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Here are some examples. I've been visually Inspecting 230 kv lines without any interference with my Mavic 3 now for about a year, prior to that I was using my p4p v2, also no issues. Now I just tested today with the Mavic 3T, most of the pictures I would say I was at least 25 ft. away.
 

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Any new stories around the M3T doing powerline inspections?

I saw the pictures (both visible and thermal) from Linval and was really impressed. Were they just from 25 ft away? I would have thought that distance was to near the powerlines and EMI would appear.

More feedback is appreciated. I want to offer this service ASAP.
Regards
 
The question is if the M3T is "protected" from EMI produced by high (+200KV) power lines.

@Linval Ebanks said he was having the 3T around 25ft away. That sound too near...

Any other comments about jobs done with the M3T inspecting high voltage power lines?
 
Sometimes we forget that we have an outstanding ZOOM camera. Test out the zoom to avoid the EMI. I’m outside the US and we never get closer the 30 feet. We noticed signal interference began inside 50 ft. A new guy lost one of our drones at 20 feet. He wasn’t use to cameras with good optical zooms. If you need thermals you’ll have to find a sweet spot that works for you.
 
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Thanks Anthony. It seems a good EMI protection should mean to fly beginning at 50ft (16mts) away.
Regards
 

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