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Ipad Requirements for Air 2 Flight??

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Newbie question, Can I use ANY iPad Mini, does it have to have cellular or can it be wifi only. I currently use Iphone 7 Plus and I think it would be nice with larger screen but want to make sure I know what will work. Thank you all for any responses.
 
Ipad Mini 5 is recommended as it is more powerful than the Ipad Mini 4
The Ipad Mini 4 works but sometimes the cpu gets overloaded.
Earlier Ipad Mini's don't have the processing power for MA2 DJI Fly
 
I fly my Spark and MA2 with a mini4 and it works fine, but as lannes has stated, I do get a CPU usage alert sometimes. Usually when I'm running the screen recorder.

I'm saving up for a mini5 and the pencil as suggested by this video I watched.

The mini5 can handle 4k editing with no problems.

 
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You do not need WIFI or Cellphone connectivity in order to fly. However, download the maps is a plus prior go to fly to have a better orientation when you looking the hybrid map offline. Some people even fly in Airplane Mode to have less interference or avoid incoming calls when cellphone are used.
As the other mentions, an iPad 5 is recommended but the iPad 4 will work as well but with limitations on video editing performance.
 
I use the Mini 5 wifi only for flying and editing and it works like a charm.
 
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I use my mini 4 (64) and though it works fine for flight, I see CPU usage alerts very regularly. Haven’t attempted video editing, but I’m not hopeful...
 
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