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DJI Launches New Mavic 3 Drone With Longer Flight Time, Improved Cameras and New Safety Features

Unregistered 4U said:
No, the laws still exist, you just don’t experience the consequences. :) And, BECAUSE the law exists, it means someone destroying your property by shooting it down might be covered by that law. It’s risk vs. reward, though.
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It’s not legal to shoot down a drone in the United States. Don’t spread misinformation. Why are you even talking about drone laws when you clearly have no idea about them at all?

Source: Am a drone operator.
 
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I had the Mavic Pro Platinum and Pro 2 Zoom, and currently a Skydio 2. The time to flight on the Mavics was atrocious, and the app would lock up constantly for me during mapping projects, but to be fair it flew itself and landed for battery changes as planned. The Skydio 2 is currently the best for self filming but a gray area as you are not in direct control. Love it for mountain biking.

I look forward to seeing the obstacle avoidance on the Mavic 3, as well as tracking, but I doubt it comes close to the Skydio.

Planning on getting the Autel Evo 2 for mapping, so that I do not run into all the problems taking off, when I have consent from property owners anyway and have already paid attention to the zoning.

BTW drone operators SHOULD get their licenses now, even though I hate it, but there are far to many just doing stupid stuff.
 
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rezenclowd3 said:
I had the Mavic Pro Platinum and Pro 2 Zoom, and currently a Skydio 2. The time to flight on the Mavics was atrocious, and the app would lock up constantly for me during mapping projects, but to be fair it flew itself and landed for battery changes as planned. The Skydio 2 is currently the best for self filming but a gray area as you are not in direct control. Love it for mountain biking.

I look forward to seeing the obstacle avoidance on the Mavic 3, as well as tracking, but I doubt it comes close to the Skydio.

Planning on getting the Autel Evo 2 for mapping, so that I do not run into all the problems taking off, when I have consent from property owners anyway and have already paid attention to the zoning.

BTW drone operators SHOULD get their licenses now, even though I hate it, but there are far to many just doing stupid stuff.
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You seem quite experienced, so if you don't mind me asking:
I have a potential project involving skiers. Perhaps the drone will auto-track them, perhaps I have to control it.
(Everything would be done approved by the ski hill owners, we need to work with them closely on other things.)

How many days do you think should I allocate for getting up to speed on doing this competently, safely, with good film results? I'm an engineer, so technically knowledgable, and a photographer, so I have _some_ background skills...
 
macbeth1026 said:
It’s not legal to shoot down a drone in the United States. Don’t spread misinformation. Why are you even talking about drone laws when you clearly have no idea about them at all?

Source: Am a drone operator.
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It’s illegal, just like it’s illegal to fly a drone in some areas without advance permission. However, if the shooter doesn’t get caught, they won’t face the consequences of that law.

Source: Rando on the internet.
 
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What safety features? No enclosures around the propellers so still ready to slice through a face or an eyeball at a moment's notice.
 
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The page you’re looking for can’t be found.

??‍♂️ Can’t access the product page at all.
 
I have the Mavic Air 2, which is great for mucking about and shooting nice aerial video. They’re dead easy to fly and as long as it’s not blowing a gale, the image stability is incredible - I thought the video had stopped playing; no, it’s just so still you can’t tell one frame from another!

This is clearly a Pro machine that can deliver TV/movie production quality footage, and is full of new tech, hence the price tag. if you’re in the drone video business I bet it pays for itself pretty quickly.
 
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I am waiting on the Mavic Mini 3 to replace my Mavic Mini 1... hoping one comes out and also hoping for 40min flight times obstacle avoidance and all under that 249g weight.
 
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$5,000 is not that much for a drone if you’re doing a professional video shoot.

It sort of implies that you are generating more than $5,000 in revenue.

Even for a 15 second commercial….
 
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liketom said:
I am waiting on the Mavic Mini 3 to replace my Mavic Mini 1... hoping one comes out and also hoping for 40min flight times obstacle avoidance and all under that 249g weight.
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Same here, though I think that 249g limit is always going to be a very limiting factor for flight times when you look at how much of the all-up weight of consumer drones is down to the battery.
 
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In Germany you need a „drone flying license“ with a test and everything now + an insurance on top and those questions are actually quiet hard and technical specific like UGH and even then you are basically not allowed to fly anywhere anymore
 
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robertcoogan said:
Not true. There are only height restrictions.
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However, outside the USA, drones have changed high-altitude mountaineering in the past few years with both filming climbers and skiers on 8,000 meter peaks, and performing rescue operations on those mountains.

Andrzej Bargiel’s astonishing 2018 ski descent of K2
https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/04/game-changer-drones-in-the-himalaya/

The summit of Manaslu
https://explorersweb.com/2021/10/04/jackson-groves-changed-the-game-on-manaslu/
 
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Google, Facebook, the App Store, and YouTube have completely rotted people’s minds.

Everything is free. The gear alone, to make an ad supported YouTube video, costs at least $15,000.

And the solution from Silicon Valley is to have a company like Apple pay out royalties ala Apple Arcade on hardware revenue…

As people demand price reductions and buy used iPhones.

I’m probably the only one on the internet agreeing that Twitter should charge $5 per follow. :)

If you disagree, and you’re a content creator, summarize your cost of operations.

Per the original article, it’s $5,000 for a drone (not including license permits).
 
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NightFox said:
Same here, though I think that 249g limit is always going to be a very limiting factor for flight times when you look at how much of the all-up weight of consumer drones is down to the battery.
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Gonna be disappointed. When the transition happens it’s not a weight limit. It’s actually a MTOM limit. The drone will have to be significantly lighter than the 249g to be usable at a 249g MTOM
 
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