The news about people leaving DJI voluntarily or otherwise is not over on this Friday afternoon. We just learned that DJI’s Head of US Research & Development, Hai Vo has decided to leave the drone maker and return home to Vietnam.
DJI fires video production team in Los Angeles
DJI FPV drone battery shown in detail in leaked photos and video
Today, new leaked photos and a video show the DJI FPV Drone battery in detail. The information first was shared on Chinese social media, before making its way to Twitter. Let’s take a closer look and see what we can learn from these photos and one video.
FAA adds citizen drone pilots to Drone Advisory Committee
Finally, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adds actual drone pilots or ‘citizen UAS operators’ to the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Bravo!
DJI’s Long March reforms not over as indicated by most recent changes
DJI’s Long March reforms are not over yet as indicated by these most recent organizational changes. The personnel moves were announced in an internal email shared with DroneXL and confirmed by DJI.
New photo of soon-to-be-released DJI FPV Drone on Twitter
Right after posting the photo of the DJI FPV Drone remote controller, another photo leaked showing DJI’s soon-to-be-released FPV Drone. This photo shows the unmanned aircraft from the from and close-up making it appear larger than it would be in reality.
New leaked photo DJI FPV Drone remote controller. Possible CES 2021 release?
Earlier today, a new leaked photo of the DJI FPV Drone remote controller surfaced on Twitter showing the controller in much greater detail than we have seen before. Is the release of this new DJI drone scheduled for CES 2021? Possibly. Let’s take a look at the controller first.
FAA Remote ID for Drones – Final Rule December 2020
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the final rule for Remote ID for Drones. Something we all have been anxiously been awaiting. Let’s take a closer look and see what’s good, what’s bad, and what this means for the drone industry and community.
DJI’s response to being placed on economic blacklist
Last Friday, DJI was placed on the economic blacklist, officially known as the ‘Entity List’, by the U.S. Department of Commerce. DJI had already issued a short response on the same day, but just now they added a slightly more detailed reply on Twitter.
Commerce department adds DJI to its economic blacklist
New DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced launches today!
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the political pressure on Chinese-made drones, DJI has been cranking out a lot of products this year. Today, we are very excited to see DJI launch the new DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced drone, which might just be the best thermal quadcopter for first responders and search and rescue organizations. Check out these specs!
New photo leaked of DJI’s upcoming FPV drone
Another new photo of DJI’s upcoming FPV drone has been leaked. This gives a little more information about the product. The most remarkable detail: it seems that the drone has sensors for obstacle detection. That is what you call unique for a racing drone. Also visible is the mechanism with which the angle of the FPV camera can be controlled.
DJI teaser and announcement. Possible new zoom camera for Mavic 2 Enterprise?
This morning DJI Enterprise teases us with a photo of what seems to be a mysterious new product that will be released on December 15th at 8 am EST. We suspect that this might be a new zoom camera gimbal combination for the DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise. Let’s take a closer look and see what we can make of this teaser photo.
DJI FPV Drone also confirmed in FCC Filings
After first seeing the DJI FPV Goggles V2 and the DJI FPV Remote Controller 2 show up in FCC filings earlier today, we were wondering when the DJI FPV Drone would show up. Well, we didn’t have to wait very long as that just happened a few minutes ago.
DJI FPV Goggles V2 and DJI FPV Remote Controller 2 confirmed in FCC filings
The DJI FPV Goggles V2 and DJI FPV Remote Controller 2 have been confirmed in FCC filings that were made public just minutes ago. FCC filings can now be released much closer to the actual launch date of a new product, meaning that there is a very good chance that we will see the new DJI PFV Drone come to the market before the Holiday Shopping season kicks off (if it hasn’t already).
DJI FPV Drone pops up in Indonesia
The DJI FPV Drone pops up again. This time in Indonesia. The DJI FPV Drone shows up in photos that were shared on Twitter from what appears to be a group of content creators working on DJI release footage for the introduction of DJI’s fpv drone.
DJI FPV drone leaked photos on Twitter
We had heard it was coming. We knew it was coming. We had seen some leaked photos and a teaser video from DJI. Well, as of today we can very sure the DJI FPV drone is coming as these leaked photos confirm. Check it out!
See also this latest post with a photo of the DJI FPV Drone in action.
Is this pitstop filmed with the new DJI FPV drone?
Check out this short video clip that DJI released on Twitter, earlier today. Was this filmed with the yet to be released DJI FPV drone? There are some hints that might indicate so.
FAA fines Philadelphia drone pilot and Youtuber $184,500
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has fined drone pilot Mikey from Philadelphia, better known as Youtube comedian PhillydroneLife, for $184,500 $182,004 in proposed civil penalties for the drone videos he live-streamed to Youtube. Yes, you read that correctly, $182,004 in fines.
Update: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the fines added up to $184,500. The exact amount is $182,004.00
Update 2: An earlier version of this article had Mikey’s name misspelled. It’s Mikey. Not Mickey.
Update 3: Mikey’s own explanation of the events. See the Youtube video below.
Update 4: Explanation as to why the FAA may have picked the live-streamed videos only. See the video below.
Editor’s note: DroneXL does not condone or support unsafe drone flying. All pilots should follow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) drone regulations at all times when flying in the U.S. As I pointed out in the article, I happen to know Mikey because we were on the same drone show once. I do not have access to all the information in this case to assess Mikey’s drone flights. It is a very unfortunate situation, that will hopefully get resolved in a reasonable way.
FAA publishes airworthiness criteria for certification of 10 different drones
As Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moves closer to integrating drones in the national airspace, the agency published airworthiness criteria for the proposed certification of 10 different Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones as special class aircraft.