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It doesn't, but since I'm storing the batteries there is no hurry. I would only bother to partially charge a drone battery if it was particularly low anyway. Otherwise everything just gets fully charged before use. I use a simple 30 minute timer designed for curling iron safety. Most of my...

I use an appliance timer to do partial charges on all my expensive lithium batteries. No need to be exact. For storage I shoot for 50% ish.

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Shouldn't have a problem with background refresh if you have few apps on the iPad. But it's Settings> General> Background App Refresh iOS 12 may help too. It will be available this month.

I have no problem using a standard size ipad covering the controls. Alternatively, use a high end large smart phone and reading glasses. This will allow you to place the screen under the controller and still take full advantage of the full resolution that DJI can provide. It's not the size of...

You may just have too many apps with background refresh turned on. I have no problem running on an iPad Air at 1080p with just airplane mode and no background app refresh. My first gen Air should be slower than a mini 4.

Nice. Did you try for a specific aperture setting?

Just slide the flat gimbal cover support under the camera and then concentrate on aligning the two tabs. It's fiddly the first few times then become easy.

Well, if we are being "legal" you can fly down a busy road if all heads are covered by a roof. An expressway in winter should be legal if I recall the rules correctly. Smart is another matter. For non-commercial use I don't know why the potential cost would be more than the benefit of getting...

It's interesting to me that a drone can arguably be flown farther under regulation in poor light than during the day. At a quarter mile with strobes during twilight I can easily see a drone and orientation at a quarter mile. During the day it's a small dot I might lose it momentarily against a...

Thanks. I've read that Litchi retains camera settings between devices and sessions. Is that true? What I would ideally like is a couple of presets for my most common video and stills setups.

That temp. is apparently normal when charging the battery plus controller. I hang the transformer in the air for better cooling. Setting the transformer on a heatsink like a stone countertop would be even better.

Any other advantages do you see over the current DJI app?

They issue waivers for night flying. The only known waiver for flying over people is a single waiver for a single event issued to CNN AFAIK. You will never get a waiver for flying over people, it is extremely unlikely you would ever get a waiver for line of sight. Unless you perhaps own a...