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    Flew my drone into the woods

    It continues to hover until the critical battery threshold is reached, and then it lands.
  2. M

    Major update to drone regulations

    RID has been in use for more than a year here in the US, and despite the fears or some, there has been no epidemic of ugliness.
  3. M

    Single straight white line is very annoying.

    If Best Buy doesn't do the right thing, consider sending it to DJI for repair. I've seen nothing but good reports about their repair work (often a replacement drone) and the prices.
  4. M

    Mavic 4 Spinning am I missing something?

    Touch, hold & drag to yaw the gimbal is available on the Mavic 3 series.
  5. M

    Another drone shot down

    Uh-huh. Things are bad. How bad are they? No one could say "Merry Christmas" until some time after January 21, 2025 and we have to flush our toilets 10 times and our shower heads only dribble water and offshore wind turbines kill whales.
  6. M

    Just exactly how good is the obstacle avoidance ?

    Small branches, particularly those without leaves, are not detected well by the OA system. Almost all trees have them and most shrubs, too, with the exception of very dense shrubs like privet hedges and hollies. For situations similar to what you describe, I use the Neo rather than risking one...
  7. M

    Just exactly how good is the obstacle avoidance ?

    It's a fact, not a theory. Swipe down from the top of the screen to access the volume control and other settings.
  8. M

    Is the current DJI app for drones full of options for ads now?

    Download the DJI Fly app directly from DJI. https://www.dji.com/downloads
  9. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    12,958 is an increase of 46% over 8,878. A 145% fee applied to a $8,878 price would result in a total cost of $21,751.
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    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    This seems far more important to you than it is to me. Heck, I'm not even sure what clear truth you think I'm disputing. As I documented, a DJI representative said DJI would pay all import fees and tariffs on a Mini 4 basic package I might have purchased on July 2 for $759. They did not say...
  11. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    There was no discussion of price increases or their cause. I'm not interested in imagining or speculating on the cause of their price increases.
  12. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    And it may be that it's true only temporarily, until the tariffs are applicable to the stock they're selling.
  13. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    Hmm. And here I've been, thinking that I created the thread to report what a DJI rep said about tariffs on shipments to the US, question whether the statement is accurate, and ask if anyone has purchased a drone from DJI that was subject to tariffs. I know who pays the tariffs - the importer...
  14. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    It's not political to discuss who is responsible for the recent tremendous increases on tariffs on imports into the US. It's Donald J. Trump. It's not political to cite Trump administration statements about tariffs. Trump himself only recently admitted that his tariffs will increase prices to US...
  15. M

    Believe it or not? DJI rep says they pay all tariffs.

    We don't know that DJI is paying tariffs on current sales. The inventory being sold may have been imported prior to imposition of the tariffs. We certainly don't that DJI will pay tariffs on future sales to the US. You've made the point about tariffs being assessed on declared cost rather than...
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