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I flew a Phantom 3 Advanced for 5 years and got accustomed to doing the little circular compass calibration dance. Anytime I flew from a different location it seemed to want to recalibrate. I recently upgraded to a Mavic Air 2 and it seems comfortable taking off almost anywhere. It has yet asked...

Recently lost my P3A ... actually, it isn't lost but rather "indisposed". I've replaced it with a Mavic Air 2 and am sitting here looking at a lot of good P3A gear going to waste. Starting with the controller which is in excellent condition, no scratches, cracks or dings in the housing. Charges...

Relative to range, I have seen two YouTube videos documenting the MA2 both traveling just over 5 miles without any loss of signal or connection. I have never really flown a P4P so not sure how that compares.

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I just upgraded from a Phantom 3 Advanced to a Mavic Air 2. Obviously, I am considerably impressed. I had expected the MA2 4K camera to be noticeably better than the 2.7K I was accustomed to and I wasn't disappointed. I expected it to be easier to travel with and that was a no brainer also. But...

Thank you everyone for all your help ... I guess "an old dog can still learn new tricks" :-)

I was not updating the firmware (the latest version dates back to 2017) but regardless, let me see if I understand this better ..... the firmware on the removable SD card transfers the data to the drone and is then not necessary for normal function. I should delete the firmware files from the SD...

I guess "flight data" isn't the correct terminology. I am referring to the required download from DJI to the removable SD card (latest version for P3A is 1.11.20) required for proper function. These are some kind of BIN files? but not sure exactly what they do and wanted to be sure they didn't...

Thank you for your reply. One of the links you provided states "During startup, it is being loaded into memory at constant address and executed by a loader." I hope it's not being loaded into memory from the SD card .... that was my initial concern. But I am interpreting your answer to mean...

The answer to your question is both simple and obtuse. This afternoon, I recalibrated both the IMU and Gimbal in preparation for a lengthy excursion. This required some care and effort in getting the components assembled and carefully leveling the surface for the P3A while calibrating. After...

This may be a stupid question but I've spent considerable time trying to Google an answer. There are volumes of info and video on how to calibrate these two features as well as what the benefits of doing it are. My question however, is where is this calibration data stored ..... does it work and...

I've used and owned almost every version of Pinnacle for over 10 years. Each new version corrects issues with previous versions and includes new ones. Often times glitchy but still very user friendly and good product for the money. Corel Video Studio is more reliable but slightly less featured...

goinup is on the right track. Many standard video players (software) won't display 4K, Windows Media Player included. Windows 10 uses a program called "Movies & TV" (or something like that) and it will play 4K. I don't think the SD card is the issue in other words.

State Farm Insurance. Same policy as cameras and other valuables. $60 a year with no deductible. Covers theft, damage and loss from stupidity :-)

The first thing that came to my mind was "what a perfect location", followed by the inevitable "I wonder what he had to do to get to that location" ? Then I read all the comments and your description of what you had to do and I understand the relationship of "results equal effort". Great...