Mavic Air 2 is finally available!

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Mavic Air 2 Specs

Body

Mavic Air 2 weighs 570g. We were right to say it will be in the middle between Mavic Mini and Mavic 2.

This small and compact drone is very portable. When folded it is only 180×97×84 mm (Length×Width×Height) which is great for travelers!

Camera

We have a larger sensor compared to the old Mavic Air. Mavic Air 2 has a 1/2″ CMOS 48MP camera sensor.

The camera can utilize pixel binning technology where it merges 4 pixels into 1 bigger pixel (not physically of course), making it a 12 MP camera sensor.

This way image noise is greatly reduced, and we can capture a better image.

With max photo resolution of 8000×6000 pixels, you will be able to capture more detail than ever!

As far as video goes, we have 4k at 60 fps which is great, but we also have 4k HDR at 30 fps which will be a setting many of us will use.

Bitrate is also increased to 120Mbps. This allows the sensor to read more information when recording video.

Vision system

Mavic Air 2 has sensors in the front, down, and in the back. There is also an additional auxiliary light, like the Mavic 2, which will help immensely during landing and for locating your drone while flying in the sky.

Mavic Air 2 has OcuSync 2.0

This makes it possible to control this drone 10 Km away, which is not recommended at all and it is even illegal.

But the more important thing is that signal strength for shorter distances will be immensely better!

Big improvement from the old Mavic Air.

Mavic Air 2 price

The price of DJI Mavic Air 2 standard package is $799.

However, the price goes up a bit if you want the fly-more package, but you get plenty of extra accessories like the official DJI ND filters.

The Final Update on DJI Mavic Air 2

As Mavic Air 2 prepares to take the throne as #1 best seller drone in the DJI Store, we bring you the latest product shots in this final update.

DJI Mavic Air 2 is a perfect balance between the small frame of the Mavic Mini and the great performance of the Mavic 2. This will be DJI’s smallest drone with the latest and greatest features.

Some of those features, like ActiveTrack 3.0, will make it superior to even the much pricier DJI Mavic 2 in particular cases.

The countdown is running! Less than 24 hours until release, click the official countdown timer and check if the drone is already available!

But enough talk, check out these nice product shots:















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What we know about DJI Mavic Air 2:

DJI Mavic Air 2 release date is April 27, 2020

Camera: 1/2.3” 48-megapixel CMOS; Same sensor as the original Mavic Air

Flight time and battery: 35 minutes of flight time with a 3500mAh battery

Remote Controller: OcuSync 2.0 up to 8km transmission range

Body: Shape like Mavic 2, Color like Mavic Mini, Weight somewhere in between

Price: Starts at $800

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Update 6: DJI Mavic Air 2 OcuSync 2.0

Mavic Air 2 Remote controller will come with OcuSync 2.0. This long-range transmission technology offers a maximum transmission range of 8 km.

It will send a FullHD (1080p) video back to the controller which will be previewed on the DJI Fly app.





As I mentioned before, the phone will be placed on top of the RC and connected via cable.

The antenna will probably be integrated into the phone holder itself. If not, it will be internal.

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End of update 6.

Update 5: DJI Mavic Air 2 Battery

DJI Mavic Air 2 battery size is 3500 mAh. That is a great upgrade when compared to the original Mavic Air that had only 2375 mAh. That is almost 50% more!

Mavic 2 battery is 3850 mAh, so we will probably see 30+ minutes of flight time with DJI Mavic Air 2.

End of update 5.

Update 4: DJI Mavic Air 2 New Pictures

As you can see from the previous pictures, many of our speculations turned out to be true.

It is confirmed that the new DJI drone is called Mavic Air 2.

It has no side sensors. It looks almost the same as Mavic 2, and has a similar gray color as Mavic mini, so DJI definitely aimed to put this one between those two drones.

If you are still not convinced that this is the product DJI will release, then check this out:

As you can see, 4 lights from the teaser image are definitely battery status indicator lights that are placed in the On/Off button of the battery itself.

End of update 4.

Update 3: Mavic Air 2 Release Date is 27th of April – Up your Game

DJI announced a Mavic Air 2 release date – the 27th of April. We don’t have much information except a picture showing the product which looks like a drone. These seem to be props on each side of the image and the 4 LEDs battery indicator on the top of the drone.

Don’t miss DJI’s official website showing the announcement, click here: DJI Teaser

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Update 2: The Official Name

The official name of the upcoming DJI drone is DJI Mavic Air 2.

But there is a twist. There will be 2 MODELS of the drone.

Model names are: MA2UE1N , MA2UE3W

The difference between these 2 models is that the 3W version will have the Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS–B) hardware inside.

ADS-B is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked.

DJI also confirmed this:



“There are extra ADS-B RF circuit and antenna on the MA2UE3W, and no this circuit on the MA2UE1N. “

We also have pictures of the two labels:





You can see the 3W version that has ADS–B hardware also has ANATEL certification. That is a certification of products with radio technologies for the Brazilian market.

And here is a picture showing where it will be placed on the drone itself.

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End of update 2.

Update 1: The Remote Controller

A new drone is definitely coming soon. We are seeing more leaks as time goes by.

This time we can confirm that the new remote controller is called DJI RC231.

In the next picture, you can also see the heat sink behind the mesh.

This means it has beefy computing power that needs good cooling. We might see OcuSync 2.0 as well.

End of update 1.

Hey there!

While this #stayhome campaign is getting more and more serious, I figured I should bring you some interesting content to read.

Today I’ll show you some leaks and some detailed analysis of DJI’s upcoming new drone.

We will see leaked photos, compare them with already existing drones, and draw some conclusions.

I saved best for last so make sure you don’t skip it!

So, let’s get to it, shall we?

DJI has had many releases in the past year.

Amongst brand new and upgraded DJI smart controller, Osmo action, Osmo mobile 3, Robomaster s1 ground-based drone, and other releases, there was only one new drone. DJI Mavic Mini.

It is a great little drone that fits in the palm of your hand, and many of us were excited to get one.

However, I feel that this small drone doesn’t really satisfy the need for the latest and greatest that we consumers always have, especially now since it’s been almost 2 years since the last release of a more powerful drone, the DJI Mavic 2.

It’s about time they renew the lineup once more.

When DJI Mavic Mini hit the store that meant the end for the Spark.

DJI removed it from their store, but not before it went out of stock. There were some pretty nice deals going on in the last few days of Spark’s life.

Anyhow, everything went as planned and DJI Mavic Mini successfully replaced the Spark.

In the last couple of days, we have seen similar patterns happen again in the DJI store.

As a matter of fact, two drones went out of stock last week.

DJI Mavic Pro and DJI Mavic Air.

This can only mean one thing. We are getting a new drone!

Mavic Air 2 Leaked Picture No. 1

Looks a lot like Mavic 2

We can understand a lot from this image.

Body shape

First of all, the body looks a lot like the one we saw on DJI Mavic 2.

Both drones have a similar looking body shape

Body curves the same way in both drones, and there are a lot of similar details.

For example:

Rear arm distancer

Identical shape of these landing feet

Motor holder cutout

Same size holders / same motor diameter

Battery-body contact seams

Battery inserts from the top

LEDs on front arms

Both LEDs are same shape and size

Size

If we consider the fact that the Mavic 2 has the same 24mm diameter motors as the original Mavic Pro drone (keep in mind that Mavic 2 motors are taller than original Mavic Pro ones), we can assume the new Mavic will also have 24mm motors.

From this, we can calculate the Mavic Air 2 height.



New DJI Mavic drone, size

As you can see, if I am correct the drone will be 78mm tall. This is more than the Mavic Air at 64mm, but less than Mavic Pro at 84mm.

From here I calculated that the drone will be 175mm long. It seems the new Mavic will be as portable as current Mavic Air.

If you are not convinced in this measuring technique, I also tried this on the Mavic 2 Pro, just to see if it is correct.

Mavic 2 Pro, measurement test

As you can see, if I measure from the middle section of the propellers (it looks I missed, but that’s due to the perspective angle) I get 84mm, which is the real Mavic 2 height.

Looks like it can be used as a tool to get an approximate value.

Onto the next one.

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Mavic Air 2 Leak Picture No. 2 and 3

New DJI Mavic drone, bottom side view

These pictures are especially interesting since something from the picture is really familiar. We have seen this before.

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Bottom side grill

Some of you may have spotted this immediately. I’m talking about the aluminum grill that’s on the belly of this beast. we have seen it on the original Mavic Pro.

Mavic Pro, bottom side grill view

See how it retained the same look? Same grill from the original Mavic Pro, but with some features from the Mavic 2.

Mavic 2 Pro, bottom side view

You can see that the new Mavic inherited the auxiliary light and IR sensors from the Mavic 2.

Propellers

Propellers are, again, something we have seen before on the Mavic 2. They are low-noise, quick-release propellers, but they are not as wide as Mavic 2 props.

Mavic 2 propellers

Camera

The camera is very interesting. This body is clearly too small to hold a 1-inch sensor, so the camera is probably going to be a buffed 1/2.3 inch sensor that can deliver 4K 60FPS. That’s why it needs such a big heat sink.

New DJI Mavic drone camera and heat sink

We have seen a similar heat sink and rectangle looking camera before on the Osmo Pocket.

DJI Osmo Pocket heat sink and rectangle camera for comparison

Let’s continue further inspection…

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Mavic Air 2 Leak Picture No. 4

New DJI Mavic drone, backside view

In this picture, we can see the buttocks of the new drone.

If we compare it to the back of the Mavic 2 drone we can see they are extremely similar.

Mavic 2 Pro, backside view

Both have exhaust vents and 2 obstacle avoidance cameras. But if you look closely, you may notice something is missing from new Mavic drone sides.

Mavic 2 on the Left / New Mavic on the right

These vision sensors always have safety housings around them which protect cameras from direct collisions, if they do happen. Since we can’t see any in the picture above, it is possible that the new drone will lack those side sensors.

Unless they managed to hide them well.

What about the missing DJI logo?

If you are wondering about this, it’s an easy explanation, really. Somebody just did a poor job of photoshopping it out. It will be there.

Photoshopped out DJI logo



You can even see a small part of a letter was missed. I can’t think of a reason why somebody would do this.



Mavic Air 2 Leaked Picture No. 5

New DJI Mavic controller

Finally, in the last picture, we have the controller for the new drone. and it brings some changes.

New DJI Mavic Controller

First of all, we notice that there is no display. Then you can also see that it doesn’t have a phone holder at the bottom. It seems that it will be at the top of the RC.

These black bumps look like rubber slots that will hold the device.

Imagine the same slots like these, just upside down.

If this is the case, then the controller will need to have some serious counterweights at the bottom in order to preserve balance, otherwise, the whole thing will tend to fall out of your hands and it will be uncomfortable to hold.

But given the fact that the controller looks bulky and seems to be heavy as well, it might not be an issue after all.

On the top right, we have a camera switch button. The top left is a function button.

In the middle, we have a Home, On/Off, and flight mode switch.

Bellow that there are power LEDs.

If we take a look at the sticks we can see that they are attached the same way as ones on the DJI smart controller, which means you can screw them on and off to save some storage space.

New DJI Mavic Controller Left / DJI Smart Controller Right

Mavic Air 2 Release Date

Mavic Air 2 will be announced in April, probably. If not, we will for sure have some more leaks in the meantime.

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Mavic Air 2 Price

Mavic Air 2 will probably retail at about $800-$900 standard version and $250 more for the fly more combo. This puts it in the middle between Mavic Mini and Mavic 2.

Best for Last (as I promised)

This might NOT be Mavic Air 2 at all!

This might be a drone simply called DJI Mavic.

There are a few reasons for this.

First, this drone takes something from the original Mavic Pro and the new Mavic 2. It would be logical to name it DJI Mavic as a new and refreshed version of the original Mavic Pro.

Second, this drone is coming now after Air and Mavic Pro are out of stock in the DJI store.

This probably means that Mavic Air and Mavic Pro will be replaced in-store with this new model to improve battery life and overall features respectively.

So, putting this drone instead of those two, in the price range that’s almost exactly between Mavic 2 and Mavic mini seams like the right choice.

And third…

The name on the drone says “MAVIC”.

It’s not Mavic Air 2, it’s not Mavic Pro, or anything else. It just says MAVIC.

That’s it for now. I will keep this updated as soon as I learn any new information on this topic.

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Have a nice day, and wash your hands for at least 20 seconds! 🙂

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