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    Survey. Check to see if your RID actually is transmitting. Install the Drone Scanner App, Fly your drone, then see if the App sees it. Thanks

    That is good news to me, although it makes one wonder where the pilot info would come from otherwise (if at all). Hopefully nowhere. That is the only reason I pulled out the old Android, being concerned as to what info is presented to the public in these apps. I am using the original Smart...
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    Survey. Check to see if your RID actually is transmitting. Install the Drone Scanner App, Fly your drone, then see if the App sees it. Thanks

    What I understand is that no one will see anything on the IOS scanner apps, as Apple does not allow IOS apps (other than Apple apps) to scan for wifi networks, some sort of security issue I'm told (unconfirmed by me, just what I heard). I just saw my M2P on the Android Drone Scanner. Showed the...
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    Just a little Too Close for comfort

    Tricky thing is, the lower the approaching craft, the less reaction time that we have. I had a helicopter approach at ~250' (I have 125' trees in my yard, and this was about twice their altitude), going extremely fast, but I did not hear it until it was time to look up in panic. Luckily I was...
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    Mini 3 Some early fireworks! Happy 4th!

    Exactly. If I wasn’t on my patio I would have used my portable audio recorder. But the USB mice is better quality. Never liked the audio recordings on my smart controller, and no easier to split from low res controller capture video.
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    Mini 3 Some early fireworks! Happy 4th!

    Mavic 2 Pro, USB microphone connected to Macbook Pro running Audacity. Audio synced and Hi ISO noise filtered in post with Filmora. [shutter : 1/30.0] [ev : +0.3] [focal_len : 2.8][ev : 0.3] [ct : 5600] [iso : 3200] Focus was difficult, took my best guess at infinity (manual), but I think I...
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    Mini 3 Some early fireworks! Happy 4th!

    Some Montana fireworks (with booms).
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    Targeting a precise landing spot

    A nice (and maybe easy?) feature to add would be allowing the pilot to pitch gimbal @ -90 while landing, target the ‘H’ on the landing pad much like a tracking event, and have the drone land precisely on that target. Maybe it would be an option to enable/disable as a general feature prior to...
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    What other hobbies do you have besides Drones?

    Woodworking (my winter passion), camping/boating (summer passion), computer networking (my former profession), and finally discovering rare bourbons and ryes that go well with a fine cigar (my year round passion).
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    mmmmm.... Skydio 2 + keyframes...

    Totally agree on the 'specific use' point. My first drone was a Mavic Air (2019), but then quickly upgraded to the 2 Zoom (2019 as well) mostly because of the native waypoint control and optical zoom. I have purchased and returned an Air 2, and most recently an Air 2S, simply because of the lack...
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    mmmmm.... Skydio 2 + keyframes...

    Skydio has vamped up their current drone (2) with a significant firmware upgrade, including what DJI has abandoned. Skydio is calling it 'Keyframes', similar to what DJI used to call 'Waypoints'. Not only is this an update to their flagship vehicle, but they also introduced the '2+', a midlife...
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    Pro? Really???

    Actually my comments were targeted toward the inverse of your response. It is marketed as a 'pro' drone (as is has been before at a much lower price point), but the features added over the lifecycle are really not much more that they should be at for a top-level trend setting manufacturer like...
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    Pro? Really???

    I did not know that PNG was lossless!! I learn something every day. Thanks globetrotterdrone!!
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    Pro? Really???

    Amazing data rates, something my CPUs would have a hard time with. I did a bit of checking myself, and could not convince myself that it is uncompressed. Given that the term "lossless" doesn't imply uncompressed content (although of course an uncompressed media file would be lossless as well)...
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    Mavic 3 Features Missing or Will Never Be

    No native waypoint capabilites??? Really?? That has been my gripe for recent releases in the consumer category. Now the same for the "pro"???? My M2P just increased in value!!!!
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    Pro? Really???

    Loved the response CanadaDrone, excellent points! Responses and a question below... No idea what the XM2 is, way beyond my interests as a 'just more than casual" user. What I reject is the price points that DJI is trying to interject between "pro" and"consumer". DJI is taking what should now...