To be fair, in the past I've posted some negative comments about Autel and in particular their marketing department. In all honesty, I never thought the Evo would come to fruition. My previous comments about Autel keeping so quiet was out of frustration. I despise DJI and would never buy from them. Not because of their products but because of their app and horrible customer support. I simply wanted Autel to seize the moment after CES and not stay stagnant on their web site as they have been for over a year.
I'm super excited about the launch of the Evo and hope they put DJI to bed. I'm this close to pulling the trigger for an Evo but have 4 concerns.
1) Props in the video
2) Horizon tilt
3) Distance
4) Flight time
First the props. None of the people who have already received their Evo's are really talking about it in their videos. I'm very curious to know how far down the camera needs to be tilted in order to avoid props. The whole point of having an arial drone is to take some amazing videos. I would love to know at what degree you need to fly in in order to avoid the props in the footage. Can this be resolved with a firmware update? I'm assuming not but would love to hear what all of you think.
2) Horizon tilt is bad. Most all of the videos currently available are from Pre-release Evo's. I don't think it would take much to fix the issue with a new firmware push. Do you agree? If so, I've read that Autel is very very slow at pushing out firmware updates in the past. Do you think the retail version would have this issue resolved?
3) Distance is not what others expected. A couple of the videos I've seen state that the claimed 4.3 miles is not even close. Do you think this issue will get resolved since they're no longer using 900mhz and 2.4 frequency combined?
4) Battery life is a big one for me. Most videos show a battery life of much less than 30 minutes. Again, do you think this can be resolved with a firmware update? In perfect conditions, is 30 minutes even possible?
Again - sorry Autel for not believing the drone would actually come to market. I eat my words and strongly suggest you take advantage of the marketing buzz before the Mavic Pro 2 hits the streets. I think one of the best decisions Autel made was to allow pilots to be responsible for their flights and to remove the Geo Fencing. That move was freaking brilliant. That alone made me want to click the Pre-Order Now button.
Thanks guys
I'm super excited about the launch of the Evo and hope they put DJI to bed. I'm this close to pulling the trigger for an Evo but have 4 concerns.
1) Props in the video
2) Horizon tilt
3) Distance
4) Flight time
First the props. None of the people who have already received their Evo's are really talking about it in their videos. I'm very curious to know how far down the camera needs to be tilted in order to avoid props. The whole point of having an arial drone is to take some amazing videos. I would love to know at what degree you need to fly in in order to avoid the props in the footage. Can this be resolved with a firmware update? I'm assuming not but would love to hear what all of you think.
2) Horizon tilt is bad. Most all of the videos currently available are from Pre-release Evo's. I don't think it would take much to fix the issue with a new firmware push. Do you agree? If so, I've read that Autel is very very slow at pushing out firmware updates in the past. Do you think the retail version would have this issue resolved?
3) Distance is not what others expected. A couple of the videos I've seen state that the claimed 4.3 miles is not even close. Do you think this issue will get resolved since they're no longer using 900mhz and 2.4 frequency combined?
4) Battery life is a big one for me. Most videos show a battery life of much less than 30 minutes. Again, do you think this can be resolved with a firmware update? In perfect conditions, is 30 minutes even possible?
Again - sorry Autel for not believing the drone would actually come to market. I eat my words and strongly suggest you take advantage of the marketing buzz before the Mavic Pro 2 hits the streets. I think one of the best decisions Autel made was to allow pilots to be responsible for their flights and to remove the Geo Fencing. That move was freaking brilliant. That alone made me want to click the Pre-Order Now button.
Thanks guys