Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
Can one fly it in National Parks?
No. That restriction is not based on weight or size.
DJI Mavic Mini
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#32Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
Can you fly it in cities? Even if they're near airports?
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#33I'm on a german IP but don't speak a word of german, however the whole page is in german.
My browser sends the correct headers, accept-language: en-US,en;q=0.9,da;q=0.8.
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#34Wow, very cool! As others have pointed out, being under the weight limit set by the FAA is basically THE selling point. Ethical question: are DJI the good guys here working within the rules set out of the FAA, or are they running afoul of the spirit but staying within the letter?
This is how all laws work though. Rifle minimum barrel is 16" so they make 16" barrels. Wifi can only put out X watts max, they put out the maximum by law. There are no ethics in following a laws minimum or maximum.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
What they are referring too is that you still shouldn't operate these drones where they are not allowed just because they weight less than some FAA weight limit.
And I know people are like, "Well, just follow the rules!", and they should... some people fly drones stupidly. BUT - it's worth pointing out that if you live in some cities like Boston, that it is nearly impossible to fly a drone in city limits. Or Cambridge. Or Somerville. Check out the maps on Skyvector; it's 70/SFC, until you're in Watertown, parts of Quincy of north of Lynn. The FAA says to call the tower for pe…
So even though it’s under the limit, would one recommend not being overly cautious by registering it since that could be used against a registrant if they fly it where drones requiring registration aren’t allowed to fly?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never considered buying a drone however I would certainly not buy one that required an app + required user account to operate a piece of offline equipment.
I had my 1st experience with a Mavic Air this past weekend. It is an amazing piece of tech and the vids are beautiful. I was unaware, however, of it's online requirement. It operated fine where no cell signal exists, so there must be a way to dark comm it. However, I wouldn't give them $ in the first place with such a requirement. Too bad, I was considering one in lieu of a full frame dslr. Looks like hi-res, poorly…
You don't have to be online while flying just logged in the app at some point in the past.
Re: DJI Mavic Mini
#37Wow, very cool! As others have pointed out, being under the weight limit set by the FAA is basically THE selling point. Ethical question: are DJI the good guys here working within the rules set out of the FAA, or are they running afoul of the spirit but staying within the letter?
Soon the FAA is going to require a knowledge test for recreational flyers to fly UAS heavier than 250g.
The part 107 commercial UAS exam that already exists requires a lot of studying and costs $150 to take, and this falls on the easy end of your typical FAA exam.
DJI is hedging that the recreational flyer test is going to be a massive barrier for recreational pilots, which is why they're pushing a <250g UAS into the market.
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#38Great, it's a toy! Seriously, with 249g, drone laws do not apply (start with 250g) and you can do whatever you want with it in public.
One thing about light weight drones is that they do struggle with wind.
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#39Oh man, been waiting for this. Unfortunately, no active track :(
Still conflicted on spending $1000 on the new skydio for what would mostly be a toy for me.
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#40Is this replacing the Spark? They still list the Spark on the site but no stock, unless it will have an update shipping soon. Still, this looks good.
Same price as the Spark when it was released. Smaller, lighter, and longer flight time than the Spark. There really is no reason to purchase the Spark unless you need to replace another Spark. I have a Spark and I'm really looking forward to this and being out from under the thumb of the FAA (<250g). DJI has knocked it out of the park this time.
Didn't the spark have tracking? Not having it on this is pretty disappointing.