Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

I think it is more to do with increased ownership. Undoubtedly many of those will be DJI but the built in controls together with a smidgen of common sense should keep most out of potentially legal trouble.
 
Most of these "drone" sightings are either a) pure fiction, or b) made from distances that no one would be able to identify it as either fixed wing, multi-rotor or carrier bag, never mind a brand. You can only fix it with education, but DJI, nor anyone else seem to be willing to spend the money it would take to have a campaign like "clunk-click, every trip" or, "follow the green cross code" (google it if you're under 35) so everyone knows the law.
 
DJI drones can't do what? Fly over congested areas? Fly beyond visual line of sight? They can do both of those.

There's also the truly idiotic stuff their owners do, like fly in a public park around people and animals, over roads and near moving cars, neither of which the software will stop you doing.
What about those idiots that have been caught flying over stadiums when there's a football match on. The mind boggles. How they think it's safe I don't know. Maybe they should be made to stick their hands in the props, just to teach them the danger. EDIT: My personal favourite was the moronic so called professional photographer that spooled up his new Inspire 1 on the pavement in central London while hundreds of people were walking past. What the hell was he thinking?

I know they restrict the firmware (which can be hacked) to limit you flying near airports now or over 400ft, but that wasn't always the case. They can be bothered to do that, but can't be bothered to stick a leaflet in every box spelling out the law.
 
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I doubt a leaflet will do much. There's already guidance in the paperwork in the box, and tons of warnings on the app. There will always be a percentage of people not willing / able to abide by the laws, and that will grow as ownership grows.
 
Bigpops said:
DJI drones can't do what? Fly over congested areas? Fly beyond visual line of sight? They can do both of those.

There's also the truly idiotic stuff their owners do, like fly in a public park around people and animals, over roads and near moving cars, neither of which the software will stop you doing.
What about those idiots that have been caught flying over stadiums when there's a football match on. The mind boggles. How they think it's safe I don't know. Maybe they should be made to stick their hands in the props, just to teach them the danger. EDIT: My personal favourite was the moronic so called professional photographer that spooled up his new Inspire 1 on the pavement in central London while hundreds of people were walking past. What the hell was he thinking?

I know they restrict the firmware (which can be hacked) to limit you flying near airports now or over 400ft, but that wasn't always the case. They can be bothered to do that, but can't be bothered to stick a leaflet in every box spelling out the law.
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I didn't realise news was so slow that flying near crowds made it to the front page. My bad.

Yes, they have a leaflet in their boxes. If that's all you were after, you can calm down, mine had one.

The_Abyss said:
I doubt a leaflet will do much. There's already guidance in the paperwork in the box, and tons of warnings on the app.
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It worked for me. I didn't know any of the 400ft ceiling, 50m of a person etc until I saw their little leaflet in with my Mavic.
 
Oh good. They have leaflets now then? The last DJI product that came to this house was the Phantom 3, so I guess I'm a little out of touch.
Next time I see a drone story in the news, I know it won't be a DJI product being misused.
 
Don't see myself switching from the Spark > Air.
While 4k and longer battery are nice, with it being my first drone I'll stick to it for now.
Maybe when I get more out of it I'll think about upgrading to one of the big boys.
 
Bigpops said:
In what ways is it worse than the Mavic pro?

It's cheaper, smaller, lighter, faster, has a better camera, and more obstacle avoidance features?
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While few things are little better endurance is step lower and gimbal is overall more limited.
Mavic's gimbal can do portrait mode and has more panning range.
And info display of Mavic Pro's remote is definitely nice for fast check of battery status, signal reception and such. (and still there if toy/smarthphone "bugs out")
Also Mavic Air's high pitched whiny sound profile is lot behind especially Mavic Pro Platinum.

Speed difference of sport mode is really insignificant.
And while little wider lens is slower at f/2.8 vs f/2.2 so at lower light image quality will be little behind. (sensor itself is same)
 
Folks, any idea if the Mavic Air launch will eventually impact on Mavic Pro retail prices? I'm thinking of going from my Phantom 3 to either a Mavic or Phantom 4 this year but I'm not sure whether to hang off for a bit yet to see what happens with prices?
 
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Charges all 3 batteries in about an hour! :)
 
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