Thank you!Mavic 3 V2.0 is labeled with the EASA C1 Class sticker for significantly less restricted flight in the EU/EEA. That is the only difference.
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Is that sticker only on drones sold in the EU or will the ones purchased in the US also have it?
Hmm, I asked DJI USA support about the status of the sticker.
We will see what they say.
Not clear if it's at their discretion whether they distribute stickers to Americans who buy their products in the US or maybe the EASA is somehow telling them not to distribute the stickers outside the EU?
I wonder how they will enforce it. If the police questions whether you should be flying in a particular location, can they look up the model of the drone and determine that it's eligible for C1 status even if there isn't a sticker on the drone?
EASA should be able to publish a simple list of eligible models which have been certified.
Or are they really going to be looking that closely, like if someone is flying a M3 Pro like they would a C1 drone, how would they be able to tell until they made the pilot land the drone and they check the label or look up the model?
EASA does have a published list of C1 models.
Open Category - Low Risk - Civil Drones | EASA
The ‘open’ category is the main reference for the majority of leisure drone activities and low-risk commercial activities.www.easa.europa.eu
So basically, no reason to buy in the US then if I hope to fly a C1 drone.
Yeah DJI tells me, maybe I have the address of someone I know and they can mail it there and they can mail it back to me in the USA.
I really don't understand why they wouldn't distribute more widely unless EASA is requiring that they don't mail it to anyone outside of Europe. They said it could only be mailed to a European address.
Thank you for contacting EASA. Th EU drone regulation applies to everyone operating in the EASA states. So when a tourist coming from outside of EU with a drone purchased abroad and without class mark, this will be considered as legacy drone (can operate in open category A1 if having a weight below 20g or in A3 if with a weight below 25kg, or in the specific category)
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