Recent content by 7thstring

I think the consumer drone industry is further splitting into 3 major segments: 1) flying "cinematic" cameras (where DJI excelled so far) 2) flying (autonomous) action cameras (where Skydio are taking the lead - we shall see DJI's next move) 3) flying FPV drones (here DJI smashed by providing a...

Remember we are still talking about a consumer-level drone on a Mavic (up until the Phantom, for that matter). 2x is more than enough for a single camera equipment and besides the hype going around the M2P, it's a more than adequate improvement over MP/MPP. I actually find the M2P camera being...

Indeed. That's merely incremental innovation. What Skydio brought to the table is an innovation of meaning. Let's see DJI's next move (which could as well start with the mini), better M3 be a killer. So far DJI just packed the same features in different sizes, adding innovations to the next...

I think there is too much attention to the sensor size, hence I labelled the Skydio a "flying action cam" as opposed to the DJI line being more on the "general purpose" side. Not all "pilots" are interested in supreme video quality, not everyone is even wasting terabytes of 4k+ footage, when...

Let's face it. DJI consumer drones are good only for manned flight and are attempting some semi-autonomous flight with poor results. Skydio is apparently getting DJI out of business on the "flying action camera" segment, if they aren't catching up fast.

Curious about what are the improvements to Waypoints and batteries. Two culprits of my lost M2 case :)

I don't have a Mavic here now but I recall a flat surface. Should there be more tolerance, however, wouldn't there be less drones falling off the sky? Or have all seasoned pilots gone nuts all of a sudden?

What I'm saying is that battery swelling could occur while flying, so the battery compartment should allow some tolerance.

There's another point to consider. Who takes the battery off every time before a flight? Often you reach takeoff point and the battery with may have already started swelling inside the (original DJI) handbag while you are simply walking, thinking about summer. You power up, start flying and...

That's the point. The problem is not about the swelling itself, the aircraft design should take care of that gracefully. And we shouldn't be concerned about using external tools to fix the weak clamping method adopted by DJI. I understand some people love a brand's product and some might even...

DJI are seemingly replacing swollen batteries for free, recognizing they could cause crashes, I even know of at least a youtube video about a DJI endorser reporting that. It's a very bad design flaw from their end and very dangerous. While they cannot control the swelling, they should "allow"...

Glad they eventually came to the conclusion it was their fault. Amazing it took them so long, as they anticipated they would remove the useless flight simulator recently, meaning they might have already come to the conclusion that it was buggy (or buggier than the rest of their software)...

Can you ascertain if the battery bottom presents some sort of swelling? This reminds me of my case. And even in mine logs don't show voltage drops.

Let's put it simpler, without entering into "complicated" talks of manufacturing costs, pricing, supply chain, etc... I understand people are nowadays not used to "negotiate", but talking only about full retail prices is pointless. 30% off the AC price only made sense when you could only...

True that the Mavic 2 (any option) is way better than the Air but also the Mavic Pro was, except a few downsides due to the older software. But if you ain't in a rush for a drone (as you still have the Air) it's better waiting for the next iterations of both. The Mavic 2 in some key aspects is a...