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    Collision sensors - do they detect a solid object that is approaching the drone, rather than just the other way around?

    I want to film a boat as it approaches a hovering drone, then glide up the hull as it passes. I wonder if the collision sensor will help keep me from colliding with an object that is moving toward the drone? Also curious about techniques for hovering over waves in the water, and whether the...
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    Disable M3 Downward Sensors

    I spent some time recently landing a Mavic 3 on a sailboat. With all the rigging, the vertical column I needed to land in was maybe 2 square meters. I discovered that the tilted deck seemed to upset the Mavic and it would resist landing, and then I found a clever hack. At the moment I got the...
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    Using a second drone to boost video range

    [NB: I'm just throwing this out there, because I lack the engineering prowess to pull this off as a modification.] Imagine having a small, second drone whose job is to park directly above you at your flight ceiling and RELAY control and video signals from you to your primary drone and back...