![]() ![]() DJI has so far been synonymous with high sample rates on the sensors, more sensitive sensors and better analysis of the data in their firmware resulting in more stable guidance. DJI was well-known in the multicopter community for their top-tier guidance systems well before the Phantom. Wait, that all sounds bad, right? We thought so, too - at first. Outdoor environments were limited to an altitude of 15 feet above the ground past that, the sonar would lose track of the ground and either keep the drone at 15 feet or make it skyrocket away in an unrecoverable fly-away. Moving from carpet to tile, or pavement to grass would “dampen” the sonar due to more diffuse surfaces, and the multicopter would suddenly rise or fall. It didn’t work out so well for the AR Drone. Its guidance system had no GPS, no barometer, no gyro, just accelerometers, a sonar to detect height and a downward facing camera to track the ground and see if it’s moving or not. In the way back history of multicopters (circa 2009), there was the Parrot AR Drone (v1). This new multicopter has included technologies that have been applied else in the industry, but which have not really been seen before on DJI systems. ![]() Now that we’ve finally gotten our hands on one, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty and see how it stacks up in the grand scheme of the DJI lineup. The crowd was astonished to see the live-stream from the included lightbridge controller on the big screen at the back of the stage, and even more impressive was the 4K camera included on the multicopter. The impressive-looking drone came flying out from behind the stage, and dropped down over the crowd looking like some sort of surveillance drone out of Robocop or Half-Life 2. Last year, we were at the unveiling of the DJI Inspire 1 at Treasure Island. ![]()
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