DJI kindly invited us along to the launch in London, and we were very impressed with the Phantom 3.

They could have added half those features and it would have been a noteworthy release, but for everything combined, its fantastic!

We created a blog on some of the differences and upgrades from the exisiting Phantom 2.

Thanks

I agree - and a lower price than expected!

Brian

So, if you already owned a Phantom 2 Vision+ v3.0, would you trade up based only on your experience?

Very good, thanks

Here's a question: if there is no HDMI, how have they been showing live HD video on external monitors and TV's?

dmwierz Posted at 2015-4-10 22:53
Here's a question: if there is no HDMI, how have they been showing live HD video on external monitor ...

The article said that they were running a custom firmware to be able to use the Inspire controller and that it would not be available on the consumer version..

sploodge@sky.co Posted at 2015-4-10 23:32
The article said that they were running a custom firmware to be able to use the Inspire controller ...

Huh thanks. Not available tells me "Available later at a fee" or maybe "Available when somebody else offers the feature", like waypoints. Thoughts?

sreinike@mac.co Posted at 2015-4-10 22:50
So, if you already owned a Phantom 2 Vision+ v3.0, would you trade up based only on your experience?

Without doubt!

This thing is another league.

sploodge@sky.co Posted at 2015-4-10 23:32
The article said that they were running a custom firmware to be able to use the Inspire controller ...

From what I gathered you can bind an Inspire transmitter to the Phantom 3 out of the box.

Would need clarification but we will see when they come in to stock.

Looking forward  to seeing the accessories for the P3

dfeakins  can you confirm that europe models will be full power?

xzgraham@btinte Posted at 2015-4-16 17:32
dfeakins  can you confirm that europe models will be full power?

Yeah i'd really like to know if in europe we'll be able to get the same range capacity than the rest of the world ...The 2 km was a big point for me

It is possible the Dji will adhear to laws and restrict europe models power wise Also the fact that they seem intent on letting third party develop ground station /way points as to distance themselves from any  actions that might arrive from  crashes ect ect .

From what i have been reading the P3 will have restricted transmitter power for Europe but  this will be confirmed when they start to ship   .

As far as we know, they will all be 100mw 2.4GHz, so you should still get a 2km range.

Any news on when you have them in stock?
Edit just read the bottom, next few weeks!

dfeakins@rcgeek Posted at 2015-4-15 17:49
Without doubt!

This thing is another league.

What I find hard to believe is that the phantom3 is a far better product than its predecessors, yet there's no Ground station support.  This is just dumb to me.  Yes, I know there will be SDK availability for third party apps.  But how long will that take?  Are they already in the works or 6 months later, one pops up.  I want waypoints for my application of the product!

ntfa, I also am more hesitant to trust my expensive quadcopter to third-party software vs. something DJI created...

Got to see the P3 Professional (pre-production) in action at my local dealer today. The software, the performance, and the stability were super-impressive. Didn't get to fly it, but I'm super-excited after that.