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    Air 2s Range

    The drone isn't CE. Your drone and controller will adjust the signal strength to suit wherever you are using it.
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    Take off and landing from the top of an apartment bullding - handling complaints

    You don't have to fly from your home. You could go somewhere else to fly and maintain a lower profile.
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    Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?

    I didn't miss it. But I do understand what surveying and mapping are. And they are very, very different from what the OP is asking about.
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    Not allowed to retrieve files from RC 2

    No DJI hasn't done anything like that. How are you trying to access the files, what is preventing you?
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    Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?

    I read everything carefully. It looks like you didn't take any notice of this: He's looking for precision measurement, not gross measurement of stockpiles or any of the other things you included.
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    Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?

    All of those are about mapping or surveying large areas. None of those relate to what the OP was asking.
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    14 sats but not enough to get home point?

    This is a major factor. The number of sats your drone can see is roughly proportional to the percentage of the sky it sees. And more than the number of sats, it also means that the sats your drone does see, are more likely to be bunched and not giving the wide spread that's needed for good GPS...
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    14 sats but not enough to get home point?

    That's uncommon, but not unusual. The time taken and number of sats before you have full GPS quality is quite variable and affected by a number of different factors. I have seen it take >20 sats before being able to record a home point on occasion. The sats are orbiting the earth while the...
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    400' AGL over natural feature/"structure"

    It is ...except to those who want to troll.
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    Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?

    If it can be done the way you are considering (and that's highly unlikely), the task would require a specialist operator. Someone experienced in detailed technical engineering inspections. It's going to need someone with more than experience in real estate drone photos. You should tell the...
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    400' AGL over natural feature/"structure"

    You are making this much more difficult that it is. All you need is a simple dictionary definition like ... construct verb past tense: constructed; past participle: constructed /kənˈstrʌkt/ To build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine). It doesn't matter who does the...
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    Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?

    Ask the project manager if he has ever heard of such a thing being done with a drone. If he has, get details from him. It sounds very much like it's not something that would be possible.
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    No satellite positioning signal when updating RTH

    I don't know the RC2 controller. How did it show a lot of satellites? Was this sats that the drone was reporting or the controller? If it looks just like this .... .. that's showing you the number of sats the drone is connected to. The warning message specifically mentioned that it had no...
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    No satellite positioning signal when updating RTH

    Or learn to use the radar display. It shows where the drone is relative to the homepoint. It's a simple matter to use the left stick to turn the drone until it is pointing directly at the homepoint and push the right stick forward to fly there, watching the distance indicator to monitor...
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    Pre-flight Checklist?

    One of your checklist items is incorrect. The number of sats is not the guarantee of GPS status you might think it is. There is no single number of sats that ensures that you have full GPS reception and the drone has recorded a home point. You need to wait until the drone shows you that it has...
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