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You need to calibrate the compass on your PHONE. Hold your phone horizontally and do a figure 8. or get a compass app and do a calibrate compass through that app. I

You can do it yourself. Make sure you have a good clean soldering iron, a solder sucker, and well lit work surface. If you are not confident find any old electronic device and break it apart to reveal the circuit board. Practice de-soldering and soldering on that board. Note: the solder...

Sorry to hear about your crash Check out drone-retriever. com they have some very good insight into water events, recovery and cleaning. One point always bench test the drone with no props to make sure that all flight controls work after any negative event.

Sorry to hear about your loss For your next drone you may want to consider a lifevest for your drone check out drone-retriever. com as an option. Here is some insight as to what may have happened Why do birds fly into windows. They see a mirror image of the background behind them. Water...

Why do birds fly into windows. They see a mirror image of the background behind them. Water reflects the sky as a flat very shinny surface. The amount of sun reflecting off that surface is also a key factor. The processor's gets confused by the information from the vision sensors and overwhelmed...

Very nice.

Beats me ..... I am a Samsung Android person.

My response is about the same as the response from JMTREMBLAY. I am very satisfied with the DR9 unit from drone-retriever.com. Several observations from colleagues that influenced my decision. If you fly aggressively in sport mode with your MP Platinum the wet suite product you will find...

The biggest limitation to not having a data plan is maps. Unless you pre-load maps to your non connected device you phone will not have any means except wifi to get the maps.

Here is an option. If your phone is or was on ATT or another compatible GSM service you can get a Freedompop plan that is on ATT for about $64.00 per year. It gives you 1GB of data, unlimited talk and text per month along with a new phone number. You can use a phone without any service but there...

HEADS UP. The type of release shown on most reusable zip ties require you to apply release pressure while holding the zip tie behind the latch. In most applications there is no room to get your fingers behind the latch. The zip ties used by drone-retriever.com are 15" long and are easily released.

Hey, I use reusable zip ties. They work great. The came with my drone life preserver. You can get them cheap from there site. Check out there application notes on mavic battery issues. drone-retriever. com

Let's answer the Question. As far as the battery is concerned its chemistry will perform without any issues. Side note: A battery charged to 95% will give you about 35% more charge cycles than one that is always charged to 100%. assuming battery is allowed to cool down to room temp prior to...

Sorry to hear about your water issue. Check out drone-retriever. com for what to do after a water event.

Sorry to here about your issue. Two things that might help. Check out drone-retriever. com for what to do after a water event. Also check out the application notes for DJI Mavic regarding battery.