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    First flight attempt for youtube

    Good start! One suggestion - for your CINE settings, go in and adjust your EXPO settings so the controls need greater input before they start movements - makes a huge difference to the default settings. Do the same for the braking and gimbal settings to make them smoother while shooting...
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    newbie questions

    Welcome to the Forum! Hasn’t happened in 5 yrs of flying. It does happen (lots on YouTube) but generally functions of flying beyond VLOS, not paying attention to the area, winds and battery level or flying outside the aircrafts manufacture’s stated limits. I have had random signal loss but...
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    If you bought a Used DJI Drone and it is still bound to the Previous Owner, This might help…

    Successful unbinding of previous owner by DJI I recently purchased a DJI drone in an auction only to find out many of the accessories were not in the box, most needed was the charger as the Air 2s cannot do USB-C charging in the aircraft. I purchased a new DJI charger and new props and started...
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    Can someone remove the DJI account to unlock the drone and unbind it?

    Successful unbinding of previous owner by DJI I recently purchased a DJI drone in an auction only to find out many of the accessories were not in the box, most needed was the charger as the Air 2s cannot do USB-C charging in the aircraft. I purchased a new DJI charger and new props and started...
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    dji unbinds lost aircraft

    Successful unbinding of previous owner by DJI I recently purchased a DJI drone in an auction only to find out many of the accessories were not in the box, most needed was the charger as the Air 2s cannot do USB-C charging in the aircraft. I purchased a new DJI charger and new props and started...
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    sold my drone---forgot to unbind the gear

    Successful unbinding of previous owner: I recently purchased an Air 2s in an auction only to find out many of the accessories were not in the box, most needed was the charger as the Air 2s cannot do USB-C charging in the aircraft. I purchased a new DJI charger and new props and started the...
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    Dougie. Does. Travel, photography and drones. Mini 4 Pro, Air 2s… all the Minis over the...

    Dougie. Does. Travel, photography and drones. Mini 4 Pro, Air 2s… all the Minis over the years! GoPro and DJI Action Cameras, Mic 2, Sony A6400
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    Battery charging/storage questions

    My guess is many (or least some) pilot travellers won’t know they aren’t or assume because the Mini 2 are that the Mini 3 are too. May also be the manufacturer assumed the 3’s are, but you would think they would research that before production. Or just plain sales of something people don’t need!
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    Has anyone else left their controller(non smart) out in the rain? Lol

    They are pretty tight controllers in tolerances, so might not take in much water. I’d recommend not turning on until stashed in a bag of rice, sealed, for 2 days or bag with silica desiccant if you have them (I save them when they come in any packaging in a ziplock bag). Run a fan on it for 12...
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    A Crow flirts with my drone at 400'

    If I bird takes interest, UP and Away! Best for your expensive drone and the bird. There are many incidents posted on the internet where birds have taken down large drones used for surveillance and survey which are 10kg+ in size where they drone stayed at same altitude and area, assumingely to...
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    Mini 1 upgrade to mini 2 worth it?

    They are built into the battery itself and happen in or out of the hub. The “fire” bag is made more for travel safety of lipo batteries and required by some air carriers, etc. Risk is more pronounced with swelling and puncture increasing risk of short circuit, smoke and fire. Read up on lipo...
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    Strong Wind RTH

    One excellent point in reading these posts is that in your flight planning you should always try to plan to fly into the wind, and if not possible, take time to evaluate the flight conditions carefully or you might not see Dronie again! Also best to know the drone characteristics well before...
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    First Movie!

    I’m an Apple user and not familiar with Movie Zilla however as a pro version the video editing software would have the option to control the output of the rendered file to the intended purpose, might be buried a bit in the file save process but it is there. For your iPhone, a small 720p file...
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    Mini 1 upgrade to mini 2 worth it?

    The Mini 2 battery itself will discharge 4% in a day to prevent swelling via heat dissipation and to ~70% over five days, for better storage / battery life. It was a solution DJI added into the smart batteries in an update to batteries done in the aircraft. Like any flying, it takes a bit of...
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    Mini 1 upgrade to mini 2 worth it?

    Depends on usage really for your purposes. Each Mini in the series has seen huge improvements. If money is not a factor, go with Mini 3 Pro. If it is, the discounts available on the 2 now are worth the upgrade over the MM in the controller going to Occusync technology improvements, 4K 30 video...