I have an Autel EVO II Pro 2 and I don't like it. They say my elevation 6300 MSL should not matter but I am lucky to get 20 minutes of flight time. The drone also refuses to do geomagnetic calibration. It also emits RemoteID which is a non starter for me. RemoteID only benefits muggers and has zero benefit to commercial or general aviation. RemoteID may benefit law enforcement in terms of paperwork but it's too late by then as damage is already done. I would rather have a drone that can receive both ACAS as well as ADS-B and that just gets out of the way if the controller loses connection or if I am incompetent or malicious. Drones can descend incredibly fast. The FAA need to fix that for real.
If Chinese drones were banned I would likely try out Skydio made in the USA if I can ahead of time find a simple way to turn the transmit power for RemoteID to 1 milliwatt.
I have an Autel EVO II Pro 2 and I don't like it. They say my elevation 6300 MSL should not matter but I am lucky to get 20 minutes of flight time. The drone also refuses to do geomagnetic calibration. It also emits RemoteID which is a non starter for me. RemoteID only benefits muggers and has zero benefit to commercial or general aviation. RemoteID may benefit law enforcement in terms of paperwork but it's too late by then as damage is already done. I would rather have a drone that can receive both ACAS as well as ADS-B and that just gets out of the way if the controller loses connection or if I am incompetent or malicious. Drones can descend incredibly fast. The FAA need to fix that for real.
If Chinese drones were banned I would likely try out Skydio made in the USA if I can ahead of time find a simple way to turn the transmit power for RemoteID to 1 milliwatt.