Specta Air / DJI Air 3 Clone Deep Dive Video (Firmware, Software, Metadata) (Cogito Tech)

[Shuttersky597]

Sent mine back to Amazon. Batteries not available until June. Wasn't going to pay 65 dollars to transfer 159 dollars for battery from Cogito.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Sent mine back to Amazon. Batteries not available until June. Wasn't going to pay 65 dollars to transfer 159 dollars for battery from Cogito.

Was the $65 a shipping charge?

 

[Shuttersky597]

Was the $65 a shipping charge?

No, it was what my bank charges for international transfer fees. Cogito said they sold through Amazon. I asked , Why don't you have batteries available through Amazon? They said maybe June.

 

[GadgetGuy]

No, it was what my bank charges for international transfer fees. Cogito said they sold through Amazon. I asked , Why don't you have batteries available through Amazon? They said maybe June.

Wow!
I'd try and find a different bank or another way to pay.

 

[Shuttersky597]

Wow!
I'd try and find a different bank or another way to pay.

This is what they said. No invoice. No PayPal or other options. Sorry, if you are going to sell internationally, you have to be set up. Not buying from eBay for goodness sake. This sounds like buying from somebody's garage.


Dear johnspaar，

Thanks for your waiting.
Please provide your transfer information to us after the transfer and then we will confirm the payment within 2 working days. After confirming the payment, we will arrange shipment within 2 working days and update you the tracking number.

The Products Price:
Air Battery: 159 USD
A pair of Air Propellers: 12 USD

Order Number：
111-20240412-01

Bank Transfer Instructions
Bank Name: China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
Account Name: COGITO TECH COMPANY LIMITED
Account Number: 846210172885
Swift Code: CCBQHKAX
Bank Code: 009
Branch Code: 846
Address: 28/F, CCB Tower, 3 Connaught Road Central, Central, HongKong

Note: In order to confirm the payment as soon as possible, it is recommended that you note the order number in the transfer information.

Best regards
Specta Customer Support Team

 

[GadgetGuy]

This is what they said. No invoice. No PayPal or other options. Sorry, if you are going to sell internationally, you have to be set up. Not buying from eBay for goodness sake. This sounds like buying from somebody's garage.


Dear johnspaar，

Thanks for your waiting.
Please provide your transfer information to us after the transfer and then we will confirm the payment within 2 working days. After confirming the payment, we will arrange shipment within 2 working days and update you the tracking number.

The Products Price:
Air Battery: 159 USD
A pair of Air Propellers: 12 USD

Order Number：
111-20240412-01

Bank Transfer Instructions
Bank Name: China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
Account Name: COGITO TECH COMPANY LIMITED
Account Number: 846210172885
Swift Code: CCBQHKAX
Bank Code: 009
Branch Code: 846
Address: 28/F, CCB Tower, 3 Connaught Road Central, Central, HongKong

Note: In order to confirm the payment as soon as possible, it is recommended that you note the order number in the transfer information.

Best regards
Specta Customer Support Team

Thank for sharing the correspondence. With no other way to pay, I'd find a more internationally friendly local bank to handle this small transaction for you. Surely, not every bank charges $60 for an international transfer fee. You could also have just waited until June to order more batteries from Amazon, or you can still rebuy the Spectra drone from Amazon when spare batteries are also available from Amazon.

Any reason to not just buy the DJI Air 3 instead, since the Specta is just a licensed copy manufactured in HK? Was it just the configuration of their Specta Combo package that appealed to you?

 

[Shuttersky597]

I was trying to get a backup for the so-called ban. Florida being one state. But I was thinking about the negative. Sorry. So, back to DJI. I know they missed me. Haha. Love the new Air 3, especially the 70mm. Used it on my first roof inspection with this drone.

 

[PunaPhantom]

We would be all over these and swap out our M2p's and an M3 or two... IF they would release the SDK and Litchi could make it work... (Why we hang on to our M2p's)

 

[anotherlab]

I was trying to get a backup for the so-called ban. Florida being one state. But I was thinking about the negative. Sorry. So, back to DJI. I know they missed me. Haha. Love the new Air 3, especially the 70mm. Used it on my first roof inspection with this drone.

Stefanik & Rubio have already made statements that attempts by DJI to bypass the proposed sanctions will not work.

The wording of the sanctions calls out radio and camera equipment made by DJI. The Specta is a hardware clone of the Air 3 and appears to use rebranded versions of the DJI software. They tweaked the firmware so that you can't share batteries, but under the hood it's the same hardware. Based on Stefanik & Rubio, the FCC ban would either apply to Cognito (and Anzu Robotics) for using DJI parts or they would just add them to the "Covered List". At that point, DJI would probably just pull the plug on Cognito because it would just be an unnecessary expense.

If you want to get a backup drone, I would get another DJI Air 3. You'll be able to share batteries with your existing drone.

 

[Jack Frost]

Specta is made in Malaysia. You all heard by now,DJI will be banned from the United States in a few weeks. The bill for that has been signed.
They opened a place in Malaysia to build drones that are not made in China.
My thoughts that that is a way for DJI to get around that very expensive American problem

The drone ban bill has NOT been signed yet, as of today August 17th. Congress passed a drone ban bill, but no drone bill has passed the Senate yet, and then the President has to agree to sign it. Please don't mislead people.

 

[Jack Frost]

I don't know what they mean by the bill has been signed. My understanding is that it passed the House Committee and will now go to the house floor. It is far from being a law although there seems to be bipartisan support for it.

You are correct. The bill has NOT been signed. The Senate hasn't voted yet on the ammendment for banning Chinese drones yet, and even if it passes, the President has to agree to sign it. Member Christen49 is giving out bad information. Misleading people.

 

[Sky One Ohio]

do they make a "rc-n1"? is the specta app available on google play? does it have geo zone restrictions? will it work with dji parts such as an esc or gimbal component? what happens if you were to plug it into dji assistant? can i remove height limits with drone hacks?
thanks.

Mine has no restrictions no geo fencer either, its supposed to but it doesnt.

 

[Sky One Ohio]

Hey all,
I actually got ahold of one of these drones and was able to do a lot with it: (Hack into menus, firmware, etc) to find its a DJI drone at its core. I do wonder a lot about why this drone exists, how they get ahold of these parts, source code, and supply chains.

I made a pretty thorough technical deep dive here:

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This is pretty much like if a rebranded iPhone showed up somewhere, its just impossible without a serious compromise of DJI's security or unless it is sanctioned directly by DJI (To avoid their brand name in the Ukraine war, to sell in the US, ect). Also could be possible that China required DJI to hand over their schematics, files, etc and is trying to cash in on the drones.

Who knows I would love to hear your thoughts. If you want me to try anything, or want to see anything I'll do my best to respond to inquiries.

can a hack be made to allow use of air 3 batteries

 

[GadgetGuy]

Mine has no restrictions no geo fencer either, its supposed to but it doesnt.

What about RID broadcasting?

 

[jaideepshinde]

Hi! You mentioned that you were able to hack intothe menus and firmware. How did you do that? I have a Specta Mini and need to remove height restriction from the Specta app. It is set to 15m in India