It seems reasonably certain that a new Mavic will be announced tomorrow (and probably will have been by the time most read this). Looking at the leaked pictures, the included prop guard seems very substantial, more so than on prior DJI products. Is it possible that this is to try to comply with future/anticipated regs about flying over people? I‘ll admit I haven’t studied the proposals closely (and I’m looking at somewhat fuzzy photos) but it occurred to me that maybe this was some forethought on DJI’s part to give more freedom to future flyers (the 249g weight indicates they’re obviously cognizant of and responding to regs). I know prop protection was part of the FAA discussion, and none of the DJI guards I’ve seen previously would comply with what has been discussed. I defer to those who have followed this more than I.
(As a side note, I think any discussion about a Mavic 3 or MA 2 is probably premature because DJI is probably waiting to see how this shakes out before releasing a more expensive larger drone, but that’s a subject for another thread).
An equally plausible explanation would be that since this is intended to be a beginner drone, without obstacle avoidance, they wanted to include a beefier guard to avoid an epidemic of folks flying the aircraft into themselves or someone else while playing around at low altitude.
Anyway, just throwing this out there.
Sincerely, your friend,
Maviac
(As a side note, I think any discussion about a Mavic 3 or MA 2 is probably premature because DJI is probably waiting to see how this shakes out before releasing a more expensive larger drone, but that’s a subject for another thread).
An equally plausible explanation would be that since this is intended to be a beginner drone, without obstacle avoidance, they wanted to include a beefier guard to avoid an epidemic of folks flying the aircraft into themselves or someone else while playing around at low altitude.
Anyway, just throwing this out there.
Sincerely, your friend,
Maviac
