Recent content by nreese

Keep a couple of wads of Pesos in seperate pockets, and one roll in your sock. Small denominations, so it looks like a good wad. Be prepared to use them strategically.

Go into sports mode and climb - most birds cannot outclimb a Mavic Air 2 - I had a crow try to take me on for 40 minutes once. I toyed with it just to see how easy it was to avoid it.

Mavic Air 2 is meant to do 90km/h, though I don't think I've acheived that yet ...

Sports mode isn't for photography - it's for fun, or getting your drone to/from a desired spot quickly. Use the cinematic mode for photography.

Sports mode is really good if you are getting attacked by a bird / birds. I had a crow (Australian) spend 45 minutes trying to take out my MA2 (yep, put in a second battery to extend the fun) - really good practice for getting your reactions up to speed.

If you are having trouble taking off (even starting up) within the 5.5k radius of an airport (which you are legally able to do with the Mavic Mini as it is sub 250 grams), just start the drone under / in your house where there is no GPS signal, then fly the drone out the door. It will then pick...