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  1. Rudiger

    PHONE ON A DRONE LEADS RESCUERS TO TRAPPED MOTORIST:

    I googled it and found the story on the BBC website https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64905689
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    What a jerk, I feel sorry for the pilot.

    "As an altercation ensued, the man indicated he had experienced noise pollution from the drone. When asked whether he did not experience the same problem with other low-flying aircraft or paragliders, the man said he would like to shoot them as well." Sounds like this guy has some issues if he...
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    What are some best practices after initial take off?

    I am impressed by how fast it descends - a huge improvement from my original mavic pro
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    Can I fly bvlos now?

    I was about 5 comments in when I scrolled back to the top to see if the thread had been locked!
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    HERES A REAL DUMB QUESTION!

    I use a Nexus 7 (Nexus 7 (2012) - Wikipedia) that just barely fits in the controller without any additional mounts
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    Bought a Mavic Air 2S and it's a giant paper weight....

    I was hoping someone had suggested this. If there is something wrong with the SD card, this is the way to test it. Record internally (photos and video) and copy those files over.
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    Tell me why you might shoot drone video using a slow frame rate?

    As a few people have pointed out, there seems to be some confusion between between frame rate and shutter speed. Yes, 24fps is the film standard in North America and 25fps is the standard in Europeland. Film and cinema cameras use shutter angles so a 180° shutter translates to 1/48 for 24fps and...
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    Mini 2 Forgot my ND Filters at home and paid for it.

    It looks fine to me, and I get paid to QA video.
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    DJI Mavic 3 specifications leak with two models due in November

    Because micro SD cards are not fast enough to keep up with Prores. External 4k Prores recorders like the Atomos Ninja V record to high end SSD
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    Air 2 U-Tube ruins my videos!!

    It took 5 pages to get to the correct answer! This is it right here. Youtube re-encodes every video that is uploaded to an optimized codec. For 1080p and smaller Youtube encodes to avc and for larger resolutions Youtube encodes to vp9. Even vp9 will show some quality loss but it will look...
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    Chinese drones are spying on Americans

    On that topic, I stumbled across this video about Microsoft Flight Simulator the other day How Microsoft Flight Simulator Recreated Our Entire Planet
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    Stupid helicopter

    I've seen a few amazing videos from the mach loop - so cool!
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    Georgia man accused of shooting, damaging workers' $15K drone

    Some more information from the local news. The video from Georgia Transmission shows them using an Inspire, and yes they contacted the FAA. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-man-arrested-for-shooting-down-utility-company-drone
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    Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed

    I thought they were in charge? Why would they need to "spy" on their own power plants?
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    Mavic Slices Food In Slow Motion - Have i lost it in lockdown?

    I was also thinking hotdogs for the same reason!