Do I need sim card to fly mavic air 2

[Craig Notts]

Hi all, I am wanting to use an old spare iPhone I have got lying around to fly my air 2.do I need a sim card in it. If not are there any disadvantages at all to not having a sim installed in the phone.

 

[Meta4]

Hi all, I am wanting to use an old spare iPhone I have got lying around to fly my air 2.do I need a sim card in it. If not are there any disadvantages at all to not having a sim installed in the phone.

Sim in/out, makes no difference.
You don't need it at all.

 

[raven swe]

NO

 

[Greekislandlover]

The only purpose would be to have an internet connection to load the map. But you don't need the map to fly. Also, you can pre-load the maps at home on wifi if you so choose. Plus if you check the cache maps option in the app, if you have been there before you get a map.

But maps 'aint worth subscribing to a sim card service for. Works fine without.

 

[Craig Notts]

The only purpose would be to have an internet connection to load the map. But you don't need the map to fly. Also, you can pre-load the maps at home on wifi if you so choose. Plus if you check the cache maps option in the app, if you have been there before you get a map.

But maps 'aint worth subscribing to a sim card service for. Works fine without.

Your a star. Many thanks for the info

 

[Florida Drone Supply]

You do not.

 

[Motorcycle Rider]

You do not.

This ,^^^^^^^

 

[Greekislandlover]

You do not.

Hi, I stand corrected. Pre-loading maps works on the GO4 app, but clearly the DJI Fly is currently different in this respect. But the main point of what I said to the original poster is that you don't need cell data in order to fly.

I do note that in a couple of other threads people are saying you can pre-load Google maps before you leave home. Am I correct in thinking that DJI don't use Google maps and they haven't supplied the option to use them for some years?