Actually, I am very pleased with my Mavic 2 Pro. The only thing I would have liked would be all-around sensors. But that would not make me buy a $1500+ more drone. I fear that the newer drones will have more flying limitations and that would actually be a deterrent to the purchase, unless the new drone has infinitely more improvements.
I own the EVO2 6k PRO and EVO2 8k. I will only change if the sensor is bigger, has at least 6k and a flight time that is the same or equal to the EVO2. I will modify the RC to increase the WIFI strength. I do it to all my drone RCs. I like flying low, away from manned aircraft, but you need a strong signal to stay low. I also own the Mav2pro, Air2s and the MavAir2. I've sold my Mav2Pro. I'm also going to sell the Mav Air2 because I like the Air2S much better. I'm trying to get a little extra cash in case I want to buy the Mav3. I hear it's gonna be between 2000 and 3000 dollars.
As a Mavic Air 2 owner for about a year, I would only consider adding a Mavic 3 for its photographic capabilities over the Air 2. That would include the larger sensor, a high resolution optical zoom (4x or better) and some extra drone controls such as all round sensors, a fitted hi-vis strobe (RC controlled), potential for interchanging or switching to a thermal camera and especially waypoint flight control (i.e. repeatable pre-flight planning). This latter feature would enable the new drone to be used for ground mapping survey work, which is currently completed on my professional work using a colleague’s Phantom 4 RTK drone. And increasing the specs should not mean making the price hugely expensive. Technology is available now and it should be integrated without R&D recovery costs.
Why not it might be greater ?
Haven't heard anything. But if I were to take a wild guess, a very wild guess, I would guess it's not less 4 miles. Night flying with bright enough strobes gets VLOS easily within 4 miles. If it's less than that, Well, I would never buy a drone that is restricted to less than 4 miles; spotters can help get you to a 4 mile point. And what about those who use drones for delivery purposes. They may need more than 3-4 miles of range when they get BVLOS permits. The use of spotters can easily get you out 4 miles or more. I just don't see a regulation forthcoming in my crystal ball. However, their may be a rule created with certain conditions. I just doubt it would be locked into an app.
I concur. I owned a Mav2Pro, but switched to the EVO26k when it was released. The first 2 crashed on their own, no fault of mine. I finally got a 3rd. It's performance was dramatically improved compared to the first 2 EVO2s. The third EVO2 was like flying a completely different drone compared to the first 2. If the new Mav3 isn't a dramatically significant upgrade relative to the EVO2 6k, I doubt I will purchase it. Or, I may wait quite a long time before considering it.
So many will want to purchase the 6K drone without even having the computer capable of handling the demand a 6K video file. It’s like using a shotgun to kill a fly. Most 2 year old computer systems simply don’t have the horsepower to run 6K video workload. Seems like a waste to have a camera that capable but an outmoded computer.
True. I updated my desktop 6mnths ago. It can now handle 8k. Video software needed updating as well.
