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  1. Marcle

    X-Star

    They are capable drones, unfortunately you can't get batteries for them any longer which is a shame.
  2. Marcle

    Evo II V3 needs a Scan Card. What is recommended

    If you get a V60 or V90 rated card, you will have no problems
  3. Marcle

    Light spot in the photo

    It's lens flare, every drone has them to some extent. There's nothing wrong with your camera. You will even see it in professional drone footage from time to time,
  4. Marcle

    Advice on job with raw land, lots of trees.

    If you pan, you will be rewarded with jittery footage at high shutter angles. Forward, backward and turns (to a degree) don't show it as much. I can't tell you how many drone videos I've seen that are so jerky on the panning to be almost unwatchable at full screen. Do what you like but the 180...
  5. Marcle

    DJI Inspire 3 - Incredible Specs - $16K Price Tag

    it will be mainly for cinematographers and production houses that can afford the price tag. Besides the $16,500 price tag, that doesn't give you much in the way of accessories. You would still have to purchase the ProRes license, the Cinema DNG license, the extra controller, at least 1 lens (out...
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    X-star batteries

    The batteries are so expensive because they are so rare any more. They aren't being made any longer. There is someone on the forum experimenting with resurrecting X-Star batteries. I believe he has had some success. This is just one thread, X-Star Battery Rebuild? I'm sure there are others.
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    Xstar Premium disconnected

    I still have my X-Star Premium and it uses an iPad mini. I haven't had any issues with it not connecting. The biggest issue I've run into is the lack of available batteries. I have 3 but only trust 1 for flight duty.
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    Evo 2 Pro suicides itself into a tree...

    Compass errors generally are only an issue on startup when the craft gets it's initial reading. A compass error will usually manifest as a "toilet bowl" flight pattern as the IMU strains to regain its bogus compass heading leading to an out of control spiral. Furthermore, there are differences...
  9. Marcle

    Battery issues

    Best Buy has XSP batteries???
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    Battery issues

    Time for a new battery it sounds like. Good luck finding one since Autel stopped making them a while back and there are no 3rd party suppliers making any. There's a guy on one of the Facebook groups however that has been working on replacements. I haven't heard anything lately but the last time...
  11. Marcle

    Charger will not charge battery

    Are you sure it's not the battery? They are getting long in the tooth and scarce to find these days.
  12. Marcle

    Major change needed at Autel

    Back in 2018, I bought a second hand X-Star and one of the batteries wouldn't turn on. I sent an email to support because I wasn't sure if iI was doing something wrong and they asked for a video. I sent them the video and THE NEXT DAY, I got an email that they were sending me a new battery...
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    Moratorium on X-star interest ?

    I think my firmware is upgraded to the latest (which I'm sure was years ago). I still fly mine but I am down to 1 battery that I trust and 2 that don't get far away. I flew a couple months ago for a car video which was close-in work and it was pretty wayward even with a new set of props. There...
  14. Marcle

    Unable to fly due to freezing Temp.

    The issue with icing is to not fly when the dew point and the ambient air temperature are close. That's when there is enough humidity for ice to form. Dry cold temperatures are safe to fly in depending on wind and temperature conditions that may shorten battery life. Many people will fly in -25F...
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    Opportunities lost

    They had the opportunity to do this with the X-Star a few years ago which would have given them a leg up on the Phantom but they just let it die on the vine...