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    Is it really that loud?

    I hear this argument made a lot about why smaller or 'toy like' drones are more ideal for flying under the radar or when under scrutiny by the public. Is that really the case? I'd imagine a drone hating get-off-my-lawn type of guy wouldn't care about anything other than the fact you seem to be...
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    Mavic Air - Noise levels

    This video is good as it was measured indoors with low background noise and compares the Mavic Air (MA) to the Mavic 2 (M2). Since I only have the MA myself, I used the audio in this video to do some quick comparisons between the two drones while they are in the hovering state. The noise...
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    Mavic Air - Noise levels

    Expressing sound level is tricky because it requires some kind of standardization in the reporting. Firstly, loudness perception is frequency dependent. The same sound pressure level expressed in dB at different frequencies will not yield the same 'loudness' to the human ear. Human hearing has...