DJI Systems Introduces Inspire 1 Drone
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#2I dont like DJI too much but i've to admit the design and integrated features are getting pretty good.
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#3This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.
It would have been nicer if they had clear "follow me" feature. Even better would be one-touch pre-programmed flight pattern. I can imagine myself sitting on a summit of a hike or ski resort or beach and doing one-touch pre-programmed cinematic flight path to get that super-cool gimble stabilized video that makes a circle around me.
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#4Wow so many sick features... No wonder they haven't been picking up the customer service lines, or wait DJI customer service policy is simply not to reply. Never mind...
The product looks insane. Price point too.. Similar systems today cost 30K.
The problem with DJI is the generic firmware. I am still running old firmware because of all the crashes and complaints they have dramatically reduced performance / angle of attack, etc with each release.
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#5This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
actually a bunch of uavs can fly 15,000 ft. Most of them can.
What's nice is the way they do 360d view, the 6s, the low drag, the smaller camera (setups with gopro - which is 4k too - or bigger are quite .. massive).. and they also seem to be catching up to the APM/Pixhawk on the software side. Also, lightbridge/HD.
Now price, non-opensource, etc.. of course. Still a nice piece of hardware.
Re: DJI Systems Introduces Inspire 1 Drone
#6This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
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Re: DJI Systems Introduces Inspire 1 Drone
#7This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
$2800 is the price of a decent DSLR with lens. Sure, if you use it once and then leave it to gather dust it's expensive, but it's otherwise very affordable even for the mere dedicated hobbyist.
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#8This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
actually a bunch of uavs can fly 15,000 ft. Most of them can. What's nice is the way they do 360d view, the 6s, the low drag, the smaller camera (setups with gopro - which is 4k too - or bigger are quite .. massive).. and they also seem to be catching up to the APM/Pixhawk on the software side. Also, lightbridge/HD. Now price, non-opensource, etc.. of course. Still a nice piece of hardware.
One really neat feature I see on this build vs. a (much) cheaper DIY Pixhawk-or-alike based build is optical flow.
As far as I know both PX4 and APM have half-baked optical flow code in various branches, but no out-of-the-box / off-the-shelf support in mainline (even though 3DR sell optical flow hardware).
Knowing DJI's past I'm not sure their integration is much better, but if it is, that's a big win IMO. Optical flow is awesome for new pilots as it makes the quadcopter's position hold ability in hover much more stable. It's one of the main reasons the AR.Drone works so well despite its relatively imprecise / high-latency phone-based control interface.
Re: DJI Systems Introduces Inspire 1 Drone
#9This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
As a private pilot, not sure I'd want these things up at 15,000ft w/o a transponder and radio. Sounds like disaster waiting to happen...
Re: DJI Systems Introduces Inspire 1 Drone
#10This looks amazing however $2800 price tag is way up there for all but real or may be semi-professionals. It can fly to almost 15,000 feet which is just amazing considering that's where private small plane airspace is. In other words, you no longer have to rent a plane or helicopter to get that cool aerial shot of New York's Center Park or SF's Golden Gate bridge. Flight time is 18 mins which is also slightly higher.…
As a private pilot, not sure I'd want these things up at 15,000ft w/o a transponder and radio. Sounds like disaster waiting to happen...
There are birds heavier than these, and planes usually handle bird strikes quite well.