DJI’s FlyCart 30 made history by flying the first drone mission to a camp on Mount Everest, the company revealed. The test sparked a movement by Nepal to encompass more drones in delivering equipment and removing trash, saving lives.
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This week Yifei and Seth discuss Amazon’s BVLOS approval by the FAA, a big firmware update to the Avata 2, and more drone news.
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If you’re like me, you probably woke up this morning to a plethora of social media posts about “leaked” images of DJI’s new Air 3S drone with a Mavic 3 Pro-style payload. However, they might not be what people are saying they are.
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This week Yifei and Seth discuss what a possible DJI ban would mean for both enterprise and consumer sectors. All of this take place while DJI released is biggest and most featured packed enterprise camera yet.
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The Smithsonian announced just before “May the Fourth” that it has added a Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle to its collection at the National Air and Space Museum. The drone, dressed up to look like a Star Wars X-Wing, was used to fly the first commercial operation of a “large eVTOL aircraft,” which took place at Disney World back in 2019.
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Today, DJI released its third product of April, DJI Power, a large battery system to replace the need to find outlets while outing the field. However, it’s much bigger than that, it’s truly a new market DJI is entering and as first generation product, is it any good?
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Today, DJI released its second generation FPV/Cinewhoop style drone, the Avata 2. Packing improvements within both the new drone and paired Goggle 3, is it the best FPV drone on the market?
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This week OpenAI announce Sora, an AI powered realistic video generator that only requires a monthly subscription and an idea. In part of OpenAI’s announcement, it showed off rather convincing drone-like shots of Big Sur and coastal cities that would fool probably anyone but experts. So what does this mean for us drone pilots that hope to make a living doing this same thing?
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This week Yifei and Seth discuss the implications of Snap’s total recall of its Pixy “flying camera” and catch up with some of the delivery news from the week.
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This week Yifei and Seth discussion the appearance of a possible DJI competitor out of Japan, and DJI provides a rare response to data security issues.
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This week, Yifei and Seth discuss DJI’s double product release week, what a new price for the Avata could mean, and more.
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Today DJI announced standalone versions of its Mic 2 wireless audio system, an overall upgrade from the previous generation that release just a few years ago. While we already saw this initially release along side the Pocket 3, the new standalone version comes with a lot more great changes.
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DJI announced Monday that a new product will be announced this Wednesday at 8:00 A.M. ET. Like with all of the company’s releases some of the details have leaked, so here’s everything we know so far.
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This week Yifei and Seth talk about drones at CES, or lack there of, and touched base on the biggest news stories of the week.
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This week Yifei and Seth discuss their predictions for the drone industry in 2024. From new consumer products and regulations to if there is a DJI-killer sitting dormant out there.
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This week Yifei and Seth catch up on the last few weeks of news, DJI’s new battery charger, Autel’s UK repair center, Tesla’s “new” inventory drone, and much much more! (Long live the Phantom line!)
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Autel has shared its deals for next week’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and they aren’t just coming to the consumer drones but also its brand new enterprise options.
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DJI announced its next-generation pocket-size gimbal camera, the Osmo Pocket 3. It brings great new upgrades to those looking for an on-the-go camera, and it might just tell us what we’ll see coming to a DJI Mini 5 drone – key word is might.
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One of the more crazy, and extremely exciting, missions NASA is working on for space exploration is the Dragonfly spacecraft. This car-sized drone will explore the alien world of Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, by flying around it instead of driving like its Martian counter-parts. It just received some wind tunnel testing with a half-scale test vehicle.
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This week Yifei and Seth catch on the recent releases of new products and events like DJI’s L2 payload, drone shows, and a potential new drone market.
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Tesla’s Cybertruck is gearing up to begin deliveries to customers after years from when pre-orders began. The rather unique looking electric pickup truck showed up at Starbase to film some promotional video using the large Raptor Vacuum engine.
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This morning DJI released its latest sub-250 drone that we’ve seen leak over the last few weeks. Has the hype lived up after flying it for the past week? Are the changes worth upgrading from the Mini 3 Pro that came out less than a year and a half ago? Here’s our full review of the DJI Mini 4 Pro.
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This week Yifei and Seth discuss Skydio’s release of its X10 drone to compete directly with DJI’s M30 and Autel’s Max 4T. They also speculate as to what DJI’s rumored Matrice 3D could be after months of leaks.
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We (almost) all use it, we love it, although it can sometimes be a pain in the butt to have to remember to check it, but Aloft has just announced it has passed one million authorizations using FAA’s LAANC program on its app. The company also shared trends on the use of the program over the last year by both Part 107 and recreational pilots.
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