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    Interesting interaction with police today

    Cops are NOT lawyers and have a rudimentaryknowledge of the law at best. DO NOT take legal advice from a police officer its not their remit to give it neither are they qualified to do so..
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    free fall while taking pictures of comet Neowise

    Its social media, this generation do anything and everything to get something posted. Even chucking themselves off buildings etc......
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    Do you use landing gear all the time? never or sometimes?

    Always, no good reason not to. I want my Mavic as far away from dust dirt and anything else FOD related when its running on the ground.
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    Can anyone recommend a lightweight tablet with a super bright screen...

    Using my M2P with an iphone XS Max but need a brighter screen. Any recommends???/
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    Question about MM firmware update of batteries

    Doesnt it just update the battery once its connected to an upgraded drone and turned on?
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    mavic pro, lost forever, Dji reliability down the toilet drain !

    Persnally I would never fly an expensive drone on anything using spamdroid/hackeddroid as an OS. I gave up that as an OS and mr Gates baby and my life is sp much simpler and stress free tech wise aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, (long lazy stretch).....
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    Interesting and useful website

    there is an Ios app called windy which is also good, dont know if its on spamdroid though
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    Interesting and useful website

    Hi all, Discovered this the other day, its a website that gives wind at all altitudes. Interesting to play with, I found one example with a surface wind of 9Kmh and at 150m it was over 70Kph! Good knowledge if you are planning long flights. Its here earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and...
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    Ignorant Pilots not helping the hobby

    If his details were attached on a sticker it may well have come off in the water. Also if he was doing anything illegal its unlikely he would have turned up to collect it.
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    Max wind speed for flying

    Yes I know they are in the manual, I was asking for peoples personal experiences. I am getting wind warnings at what I consider quite low wind speeds, 10 - 15mph
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    Max wind speed for flying

    Thanks Steve
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    Max wind speed for flying

    Hi all, Mavic 2 pro - what in your experience is the safe limit for windspeed during flight? Regards Mark
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    Covid-19 lockdown

    I have a PS4 and I play world of war ships, brilliant fun..... I am 57 also, go get one....
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    Night Flight over Kyiv City, Ukraine

    Ochen harasho. I enjoyed this, I met my wife in Kyiv back in 2001, her family live in Lesnoy Prospekt, we used to spend many happy summer evenings walking on Kreshetik, by St Peters and the Dnieper.
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    Hit 33,087 feet in my Mini today.

    Filet mignon! Your dogs on a better diet than I am ? great idea ?