New Parrot Drone

joshmentele · Apr 27, 2018

Parrot will be releasing a new drone in June. Probably a Bebop 3 or possibly a new Disco. Hopefully they will include a 4K stabilized camera this time. Their Bebop 2 Power is already a good alternative to the Spark. They might be introducing a foldable drone to the market.

IT’S COMING

darren6270 · Apr 27, 2018

Would never trust Parrot after my AR drone flew away and they denied there was an issue despite it happening to hundreds of customers.

BikerGeek · May 22, 2018

After my second bebop II dropped from the sky for no reason I gave up on Parrot. Not only that it took them 3 1/2 months to send my replacement for the first one that dropped out of the sky. In between sending my working replacement they sent me someone elses return. I opened it up expecting a new drone and found the pieces of one that someone had crashed. Their customer services is pitiful. Bebop 2 was a fairly stable drone. I loved mine.

Derek_M · May 22, 2018

I was gonna get the parrot bebop 2 for 400 but who couldn’t go wrong instead by buying a mavic for 660 refurbished. No offense but all the parrot drones look like toys and they are controlled via WiFi which is weak. Cheap alternative but I don’t recommend their products. I had an ar drone and the motor failed after a day. They have great customer service. They respond almost immediately.

BikerGeek · May 23, 2018

Well, Mavic Air is wifi as well. From what I understand, the Bebop 2 Power has great range and is very stable. A friend of mine owns one and he flew it out over a mile and back without issues. The non power one didn't have that range. It actually is a very stable drone and did great video at 1080p. Their App also has a lot more features than DJI Go. Flight Plan (waypoints) can be pre programmed while not connected to the drone like Litchi and all the other features are a lot more intuitive. It's their customer service and terrible updates to the software/firmware that turned me off to them.

BikerGeek · May 23, 2018

Here's the video from the first Bebop I had. Dropped right out of the sky. But the video quality is pretty good.

IShouldBeWorking · Jun 6, 2018

The Verge had a post this morning with more details on the new Anafi drone from Parrot. Looks like they're matching some of the Mavic Air's specs but there's no collision avoidance of any kind. I wonder what list price will be.

Parrot’s new drone folds up for on-the-go use

DTC709 · Jun 6, 2018

IShouldBeWorking said:
The Verge had a post this morning with more details on the new Anafi drone from Parrot. Looks like they're matching some of the Mavic Air's specs but there's no collision avoidance of any kind. I wonder what list price will be.

Parrot’s new drone folds up for on-the-go use

Price looks like it’ll be $699, and they are saying super quiet flights with 25 min flight time. Be curious to see, also not a true 3 axis gimbal, only 2 axis and the 3rd being done by software. For savings of $100, I think the Air still wins out as of now IMP

IShouldBeWorking · Jun 6, 2018

Interesting about using software instead of full gimbal movement. Looks like the product page is live now:

ANAFI

DTC709 · Jun 6, 2018

IShouldBeWorking said:
Interesting about using software instead of full gimbal movement. Looks like the product page is live now:

ANAFI

That would be similar to what the spark does isn’t it?

dsd317 · Jun 6, 2018

ChrisW81 · Jun 6, 2018

Looks like a wasp...

ChrisW81 · Jun 6, 2018

DTC709 said:
Price looks like it’ll be $699, and they are saying super quiet flights with 25 min flight time. Be curious to see, also not a true 3 axis gimbal, only 2 axis and the 3rd being done by software. For savings of $100, I think the Air still wins out as of now IMP

I agree. I do like the ability to tilt +/- 90 degrees though. Battery life is a plus I suppose and the 21Mp camera but not all worth the price IMO.

DTC709 · Jun 6, 2018

ChrisW81 said:
I agree. I do like the ability to tilt +/- 90 degrees though. Battery life is a plus I suppose and the 21Mp camera but not all worth the price IMO.

What will you gain by tilting up 99 degrees besides the ski and props tho? Yeah battery life is solid, assuming it’s close to stated.

Bit off topic, but I’ve since noticed DJI have update there battery life specs, not sure when that was done, this is what’s posted for the MP. Much more accurate

•Max Flight Time:
27 minutes (no wind at a consistent 15.5 mph (25 kph))
•Max Hovering Time:
24 minutes (no wind)
•Overall Flight Time:
21 minutes ( In normal flight, 15% remaining battery level )

fiatdale · Jun 6, 2018

I had the Bebop 2... it was an OK beginner drone. I think for the extra $100 id rather have the Air, with all the accessories and support for DJI out there... why go Parrot?

microlinux · Jun 6, 2018

But it can take pictures of clouds.

ATPhoto · Jun 6, 2018

I think being able to shoot upwards is a game changer for me...you need to think a bit more creatively to realise the sorts of images you will be able to get with this feature, there's a lot more than clouds to shoot!. And the camera sounds like a big improvement over the Mavic. Time will tell if its as good as it sounds........