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  1. Chuckinay

    Best way to view panoramas?

    I use the Mavic 2 Pro panorama feature fairly regularly but the only place I've found that can easily display them properly, so you can scroll around the entire undistorted 360-degree view, is Facebook. Are there any other websites or applications that are good for viewing these? Example file...
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    Slight battery swelling post-flight

    Postscript: DJI has agreed to replace the batteries.
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    Slight battery swelling post-flight

    Thank you all. I've submitted a request for replacement. As I did an inventory, I learned the batteries were manufactured in December 2018 and April 2019, FWIW.
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    Slight battery swelling post-flight

    Fair enough! Thanks. In terms of buying replacements, does anyone have any advice as to where to buy? Would it be best to go with the DJI Store so as to get something that hasn't been sitting around the stock room? Are they even still making these batteries?
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    Slight battery swelling post-flight

    I've started to notice very subtle battery swelling after my M2P flights — a barely perceptible bulge on the battery's bottom, which recedes after the battery cools. Pre-flight, the battery will look completely normal, with a perfectly flat bottom. Post-flight you can see the slight swelling. I...
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    Close encounter with an ultralight aircraft - ADS-B did its job

    FWIW, I haven't noticed much delay, if any, in FR24 for aircraft in my vicinity.
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    Extensions to DJI red bowties (unlocking)

    Thanks for sharing that extended list. I only knew of four zones previously.
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    Extensions to DJI red bowties (unlocking)

    OK, thanks. I wonder why they extend out 10 miles from the airport, well beyond the FAA grids.
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    Extensions to DJI red bowties (unlocking)

    This a question for those who do a lot of self-unlocks for restricted (by DJI) airspace ... What is the classification of the extensions on red runway zones — the apparent extension that creates a true "bowtie"? I can't tell what color they are — it doesn't seem to be blue or red. Do they fall...
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    Posting images with potential height violations

    Seattle airspace is very complicated. Based on the photo here, it looks like the legal limit would have been 100 AGL. It's hard to fly legally in Seattle, starting with the Seattle Municipal Code, which prohibits the launch of drones from all public property without a city film office permit...
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    VLOS ?

    Which strobes do you use for that, and how do you have them mounted? Visible to camera? (Can you post a pic?)
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    vision calibration issue M2P

    Ah-ha. Wrong Assistant software. Problem solved.
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    vision calibration issue M2P

    I've struggled with this process myself and can't get it to complete a calibration. After doing the various scans, the "Calculating ..." screen just sits there at 0%. After about half an hour I give up and shut everything down. There's no error message or anything — just nothing but "0%." Any...
  14. Chuckinay

    Who uses a radio to monitor air traffic while flying their quadcopter and why?

    I monitor ATC in the Seattle area, even outside tower-controlled airspace, because we have a lot of floatplanes and helicopters. I especially pay attention to 122.9, the multicom for general air to air, which is what transients use in and around the city. I just use a basic Uniden scanner with a...
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    Remote control antenna orientation

    That's very helpful — especially the part about the aircraft's antenna not being omnidirectional. Thanks.