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Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
I have the Mavic Pro and have issues with the wind carrying it away and not being able to navigate where I want. Is a smaller drone going to even more issue with wind or have they improved this?
Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
Well it's great that you don't need to get a permit in order to fly this drone, but that doesn't mean you should do whatever you want with it in public.
If I buy a tool, and the tool now belongs to me, the manufacturer attempting to restrict my use of that tool is morally unjustifiable.
(Yes, I have an iPhone, and yes, I'm pissed off about that, too.)
As someone who wants hardware that does what I instruct it to after I have purchased it, regardless of the manufacturer's wishes, I don't think I can support buying DJI's otherwise-excellent products any longer. The firmware updates and activation locks and flight restrictions imposed by the DJI Go app are too onerous. If I buy a tool, and the tool now belongs to me, the manufacturer attempting to restrict my use of…
As someone who wants hardware that does what I instruct it to after I have purchased it, regardless of the manufacturer's wishes, I don't think I can support buying DJI's otherwise-excellent products any longer. The firmware updates and activation locks and flight restrictions imposed by the DJI Go app are too onerous. If I buy a tool, and the tool now belongs to me, the manufacturer attempting to restrict my use of…
If there is a forum out there for hacking DJI's stuff, I haven't found it yet.