DJI Flip drone confirmed by the FCC

[msinger]

A new drone named the DJI Flip has been confirmed by the FCC. More details can be found here.

 

[old man mavic]

flippin heck looks like a FPV training drone

 

[MA2 317]

The one finger salute?

Oh wait, wrong type of flip.

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[AMann]

flippin heck looks like a FPV training drone

Flipping thing would make me motion sick doing that in FPV mode!

 

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[djwak59]

And DJI continues to go the way of Apple.
“You NEED this golly gee new drone !, even though we just sold you one 2 months ago !”
Sorry, not interested. When’s it gonna stop ? When DJI drones don’t need a human operator ?? Just my 2 cents.

 

[Slade]

Do we really need another flippin drone? Really?

 

[Droning on and on...]

It all depends on what it's target application is.

With only this picture to go on, my guess is it's an FAA OOP compliant drone. Under 250g, heavily caged props. I'll bet unlike the Neo, it has a very good camera, and 3-axis stabilized.

 

[msinger]

I'll bet unlike the Neo, it has a very good camera, and 3-axis stabilized

And it looks like it might have LiDAR as well.

 

[Mrprop365]

And it looks like it might have LiDAR as well.

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Don't most have lidar for the bottom?

 

[msinger]

Don't most have lidar for the bottom?

No. The DJI Air 3S is the only consumer drones that has LiDAR.

 

[Mrprop365]

No. The DJI Air 3S is the only consumer drones that has LiDAR.

Then what the sensor that tells you the distance to the ground? (The mavic 2 has one on the top also)

 

[msinger]

Then what the sensor that tells you the distance to the ground?

Downward Vision System

 

[Mrprop365]

Downward Vision System

Oh. I thought that the downward vision system was referring to the cameras

 

[DARKSeifer]

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It actually folds, although I don't think the sales are going to be enough to compensate the investment, this is like the compact camera era that died with the smartphones on 2016, but here consumer drones died by overregulation.

I've been flying drones since 2020 or so, I came quite late to the party but on this time, none of the people I know has bought a drone, nor I've seen more than a few tourists flying one; so it's still a marginal market, and it will continue like that while the oppression by overregulation worldwide continues.

So if there's no market and the sales are low (compared to other consumer electronics like phones, watches, bands, headphones, etc), why to flood it with more "sidegrades"?

Much like what has happened to major DSLRs/Mirrorless brands like Canon, Fuji or Nikon, they should leave a Neo/Flip for beginners (just one) and focus entirely on the pro series; but not so much that they turn into Skydio, which are only after government contracts and left everyone aside on their own gold fever.

 

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[dronethrust]

If they make that, then that will be my next purchase.

 

[Erk1024]

This is a head scratcher. Massively redesigned Mini4 Pro, or fills that niche? Only a two bladed prop--that's interesting.

 

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