DJI Fly app update for Android smartphones
The DJI Fly app was updated for Android phone users. On June 3rd, DJI released a new version of the app that is used with the DJI Mavic Mini and the new DJI Mavic Air 2.
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New Parrot Anafi may arrive as soon as June 30th, 2020
The new Parrot Anafi may arrive as soon as June 30th, 2020 according to this announcement. The original Anafi was launched in New York in the summer of 2018, so yeah it is about time that we saw an update.…
Amazon deal on DJI Mavic 2 Pro – $1,419 instead of $1,599
Check out this Amazon deal on the DJI Mavic 2 Pro. Instead of paying $1,599 on the official DJI store, you can now pick one up for $1,419 on Amazon. The foldable quadcopter ships directly from Amazon and it’s also…
Drone News – Fri Jun 5, 2020
Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to receive this in an…
Mavic 3 launch may be delayed as Autel EVO II sales are not hurting DJI
The Mavic 3 launch may be delayed as the sales of the Autel EVO II are not hurting DJI as much as you might have expected, given the specs on Autel’s latest drones.
Retrieving meth packages dropped by drone results in arrest for Yuma minor
Yuma sector border patrol agents arrested a minor on Wednesday for retrieving multiple packages of methamphetamine that were dropped by a drone. The unmanned aerial vehicle (AUV) crossed the border with Mexico near San Luis, and agents spotted the young…
Overdue hikers located by drone on Four Pass Loop attempt
The two hikers were one day overdue during an early-season attempt of the Four Pass Loop in Colorado. The duo was located by a drone from the Mountain Rescue Aspen team near Crater Lake on Wednesday.
Illegal drone flight over Disney World results in trespassing warning
After his illegal drone flight over Disney World in Florida, the 40-year-old drone pilot received a trespassing warning. According to the Orlando Sentinel, a security guard from Disney World saw the unmanned aircraft hovering about 100 feet from Cinderella’s Castle.…
Atlantic bluefin tuna measured with an APH-22 hexacopter drone
In the Gulf of Maine, researchers use an APH-22 hexacopter drone to collect data and measure juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna. The purpose of this pilot study was to see if a drone could keep up with the fast-moving tuna and…
Drone News – Thu Jun 4, 2020
Here are the most important drone news articles from Thursday, June 4, 2020. Today, there are fewer articles on the site as I was busy flying the P4P, M2P, and the EVO II Pro. More on that later. The new…
$16,000 worth of DJI drones stolen from DJI Store in NYC
Surveillance footage released today shows how $16,000 worth of DJI drones was stolen from the DJI Store on Times Square in NYC last Saturday.
FPV drone gets you close to the action on Circuit Zandvoort
An FPV drone can get you as close to the action as nothing else really. Check out this video in which a heavily-modified and very fast Porsche 911 GT3 tears up Circuit Zandvoort in The Netherlands.