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

[macbeth1026]

Yes, because not wanting someone peeping on my teenage daughter with their drone is immature. ?

Being willing to go to prison over a drone and be forced apart from your family instead of, oh, I don’t know, going inside and calling the police is pretty immature. Yeah. Soon all drones will be required to log their flight paths. People peeping, if that was even a feasible thing to do with modern drones, would easily be caught. Yet you’d like to pound your chest by shooting the drone down instead. I’d call that immature. Yep.

Not to mention you’d probably be stripped of your right to own a firearm. I’m actually a bit frightened that you’re allowed to have one considering your willingness to escalate a situation directly to use of force when other options exist. You’re not making gun owners look very good right now. Thanks for that.

 

[Irock619]

Cool thing about laws are that they only exist if you get caught.

unfortunately the drone is too smart. Based on location it knows where you can and cant fly.

 

[MrTangent]

unfortunately the drone is too smart. Based on location it knows where you can and cant fly.

All technology can and will be hacked. In fact, first thing I’d do, if I bought one, would be to disable all that nonsense. I’d be surprised if a hack isn’t already available to fly it “free”. If not, it will soon be.

 

[rezenclowd3]

All technology can and will be hacked. In fact, first thing I’d do, if I bought one, would be to disable all that nonsense. I’d be surprised if a hack isn’t already available to fly it “free”. If not, it will soon be.

The last one , Pro 2, has yet to have geofencing disabled. I did on my MPP.... Everything can be hacked yes, often few are.

 

[MrTangent]

The last one , Pro 2, has yet to have geofencing disabled. I did on my MPP.... Everything can be hacked yes, often few are.

Fair enough. Personally I’m torn on geofencing. I can see the need because of ubiquitous fools… but the idea doesn’t sit well with the libertarian in me. DRM/gestapo controls only makes me want to bypass it, on principle. Ya know?

 

[Khabbi]

Well, seems like EVERYTHING is not only going up in price, but going up by a significance percentage. Several of my hobbies are suffering from this. This is now taking one of the most popular consumer level toys that used to be
"pricey but affordable" and putting it into the "more than I'm willing to spend for that/too expensive" category. Even people that are heavy into the hobby are passing on this. But with the chip shortage, they will sell out...

In my opinion, this is a very nice drone, but there are diminishing returns for most people that already have a drone at half that price... the extra notch up in video quality just isn't worth it for the price unless you are a professional videographer or youtuber... (Kind of like jumping from iphone 12 to 13 at a steep price, many would not do it).

 

[SFjohn]

I will report it, after I shoot it from the sky (I live in the country, btw). The law needs changed, and bad, amoral laws should be disobeyed. In fact, I posit it is our patriotic duty to disobey unjust laws, but that is another tangent entirely.

My right to privacy of my own property supersedes your right to fly a drone above it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You planning on shooting down planes, helicopters, satellites, and a space station as they fly over your property too?

 

[MrTangent]

You planning on shooting down planes, helicopters, satellites, and a space station as they fly over your property too?

There’s a pretty big difference between everything you mentioned and unmanned drones. Take a guess what it is.

 

[840quadra]

Haven't run into a situation where my 2 zoom footage was rejected due to it not having the highest spec video quality.

Be tempted to try the base model, though I am addicted to the optical zoom on the 2 that I have, and hope the hybrid zoom is decent. I feel the video "vertigo" effect just wouldn't look the same without some optical zoom lens distortion.

That said my mavic 2 is still doing quite well for what I need.

 

[SFjohn]

There’s a pretty big difference between everything you mentioned and unmanned drones. Take a guess what it is.

You miss my point, which is just how much airspace above your land & property do you think you own?

 

[Ninjaman]

It seems you are unaware that the drone will literally not allow you to take-off in any zone where authorization is required or on no-fly zones

No jokes allowed!

Not a joke. Shooting a drone is a federal offense. It’s a registered aircraft with the FAA. Do a little research

Is It Legal to Shoot Down a Drone? - Laws101.com

Before you grab your shotgun and point it at the flying menace, here’s everything you need to know about the legality of drones.

laws101.com

 

[Ninjaman]

Being willing to go to prison over a drone and be forced apart from your family instead of, oh, I don’t know, going inside and calling the police is pretty immature. Yeah. Soon all drones will be required to log their flight paths. People peeping, if that was even a feasible thing to do with modern drones, would easily be caught. Yet you’d like to pound your chest by shooting the drone down instead. I’d call that immature. Yep.

Not to mention you’d probably be stripped of your right to own a firearm. I’m actually a bit frightened that you’re allowed to have one considering your willingness to escalate a situation directly to use of force when other options exist. You’re not making gun owners look very good right now. Thanks for that.

People laughed when I posted this. Apparently they are too ignorant to read or understand the laws. Shooting down a drone is equivalent to shooting down a Cessna or 747. It’s all the same to the FAA. You can get up to 20 years in jail, lose the right to own firearms and no longer be able to register to vote being a covict…so good luck with that

 

[GrumpyCoder]

unfortunately the drone is too smart. Based on location it knows where you can and cant fly.

Actually, if you have permission DJI will send you a special firmware upon request which will disable the no-fly zones for the time and day of your flight missions. It's a pain though if you have to fly several times every month. We've replaced all flight controllers in our DJI drones with Pixhawk controllers and coordinate flights directly with air traffic control (we also fly on airports).

 

[MrTangent]

You miss my point, which is just how much airspace above your land & property do you think you own?

I’d say a good 100’, as I stated earlier. Anything lower is getting blasted. Especially if within feet of my house, family or livestock.

And in rural Missouri, where I live, I guarantee most others would either do the same, or agree with me. And the cops would tell the privacy-invasive creeper drone owner to get lost. Or arrest them for trespass, and peeping.

 

[MrTangent]

People laughed when I posted this. Apparently they are too ignorant to read or understand the laws. Shooting down a drone is equivalent to shooting down a Cessna or 747. It’s all the same to the FAA. You can get up to 20 years in jail, lose the right to own firearms and no longer be able to register to vote being a covict…so good luck with that

Won’t happen. Not in rural areas. Most people prefer their privacy and right to be left alone from peepers on their property.

 

[MrTangent]

Not a joke. Shooting a drone is a federal offense. It’s a registered aircraft with the FAA. Do a little research

Is It Legal to Shoot Down a Drone? - Laws101.com

Before you grab your shotgun and point it at the flying menace, here’s everything you need to know about the legality of drones.

laws101.com

Tell me… is it illegal to harass wildlife? How about livestock? Peep into windows with a drone? How about just taking a quick look at the neighbor’s teenage daughter sunbathing in the privacy of her backyard?

 

[Ninjaman]

Tell me… is it illegal to harass wildlife? How about livestock? Peep into windows with a drone? How about just taking a quick look at the neighbor’s teenage daughter sunbathing in the privacy of her backyard?

I get your argument but I’m just telling you it’s illegal and a quick way to possibly get in jail

 

[MrTangent]

You miss my point, which is just how much airspace above your land & property do you think you own?

Also, none of the aforementioned can fly low enough, stealthy enough to peep into my daughter’s windows, or to our backyard pool that is hidden from view by terrain and foliage.

Drones are the only thing that could, barring a physical trespasser. And I consider both threats to my family, and will take appropriate action against either.

 

[Ninjaman]

Won’t happen. Not in rural areas. Perhaps you’re too ignorant to read or understand that most people prefer their privacy and right to be left alone from peepers on their property?

 

[MrTangent]

I get your argument but I’m just telling you it’s illegal and a quick way to possibly get in jail

Okay. My bad. I understand… but the law concerning is ridiculous and needs changed. An unmanned drone should never be treated equally to a manned aircraft. It is private property, nothing more.

 

[Ninjaman]

Not in rural places? It’s happened in rural towns in Minnesota, Illinois and Florida and probably more places than that.

 

[Ninjaman]

Also, none of the aforementioned can fly low enough, stealthy enough to peep into my daughter’s windows, or to our backyard pool that is hidden from view by terrain and foliage.

Drones are the only thing that could, barring a physical trespasser. And I consider both threats to my family, and will take appropriate action against either.

From what I’ve read they are not supposed to fly below the tree level when flying over homes. I see no point of even flying in your neighbor and over homes but they are running out of spaces to fly unless you got out to the middle of nowhere

 

[MrTangent]

Not in rural places? It’s happened in rural towns in Minnesota, Illinois and Florida and probably more places than that.

I meant that the DA would probably not pursue charges in these rural areas, or the Sheriff would most likely not charge the land/home owner. Likewise no jury would convict, if a homeowner was being harassed by a drone very near their domicile. It is tantamount to modern peeping toms.

 

[Ninjaman]

I meant that the DA would probably not pursue charges in these rural areas, or the Sheriff would most likely not charge the land/home owner. Likewise no jury would convict, if a homeowner was being harassed by a drone very near their domicile. It is tantamount to modern peeping toms.

Does Orlando count? Guy shot down a drone this year. Was arrested, had his gun taken away and was held on a 16K bond. Even if the charges are dropped. He won’t get his bail money or lost time in jail back. Just not worth It

 

[GrumpyCoder]

Okay. My bad. I understand… but the law concerning is ridiculous and needs changed. An unmanned drone should never be treated equally to a manned aircraft. It is private property, nothing more.

This is a global problem. One of my research projects is developing drone detection and defense systems for all sorts of scenarios, from disturbing air traffic on airports over industrial espionage to terrorist attacks (chemical weapons or explosives attached to a drone). In general (depends on where you live) it's illegal to fly over people's property for whatever reason including filming without their permission. But it is also illegal to shoot down drones. You're supposed to notify authorities. By the time they arrive it's usually too late. The safer way for commercial drones like DJI is a jamming signal to make it either land or return to pilot.

On the other hands, shooting down drones is not an easy task. For slow flying or hovering drones, sure. We did a field test in Afghanistan, trying to shoot down a fast approaching drone (~ 150 mph) with 5000 rounds of ammo. No luck, and the guys shooting were active military. If that thing would have been rigged with explosive or chemical weapons... goodbye.

Be careful though, battery might blow, drone could crash and whatever it's crashing into might catch fire. Good luck catching that pilot, depending on where the drone was bought.

Aside from experimental stuff like microwaves and lasers, we've actually had most success with our drones (computer operated) catching the intruders with a net mid-air.