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Hunting animals is by de facto practice an unfair activity. I am not against lawful hunting, but nothing about how hunting is done impresses me much as any sort of accomplishment. Hunters use high powered firearms, scopes, night vision, thermal vision, field vehicles, helicopters, and now drones...

What happened to beanbubba?

I think I’ve wrecked a few Mavic batteries by believing that their “smart-charger” was actually smart enough to leave them in the charger for weeks. Why can’t the charger handle ideal storage charging/discharging. Put a button on it for “storage charge”?

You are sure right about the antenna angle. I have a set of the panel antennas mounted on a tripod/pole system that I used to try and get "up over the lip" so I could point down into the valley, but raising the antenna height did not help that much. I'm not sure boosting the AC side would be of...

What is the best remote controller side amp for range? Anyone tried this one: WiFi Signal Booster Wireless Repeater 2.4GHz 8W 802.11 Extender Range Amplifier 14276886855 | eBay I have a dragon 4W and that is pretty good but I have a challenging flight to make and would like better signal...

Can't you just leave the battery in the smart charger and let the charger keep it topped up?

I have one of the "Dragon" amps -- hope everyone knows what I mean by that. Anyway, it that amp bi-directional? Can I feed the remote controller input to it from either end? Also, if I remember right (which is usually not the case anymore), the Dragon is a 4 watt amplifier. Has anyone found a...

I made my own from kydex in a vacuum press. Besides a holster for the batteries, you can also make a holster for the folded drone, and RC.

You guys may want to check the Mavic Antenna Mods forum here. Beanbubba and others have made (and continue to make for the M2) several pretty definitive tests showing the most important distance gain is on the controller side. A directional antenna on the bird? Well, are you going to fly...

Perhaps your amps are giving out enough electromagnetic noise to interrupt the signal reception until the drone gets far enough away from the amps?

How much gain do the Titan amps provide, and is it equal gain on both sides (both antennas)?

I can buy the MPP arm -- but since I had a Pro arm I thought it would make sense to use it IF it would work. I see alot of sites online selling a "MPP arm" but it is painted the darker grey of a Mavic Pro -- so I was assuming they are the same thing (other than color). How would the MP arm...

I had a crash and the front left arm of my Mavic Pro Platinum needs replacement. I have a replacement arm, but it is from a Mavic Pro. Will there be any problems in using the older design arm with the MPP? Or is it only the ESC firmware that is different ?

Good to know, and just in time! I'll make the adjustments. Attached is a photo of the installation process so far. You can see I was just about to go up the ladder to add the extra mast sections, the topmost one which I showed in reply #491. The MLR600 is just hanging there at this point. I...

Thanks. So both panels (left and right channels) should be oriented vertically?