Tello Controller Using ESP32

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Hello world, this is my first post here.
I have a Tello (not edu) and I wanted to make a custom remote for it using the esp32 board, joysticks and a few switches. I have been reading the tello-sdk 2.0, in which i had a few doubts:

1. I was wondering if

   ap ssid pass

   stays on even after reboot. I tried it, however i could not get it to work...
2. if i could get this to work, can i connect to the drone via the normal tello app (lets assume i am connecting both to my home wifi)? or is it limited to tello sdk after i set it to station mode?
3. will having a more powerful antenna on my remote extend the range of the drone? i.e. if i connect a good antenna to the esp, will the range increase?
4. is it possible to take the 5mp pictures? (i think this is exclusive to the app, couldnt find more documentation on this)
5. api calls such as

   downvision <num>

   were not mentioned in the SDK 2.0 while there are a couple of threads here talking about it. not sure if we need to use the tello edu for it or not.

I've reviewed other ESP32-based Tello control projects and gone through their GitHub repositories, but I still have some these doubts. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm planning to make a rpi based controller for this soon as well, just as an experiment.