Anyone heard anything from Autel regarding EU Certification

soks · Dec 3, 2023

I mean anything other than "it's in progress". I have gut feeling that autel will not deliver. Not a month left until Lite+ will be almost unusable in urbanized area at it's current state.

DANJ4 · Dec 3, 2023

soks said:
I mean anything other than "it's in progress". I have gut feeling that autel will not deliver. Not a month left until Lite+ will be almost unusable in urbanized area at it's current state.

What do you mean by unusable

soks · Dec 3, 2023

In accordance to EASA, drones without classification fall into A3 subcategory. Means you have keep 150m horizontally from building /people. Practically impossible to achieve in cities

nh phantom · Dec 8, 2023

soks said:
I mean anything other than "it's in progress". I have gut feeling that autel will not deliver. Not a month left until Lite+ will be almost unusable in urbanized area at it's current state.

I was thinking of buying one for a building inspection. I guess thats not going to work. is the evo2 the same way?

nh phantom · Dec 8, 2023

soks said:
In accordance to EASA, drones without classification fall into A3 subcategory. Means you have keep 150m horizontally from building /people. Practically impossible to achieve in cities

Will there be a restriction to the drone like geo fencing or you're just not suppose to fly near buildings?

soks · Dec 8, 2023

nh phantom said:
Will there be a restriction to the drone like geo fencing or you're just not suppose to fly near buildings?

150m from buldings/humans in open. Not sure about STS

uas_gian · Dec 9, 2023

With the permission of the building owner or residents you can still get it in the air and get closer than 150m to buildings. However it's going to be a lot more paperwork to have all those permissions at some Urban sites, paperwork especially applies in the German speaking countries. However my main worry there is the liability insurance will then not cover you should something bad happen. They will simply try to claim you were not keeping enough distance. So this could get more complicated. Existing models listed as end-of-life like Evo 2 V1 and V2 will not receive their CE certificates afterwards. I think the same will be the case for the Lite+ and so on. Autel is not interested in keeping the existing customer base happy. They just expect us to buy new drones rather sooner than later.

nh phantom · Dec 9, 2023

uas_gian said:
With the permission of the building owner or residents you can still get it in the air and get closer than 150m to buildings. However it's going to be a lot more paperwork to have all those permissions at some Urban sites, paperwork especially applies in the German speaking countries. However my main worry there is the liability insurance will then not cover you should something bad happen. They will simply try to claim you were not keeping enough distance. So this could get more complicated. Existing models listed as end-of-life like Evo 2 V1 and V2 will not receive their CE certificates afterwards. I think the same will be the case for the Lite+ and so on. Autel is not interested in keeping the existing customer base happy. They just expect us to buy new drones rather sooner than later.

So if I were looking for a drone I should be looking at a evo3?

soks · Dec 9, 2023

uas_gian said:
With the permission of the building owner or residents you can still get it in the air and get closer than 150m to buildings. However it's going to be a lot more paperwork to have all those permissions at some Urban sites, paperwork especially applies in the German speaking countries. However my main worry there is the liability insurance will then not cover you should something bad happen. They will simply try to claim you were not keeping enough distance. So this could get more complicated. Existing models listed as end-of-life like Evo 2 V1 and V2 will not receive their CE certificates afterwards. I think the same will be the case for the Lite+ and so on. Autel is not interested in keeping the existing customer base happy. They just expect us to buy new drones rather sooner than later.

Imagine, who would buy autel again, after being screwed like that. I would sure go for DJI.
Lite+ is still sold here in EU, that's really bad if no certification will be issued

DanielD · Dec 10, 2023

Asked them a couple of times, they said the certification is "in progress" - no info on which uas are "in progress" and when it's going to be done.
I'm not holding my breath, I've already accepted the fact that I have to dish out 5k for a new DJI M3E in January.
*edit: checking this list daily, unfortunately no autel listed here yet: Open Category - Civil Drones | EASA