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  7. DJI’s latest industrial drone has 55 minute flight time

    in RC Drone Product News

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    dji matrice 300

    DJI  took the wraps off its latest drone today. Targeting industrial users, the Matrice 300 builds on the company’s Matrice platform, and sports a host of improvements from longer battery life, object detection sensors on all six sides and a 15 km video transmission range.

    The Matrice line has long been DJI’s all-in-one industrial product offering. These models are much larger and more utilitarian than its consumer or prosumer line and feature capabilities than align with those markets. Where consumers use drones for photography, industries and public service operations are increasingly looking to drones to gather data.

    The Matrice 300 is designed for data collection and aerial surveys. The drone is available with two different camera modules. The H20 features a 20MP camera with a 23x hybrid optical zoom, a 12MP wide-angle camera, and a laser range finder that can read distances from 3m to 1200m. The H20T adds a radiometric thermal camera to the sensor array, giving the drone additional functions.

    Integrated functions give the drone automated features such as the ability to automate routine photos — just mark the item on the controller’s screen, and when instructed, the drone will return to the area and take another photo of the object in the same location and angle. Other functions include the ability to track items while they’re moving.

    Like some of DJI’s other high-end drones, the Matrice 300 has a dual operator mode allowing two people to control the drone. Or, if needed, operators can switch control to another pilot located on the other end of the Matrice 300’s range, which should dramatically improve its range and safety.

    DJI stuffed this latest drone with additional improvements. Collision detection sensors are located on all six sides of the drone giving it 360 degrees of protection. A new controller ships with the Matrice 300, too, that’s loaded with updated flight software that appears to improve pilot control.

    Battery life is greatly improved too. DJI says the Matrice 300 has a flight time of 55 minutes, which is up from the Matrice 200’s 38-minute battery life and the 27-minute life found on the prosumer Inspire 2. Dual batteries power the device and allow for hot-swapping packs while the drone is on the ground, but not powered off.

    Pricing wasn’t released. The Matrice 300 will ship from DJI dealers in the second half of 2020.

     

     

    Source: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/07/djis-latest-industrial-drone-has-55-minute-flight-time-15-km-video-range/

  9. DJI’s tiny new Spark drone

    in RC Quadcopter Drone Discussion

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, wgander said:

    I paid $335 in January for the FlyMore Combo. Like new - can't tell it was used except the label on the box for Password was wrong. But password is on the drone, so that wasn't a problem. Came in new box, too. Anxious to find some open space to play: it's like a flying computer with all of the features.

    That's a good price considering its $439 on the DJI site for the fly more combo.

  10. DJI’s tiny new Spark drone

    in RC Quadcopter Drone Discussion

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    7 hours ago, wgander said:

    This is a great, inexpensive drone!. I just bought a refurbished one, the fly more package, on eBay.

    I just wish there was more open space to get used to it. San Diego doesn't have much that isn't developed or fenced off, and there are a lot of airports. I may have to drive to the desert so I can play with it and not be afraid of crashing into something or getting stuck in a tree.

    Nice! I haven't looked, what are they going for on ebay? On the DJI site the refurbs are $259 https://store.dji.com/product/spark-refurbished-unit?from=pages-refurbished&vid=42141

  11. Lost drone

    in New Member Area

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    On 11/22/2019 at 6:28 PM, dotson201638 said:

    Flying potensic 80 drone and it went off by itself how can I locate it since the battery is dead

    Sent from my Z839 using Tapatalk

    Just curious, did you uever recover it?

  12. New member, first real quad.

    in New Member Area

  13. Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling, All-in-One Drone Solution

    in RC Drone Product Reviews

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    Does anyone have Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling, All-in-One Drone Solution? Sells for $499 on Amazon

    Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling is the all-in-one drone solution for architects, building professionals and real estate agencies to easily create photorealistic 3D models, photos and videos of houses and buildings. This multipurpose tool is a unique combination of Parrot Bebop 2 Power and the Pix4Dmodel software solution, enabling building professionals to quickly and easily assess the work to be carried out. With this solution they can draft new projects and promote their properties on the web.

    Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling, All-in-One Drone Solution

     

  16. Cell Phones and Downloaded Apps

    in Getting Started Flying RC Drones

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    1 hour ago, HollowPoint said:

    Thank you Alex:

    I appreciate you getting back to me about this.  I really do but I think I will still PM you to unregister.

    I've been doing some internet searches regarding my initial inquiry both on YouTube as well as the Android phone forums and as I suspected, such a thing is possible.  It's funny that no one has posted a video on how to do such a thing.  I would think that this kind of information would be very useful for those folks who didn't want to tie up their existing cell phones and who also happened to have a spare no-longer-used cell phone laying around.

    My particular old Android phone has been laying dormant in my closet for several years now.  Thankfully it still falls within the right version  or operating system to support the drone app I need.  (just barely)  I hope I didn't come off sounding smug with my last post.  It's just that my initial inquiry was part of my internet search for information on the possibility of using an non-service-provider-connected Android cell phone as my drone's dedicated live feed monitor.  My apologies if I offended.  I have to do these kinds of internet searches even if it means joining and then un-joining various forums.  I'm tech-retarded and dyslexic on top of that so this is what it takes for me to get up to speed on some things.  Even then, when it comes to tech gadgets like drones or cell phones and such I'm still left scratching my head wondering; WTF???   For me, ignorance is not bliss.

     

    Tim M.

    No problem.

  18. Cell Phones and Downloaded Apps

    in Getting Started Flying RC Drones

    Posted

    This definitely isn't a busy forum, so if you are looking for something with a quicker response, you'll need to find a more active forum. As far as your original question, as long as the phone isn't too old and has the latest ios or android installed to run the latest manufacturer's app, I don't see an issue with most. I use an older iphone 6 on one of my play drones and it works fine.

    if you want to unregister, just pm me and I'll remove your membership, no problem.

  21. Welcome New Members!

    in New Member Area

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    6 hours ago, Shrek69 said:

    Hi, suddenly discovered at the age of 49 a love of rc, was playing with my grandsons tiny indoor thingy and fell in love 2 days later after extensive you tubing I bought a goolrc T47 to learn the ropes and have to say it's amazing so i thought I'd better join some forums to find out where to go from here.

    Welcome!

  22. Altitude hold vs. gps drone

    in New Member Area

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    1 minute ago, dpjacobs81 said:

    At this point in time we went with the Bayangtoys for the simple fact of it has not only altitude hold but dual GPS, and a GoPro can be mounted to it. As for the images taken with the drone... we have a specially modified GoPro that can take video and pictures in infrared and full spectrum. That being said the drone will serve for preliminary planning purposes prior to an investigation and possibly dusk shots during investigations as to abide by FAA regulations in regards to night flying.

    Hope that answers your question...


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

     

    Yes, that's pretty cool! Good luck

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