Howler of a dumb question 
After setting up theM2P yesterday I did a bit of jumping the gun on Friday and downloaded the DJI GO app on my phone befrore the drone arrived, I’m thinking I don’t actually need it do I, as I have a smart controller?
Not unless you want to use your phone to fly with. Might be handy as a backup one day? 
But no, the SC eliminates the need for your phone.
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@Philw Thanks Phil
Yep, I’m up in rural north Essex and am sharing your precipitational despair this weekend 
The gimbal, pitch and yaw settings video you mentioned is Smooth Camera Settings and probably the one you’re after. It really does smooth things out. Link below.
And it’s fine to have the Go4 app on your phone too. Sometimes you may have to use the remote and phone instead of the Smart Controller. Either way, not an issue to have installed it in phone.
The Mavic 2 will handle wind really well, so if it stops raining and the anticipation is proving too much, you can still head out to a field and have a low level play. Wind up to around 25mph is actually fine for it. It will just warn you about a collision sensor error which is actually it trying to tell you it’s flying too steep for the collision avoidance sensors to work. But it’s not actually an issue to stop you flying.
Anyway, here’s the settings vid.
Cheers
Ian.
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Next weekend is lining up to be worse …
Yeah I saw that, I thought they went alphbetically so we are missing some 
They don’t all head direct to the UK … this one is a rare one.
Others have died or not come our way.
People on here have flown between the cables of national grid stuff without issues. You’ll be fine.
eg
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Ah! I wasn’t sure about interference, as soon as the rugby finishes I’ll go and try it out.
@Philw Just stay well above the powerlines and you’ll be fine! Wouldn’t necessarily try flying between them 
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That wasn’t a recommendation. LOL
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No way dude! not that brave
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One of my test flying fields (until the FRZ got extended) has power pylons … over 5 years not a single twitch (from the drone or me).
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Who was it had a close call with power cables on here?.
Ok, Chris read the feckin posts!
The link is in my post a few back.
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Where did you order them from Phil
Got a link thingy 
haven’t read all the posts here just a few about powerlines.
I had a close call earlier in the year,wasn’t concentrating when I took off, did checks then took it up to 30 feet,then,while talking to someone, instead of going vertical went horizontal until I realised was in the middle of a set of big powerlines!
luckily didn’t effect flight, had a look around to make sure direction to fly out and did, very lucky, lesson learnt!!!
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This one made me have a bottom clencher moment about 18 months back, flying diagonally backwards I saw the powerlines and thought I was closer than I might have been.
All I was thinking is don’t fall into the Severn.
A quick spin around and I realised I had flown over the top of them but was clear, it wasn’t funny at the time
