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    Forgot to take gimbal guard off before turning drone on

    Did two flights back to back... Effed and jeffed the camera was broken before realising my mistake. Removed it and all was good. No big deal. Don't tell anyone!
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    All I can say is WOW!

    If you're a gamer you might want to try one of the other stick modes which more closely matches FPV games. Now... a Fortnite/drone mashup game... there's an idea!!
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    Why did you choose Air over Pro?

    It was a late night impulse purchase after watching the launch event on YouTube. I had my finger over the buy button for a Pro for a week or so beforehand but held off when I heard about the Air. The size was what tipped it for me. Absolute portability. I have a case that holds just the Air...
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    Mavic Air fly-away - what gives?

    The bit where the creepy voice says "home position set - check it on the map". Do that!
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    Everyone still in love or returning?

    No but its coming. Various Twitter 'leaks' - mainly rumors. Some say March but who knows.
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    Everyone still in love or returning?

    In love... but only since running with the FCC mod - CE was too limiting. I'll be checking out the MP2 (against marital advice) but will probably stick with MA just for sheer portability. Being able to transport *everything* in the FMC bag (even after adding a fourth battery!) is just incredible.
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    Now that I have actually used the air a little more... I am extremely disappointed.

    This sounds like a fault. Can easily reach 2Km without issue (been to 2.6Km, can literally circle the entire village) and wind never been a problem to 30mph gusts. Likewise with pano stitching bu t I can see how strong wind PLUS pano stitching could be an issue but never seen it.
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    Max range with no lag on video feed

    Top tip: Learn to use the compass. I've found it to be VERY directional once you get any significant distance and quite often the drone isn't in the direction you would expect it to be. 2.6Km my max so far.
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    What do you call your Air?

    The way I fly it... Lucky.
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    Mavic Air Range Test - Europe

    Spoiler: he doesn't reach the nudist beach.
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    Official Mavic Air Range Leaderboard!

    I saw this on YouTube last night (Dustin makes great videos and is very entertaining) but thought the title was rather misleading. It didn't fly out 6 miles. 6 miles there and back, maybe, but that's not really the point of range tests. Still worth a watch though ;-)
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    First flight of our MA, video question.

    If you're on Mac check out the free iMovie (on the App Store). I needed exactly the same thing yesterday and it worked a treat. Added some titles and a fade-in/fade-out just to round it out.
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    Do you try to fly in excess wind speeds?

    I've been up in gusts up to 30mph and it was 'okay' but I wouldn't want to go much higher. It felt like this was the limit. There's also the increased risk of running out of juice on the return to home if you fly out downwind.
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    New firmware allows smart capture without controller or app?

    So... this is going to be SOOO cool to demo to friends and family ;-)
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    Unusably choppy 4k30 video from Mavic Air :(

    I use this: 128GB and can confirm no issues whatsoever (apart from the price!!!): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XYSVX64/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Somewhere on the DJI site they list what cards are officially compatible. Unfortunately I cant remember where but have a...