Entry fees charged by U.S. customs Korea Mavic 4 Pro?
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What app are you using? I am using AirSentinel. This app is not GPS dependent it only needs it to display the map at your location. When I turned my phone location off the map showed in the middle of Africa. As I moved it to US it shows the 1 for drones nearby guessing that is from the drone gps. It does not require any stats to transmit RID info. The location data is not in the RID info until home point. I was reading the RID with motors on 0 sats on RC from indoors. It is also showing that I haven't registered it, operator is uknown and next to the serial/RID it shows undeclared.
Sorry I meant using your phone with your drone so that RID works without throwing an error. My M3P had an RID error and I could launch, turns out my phone was connected to another device and it was “busy” but I quickly discovered the issue and once I re-connected, all is fine. I panicked for second because an unexplained RID issue is fatal and difficult for the user to repair and there are no US repairs…..
Yes, RID is only broadcast after the motors are activated, and not by merely turning on the battery.
Curious about the shipment from Japan, though.
1. On the serial number sticker on the bottom of the box, is there any country code in brackets above the serial number, say for Japan, like the (KR) for Korea?
2. What are the last 5 digits of the UPC code on the sticker at the bottom right?
My Adorama one ended in 13549, while the Korean ones ended in 13488.
My stickers from Korea and Adorama look like this, with the serial numbers removed:
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No distinction for country. Mine looks the same as the one you posted from Adorama.
iceman77
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Little late to the show but thought I share my own findings regarding this topic. I own a Korea purchased M4P and was wondering about RID functionality myself, making sure I am compliant flying it here in US. I did my own research on this topic and found that DJI drones, particularly those with built-in RID, typically broadcast their information using Wi-Fi Beacon or Wi-Fi NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking). You can verify this by powering on the drone and checking (on your laptop or phone) for a Wi-Fi network that starts with "RID-" followed by a serial number. Mine shows this:
Another reliable way to confirm RID functionality is to check the DJI Fly app on your RC. The app performs a pre-flight self-test and will display a status message indicating whether the Remote ID is functioning correctly:
According to my findings, my drone fully supports RID broadcast, despite the fact that it was purchased from Korea.
Also, looking at the bottom of my box it shows that ASTM marking just as FlierX mentioned earlier:
Let me know what you think
Another reliable way to confirm RID functionality is to check the DJI Fly app on your RC. The app performs a pre-flight self-test and will display a status message indicating whether the Remote ID is functioning correctly:
According to my findings, my drone fully supports RID broadcast, despite the fact that it was purchased from Korea.
Also, looking at the bottom of my box it shows that ASTM marking just as FlierX mentioned earlier:
Let me know what you think
iceman77
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So, I was playing with this AirSentinel app on my Android phone, and was able to locate my M4P flying, no issues! I wanted to see if it offers an option to show the drone pilot's location; and my understanding is that for that you need to be logged in with an approved account. I tried to sign up for such account, and it was asking me to fill out a form requesting organization name, address and organization type, offering options such as Local/State Government Agency, Local Law Enforcement, Local Fire Department, Utility Company an others. I am wondering if they are doing some sort of background check of such application, as anyone could fill out this info to whatever they want. My concern here is, I just would not want anyone with ill intentions to be able to access my location via this app to see where I am piloting my drone from.
Think twice about the fast charging. It’s a universal truth that the faster you charge the battery the less life that you would eventually get out of it. I can’t quantify that but it’s a general principal so with that in mind when I have plenty of time, I charge my Mavic 4 Batteries with a USB charger.I bought my M4P/RC2 Pro out of Korea on eBay and had it in FOUR days! FEDEX brought it through Memphis hub and it blew right through Customs there. I took it to State Farm and insured it for $75/year. If it goes down, I'm covered. I've been flying it for about 10 days now and it is head and shoulders above everything I have flown so far. **** near bullet proof if you have any experience. I don't shoot vertical, so I couldn't care less about the gimble range issue. Other than that, it is absolutely a dream to fly. Great range, even in urban areas and has ADS-B which alerted me of an aircraft (low flying helo) approaching at my altitude. Pop-up map with his location, direction of flight, altitude and my location and altitude. I got about 30 seconds of warning! Plenty of time to drop 100' near the bridge I was flying and that was pretty cool I had NO idea this would have ADS-B, but it does! LOVE this thing! Got it for about $1K lower than Adorama or B&H. Bought it with the RC2 Pro which I can't say enough good things about! And I LOVE that I can charge three batteries in about 90 minutes. I got a small power inverter for the car to charge while traveling between launch locations. I still have a Mini 4 Pro and Avata 2 for other types of flying and convenience. If you can afford it, get one and don't look back! You'll be glad you did!
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I don’t think the “fast” charging is much different than the usb way, in that if you are charging all 3 batteries at once they are spreading the charge between the 3 batteries. If it fast charged them in the sense that it was 1 at a time then yes I would agree.
iceman77
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I am using the included DJI charger that came with my Fly More Combo. Of course, my unit being KR unit, the wall-plug was not compatible, I was super lucky to find a US wall-plug compatible cord laying around, that connects to the charger. Charges fast, I am happy with its performance:
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I had an adapter included with mine but changed to a US cord, will keep the other as a backup.
Can you please clarify, DJI did not provide the adapter but it was provided by the seller, right?
RID sucks and I would never add it to my drone as it's clearly an invasion of privacy. But we are stuck with it as there is no reason for DJI to disable it to avoid any drama it may bring to DJI drones flown in the USA. I don't see anyone with a drone made for S. Korea flown in the USA that say's RID isn't working so it's Wishful thinking to think otherwise. I never go by what people say unless it's backed up by accurate data because people like to fill in the blanks all the time starting with God! LOL
correct the vendor put two in the box, the adapters work fine. I just prefer the US version because there is nothing to lose and it folds smaller
Also correct RID seems to work just the way it is supposed to.
How would the ordinary consumer know if his drone is transmitting RID details properly? There is an FAA RID DoC for the M4P and therefore the consumer is allowed to fly their drone in the US NAS with the assumption that is has standard ID and if it lifts off then all is well. Unless there is an error message or the PIC someone finds out the RID is malfunctioning or disabled, there's nothing else to consider.
Since there is an FAA RID DoC for the M4P, the M4P is only legal to fly in the US NAS with standard RID. The PIC is not allowed to disable the standard RID or find a way to turn it OFF and replace it with an attached standard RID module. The FAA rules and regulations say no drones >250g can ship to the US after a certain date unless it has standard RID; I don't recall the *option* to ship it without standard RID and let the customer attach a module. Therefore *if* a Korean model has no standard RID, it's not legal to fly in the US NAS.
The claim isn't that DJI disabled anything to avoid drama with drones flown in the US. The claim is a small subset of drones meant for a specific market failed to properly enable RID features necessary for all other applicable markets including the US and therefore should not be allowed to venture outside the intended KR market. I won't get into the whys of how this may or may not have happened with DJI.
It is entirely possible these drones eventually had their RID turned ON at some point, maybe thru software. I don't see that RID/FCC message being currently attached to drones sold on the open market today but I do continue to see other sellers using that point to their advantage (naturally).
I consider the issue mostly closed but like others, I'd like to get to the bottom of it and understand the facts. There are people on both sides, some for RID to be ON and some for RID to be OFF so it would nice if we knew the details for sure. The longer we stray away from the possible date window (range) in which this might have occurred along with the special KR units available, the less we'll be able to resolve. I know it's not a huge deal now but I can image one day if you were to sell your M4P in 2027 and the US buyer paid good money for your drone and then came back and claimed you sold him a CE drone.....
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