1. It's best to wait after most of the hardware, software bugs/hiccups are ironed out of their first production run. Samsung Note 7, a different kind of high tech gadget that exploded, can serve as a reminder to exercise patience.
2. From above, mother Earth will stay, look the same for a long time so I'm in no rush to buy one to shoot anything on Earth. Shooting people in the streets is easily done with any camera.
3. The flying experience will be just the same with the fast small drones that I got. I even owned drones that dogfight in the air with infrared beams.
4. One section in US FAA laws says
"Visual line-of-sight (VLOS) only; the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS. Alternatively, the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the visual observer."
The Mavic is small enough to be lost out of sight easily. I heard the police was devising a way to randomly test drone flyer similarly to testing drunk driver. For drunk driver test, the police asks the suspect to touch his/her nose. In the drone matter, the police would ask the drone owner/flier to pause, ask him/her to point at where in the sky his/her drone is.
5. Technology changes, evolves fast. Better drones will arrive.
2. From above, mother Earth will stay, look the same for a long time so I'm in no rush to buy one to shoot anything on Earth. Shooting people in the streets is easily done with any camera.
3. The flying experience will be just the same with the fast small drones that I got. I even owned drones that dogfight in the air with infrared beams.
4. One section in US FAA laws says
"Visual line-of-sight (VLOS) only; the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS. Alternatively, the unmanned aircraft must remain within VLOS of the visual observer."
The Mavic is small enough to be lost out of sight easily. I heard the police was devising a way to randomly test drone flyer similarly to testing drunk driver. For drunk driver test, the police asks the suspect to touch his/her nose. In the drone matter, the police would ask the drone owner/flier to pause, ask him/her to point at where in the sky his/her drone is.
5. Technology changes, evolves fast. Better drones will arrive.