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Well, I guess your milage varies. All I can say is I have a pile that have that behavior and a smaller one that does not. I have cut a couple open, since they proved themselves to be not as represented and found the two halves, which should have identical wire, not be identical. As I said I...

I know, I used those, since they printed out their specs on the connectors for illustration. I have 2 4tb Sandisk SSD's and 2 2tb Crucial SSD's and again they change speeds depending on which way you orient the cable as you push it in. Just the fact I experience. I also get not enough power...

I have all the nice little devices that measure the rates and power goin through the USB-Cable to & from devices. I got them due to some cable not working projecting 4K video on my projectors. IT was then I found if you flipped the orientation of SOME USB-C cables the speed and power supplied...

Guess what, it is on eBay now: Scam Drone

The other odd thing about USB-C cables they are not unidirectional, in respect to the orientation they are plugged into any device. Power output is different in different orientations as is data speeds. Now this is not all cables. There is a huge variation in the power and data rates with the...

No, it is a scammer. I played him for a week. Claims he isn't in Prescott, but in Florence AZ. I said, cool I have to go that way in my airplane on Thursday anyhow, meet me at the airport. Naturally he didn't go or answer for a couple of days. I never went, but lo, yesterday he popped up asking...

I had some fun with them the other day. I fly all over in my plane. Got them going then said, hey I have to fly into there tomorrow, I can just pick it up. Radio silence. Done that several times, latest in Gallup. Where I actually do go, store aircraft there.

Based on some testing and other comments. The Mini 4 Pro activates RID when you put in a Plus battery and take off. The RID also activates when you use the 249 battery that came with the Mini 3. It works in the Mini 4, but is slightly heavier, so the battery ID activates RID as well (marked...

I use small bits of reflective tape as well. I cut out circles with a hole punch, top, bottom sides and a couple of the arms. If you go around after or near dark with a bright flashlight, it will show up.

You need to realize that the GPS signal is very weak, not a high powered output at all. Easily masked by your roof, cement, trees lots of snow, thick with precipitation clouds and so on. One other item is if you have not used your drone in a while, the GPS has to get one other periodic bit of...

If anyone wants to get really elaborate, here are dozens of 3D printer drone claw designs. Drone Claw

The housing project was high end, 4500 sq foot jobs. Some would say the economy is to blame. Who knows, they walked off the job around 10 of these high end homes on the edge of the forest here. These birds are on crack, ADD to the max. Aside from the occasional pecking of holes in your home...

I didn't actually buy the airdrop, it came with a used Mavic 3 I bought. I kept it up until I finally sold my last of the 3's the other day, my Cine. Moving onto bigger drones for my work. Still keep a Mini 4 Pro. So small I can pack it around with my other gear. On a silly note, I have used...

Fire department is useless. I had called them for an actual kitten stuck in a tree 70' up in 28° weather. They just laughed, "that only happens on tv." They said, "ever seen any cat skeletons in a tree?" Funny part is I was a commissioner, so that doesn't help as well. I ended up using the; toss...

2 pairs - DJI Mavic 3 Low-Noise Propellers 4 propellers in DJI original bags, $18. Now you can make an offer on all of it, some of it or individually. I am now totally out of the Mavic 3 game, moving on to bigger drones. I take PayPal, there is the shipping which totally seems to depend on...