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DJI Mini 5 Pro Weight: Is It Still Considered Sub-250g?
Good day, folks. Sean here from Air Photography. In this quick video, we’re going to examine the weight of the DJI Mini 5 Pro. There has been a lot of discussion online about it weighing over 250 grams, which could…
Drone News: DJI Announces Mini 5 Pro, CA Drone Pilot Sentenced, SAR Drone Shot During Flight
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week, we cover three important stories: DJI’s expected announcement of the Mini 5 Pro, the sentencing of a drone pilot in California for colliding with a firefighting aircraft, and a search and…
DJI Drones Near Fort Bliss Trigger Army Security Assessment
Fort Bliss officials are conducting a security risk assessment after discovering El Paso’s citywide DJI drone program operates adjacent to the Texas military installation without prior notification. The Chinese-made drone fleet, unveiled September 2, has prompted the 1st Armored Division…
DJI Osmo Nano Fully Leaked By Webshop. Official description, specs and promo pictures out in the open.
Who thought the DJI leaks are over now the DJI Mini 5 Pro is finally out couldn’t be more wrong. The DJI Osmo Nano is set to be released coming Tuesday and my name wouldn’t be Jasper if I would…
Uber Eats is Back in the Drone Delivery Game with Flytrex
After a few years on the sidelines, Uber Eats is officially getting back into the drone delivery game. In a major new partnership, as Engadget told us, the food delivery giant is teaming up with Flytrex, one of the drone…
Students Train on DJI Neo Drones in New Missouri Program
In a high school in Webb City, Missouri, a classroom is buzzing with a new kind of energy. The school district has used grant funds to purchase a fleet of 15 DJI Neo drones, giving students a hands-on opportunity to…
Skydio X10 Parachute System Fails: FAA Pulls Certification After Zero Sales
The FAA rescinded its approval for the Skydio X10 drone equipped with an AVSS parachute recovery system, effective immediately.
DJI Mini 5 Pro Weight Variance May Force FAA Registration Despite Near-250g Marketing
The DJI Mini 5 Pro drone faces potential regulatory complications as manufacturing tolerances could push the aircraft above the critical 250-gram threshold, requiring FAA registration (and Remote ID compliance) even for recreational use. The drone is marketed as weighing 249.9…
DJI Mini 5 Pro Review – BIG IMPROVEMENTS in ALL The Right Places!
The DJI Mini series has always been about extreme portability without compromise, but with the DJI Mini 5 Pro, DJI has taken things to the next level. For the first time ever, we have a 1-inch sensor on a Mini…
Ohio Drone Pilot Rescues Missing 15-Year-Old Dog
When Pumpkin, a 15-year-old Portuguese water dog, vanished from a lakefront home in Ohio, her family feared the worst. After 27 agonizing hours, with the elderly, deaf dog lost somewhere along the rocky Lake Erie shoreline, hope was fading, as…
The Mystery of the DJI Mini 5 Pro’s “Secret” Button Solved
For a glorious 24 hours, the drone world was consumed by a mystery of epic proportions. It wasn’t about a new sensor or a groundbreaking flight mode. No, it was about a simple, unlabeled button on the side of the…
Huge Firmware Update for DJI Mini 5 Pro on Day One
It’s one of the best traditions in the DJI world. A new drone is released, and within days, a massive firmware update drops that unlocks a host of incredible new features. The brand new DJI Mini 5 Pro is no…
High School Drone Team to Dazzle with 300-Drone Light Show
While most high school teams are practicing on the football field, a new kind of team in Washington’s Peninsula School District is practicing in the night sky. The district’s new Drone Drill Team is preparing to launch its inaugural public…
Finance Pro’s Startup Reinvents Banner Ads With Drones
For many of us, drones are a passionate hobby or a professional side-hustle. But for Jacob Stonecipher, the pull of the skies was so strong that he walked away from a senior director title at a Manhattan private-equity firm to…
China’s New “Type B” Stealth Drone Shocks the West
Just when we thought we had a handle on China’s rapidly growing fleet of stealth drones, another one appears. This week, as TWZ reported, a new, mysterious, twin-jet engine flying-wing drone has been spotted on the ground at the Changchun…
Russia’s “Rubicon” Drone Unit is a Nightmare for Ukraine
In the relentless, high-tech war being fought in the skies over Ukraine, a new and terrifyingly effective Russian drone unit has emerged. It’s called Rubicon, and this secretive, elite squad is proving to be a nightmare for Ukrainian forces, using…
DJI Mini 5 Pro Review – The Mini Drone We have Been Waiting For
Good day, folks. Shawn here from Air Photography. Today is a really exciting day—DJI has officially launched the brand new DJI Mini 5 Pro. In this first look video, I’ll discuss its upgraded features and test out some of its…
Mom, Can I Have An Air 3S? No, We Have a DJI Mini 5 Pro at Home
A September 2025 leak-fest made this the most spilled drone in DJI’s history, but nobody blabbed about its 225-degree gimbal rotation. That’s right—this pint-sized rebel borrowed the fancy moves from its rich uncle, the Mavic 4 Pro, leaving those $4,000…
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