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New drone enthusiast here. I'm a consultant in agriculture at Clemson, and taking a deep dive into research in remote sensing (drones/satellites) and GIS. Currently using DJI Mavic for solar energy research in agriculture. Loving drones and GIS so much, I'm considering a career change or...

So after weeks and weeks of deciding if I should go with magic air OR the phantom 4? I went with the magic air (purely on price) as I have never flown a drone before (I believe I am a responsible adult) but want good quality arial pictures from my local cricket team. I am slightly worried about...

Just got a Mavic Air. Opened the box, charged everything up. Took it outside, got confused. Came back in to read some instructions, web sites, forums (like this one!). Few hours later, my pride in check… Got it off the ground, flew around my house, and shot some spectacularly mediocre footage...

Hello everyone! I just got my Mavic and haven't flown it yet. I already activated it and was wondering if I should update from 01.03.0800 (out of the box) to the latest firmware or just leave it as it is. What would be the pros and cons of my current firmware vs the latest? I'm on iOS (iPhone...

Hello All, I just received a Red Mavic Air Fly More Package. All the YouTube's concerning the Mavic Air looked great, so I pulled the trigger. I have had it a couple weeks now, but the weather has been miserable, I have been under the weather and the MA has not left the ground :( I did power it...

Hi! I'm a new Mavic pilot. Thanks for welcoming to this forum. I'm a 37-year-old design engineer/technical animator from Norway. My photography hobby has evolved quite a lot over the last years. In 2008 I started with urban exploring which still is a huge passion of mine. Then I found a huge...

Hi everyone! I'm Brooke from Georgia and I just became a proud Mavic owner! I'm looking forward to honing my picture and video skills! Here are a few first pics I captured of the rare snow we got this past weekend! :)

Hi, Mike from New Zealand and after a long, long wait my Mavic Pro Platinum arrived yesterday and I have flown 5 times already. Love the stability and looking forward to honing my photo and video skills.

Hi, everyone. I have my Part 107 certificate, and I'm just waiting for my Mavic to arrive. In the meantime, I've been enjoying lurking around here for a while.

Hey Ya'll, new to the forum! Just bought a Mavic and every time I have a question google brings me here. Great community I'm here to stay!

Hi there, just got my Mavic delivered today. Unfortunately, far away from Croatia to test it and have a very weak internet connection to try updating or anything else. Also will not be able to fly it for next 3 weeks as well, due to the present location. Anything to do with it in the meantime or...

From Cloverdale BC.10 flights in on beginner mode. no problems !!! Learning the basics one step at a time....

Hi all, A new Mavic Pro owner/ pilot. I've been trying to do the initial set-up since yesterday and have a couple of (stupid?) questions - 1) In the DJI Go 4 app (iOS) there's a tab that says "Scan QR code" and then instructs to "Scan the SN QR code on battery compartments or storage box". Do...

Hi everyone, Just bought my Mavic Pro yesterday and super excited about using it. Haven't even had time to set up the device and controller, etc yet fully. Any tips on streamlining even the initial set-up would be supremely helpful. I'm looking forward to using it more frequently and...

I have flown my Mavic four times. The first was in Dec. when I had about 18" of powder snow in my backyard. That was nearly disastrous and I blew the now off my new drone, dried it out, and stored it until I had bare ground to land on. My three flights since have been successful. Take...

Hi! I figured I'd check in. I have my first (not a $20 toy) drone coming in tomorrow. I have the fly more package Mavic. (with light filters coming later.) I don't know what else to put here, since I'm just starting to browse the forum. Anyway...

hello everyone, happy owner of a new Mavic Pro since a week. Very happy and did my first flight yesterday! Hope everyone a lot of happy landings!!

My Mavic Pro is out for delivery today! I'm very excited to become a pilot! I've been reading this forum as well as others while I wait. Thanks for all the great tips and advice!

Hey from Norwich England. Dean here. Fairly new to flying quads. Just got my self the Mavic Pro Fly More package.

Hi Everyone, My name is Djay, thank you all for having me here. I just got a Mavic Pro 3 days ago. It is a present. I have never flown a drone so far ;) except last night .....Shusshh The problem is i have heard a lot of rumors where its illegal to fly a drone in UAE (specially if has a...