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    Newbie From DFW, Texas

    I'm in North Dallas and have been hitting many places that you should check out: - Lake Lewisville - LLELA Nature Preserve on the south side and Greenbelt Park Denton on the north side both have big open spaces to fly, lots to see. - Ray Hubbard - Woodland Basin Nature Center is great and a...
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    Proof of Concept - Connecting to WiFi Drone through 4G

    Verizon has two 4G and on 5G small battery-powered hotspots. AT&T and T-Mobile have the same. Connect the drone through the hotspot, strap the hotspot to the drone and off you go.
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    Dronelink Hobbyist Premium or Basic for MA2 - A few questions for you more experienced pilots!

    I just today went to buy Dronelink for use with my MA2 and it tells me right in the purchase process "The DJI Mini 2 and Mavic Air 2 are not supported yet." I see in other places on this and other forums that they have it in beta, but I'm not sure whether that is available to me or not. I'm...
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    Drone Remote ID & Operations Over People

    Can anyone translate the Class 1/2/3 drone requirements into allowable commercial models? If I were to get my 107 and wanted to fly at night and/or passing over people and vehicles, what drone could I use for that? Are after-market prop guards sufficient to meet the "no laceration" requirement?
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    To Purchase or not to Purchase the Mavic Air 2

    You're thinking too hard. There at a ton of MA2s in the U.S. Nothing about the new listing impacts the availability of the drones or parts. Make a decision on the merits of the drone, not on fake news and unnecessary angst.
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    Is Mavic Air 2 API Released? When to expect Litchi?

    Can anybody confirm that the Mavic Air 2 APIs were released. Other had previously posted that end of November was the anticipated release date, but I've not seen any confirmation that happened. If/when it is released, does anyone have a good sense of ETA on Litchi working on the Air 2? I'm...
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    Pole-mounted Directional Boosted Antenna Rig

    I fly my drone in two locations primarily. One of them is from a patio on a mountainous coast in South America. The rules here are wide open, and I've routinely flown beyond VLOS, down a long inlet out into the open ocean over some islands. Since most all my flying is out in this one...
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    Active Track: a question. Without this option ...... is it possible?

    It sounds like you would need/value Active Track. If you're driving down a bumpy road in a car, flying a drone will be hard enough. I think flying it well/smoothly while tracking the vehicle you're in will be very difficult or impossible. Maybe with practice you can isolate your hand/thumb...
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    How to Optimize Performance - Lenovo Tab M10 (x606f) and Mavic Air 2

    I don't know. I read on another thread (your post I think) that the only impact is which direction the arrow is pointing on the tracking widget at the bottom of the screen. Is that correct? I don't typically look at or use that, but if there are other impacts I'd like to know. From my few...
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    How to Optimize Performance - Lenovo Tab M10 (x606f) and Mavic Air 2

    Thanks for the reply. I did that, and it worked. Factory reset, re-installed DJI fly. Super smooth now. I also installed a fast microSD card in the tablet and configured it as memory. I had an extra. I've not used Android laptops, but it appears that the system moved a set of system...
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    How to Optimize Performance - Lenovo Tab M10 (x606f) and Mavic Air 2

    I recently purchased the Lenovo Tab M10 FHD. It was the cheapest 1080p display 10" android tablet that I could confirm would work. And it does (work), but I'm having performance problems. The first few flights it worked great, as well as my Galaxy Note 10+ I had been using. But now the video...
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    Why are we giving up our right to Fly because some ones upset?

    I purchased an MA2 about three weeks ago. I've been flying drones for a decade, but never with streaming video that I could fly beyond LOS and focus on the camera downlink rather than watching the drone. The last three weeks I've been flying it out of my backyard and all around our suburban...
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    Mavic Air 2 recommended antenna/signal boost mods

    I've got a MA2 and would like to get the Alientech Pro. Assuming I do and I mod the controller so that the antenna can be attached.... can I also/instead hook up small rubber quick-release antennas to the antenna posts if/when I'm not needing to actually use the larger/heavier antenna booster...