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    Hello from the UK!

    Greetings from Sunny Cornwall and welcome.
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    Hello world...from Houston!

    Welcome to the forum from a storm blown Cornwall UK
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    LAANC advice for U.K. visitor.

    Thank you for your swift reply, I have downloaded the software and opened it for a second but it seems to imply that you are using the phone the the software is on as a monitor for your flight as it asked for my phone number which it didn't like. Do you have to use the phone as a monitor that...
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    LAANC advice for U.K. visitor.

    Hello. My apologies for jumping on the band wagon but I to are faced for the first time with having to gain acceptance for a flight from someone maybe an ATC somewhere I don't know where to start. Best regards John
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    Air 2s A few moments over Newport, Oregon's Yaquina Bay.

    Very nice, you can almost feel the stillness and quiet.
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    LAANC in the UK Help

    Good afternoon. Thank you all for your assistance, I have downloaded Airmap to my phone and we when weather permits we will see what dji makes of my area and yes I have acquired the phone number for the ATC at Culdrose. Thanks once again.
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    Drone crash

    Yes, but not always.
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    LAANC in the UK Help

    Sorry if I'm going over old stuff but I have looked at a fair few submissions about this and most seem to cover the FAA and not CAA, I live in South West Cornwall UK and I'm now about to fly a dji Mavic 3 Classic and fall into a AIAA at Culdrose Air Base at Helston some 3 miles as the crow...
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    Drone crash

    I know it's too late for this time, I always carry a hand held compass in my bag and walk around with it before i take off and if there is any magnetic field around the compass will go berserk.
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    UK will not follow EASA Regs, Mavic 3 Classic will become Legacy in Jan 2023

    At the age now of 76 I think I will be flying up there well above 400 feet and not need to be bothering with my next drone.
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    3 FOG AND DRONE CAN BE A RISKY COMBINAISON

    Ask yourselves why Helicopters can't fly in fog when the dew point reaches a certain level, look it up plus some Helicopters still have carburettors which can ice up, not drones but our drones can still suffer from fog and the water vapour.
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    DJI Fly 1.7.8 - adjustable sharpness / noise reduction!

    Hello. Do any of you think that the sharpness bit of the update will to some extent overcome the lack of sharpness due to the fact of very low or none of Depth of field because to me there is nothing more off putting than seeing the background of a nice seascape or landscape blurred, thats why I...
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    Anyone else disappointing with picture quality?

    I envy you all being able to edit, I downloaded Divinci but it was looking so complicated so tried others and even appealed on Facebook for some help as I have difficulty learning things because of a work induced breakdown years ago and so I'm stuck but I have mastered Gimp but it doesn't edit...
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    Anyone else disappointing with picture quality?

    What do you expect from a fixed aperture with no depth of field.
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    The New DJI Mini 3 Pro Launch And Order Status!

    Yes and it's good that's not C marked