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    Mini 3 Cumulonimbus Shots with the mini 3

    Nice shots. You might want to tinker with time-lapse photos of clouds; they can be very interesting. Share what you shoot.
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    Vertical shooting

    Stop recording, then change modes and begin recording again.
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    Max take off altitude DJI Flip

    Almost all general aviation airplanes and helicopters use barometric altimeters. Due to the expense, weight, and complexity, only the military and very sophisticated GA aircraft have something more accurate.
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    Mini 5 pro

    The line represents the plane of the drone (like wings on an airplane), not the horizon.
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    Lost another drone

    It's more likely that the battery detached from the drone after the crash than that it fell out mid flight.
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    Lost another drone

    In which of your three drone losses being discussed, do you think the battery detached from the drone in flight?
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    Lost my other drone, my Mini 3 Pro

    At that altitude with the camera pointed down at the water, all you can see is water. You can't tell whether the drone is descending or the water is rising up. Looking at the controller screen, you could only see that the surface of the water was getting closer. That's not the only possible...
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    Lost my other drone, my Mini 3 Pro

    Not the first time he's had this sort of problem. "I was flying a series of out of signal range waypoint missions over train track and terminals under construction near my house." Crash. "... the drone was way off course, and ended up hitting some construction equipment, even though obstacle...
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    DHS Video - Safeguarding American Airspace

    If you're talking about the empty car window breaking in the video, that wasn't a threat, it was a demonstration of the nation's new defensive capability.
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    DHS Video - Safeguarding American Airspace

    It's a reflection of the level of knowledge of the people managing this program and of those creating the AI video segments.
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    Mavic 4 bought in Japan, currently in US, and needs warranty repair. What are my options?

    Why would DJI void the warranty in Japan just because you took the drone to another country. Just ask them how they're handling such cases. Worst case, you won't care for the answer, but they've not going to be vindictive because you asked.
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    Mavic 4 bought in Japan, currently in US, and needs warranty repair. What are my options?

    Who would blacklist you? DJI? They'd be upset that you purchased their product?
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    US government abandons plan to blacklist Chinese-made drones

    Got it. Doom coming. You know. No one else does, because they're naive.
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    A bit concerned about my Mini 5 Pro

    Same behavior with manual takeoff and auto-takeoff?
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