DJI prepares the Mavic, a folding drone for the general public

To not miss out on the consumer market, DJI could quickly present a drone easy to fly and carry.

To attract the public, drones need to be simpler to manage and smaller explained the director of communication of DJI, Adam Najberg during the IFA show in Berlin. And if the mark, which does not offer this type of product, but rather high-end UAVs, this could change with the Mavic, a name DJI filed last August.

The site specializes in Heliguy drones could get their hands on a photo and information about the next device of DJI. This flying machine could be the first quadricopter whose arms and propellers fold to not form a sort of parallelepiped.

Specifically, the arms fold, two above the body of the device and the two sides, and you can lock them to avoid the risk of accidental opening during transport.

According to the site, this drone could pick a 4K camera with stabilization in two axes and a battery of 3830 mAh. It would be steered by remote control with LCD display running Android. His weight ? Only 650 grams, almost two times less than the lightest brand drones, the Phantom 2.

For now all this information is still rumors, but we should know more soon. This new drone could be officially unveiled on 15 September. One way to DJI to cut the grass under the foot of his GoPro competitor who will present his latest drone, Karma, 19 September.

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