Has anyone used a contractor service like Dronebase to get jobs using your drone? Because of the delay, I don't expect to get my Mavic until January and I don't have any experience, however, I'm thinking in a year or so I'd may be good enough to get paid for using the drone.
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You get paid to take either aerial photos and/or videos of buildings/sites. that's all I really know. That's why I'm asking if anyone here has any experience working with them.
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Who needs fireworks when you have drones?
Disney World is ditching the fireworks for drones this holiday season.
On Nov. 20, Disney and Intel are launching the Starbright Holidays Drone Show, which they're billing as the world's largest drone LED show.
That's right, instead of carefully-orchestrated fireworks shooting hundreds of feet into the air to create images of a flag, flower or intersecting circles, 300 Intel drones will shine 4 billion different colors in the night sky.
The show will feature Intel's 'shooting star drones.'
The show, which will be held over a lake at Disney Springs (formerly Disney Downtown), is the culmination of months and months of technology development and experimentation by Intel and a new partnership with Disney that's done some eye-popping imagineering of its own.
Known as The Shooting Star, the all foam and plastic fliers weighs about as much as a volleyball and can stay aloft for up to 20 minutes.
Intel has been testing these LED-equipped show drones since 2015, when it set a world record in Germany, flying and controlling 100 drones and even programming them to configure themselves into the Intel Logo.
Intel took the show on the road, flying the drones all over Europe. That experience, Intel's SVP of New Technology Josh Walden told Mashable, taught Intel a lot about drone choreography. They were doing it wrong. Each of the shows took weeks and weeks to program and they needed a significant number of people on the ground to pilot the drones.
"We went back and designed the platform from the bottom up for light shows," said Walden.
The new platform lets the programming happen offsite and the pilot is able to upload the entire show to all the drones, which are sitting on interface platforms, at once.
Intel's algorithms not only program the drones, but quickly calculates exactly how many will be needed for each show. Starting the performance takes the push of one button.
The Intel Shooting Star Drone is made, mostly, of light-weight foam and plastic.
The quadcopter drones have built-in GPS, which is so precise the programming now lets them fly just 1.5 meters apart (the original Shooting Star drones had to be at least 3 meters apart). The drones have no visual sensors to note if other drones are around them, Walden said.
Drones and people don't always mix, so Disney and Intel are keeping the drones roughly 200 yards away from the audience and don't plan to fly them over anyone's head. The drones are also geo-fenced so none can wander out of the safe zone. Pilots will be on the ground to take control if necessary.
Beyond the holiday-theme and full orchestra accompaniment, Intel couldn't give us any details on the contents of the show, which will run through Jan. 8. However, a teaser posted by Disney does show the drones configured into a towering Christmas tree.
Disney World is ditching the fireworks for drones this holiday season.
On Nov. 20, Disney and Intel are launching the Starbright Holidays Drone Show, which they're billing as the world's largest drone LED show.
That's right, instead of carefully-orchestrated fireworks shooting hundreds of feet into the air to create images of a flag, flower or intersecting circles, 300 Intel drones will shine 4 billion different colors in the night sky.
The show will feature Intel's 'shooting star drones.'
The show, which will be held over a lake at Disney Springs (formerly Disney Downtown), is the culmination of months and months of technology development and experimentation by Intel and a new partnership with Disney that's done some eye-popping imagineering of its own.
Known as The Shooting Star, the all foam and plastic fliers weighs about as much as a volleyball and can stay aloft for up to 20 minutes.
Intel has been testing these LED-equipped show drones since 2015, when it set a world record in Germany, flying and controlling 100 drones and even programming them to configure themselves into the Intel Logo.
Intel took the show on the road, flying the drones all over Europe. That experience, Intel's SVP of New Technology Josh Walden told Mashable, taught Intel a lot about drone choreography. They were doing it wrong. Each of the shows took weeks and weeks to program and they needed a significant number of people on the ground to pilot the drones.
"We went back and designed the platform from the bottom up for light shows," said Walden.
The new platform lets the programming happen offsite and the pilot is able to upload the entire show to all the drones, which are sitting on interface platforms, at once.
Intel's algorithms not only program the drones, but quickly calculates exactly how many will be needed for each show. Starting the performance takes the push of one button.
The Intel Shooting Star Drone is made, mostly, of light-weight foam and plastic.
The quadcopter drones have built-in GPS, which is so precise the programming now lets them fly just 1.5 meters apart (the original Shooting Star drones had to be at least 3 meters apart). The drones have no visual sensors to note if other drones are around them, Walden said.
Drones and people don't always mix, so Disney and Intel are keeping the drones roughly 200 yards away from the audience and don't plan to fly them over anyone's head. The drones are also geo-fenced so none can wander out of the safe zone. Pilots will be on the ground to take control if necessary.
Beyond the holiday-theme and full orchestra accompaniment, Intel couldn't give us any details on the contents of the show, which will run through Jan. 8. However, a teaser posted by Disney does show the drones configured into a towering Christmas tree.
Yea I said fuck it and ordered the Mavic pro too but the Dji Inspire 2 launched and it's project elavator hallway nasty. Mavic is beastly but that Inspire 2 is going to change the game again. Its 3k but for what it does I think it's a bargain too.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.thev...ne-two-cameras-professional-ssd?client=safari
I haven't watched anything on the Phantom 4,but the Inspire 2 seems to be something professionals would use.
If I could find a way to get work using a drone, I'd get the I2 down the road. because I will be more or less be using the mavic for fun and learning, I plan on staying with that for my first drone.
I also plan on taking UAV courses and maybe cinematographer classes.
The Inspire 2 is a monster.
DJI’s new Inspire 2 drone is packing two cameras
More drone than most of us will ever need
- By Ben Popper
- on November 15, 2016 2:30 pm
The Inspire 2 is tougher and more powerful than the original. It has a new magnesium-aluminum body that DJI says increases stiffness while lowering weight. Its top speed has increased from 50 miles per hour all the way up to 67 mph, and its battery life has climbed from 18 minutes to 25. You can also go high with this drone, like, ridiculously high. It has a service ceiling of 16,400 feet above sea level, and a self-heating dual-battery system that can keep the drone flying even in frigid temperatures.
More importantly, the Inspire 2 is the first DJI drone to feature not one, but two cameras. The unit has its main camera for capturing footage slung underneath on a three-axis gimbal. Just like the first model, the Inspire 2’s legs lift up, so they won’t block the camera’s view, and it can freely rotate 360 degrees to capture action in any direction. In addition, there is now a simple, two-axis camera on the front that allows the pilot to always see where the drone is headed. The system is designed for dual operators: one pilot, one director framing the action, each receiving their own live video feed.
If you’re flying solo, the Inspire 2 can help you achieve some tricky shots with the use of computer vision and autonomous navigation. Like the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro lines, the Inspire 2 now has sensors that allow it to see and avoid obstacles. Vision sensors are placed on the front and bottom of the unit, and infrared sensors sit on top. The unit also features the computer vision system and automatic subject tracking DJI built into the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro. This means you can lock onto a subject and the camera will rotate to keep them in frame while the aircraft flies freely in another direction.
DJI has designed a new image processing system for the Inspire 2 meant to satisfy professional filmmakers. They call it CineCore 2.0, and it can capture 5.2K video at a whopping 4.2Gbps bitrate. To handle all that data, the Inspire 2 has added an onboard SSD. You can buy this drone with the new Zenmuse X4S or X5S camera. The latter feature a micro 4/3 sensor and supports 10 different lenses, including zooms. And the system supports video compression formats that matter to pros, like CinemaDNG and Apple ProRes. For photographers there is a DNG RAW mode that captures 30-megapixel still images. And it can stream video in broadcast-quality formats for local news crews who want live aerial video from the scene of an unfolding event.
The Inspire 2 starts at $2,999, definitely not a drone that will appeal to the average consumer. Given its top speed, that’s probably a good thing. That poses two big questions for DJI. First, how many professionals in the film and television industry will choose this unit over drones from high-end competitors like Ascending Technologies and FreeFly? Second, is the Inspire 2 powerful enough to win over lots of industrial customers doing things like infrastructure inspection, site surveys, and security?
Of course, those customers might also consider DJI’s Matrice 600 Pro, a new version of an even more powerful drone which the company announced last week. Why is DJI flooding the market with so many new units at once, units that overlap heavily in their feature set and capabilities? Because, well, overkill.
The Inspire 2 is a monster.
DJI’s new Inspire 2 drone is packing two cameras
More drone than most of us will ever need
Mavic Pro and the Phantom 4 Proboth offer footage that would work for anything but really high-end movie making. So today the company is rolling out the Inspire 2, a revamped version of its high-end model, now aimed squarely at professional filmmakers.
- By Ben Popper
- on November 15, 2016 2:30 pm
The Inspire 2 is tougher and more powerful than the original. It has a new magnesium-aluminum body that DJI says increases stiffness while lowering weight. Its top speed has increased from 50 miles per hour all the way up to 67 mph, and its battery life has climbed from 18 minutes to 25. You can also go high with this drone, like, ridiculously high. It has a service ceiling of 16,400 feet above sea level, and a self-heating dual-battery system that can keep the drone flying even in frigid temperatures.
More importantly, the Inspire 2 is the first DJI drone to feature not one, but two cameras. The unit has its main camera for capturing footage slung underneath on a three-axis gimbal. Just like the first model, the Inspire 2’s legs lift up, so they won’t block the camera’s view, and it can freely rotate 360 degrees to capture action in any direction. In addition, there is now a simple, two-axis camera on the front that allows the pilot to always see where the drone is headed. The system is designed for dual operators: one pilot, one director framing the action, each receiving their own live video feed.
If you’re flying solo, the Inspire 2 can help you achieve some tricky shots with the use of computer vision and autonomous navigation. Like the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro lines, the Inspire 2 now has sensors that allow it to see and avoid obstacles. Vision sensors are placed on the front and bottom of the unit, and infrared sensors sit on top. The unit also features the computer vision system and automatic subject tracking DJI built into the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro. This means you can lock onto a subject and the camera will rotate to keep them in frame while the aircraft flies freely in another direction.
DJI has designed a new image processing system for the Inspire 2 meant to satisfy professional filmmakers. They call it CineCore 2.0, and it can capture 5.2K video at a whopping 4.2Gbps bitrate. To handle all that data, the Inspire 2 has added an onboard SSD. You can buy this drone with the new Zenmuse X4S or X5S camera. The latter feature a micro 4/3 sensor and supports 10 different lenses, including zooms. And the system supports video compression formats that matter to pros, like CinemaDNG and Apple ProRes. For photographers there is a DNG RAW mode that captures 30-megapixel still images. And it can stream video in broadcast-quality formats for local news crews who want live aerial video from the scene of an unfolding event.
The Inspire 2 starts at $2,999, definitely not a drone that will appeal to the average consumer. Given its top speed, that’s probably a good thing. That poses two big questions for DJI. First, how many professionals in the film and television industry will choose this unit over drones from high-end competitors like Ascending Technologies and FreeFly? Second, is the Inspire 2 powerful enough to win over lots of industrial customers doing things like infrastructure inspection, site surveys, and security?
Of course, those customers might also consider DJI’s Matrice 600 Pro, a new version of an even more powerful drone which the company announced last week. Why is DJI flooding the market with so many new units at once, units that overlap heavily in their feature set and capabilities? Because, well, overkill.
Yea....I'm getting itchy to buy this shit too. Think I'm getting serious about drones but I'm going to use the Mavic for a min once I get it to see. I'm just mad I didn't order it when it came out, I never foresaw a distribution issue with dji
Man these motherfuckers just told me Jan 17 to get my damn Mavic. Jeez, wtf 
I'm hoping dji throws together another assembly line and cranks them shits out. Now I'm wondering if the 4pro and Inspire2 will have the same issues. I want my shit
Edit, it's shipped
I'm hoping dji throws together another assembly line and cranks them shits out. Now I'm wondering if the 4pro and Inspire2 will have the same issues. I want my shitEdit, it's shipped
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Man these motherfuckers just told me Jan 17 to get my damn Mavic. Jeez, wtf
Like I said before, I gave up on the idea of getting the Mavic before January and at this rate I doubt they'll make that timeline either. I've read that the Apple stores were getting them in and selling non pre-ordered Mavics at one point and DJI doesn't seem to be going in a fist come first serve type order.
I figured I'd start studying for the 107 test in the mean time.
Man these motherfuckers just told me Jan 17 to get my damn Mavic. Jeez, wtf
Same here
Mannnnn that one mf went into the water! And that other dude was like fuck this! He dove in too! 
I figure I'll crash my shit when I get it, oh well. But the people who crashed their shit indoors or right outside, mannnnnn
????? a Mavic Pro?
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Can't find them anywhere here in Ga
call the microcenter in duluth
There's now a way to hijack nearly any drone mid-flight using a tiny gadget
Rob Price
Oct. 27, 2016, 5:45 AM
A micro-drone being controlled via a hijacker with the Icarus device
A researcher has developed a gadget that is capable of hijacking most drones mid-flight — locking the owner out and giving the attacker complete control over the device.
Jonathan Andersson, a manager at Trend Micro's TippingPoint DVLab, showed off his findings at the PacSec Security conference on Wednesday, and talked to Ars Technica and The Register about his work.
Andersson calls his gadget Icarus, and it isn't available to buy — but it's theoretically replicable by others. It has some pretty obvious benefits to law enforcement, and people trying to protect their property. Pesky drone flying around? Just hijack it and land it safely. But on the flipside, it could also be used for more nefarious purposes.
You could hijack this drone with Icarus, if you really wanted to
There are already jamming devices out there that block controlling radio signals, rendering a drone useless. But they don't give the attacker control like Icarus does. It works by exploiting DMSx, the radio signal protocol that most remote-controlled consumer drones on the market use — letting the hijacker take the reins.
"The shared secret ('secret' used loosely as it is not encrypted) exchanged is easily reconstructed long after the binding process is complete by observing the protocol and using a couple of brute-force techniques," Andersson told Ars Technica. "Further, there is a timing attack vulnerability wherein I synchronize to the target radio's transmissions and transmit a malicious control packet ahead of the target, and the receiver accepts my control information and rejects the targets."
Concerningly, it's not clear whether this is an issue that could ever be fixed or patched. "My guess is that it will not be easy to completely remedy the situation ... The manufacturers and partners in the ecosystem sell standalone radio transmitters, models of all kinds, [and] transmitters that come with models and standalone receivers. Only a certain set of standalone transmitters have a firmware upgrade capability, though the fix is needed on the model/receiver side."
And DSMx isn't just used in drones — meaning other radio-controlled products will also be vulnerable. "It works against all DSMx based radio systems, which would include drones, airplanes, cars, boats, and so on," the researcher told The Register.
Rob Price
Oct. 27, 2016, 5:45 AM
A micro-drone being controlled via a hijacker with the Icarus device
A researcher has developed a gadget that is capable of hijacking most drones mid-flight — locking the owner out and giving the attacker complete control over the device.
Jonathan Andersson, a manager at Trend Micro's TippingPoint DVLab, showed off his findings at the PacSec Security conference on Wednesday, and talked to Ars Technica and The Register about his work.
Andersson calls his gadget Icarus, and it isn't available to buy — but it's theoretically replicable by others. It has some pretty obvious benefits to law enforcement, and people trying to protect their property. Pesky drone flying around? Just hijack it and land it safely. But on the flipside, it could also be used for more nefarious purposes.
You could hijack this drone with Icarus, if you really wanted to
There are already jamming devices out there that block controlling radio signals, rendering a drone useless. But they don't give the attacker control like Icarus does. It works by exploiting DMSx, the radio signal protocol that most remote-controlled consumer drones on the market use — letting the hijacker take the reins.
"The shared secret ('secret' used loosely as it is not encrypted) exchanged is easily reconstructed long after the binding process is complete by observing the protocol and using a couple of brute-force techniques," Andersson told Ars Technica. "Further, there is a timing attack vulnerability wherein I synchronize to the target radio's transmissions and transmit a malicious control packet ahead of the target, and the receiver accepts my control information and rejects the targets."
Concerningly, it's not clear whether this is an issue that could ever be fixed or patched. "My guess is that it will not be easy to completely remedy the situation ... The manufacturers and partners in the ecosystem sell standalone radio transmitters, models of all kinds, [and] transmitters that come with models and standalone receivers. Only a certain set of standalone transmitters have a firmware upgrade capability, though the fix is needed on the model/receiver side."
And DSMx isn't just used in drones — meaning other radio-controlled products will also be vulnerable. "It works against all DSMx based radio systems, which would include drones, airplanes, cars, boats, and so on," the researcher told The Register.
There's now a way to hijack nearly any drone mid-flight using a tiny gadget
Rob Price
Oct. 27, 2016, 5:45 AM
A micro-drone being controlled via a hijacker with the Icarus device
A researcher has developed a gadget that is capable of hijacking most drones mid-flight — locking the owner out and giving the attacker complete control over the device.
Jonathan Andersson, a manager at Trend Micro's TippingPoint DVLab, showed off his findings at the PacSec Security conference on Wednesday, and talked to Ars Technica and The Register about his work.
Andersson calls his gadget Icarus, and it isn't available to buy — but it's theoretically replicable by others. It has some pretty obvious benefits to law enforcement, and people trying to protect their property. Pesky drone flying around? Just hijack it and land it safely. But on the flipside, it could also be used for more nefarious purposes.
You could hijack this drone with Icarus, if you really wanted to
There are already jamming devices out there that block controlling radio signals, rendering a drone useless. But they don't give the attacker control like Icarus does. It works by exploiting DMSx, the radio signal protocol that most remote-controlled consumer drones on the market use — letting the hijacker take the reins.
"The shared secret ('secret' used loosely as it is not encrypted) exchanged is easily reconstructed long after the binding process is complete by observing the protocol and using a couple of brute-force techniques," Andersson told Ars Technica. "Further, there is a timing attack vulnerability wherein I synchronize to the target radio's transmissions and transmit a malicious control packet ahead of the target, and the receiver accepts my control information and rejects the targets."
Concerningly, it's not clear whether this is an issue that could ever be fixed or patched. "My guess is that it will not be easy to completely remedy the situation ... The manufacturers and partners in the ecosystem sell standalone radio transmitters, models of all kinds, [and] transmitters that come with models and standalone receivers. Only a certain set of standalone transmitters have a firmware upgrade capability, though the fix is needed on the model/receiver side."
And DSMx isn't just used in drones — meaning other radio-controlled products will also be vulnerable. "It works against all DSMx based radio systems, which would include drones, airplanes, cars, boats, and so on," the researcher told The Register.
I can see him getting shot for fucking around
for all drone heads trying to get the Mavic go through Newegg. My Mavic is due next week and a Flymore combo in first week in Jan
Mavic Pro trumps that. Period. In about 20 mins I was handling this lil drone like I was born to do it! It is literally one of the best 1k I've ever spent and I'm totally happy with it. It's tiny, charges fast, goes a long ass way out and take great stills and video. You can launch it from almost anywhere including your hand and it will 95% of the time let you know if you're fucking up or about to fuck up. Enabling the sensors keeps it from hitting most obstacles except those skinny ass tree branches or some shit like fishing wire or lines but if you in those areas you're already doing it wrong. I'm very happy with this lil fucker!
Bgol fam, I'd go Mavic pro or if you have money Phantom 4, 4 pro. I'll wait two years and get Inspire 2.....by then I hope it's 1k
I'll wait two years and get Inspire 2.....by then I hope it's 1k
HA HA HA HA HA!!!
YOU'RE FUNNY!!!
Mavic pro is good and very user friendly. The phantom picture quality looks better to me though. Either way though you cant go wrong buying one or the other .Mavic Pro trumps that. Period. In about 20 mins I was handling this lil drone like I was born to do it! It is literally one of the best 1k I've ever spent and I'm totally happy with it. It's tiny, charges fast, goes a long ass way out and take great stills and video. You can launch it from almost anywhere including your hand and it will 95% of the time let you know if you're fucking up or about to fuck up. Enabling the sensors keeps it from hitting most obstacles except those skinny ass tree branches or some shit like fishing wire or lines but if you in those areas you're already doing it wrong. I'm very happy with this lil fucker!
Bgol fam, I'd go Mavic pro or if you have money Phantom 4, 4 pro. I'll wait two years and get Inspire 2.....by then I hope it's 1k
Nah fam, them shits been dropping out of the sky so they recalled em and they dead now. I believe you can get a Phantom 3 for a little extra over $300, sometimes refurb. Hey, you ain't got to tell her ass that
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