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there is an app that lets you do this with any drone and they can just use their phone, no expensive headset
I'm also getting 5km and have yet to see any lag in a city ....it's like flying a phantom 4 with better camera and features that can fit inside your inside jacket pocket or side pocket of your rucksack...try doing that with a MP.....don't believe the haters about this drone 99% of them are current MP owners who are annoyed there is a better foldable drone out there......until the MP2 comes out at least lol
I’d definitely go for the Platinum. After starting out on a Phantom 3 Standard which also uses WiFi I realised after the first few flights I’d make a mistake. Signal outs were frequent and I couldn’t go the distances specified by DJI so was disappointed. Decided to get the Mavic Pro for its portability since I hike a lot because of my photography, superb was my first impression, never lost signal, so compact. It was a huge no go the Air because of the WiFi, lesson learned.
The Enhanced WiFi on the Air is completely different to the P3S......last time I checked a P3S can't go 5.2km unmodded like the Air can.it needs lots of mods to the remote antenna's.
Don't compare the 2 ....my Air is getting same range and video feed as my lightbridge phantom 3 advanced and phantom 4
Yeah but MP2 will be about $500 dollars more. Not something most need. And it will be bigger than MP
Air Enhanced WiFi is a bit better than P4 lightbridge, and more friendly to antenna mods than the strange OcuSync
It’s called Mesh Lite. It’s free, and pretty new. There are no reviews yet, but from my tests it works well.
There's page on the DJI site that shows a side-to-side comparison of the specs. The Pro is way better than the Air in so many ways.
According to Rick the engineer at Drone Valley, the level of sophistication of the Pro* justifies a price much higher than DJI is asking, even a much as $2000,
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*He has actually dissembled one
The chip in the air is MUCH better, an update would allow 4K 60fps no problem. The signal on both the Air and Pro are so good that they run out of battery before signal.
Rick made that statement re the Pro being worth up to $2000 shortly after the Pro was introduced and he'd had time to test it thoroughly. With his background as an engineer, he chose to actually disassemble one and one was very impressed by the interior workmanship. My statement re the Pro being superior to the Air is based on my, not his, review of the respective specs on the DJI website.
Currently, he has lots of videos on Drone Valley re the Air, but I have not viewed any of them, so I don't know whether he is as impressed with the Air as he was with the Pro when it first became available.
No one will be ever AS impressed because they already proved that small could be powerful with the first Mavic Pro.
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I would suggest the Autel Robotics Evo, when it comes out.
Here is an informative review on it:
Autel is the most unreliable company ever. It takes them months to put out updates and they go in the dark forever after unveiling a product.
Yeah, customer service is pretty bad, but their drones are miles ahead of their competitors when it comes to well roundness
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