I have been following all the threads in eager anticipation of receiving my Mavic Pro.
It is obvious that DJI would never be able to meet the deadlines that they set. Early reviewer videos were saying that they received the Mavic in bubble wrap, no retail packaging etc. This was approx 2 weeks before we were all hoping for mass shipments to happen. There is clearly no way that this was going to happen. One reviewer said that he had one of only 4 (not too sure about that number) Mavics being sent out to reviewers. Anyway, there was a small number being sent out (definitely less than 100).
This means that the Mavic Pro had not even entered pre-production stages.
Look at the bottom of the opened Mavic, the soldering is hand done, nowhere near production status.
I have build many drones and have programmed them myself. Using recommended values but still are prone to over correction and dropping out of the sky. When you have to set the feedback loop parameters, test fly and then repair and then try another set of values you start to appreciate that it is not 100% straightforward to get a drone that will fly, handle wind, fast stops and change of direction.
It was wrong of DJI to take money for something that they knew that they would never be able to deliver on time. I used a pre-order and put down £100 so am not experiencing the same level of annoyance. What I am disappointed with is the poor communications from DJI. I know that this was due to the Karma and it has worked. All the buzz is about the Mavic, pre-orders are flying in and DJI are in a good place compared to GoPro, but at some stage DJI must give more accurate information. If it is delayed by one month then say so. I for one would be happy to wait for 1 month instead of checking these forums every couple of hours just in case someone has actually received a single Mavic. This is getting silly and has nothing to do with order volumes. If they were in full production then they would have shipped out even 10 units, 100 units or whatever.
Why do I want the Mavic Pro ... because I want to move to a new stage of drone ownership. I have drones smaller than the Mavic, I have drones faster than the Mavic but what I want is a drone that I can launch, will handle wind and that I can have a high degree of certainty that will come back to me and land without me having to replace an arm. I want to be able to capture great video (my Parrot drone has awful video) and to be able to let my son have a go without worrying that he will change direction too quickly causing a flip over and more repairs.
I think most of us are quite grown up and in our hearts we knew that the delivery would be late. But please DJI, treat us with some respect and don't keep on saying that units will be shipped mid October when there is clearly no chance that they will.
