EVO being shown again

bjtap · Mar 6, 2018

bjtap · Mar 6, 2018

IWCE Expo starts tomorrow and we will be flying the EVO in the Drone Zone at 11 AM and 2 PM

ovrszd · Mar 6, 2018

Didn't they last year at CES fly the latest "folding landing gear, rotating camera drone"?

KentA · Mar 6, 2018

Unfortunately Autel is the only one flying it.

Sundog775 · Mar 6, 2018

ovrszd said:
Didn't they last year at CES fly the latest "folding landing gear, rotating camera drone"?

If you go back and review video clips from the 2017 CES, you will see that those features were introduced strictly as concepts. They were presented as examples of ideas they were working on, not examples of specific products in development. There were never any “promises” made about those features being introduced on the X-Star. There were actually only three specific items related to the X-Star that were announced: The camera module with the 1” sensor, the FLIR thermal camera module, and the SDK. Everything else shown was conceptual, and at least three of those concepts have actually materialized on the EVO - dynamic tracking, obstacle avoidance and a built-in monitor on the controller.

ovrszd · Mar 7, 2018

Thanks for the info Sundog.

Wouldn't the EVO have to be available for purchase before we could say the features actually materialized?

bjtap · Mar 7, 2018

Things have changed since CES:

Busdriver · Mar 7, 2018

Sundog775 said:
There were actually only three specific items related to the X-Star that were announced: The camera module with the 1” sensor, the FLIR thermal camera module, and the SDK.

So relative to the XSP, they are 0 for 3. What's your point?

Sundog775 · Mar 7, 2018

Busdriver said:
So relative to the XSP, they are 0 for 3. What's your point?

Agreed, that's a pretty poor track record, and I'm not defending their failures on those points at all. My only point is that I've seen a lot of references to features like obstacle avoidance, folding landing gear and the rotating camera being items that were promised for the XSP, which wasn't the case.

Sundog775 · Mar 7, 2018

ovrszd said:
Thanks for the info Sundog.

Wouldn't the EVO have to be available for purchase before we could say the features actually materialized?

That is an excellent point, my friend!

RoverHolly · Mar 7, 2018

Evo : Can i copy your homework?
Mavic : Yeah..you know what to do, just do not make it exactly as the same

**just kidding

joshmentele · Mar 7, 2018

RoverHolly said:
Evo : Can i copy your homework?
Mavic : Yeah..you know what to do, just do not make it exactly as the same

**just kidding

In my opinion, EVO is a perfected Mavic. Only thing I would like to see in addition is a 1" sensor model. Other than that, it is the best drone ever. We'll see what the Mavic II brings to the table.

OriginaldoBo · Mar 8, 2018

I’ll be fielding additional questions from my interview with the Autel team on Sunday at 8PM. I looked at the track record as well and then I had a conversation with Tim and it shed light on some things that has happened and the approach they take when creating a product

Sundog775 · Mar 8, 2018

OriginaldoBo said:
I’ll be fielding additional questions from my interview with the Autel team on Sunday at 8PM. I looked at the track record as well and then I had a conversation with Tim and it shed light on some things that has happened and the approach they take when creating a product

Thanks very much for the excellent and informative review - EVO just keeps looking better and better!

Squirrel! · Mar 8, 2018

Tim has always been straight up with me. Honesty is the best policy, I always say.

sailfishbret · Mar 10, 2018

bjtap said:
Things have changed since CES:

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I'd like one if there are any left!