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    Wired article about commercial drones and the FAA

    It's a pretty fluffy article, but interesting... On His Way Out, America’s Transportation Chief Wants to Set Drones Free Seems like the new admin will be less likely to increase drone regulation. Drone pilot is going to be a good early 21st century job until they become self-flying. Forget...
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    Pre-order and Shipping Times - Who Will Get the Mavic First?

    Well, I just got the dreaded "Your order has been canceled" from Amazon. I did get communication from my vendor, InnovativeUAS, just before the amazon message actually. My delivery was supposed to be Nov 17-22, but now who knows. InnovativeUAS did say that they are keeping the waiting list...
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    Pre-order and Shipping Times - Who Will Get the Mavic First?

    Sorry, but to me it sounds like what they are saying is, "Due to high demand, rather than fulfill customer orders we chose to sell batteries at a ridiculous markup to keep unauthorized sellers out of the market". If they really wanted to keep the unauthorized sellers out of the market they...
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    Mavic Flight in Tasmania

    Gorgeous location!
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    Mode combinations?

    They may be processor bound on combining some functionality. If tracking uses up enough of the CPU time there may not be enough bandwidth to combine it with tripod mode. Although I agree it would be awesome if it could.
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    Why does the Mavic appeal to you?

    I have a small company that does video production and motion graphics. We have hired drone ops with Phantoms a couple of times for projects, and I have been wanting one for a while. Had set aside money from a job to get a P4 and start learning to fly but been too busy to make the purchase...
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    Pre-order and Shipping Times - Who Will Get the Mavic First?

    I ordered Oct 20th, 3:38 PDT, Fly More Combo from Amazon - Innovative UAS. Shipping estimate has remained Nov 17 to 21 since I ordered.
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    Thoughts on getting Insurance for Mavic

    Some info here, it seems to cover theft, accidental damage, or loss (so maybe even a flyaway). on personal property including things like cameras, jewelry etc. https://www.statefarm.com/insurance/home-and-property/personal-articles-policy