haha, I think we are all suffering from multiple personality disorder all of a sudden in that case
One for the @group-fpv team 
The Phoenix mRID device is 24mm x 14mm x 8mm.
I couldn’t find the weight anywhere though, but it’s gonna be pretty light 
https://www.phoenixuas.us/remoteid
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hard pass from me 
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does it work with the antenna mod of an aluminium foil wrapping?
RID? Whats that? Never heard of it… FTCAA
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the changes may ask for rid, but they won’t say how well it has to work… placed on over the output wires from the esc to the motors and provided with a protective foil wrapping… I’m sure it will broadcast great with that noise suppression and antenna improvements.
will it work if I have to tape the wires to the solder pads as my soldering is not very good (at 340-360 degrees… ask @GunjaFPV )
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lol… I don’t care it’s the additional cost per quad (sod moving it and setting a different ID for each quad/plane), and the additional weight on the smaller items!
why set a different id… who is going to check… just type custom built uav in the description… then put some stickers or props on a branded drone or fixed wing and be done with it… can then move one device from one uav to another.
like a car and insurance… if you change the rims, or put go faster stripes on it it’s now modified and custom.
if I am really going to have to use rid, I ain’t going to buy two or more they can f right off! when all aircraft (fixed and rotary wing have to have ADS-B then I’m happy to play by the rules and I’ll even buy an ADS-B receiver
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rid is just a load of BS
RID does not and will not EVER provide improved safety for manned or unmanned aviation. ADS-B can and will if everyone adopts it… no infrastructure improvements required (rid mast every 500m… or central database and plugging in phone to call home and log a flight and flight data)
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Yeah, if we ever had to have an ADS-B module fitted to my drone I think I’d rename it Airbus A380. That’d frighten the buggers at ATC when that showed up on their screens 
Seriously though, ADS-B doesn’t stop aircraft crashing into each other, it simply makes them aware of each other. 
CAA + home office reinventing the wheel… and the classic example of a group of people meeting regularly and in need of having to think up new things to justify the meeting… absolute no consideration of the cost to implement and more importantly the cost to maintain and it’s lifecycle upgrades required.
do you think RID is going to stop anything crashing into anything else…?
And massive non compliance the only way. Hack your flying cameras, don’t install RID on your self builds. Simples.
Serious question, can the mini 2 do RID? Or will that become obsolete too.
Sadly, like any electronic gadget these days, they’re designed with obsolescence built in on purpose.
These manufacturers are in the business of, well, manufacturing
The DJI Mini 2 is not RID compliant - nor will it ever be. DJI want you to buy a new drone (every year, ideally).
Mini 3, 3 Pro and 4 Pro are the only <249g DJI drones that support embedded RID, and the Autel Evo Nano is the other only <249 RID compliant drone that’s worth look.
You can stick an AeroPing on top of your Mini 2 though, but then you’re no longer flying a sub 250g drone 
So if the CAA enforce RID they better upgrade my flying camera for free thank you muchly. Mini 6 by then.
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Absolutely not. My mini 3 Pro is RID ready. The chances of it hitting another aircraft are virtually zero ( not quite zero, but as close to be that it’s negligible/ insignificant. Same way the chances of another aircraft hitting it is virtually zero. Nowt to do with RID though ( even though the CAA would have us believe RID makes things safer )
Main reason is, its a big fucking sky ;o)
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Might be Chris, but if you’re flying VLOS its not really that big. A virtual circular section say 120m high and a 120m radius ( assuming your in the MFN )
The dude who can see a 249g at ‘max’ altitude has eyesight better than a shithouse rat 
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As does the man who can see it 120m away at eye level
I chose 120m as that’s the max height allowed, so if we reduce that to say 100m that big sky is looking quite a bit smaller
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