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    Combating Drones

    From "The Economist" Combating drones A new dogfight The technology available to deal with rogue drones is getting better For something weighing only a few kilograms and costing less than $2,000, even for a sophisticated model, a small consumer drone can cause an awful lot of havoc. On...
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    Anecdote on flying in a remote area in Chile

    Hi Recently visited a little known, but highest waterwall in Chile, Salto de Itata. This is out in the middle of forrestry lands and involves wending your way down country backroads. The waterfall has nothing but a wooden interpretive centre nearby. Other than that it is forrestry...
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    Video of phone screen

    As a newbie I had to learn this too. On iOS: How to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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    Watch exactly does Compass Interference measure?

    apologies : Title should read "WHAT exactly does the Compass Interference measure?" (Dyslexics lure KO) hi as a newbie I assumed that the compass interference (Main Controller settings --> Advanced Settings --> Sensors --> Compass) would be the same in a single location independent of...
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    Mavic air from different country

    Hi I bought a MA in the US. Was flown a couple of time there. Then tried to fly here in Chile and it failed miserably with constant compass calibration requests. (Sear for my other post). Long story short: I had to do an IMU calibration and that solved it. Have fun. Iain. (An Irishman in...
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    Compass Calibration...Your Observations.

    (Apologies for the formatting error. It didn’t look that way when I posted). Update. The sequence above has solved the issue for me. My MA no longer constantly requests compass calibration. And when I did a compass calibration it worked first time. I have now flown 10s of flights in a 100km...
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    Flying in Argentina and Chile

    Oi Fabio Here, in Spanish, are a summary of the regulations, and links to the laws for flying in Chile. https://www.dgac.gob.cl/como-operar-un-dron-en-chile/. (Search the forums and you will find a translation, but this is the original). I'm a newbie flier in Chile but talking to some in the...
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    Compass Calibration...Your Observations.

    I had two separate but related issues Mavic Air requests compass calibration most flight attempts and then Mavic Air will not compass calibrate Short solution: A IMU calibration, along with powering on the MA while level, right side up and stable and Not moving the MA once powered on...