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    Flying in the cold

    In the cold I use the vehicle as a base of operation, sit in the open rear hatch and keep it running so batteries, tablet and I are somewhat sheltered and warmed. On the plus side the density altitude at 20F is over 3000 feet lower than at 70F so the props are more efficient requiring less...
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    Anyone else have this issue? (Smart controller no video feed from drone)

    During a day long photo shoot at a trucking company the gray screen started early afternoon and continued intermittently on start up, usually resolved by a restart until the last shot of the day. We had 30 people assembled in front of a line of parked trucks and could not get the controller to...
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    Quick release plate to swap DJI Mavic 2 pro and zoom cameras??

    Exactly. If you already have the pro you don’t need the zoom.
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    Drone will randomly stop moving forward despite having no obstacles in front

    Are you by chance hitting, bouncing off, a geofence zone? Feels really weird, just stops moving as you try to enter the zone. FAA clearance is unrelated to the unlock from DJI.
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    492 ft. altitude limit!

    If you were inspecting a structure the 400 ft AGL rule becomes 400 feet above the height of the structure within 400 feet of the structure.
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    Exporting Flight Logs from Smart Controller

    After a few days of struggling with Windows 7 and 8 with no success I attached the Smart Control to a Linux System (Ubunto 18.). I'm able to see all and upload to the DJI Flight Log Viewer. It happened to be a test flight of POI. A perfect circle, sweet.
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    Mavic 2 Smart Controller PACKAGE Question

    It came with a seperate USB power cube and cable for the controller, USB C as well as the battery charger.
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    DJI Smart controller

    Affirmative, I have not been able to get Drone Deploy to work on the Smart Controller, bought a pre owned standard controller on this site and ran a successful mission first time out using an IPhone X. It seems some have success with DD on the SC but not I. Best.