That onboard USB-C port ... useful in flight?

[Cloudhopper]

Anyone know if the Mavic 2 USB-C port could be used to power clip-on accessories?

If we could extract 5v from it, could it power strobes or a clip-on additional micro-camera?

 

[hhung516]

I can confirm the USB-C port is able to provide power.

Was experimenting with a webcam hoping to get a FPV view but unfortunately wasn't successful. Don't know how they did it in this video.

 

[pelagic_one]

Don't know how they did it in this video.

Just thinking aloud, but could it be that only the M2ED has power and data from its USB-C port?

 

[hhung516]

After watching the video a couple more times, I'm thinking the camera has built-in downlink via wifi. So the USB port just provides power in this case.

Just thinking aloud, but could it be that only the M2ED has power and data from its USB-C port?