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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    Small update - its been about 5 days The mavic was in the rice for about 2 days and then out in a warm sunny area for another 3. It now seems to be working - connecting again to RC and gimbal is starting up correctly. I took it up today to test it briefly. Flew fine. All seems good - apart...
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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    I agree it seems to be unclear - however i think it would just be fly a bit higher to compensate for any drop and be vigilant and i guess get some water skids on the feet !
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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    oK - so over a placid lake and very low probably about 4ft and then down to 2 ft to try and get the ripple shot. I was hovering. Ive been down lower than 1ft with the p3 - but id forgotten to remember the stories about those with mavic (or those with vps) and water.. The water was dark so...
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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    Thanks guys Unfortunately I didnt get refresh from DJI although it did get a refreshing mountain cold water dip in the lake Does that count ? I wonder if there are any places in EU that are doing repairs for non dji refreshers.
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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    Hi Kiter If you read around always make sure you turn of vps as it gets confused with the water surface and can mis report the height etc. This is what basically happened with me when I was trying to get an arty shot just above the water with ripples showing...
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    Lake drowning - and next steps

    Unfortunately the mavic got fully submerged in a local fresh water lake I was filming on - user error - Next steps - I did Stuck it in rice for 3 days and got it to turn back on. However, now the RC does not want to connect to mavic, shows its forever connecting - and also the gimbal is...
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    Long Exposure Night Shot + Google AI = Dreamy Awesomeness

    Not bad how long did you take the shot for
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    How to Exceed Max Altitude for Mountain Flying?

    I have read and seen video where the drone is put in a vacum sealed box- pressure taken out to fool the pressure sensor and then take off immediately....
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    New Mavic Sleeve

    11.99 delivered. nice
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    Flying Backwards, what gives?

    I have flown twice indoors - and crashed twice indoors - both times the mavic flew out of control forward or backwards, slowly.
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    Anyone try the Windsurfer ?

    Every review ive seen of these things shows they are a complete waste of time on the mavic ocusync type signals.
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    Great find on tablet mount idea

    simplest seen so far wish i hadnt ordered my other 3d printed design
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    4 batteries and powerbank to charge the RC in Flymore bag :)

    Sounds interesting what your doing with belt loop... would like to see that..
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    Sleeping giant

    Thanks Espania