection from the cell terminals to the PCB can be seen? Thanks in advance.