There are no American made consumer drones.
There are several American made commercial drones, many of which can't match DJI tech and features and all costing much more than DJI cost (until recently).
Sadly, he's not a reliable source.
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I think I figured it out. I was using a usb-a to usb-c cable. Switched to a usb-c to usb-c and it worked much better. Did order the 100w block msinger suggested. So that should make things better as well. Thanks all.
A few landscape shots I thought worth sharing.
The pano is stitched from 3 70mm shots.
Warning for those wanting to pixel peep, these are only low res version.😀. The full size have amazing detail, just saying😉