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A bigger issue would be the 4:2:0 color depth, most broadcasters will only accept 4:2:2 color except for current events/news. The bitrate differences will depend on the movement and complexity of the scene. A field with wind in the grass is pretty easy to make the Mavic Pro fall apart on. I...

FWIW My NewEgg order of the Mavic Only placed 10/30/2016 shipped BEFORE my DJI Direct order placed a whole month before -- Sept 30th. "Shipping in the order received," is counterfactual.

Newegg is taking orders for 3 more hours. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, if I were looking for a mavic and hadn't ordered one yet I'd order it there DJI Mavic PRO Mini Drones Portable Hobby RC Quadcopter-Newegg.com

Newegg has fly more combos and base units in stock for 12/15 or sooner; they appear to have 50 units allocated. Given that newegg was the big winner so far, you might want to order from here. DJI Mavic PRO Mini Drones Portable Hobby RC Quadcopter-Newegg.com

I ordered Fly-more combo, there was a shipment to my zip code and I got my hopes up but it wasn't mine. :(

The mavic, for all of it's technical improvements, isn't well equipped for BVLOS operations. I think a flying wing could be more readily adapted to that type of use, though we're still a ways away from making that available at consumer prices. As always, the regulation will lag the technology.

I'm gonna be schleping mine in a TAD Gear Lightspeed. FAST Pack Litespeed, unless I'm on the motorcycle in which case it'll be inside a kreiga bag. I did buy the "fly more" combo so I'll probably use their bag just as a way to keep all the stuff together inside a larger bag.

I would. Something like https://www.amazon.com/Hubsan-H107-Micro-Copter-2-4GHZ/dp/B009M1PO7W and a few hours flying it is cheap insurance.

post a link to some videos please, I'd love to see them. The desert can be spectacular, I just did a trip to Sedona, AZ and it was amazeballs

My first DJI drone. I started with a micro drone 1 cell battery hubsan X4 H107 for $50. A lot of fun, and really good way to learn to be a quad pilot. TBH despite all the auto-this and avoidance that, I think it would be crazy to start on $1000 drone and expect nothing bad ever to happen. I've...

Me too. I can find the shipment but I am unable to tell if the one coming to my zip code is mine ... or someone else's. I guess I could follow around the fedex truck Weds Morning....

From DJI's forum, taking it with a grain of salt, as it seems like the whole launch has been pushed back, but as of yesterday: Thank you for contacting DJI Pre Sales Support. Order placed from Sept 27th til' Oct 11th we'll start shipping it mid Oct and order placed starting on Oct 12 18:00...

Source: DJI website Time: 2016-10-01 05:58:06 UTC Order number: 0012008998XX Fly more combo + DJI care refresh