Feeling a bit more confident with the replacement unit, today I took my new M3C "Maverick" with me on my weekend hike into Lang Ranch Open Space.

This is one of my weekend routes, during the week I favor another local park for hiking.
I did a few flights, trying to get a bearing of how comfortable I feel with this unit.
I tried several video modes (which I'm not ready to share yet). All in all feels good. Next time I might get it over the ocean.

Street mode map was working. Satellite still did not, despite the fact it was supposed to be cached during my previous flights around my house which is only 2 miles away. I did not have a chance to use hotspot (for some reason RC Pro is bot too willing to use my iPhone as hotspot), so that is TBD.
I got top speed clocked at about 47mph, which is as expected. In the past, I only got close to and above 50mph when there was an opportune wind. Suffice to say 47mph is pretty nice, can get you pretty far pretty fast.
Recording worked fine as well, both one screen and the real one.

One of the things I was trying to test is the transfer speed from the internal SSD to my PC hard drive (which is also SSD). Like many of you, I have read some horror stories about the feature being non-usable. Well, not in my case. I got 6Gb+ worth of video transferred to my PC in about, oh, whole 15 sec. I understand a full 1Tb would take a tad longer, but come on, it's a fairly decent speed. I really don't understand what the whole fuss is about. Granted, if you're using USB 2 or god forbid USB 1, or if your HDD is slow on the uptake, you'd have to wait, but hey, it's not the drone issue, is it? FWIW, I did the transfer twice, once with the basic cable, and second time with the "lighting" cable. Speed was the same.

The light was totally "blah", clear blue sky, almost no clouds - typical SoCal.
I still got one pano, just for the sake of it. 3x8 = 24 frames, in manual, greek step pattern, stitched in ACR without any issues.

That picture looks awesome, hopefully you get more and more confident with your drone.

Lucas775 Posted at 12-5 19:28
That picture looks awesome, hopefully you get more and more confident with your drone.

Thank you!
Getting there!

Hello there DarthSLR. Good day and thank you for posting this fantastic photo you have captured using your DJI Mavic 3. Great work and keep flying. .

DJI Stephen Posted at 12-5 20:05
Hello there DarthSLR. Good day and thank you for posting this fantastic photo you have captured using your DJI Mavic 3. Great work and keep flying.  .

Thank you, sir! Hope to get some clouds soon to get some more interesting ones...

Fantastic capture mate. At least this seems to be better than the last cine. Many happy flights.

If you turn on ‘Maximise Compatibility’ in personal hotspot on your iPhone the RCP will connect to your iPhone.

Not convinced you will get satellite imagery to cache, there will be a significant overhead for that.

Suren Posted at 12-5 22:13
Fantastic capture mate. At least this seems to be better than the last cine. Many happy flights.

Thank you!  So far so good. Flew about 10K today. Now need to learn a few more tricks with the video processing. And of course wait for the good light to happen.

Nice to read and see!

Lovely Pano Darth.

Buzzyone Posted at 12-5 22:23
If you turn on ‘Maximise Compatibility’ in personal hotspot on your iPhone the RCP will connect to your iPhone.

Not convinced you will get satellite imagery to cache, there will be a significant overhead for that.

Thank you, I will try next time I'm out there.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-6 00:39
Nice to read and see!

Thank you, captain!

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 01:14
Lovely Pano Darth.

Thank you, captain! just trying to stay current with my photo exercises

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 06:58
Thank you, captain! just trying to stay current with my photo exercises

Now all you need is one of your epic sunsets.   

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 07:09
Now all you need is one of your epic sunsets.

Wouldn't it be nice, eh? I'll sure be watching for those

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 07:18
Wouldn't it be nice, eh?  I'll sure be watching for those

We've got 10 days of rain and storms here so no such luck for me.

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 07:20
We've got 10 days of rain and storms here so no such luck for me.

They say bad weather makes for great pictures, but I guess there are different types of bad weather, some photogenic and some not so much

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 07:26
They say bad weather makes for great pictures, but I guess there are different types of bad weather, some photogenic and some not so much

We have forecast for tonight 70-100 mph winds and heavy rain.   

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 07:30
We have forecast for tonight 70-100 mph winds and heavy rain.

Ouch... Not a flying weather indeed...

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 07:46
Ouch... Not a flying weather indeed...

Its honestly been dark all day due to the thick clouds and at the moment we have this forecast for 10 days.

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 07:53
Its honestly been dark all day due to the thick clouds and at the moment we have this forecast for 10 days.

Man... I would hate that... Had that back in the old country (central Russia). That's why I live in SoCal now. Yes, clouds are rare, but at least I don't have to suffer through *that*...

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 07:55
Man... I would hate that... Had that back in the old country (central Russia). That's why I live in SoCal now. Yes, clouds are rare, but at least I don't have to suffer through *that*...

This is a bit unusual for us,  normally we dont get severe weather,  just on and off drizzle.

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 07:58
This is a bit unusual for us,  normally we dont get severe weather,  just on and off drizzle.

Where are you located again? I'm in SoCal, between LA and Ventura, about 10 miles inland from the Malibu beaches

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 08:53
Where are you located again? I'm in SoCal, between LA and Ventura, about 10 miles inland from the Malibu beaches

About 30 miles east of London in the UK.

DAFlys Posted at 12-6 09:21
About 30 miles east of London in the UK.

Ah, UK, that makes sense. I guess you have your own version of climate change…

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 09:53
Ah, UK, that makes sense. I guess you have your own version of climate change…

Its beginning to feel like it,  normally at this time of year we would wake up to heaven frost,  these days its been fairly rare.

Great pano Darth.    Glad to hear the replacement M3C is working out much better than the original.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-6 12:26
Great pano Darth.    Glad to hear the replacement M3C is working out much better than the original.

Thank you! Yes, it does, fingers crossed

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 06:57
Thank you, captain!

You're welcome!

DarthSLR Posted at 12-6 12:29
Thank you! Yes, it does, fingers crossed

You're very welcome.  Any electronic product that is mass produced stands the chance of having a bad component, unfortunately in this case you just happened to get one of the "bad ones".  Fingers crossed you new one stays issue free.  

DarthSLR Posted at 12-5 20:07
Thank you, sir! Hope to get some clouds soon to get some more interesting ones...

Hi there DarthSLR. You are very much welcome and thank you for the reply. Have a safe and a happy flying always. .