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    Taking off near metal? How bad is it?

    Hi Yaros, I had a terrifying experience with taking off from reinforced concrete that totally changed my attitude towards drone flying. https://mavicpilots.com/threads/mavic-mini-2-flyaway-and-crash.114102/ I was just lucky it didn't crash into a person or a road. Now I am much more careful...
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    What do you wish someone had told you before you started flying your DJI FPV?

    Make sure your compass is correct at takeoff. It can get a bad setting if there is metal close by, even it's hidden like in reinforced concrete! https://mavicpilots.com/threads/mavic-mini-2-flyaway-and-crash.114102/
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    Support told me to uninstall and reinstall the app before opening another issue/sending it back. I did with no expectation of any difference - as I had already updated to the latest version, and I can't understand how the app would effect the radio reception. However, after about another 6...
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    do you have any favourite types of practicing you do for flying?

    like keeping the camera on some landmark and flying around it keeping the landmark in the centre?
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    do you have any favourite types of practicing you do for flying?

    Hi everyone. I have a mini2 that I really enjoy for photography and video. I also have a potensic a20 for practice and having fun indoors. I feel like mastering it has helped my confidence with the mini. I see posts about flyways and ATTI mode, and I can totally see if you have no experience...
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    Exactly the same issue within minutes of the 2nd test flight. Contacting DJI support to work out what to do next.
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    got the drone back today. They have replaced the whole handset (my old one had a tag with my name / details that is mandatory here in Spain). I was wondering if I should have removed it first. Will test when it's not raining.
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    update - the return was easy, print UPS label and drop off at my local collection point. I got an email when they received it and as it progressed got updates. They replaced the main board in the controller and it's on its way back. fingers crossed they fixed it. Will update when I've tested it.
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    Hi, I returned the whole kit to DJI. Waiting for either fixed unit or a replacement.
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    I took it out again today for some tests and out of 3 launches, I got the same disconnection twice. No interferance, big structures etc near by. Within 5 meters or so of the drone. I tried to get the flight logs, but they appear to be missing. They're meant to be in DJI/dji.go.v5/FlightRecord/...
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    RC connection lost regularly, in first minutes of flight.

    Hi all, hope everyone's doing well. I wanted to write on the forum as it's been very useful for me in the past and it seems that if this is a fw/sw issue other people must be experiencing it but I can't find any recent threads about it for the mini2. I'm still fairly new to flying (5 hours of...
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    Insurance

    coverdrone wanted another 40 euro or so to cover the drone itself.
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    Insurance

    just got 3rd party liability through coverdrone and it took 5 mins and cost 17 euro.
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    Checking in from Valencia, Spain

    I got my registration from EASA today! ordered a fancy plastic card and ordering my metal drone labels.
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    Checking in from Valencia, Spain

    I made a quick video of my 1st 2 days of flying. Using Davinci resolve. Where do people share drone footage normally?