alaskaflyboy
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I am excited about the Inspire - it has a lot of features and while I too would love to have had the price point somewhat lower, if there is a market for a nearly $3000 quadcopter then my hat is off to them. I love my Phantom II Vision+, but I really wish it had a Point of Interest (POI) capability and a FOLLOW ME mode! I haven't seen that capability on the Inspire documentation so far either, but its a pretty big deal to the hobby guys out there, and hopefully DJI knows that. Perhaps the SDK developer's kit will allow "someone" to create an app or control option that will add this capability? But I was hoping DJI was going to do it and make it work right.
Without naming competitors, the bottom line is that I was out with a friend a week ago and he was showing me his camera drone and it came out-of-the-box with a "Follow-Me" mode and he biked around a soccer field and the thing stayed right off to his side and pointed itself right at him, and so it filmed him perfectly, better than I could have done trying to manually follow him with my Phantom. A while back I wrote DJI an email and asked them about addressing these desires in their fan base, and for a reply I received an email from Julian at DJI that said "...Please waiting for more info in our official website: WWW.DJI.COM . And thanks for your supporting." I am not sure what that meant exactly, but when the Inspire was revealed, I was hopeful that was the "more info" he was referring to. But there has been nothing said about POI or FOLLOW ME modes for the Phantom series or now the Inspire, and the feeling is that they don't see that as all that important. With the dynamic home point now a part of the new software for both machines, it would seem that the Phantom (and Inspire?) are capable of tracking a GPS enabled device. So it should in theory be able to point at that device and follow it as it moves. That would sure be a boon to people who want to film their activities! Just my thoughts. I like my Phantom, a LOT. I'd love to buy an Inspire, and perhaps someday I will. In the meantime, I'l be playing with my Phantom and wishing for more. |
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