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    Folding Mavic with Low Noise Props - Observation

    As a former AH-64 Apache Helicopter Crew Chief I could probably speak hours about weight & balance, but anyways I found out that my father in law while working for Boeing actually holds (along with Boeing of course) the patent for using Carbon Fiber in aircraft fuselages. OMG what an honor to...
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    Android Oreo Update

    So TMobile sent out the Android Oreo update this morning to my fiance and I S8+'s this morning. And I love a major update, feels like a fresh phone again (even though they're only a year old), I love most of the new features, a few things they messed up on like taking away individual MMS tones...
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    Well my first time breaking a blade and it had...

    Yeah I have 4 sets of the regular ones. No downtime here lol
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    Well my first time breaking a blade and it had...

    ...to be the low noise props that I had less than a dozen flights on. Was in a familiar spot, my property, when my Mavic drifted back into some tiny branches. The Mavic almost looked like it wasn't gonna recover but it did and brought her down safely. One prop broke off the swept edge and...
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    Screw loose?

    Ok, howdy all, I asked a friend who also has a Mavic this question but he never got back to me. Anyways, the little screw that is in the center of the camera under the plate that your gimble lock slides on is not sitting flush as seen in the photo below. I have no idea on how to even get to it...
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    Start Motors Different Than P4

    I start inward too. Always have
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    Whats phone or tablet are you all using for your Mavic?

    I've been flying mine with the S8+, and yeah months ago I had problems but in the last few months not a single glitch
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    Artificial light in raw photo

    Yep bad pixels. Depending on the company's tolerances for this is whether they'll care. On high end cameras like my Nikon D5 this is not acceptable, but contact DJI and see what they say.
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    Folding Mavic with Low Noise Props - Observation

    I would have tested my props on Wed but alas FedEx are idiots. They left California (I live in WA) and the day they're scheduled for delivery they show up in Chicago....WTF. Now they're scheduled for delivery on the 30th