Since a year I had the Mavic Air, my first drone. As a hobby photographer I didn’t know whether I would like it or not. I was used to walk around with some 8 kg prime equipment, so a quality comparison wouldn’t be fair. But I was really pleasant surprised with the photographic results of this drone. Of course I had to learn a lot (and still have): chopped some leaves, had a hard confrontation with a rock, damaged a prop, and things like that.
Flying with a drone reminded me of those old days before I quitted smoking. Once you have lit the first cigarette, you want more. So got exited when in Yanuary this year at the CES Autel announced it new drone: the Evo II. This could be a DJI killer. And I started following the news about this drone although the price was much higher that my MA..
Unfortunately my interest changed in the weeks after: delay after delay and if there was any news it was more about small problems that kept coming back. Even the initially promising patent dispute with DJI was lost in the end.
When corona came I wasn’t interested anymore. Worse: the only place to fly was in my own backyard.
Things changed from the moment I first heard about the MA 2. Not that I wanted one at that moment, but even before the official selling date the amount of Youtube reviews was so overwhelming and so positive, that my attention was drawn 100%.
To make a long story short, since a few days I have the MA 2 in house and made my first test flights. My first impression is that the photographic possibilities are slightly better than the MA, but not enough reason to switch from MA to MA 2
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So this is NOT what I expected.
To be honest: it is far more than that. For me the most important difference is the confidence I have in this MA 2: no worry about short flight times, no worry about losing connections. This is a bird I can trust as much as my German Shephard and every dog lover knows what that means. I fly longer, further away and higher without the slightest sign of trouble. The Mavic Air is pure fun.
Love from Curacao.
Flying with a drone reminded me of those old days before I quitted smoking. Once you have lit the first cigarette, you want more. So got exited when in Yanuary this year at the CES Autel announced it new drone: the Evo II. This could be a DJI killer. And I started following the news about this drone although the price was much higher that my MA..
Unfortunately my interest changed in the weeks after: delay after delay and if there was any news it was more about small problems that kept coming back. Even the initially promising patent dispute with DJI was lost in the end.
When corona came I wasn’t interested anymore. Worse: the only place to fly was in my own backyard.
Things changed from the moment I first heard about the MA 2. Not that I wanted one at that moment, but even before the official selling date the amount of Youtube reviews was so overwhelming and so positive, that my attention was drawn 100%.
To make a long story short, since a few days I have the MA 2 in house and made my first test flights. My first impression is that the photographic possibilities are slightly better than the MA, but not enough reason to switch from MA to MA 2
.
So this is NOT what I expected.
To be honest: it is far more than that. For me the most important difference is the confidence I have in this MA 2: no worry about short flight times, no worry about losing connections. This is a bird I can trust as much as my German Shephard and every dog lover knows what that means. I fly longer, further away and higher without the slightest sign of trouble. The Mavic Air is pure fun.
Love from Curacao.
