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    mavic 2 pro lost at sea. first flight brand new drone

    So you have enough money to afford a boat but you need a payment plan to replace a drone? Offhand I'd say that a 30% discount is pretty darn generous of DJI considering your drone was lost due to pilot error. My advice would be to gratefully accept the 30% and learn how to fly on land before...
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    U.S Air Force bought 57 DJI Mavic 2 drones : }

    Except your iPhone isn't sending that data back to China so they can build a dossier on you and all your contacts.
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    My First LAANC Experience

    It's off-screen in that screen shot but it actually said 10 miles of visibility.
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    U.S Air Force bought 57 DJI Mavic 2 drones : }

    Did you ever wonder why DJI Go 4 needs permission to access your camera, microphone, and contacts in order to fly your drone?
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    My First LAANC Experience

    So I'm currently visiting relatives in Louisville, KY for Thanksgiving. They live in a beautifully wooded area so I brought my MPP with me. They are just barely within the Class D airspace around Bowman Field, so for the first time ever I signed up to get a LAANC authorization. I first checked...
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    Computer: Adobe Premiere Pro -System Compatibility Report-

    Think of this as a good excuse to go out and buy yourself a GTX 3080. :D
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    Propriety (not legality) of flying in US national parks while closed

    If the street is closed and there's nobody there?
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    Lost Zoom. Need advice.

    :confused: Had this happened to me, I would have spent all 28 of those minutes trying everything I could possibly think of to reconnect, including cycling power on everything. As a last resort, I would have waded/swam out to where it was going to land to try and catch it and/or retrieve the...
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    Crashed my Mavic 2 Pro because of CSC stick input settings :(

    Unless there is some kind of malfunction...
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    What is controlling the drone when flying on a "flight plan"?

    Dunno about the 2, but on the original Mavic Pro the answer is "both" - the waypoints are stored internally to the aircraft, but the gimbal angle is controlled from the app on the ground. If the aircraft loses contact with the app, it will continue to fly the mission but the camera angle will no...
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    DJI drops AirMap and increases size of airport No Fly zones.

    I am cautiously optimistic about that. :D
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    Missing Mavic ENDURES BRUTAL STORMS FOR 8 DAYS OUT OF LAST 30.

    The story was so good you needed to post it twice? o_O
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    New pilot, new forum member - Southern California.

    Yes they can. My MPP currently has 3 silver and one gold. :D
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    Taking photos on a Litchi Mission

    A common noob mistake with Litchi is trying to use waypoint actions with a curved path. When the path is curved the waypoints are never actually reached and the actions don't trigger. Double-check your curved path setting and make sure it's disabled and see if that helps.
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    New pilot, new forum member - Southern California.

    Welcome! If you're looking for a place to fly, check out the OC Great Park. Lots of wide open spaces and very few people. Thumbswayup