Every firmware drop, every FCC filing, every leak out of Shenzhen. DJI is the most-covered drone maker on DroneXL — this is the desk that watches them.
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week: the DJI Neo 3 has a video leak, Sky Elements sets a Guinness World Record, the FAA hands out $12 million to drone test sites, and the FBI doubles its counter-drone school capacity.
DJI's October 14 teaser shows its next dock, the leaked Dock 4, swapping a charged battery into a new drone. Dock 3 charges in place. The US can't buy it.
DJI Neo 3 specs and features from three weeks of leaks: square 1/1.1-inch sensor, 192.7 g, three-cell battery, caged props, RC Mini. No price or date yet.
My beginner's guide to the DJI Osmo 360 II: the bundles, the buttons, memory, charging, activation, the menus, four ways to record, mics and DJI Mimo.
A DJI Neo 3 battery label reads 1,800 mAh, 10.5 V, 18.9 Wh: three cells, seven pins, no Neo 2 pack will fit. Jasper Ellens shows how the props come off.
Leaked video shows the DJI Neo 3 flying from the RC Mini, which pairs from its own screen and hides a scroll wheel. The Neo 2 looks small beside it.
I flew my DJI Mavic 4 Pro with the RayNeo GT Max AR glasses plugged into the RC Pro 2. Here's what worked, what didn't, and who they're for.
Amazon has the DJI Mini 3 at $269 for Prime members through October 7, $150 off list and level with its June low. The Fly More Combo is $600.
Firmware drops, FCC filings, leaks, rumors — the DJI desk is the busiest one in the DroneXL newsroom.
