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    Mavic Air did not stop before crash on Active Track

    So after this crash, the gimbal broke. I dissasembled the drone and managed to glue the broken pieces, but after two days the gimbal died. It doesn't move anymore using the gimbal dial on the stick. It does not auto-correct its position when I start the drone as it usually did. The gimbal has...
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    Mavic Air did not stop before crash on Active Track

    Pretty sure it did, because I've used Active Track previously but without wind and not that close to multiple branches. I had situations when it avoided a small tree/branch but it was only one, not a multitude of them as on this video. This was a serious stress test for the Active Track system...
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    Mavic Air did not stop before crash on Active Track

    Indeed, having it fly too close to moving branches was not the best idea to start with. Even if it noticed the branch at last moment, there is also the braking distance that should be taken into consideration. I also noticed that with time and experience, sometimes I am more prone to errors...
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    Mavic Air did not stop before crash on Active Track

    So, as you can see in the video below, I crashed my drone quite badly while it was following me with Active Track. The issue is that seconds before crashing I saw on the screen the RED obstacle indication. From previous experiences with Active Track, the drone should've stopped in that moment...
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    Carrying Mavic Air + controller unfolded on mountain climbs

    One of the issues that I have when going on a hike or mountain climb with a group of people is that it always takes time to unfold the drone + controller and after the flight(which sometimes takes under 5 minutes), to fold it back again to carry it in the backpack. I don't want to annoy my...