Been waiting to pull the trigger on this. Still in stock at BPC Tech Mt Waverley store as of posting which means Anaconda price beat is valid.
Receipt from Anaconda Highett below
https://i.imgur.com/6xdu0Ey.jpg
DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo $849 Delivered @ BPC Tech ($764.10 with Anaconda 10% Price Beat)
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And be careful with Karen!!! Hehehe
Thanks, Mum!
Mini 2 is a very nice little drone. Pretty good for entry to medium level user. Can't recommend it enough. If you can get it for $764.10 then it's just no brainer.
I have no time to go to Highett :(
May not impact their product but appears DJI lost a number of key staff in the US HQ:
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-03-07/gam…
They have also stopped publishing updates to the Android store for the DJI Fly app and DJI Mimo app.
Very strange, might be unrelated.
FYI Anaconda Box Hill refused a price match/beat.
I got price match anaconda
Managed to get it price beat at Anaconda Highett
I did Bendigo
Just some things to keep in mind. Knowing this place I'll be shot as the messenger and downvoted.
In the US the rules are changing and by 2023 drones will have to broadcast information about the pilot, and their location, in a way that can be picked up by anyone with a mobile phone. Hobbyists are already required to register and being encouraged get a clearance using the LAANC system before flying but it isn't mandatory for hobbyists yet. 3rd link below shows that the FAA considers you not to be a hobbyist if you're flying your drone and posting it on social media, even if the video isn't directly monetized. With Covid restrictions in place they've been hunting people down on Youtube and other social media.
NOTE: These next videos are about flying in the US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VKOTQj8Sys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSO0HD8Cs_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fsSNHL8Aws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSO0HD8Cs_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_oJ5ZKiwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTjYAQunyQWe're not at that point yet in Australia, but we're following suit. Mandatory registration has been brought in for commericial work and is being brought in.for hobbyists:
https://consultation.casa.gov.au/regulatory-program/pp1816us….And from the above while recreational flying is suppose to be $20/year per person for "recreational flying" it's going to be $100 - $160 per drone if you're using it commercially. If CASA interprets this the same way as the US just posting drone footage to Youtube could be considered commercial.
(Small annoyance - you can get a packet of ham that weighs 250g so that's a bit of a joke).
We also have some rules that are already stricter. e.g. Last I looked don't allow night flying for hobbyists in Australia. We also have some laxer ones. It's relatively new but you have to be 16 to fly now in the US, but here a kid can be supervised by an adult.
So as an ex r/c aircraft flyer who still has his model planes hanging in the garage it pains me to say you need to be aware of all this stuff before you consider purchasing a drone right now. In a couple of years you may need to buy an expensive addon module. You need to know that your own house might be in a no-fly area, and that people are likely to report you for daring to fly even if you do follow all the rules. it's basically become one huge hassle. If they bring in mandatory location transmission here, you'll be up for the cost of an add-on module which no doubt will incur Australia tax just like the drones themselves and everything else associated.
SOME of that hassle and risk can be avoided by joining a model RC club (most are with the MAAA) but they are few and far between and full of politics. And they aren't free to join either. This use to be the way everyone did it though and you will definitely find people who can help you learn the rules in advance without the cost of breaking them.
Anyway if you still have enough passion knowing all that, planes and drones are certainly fun. Personally I doubt I'm going back. It was already enough hassle rebuilding if you landed heavily or crashed. Now it's all about paperwork and restrictions and you'll still get harassed. No thanks. I'll stick to sims, which if you've ever flown for real, you wouldn't know pale in comparison. I just can't justify it anymore.
Great information, but not really relevant for the majority of people with this drone.
Unless you are planning to have 10000 views on your Youtube videos, or you are planning to buy something bigger then a 249g drone, then you will most likely not get affected by anything at all for a very long time, if ever.
We don't want people flying at night, consumer drones combined with the average consumer, even in a "club" are generally not able to do this safely, people manage to run into all sorts of things during day time.
Its very rare for someone to live in a no fly area if you have a 249g or lower drone, even being near airports are not an issue if you are not in the flight path and follow the related rules.
Night flying can be quite safe. New rules make it easier in the US now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcwB_oSoH2Y
See this video (copied from above). In the US at least it has nothing to do with 1000 views and it doesn't need to be monetized. If you can be seen to be intentionally promoting your business in any way FAA considers it commercial. It's insane, but I don't make the rules. I bet CASA sees it similarly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fsSNHL8Aws
Unless the phone call is fake, and I have no reason to believe it is, there it is from the horse's mouth.
As I said I'm only the messenger. I want safe operations but I don't personally agree with most of this.
And by the way I'm in Sydney and there's plenty of no fly areas. Check it for yourself.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airmap.air…So I don't know where you're getting your information, but you need to check it.
Thats not the horses mouth, thats just some employee's opinion which people already know varies to the point where its simply not true.
If you are promoting a business or anything similar, of course its commercial!
I don't think you understand my point about night flying, a lot of things are technically safe until you add the average person who doesn't care, which is super common with drone users.
Literally every time I go to a highly touristic area there are drone idiots who are flying over people's heads within 2-3 metres, so two rules broken in one go. If you can't follow these rules, you can't be trusted to fly at night or anything similar.
About no fly areas, I think you didn't see what I said, I said where people live, its very rare for someone's house to be in a no fly area where 249g drones can't go.
@samfisher5986: That employee is one of their enforcers. So good luck to the poor sod from the US arguing with him when he issues the fine.
Any operation of a drone is unsafe if the person doesn't care.
Install and open the app. Much of Sydney is covered in no fly zones to do with airports - Kingsford Smith, Bankstown, Richmond RAAF, Camden. Yes it applies to small drones. I live in Quakers Hill, a good 20 min drive from Richmond RAAF and about 40 mins from the other 2 airports if no traffic and am still in a no-fly zone.
@syousef: What he says, and what actually happens is different.
I'm not saying you are wrong, but there are no real facts right now about if literally uploading drone footage to Youtube in the US is commercial. Its also silly to suggest that this could happen in Australia, its very unlikely.
Small drones under 249g are allowed to fly near airports as long as they are not in their flight path.
The app does not take into account that your drone is 249g or lower, some will fully explain the weight limit when viewing it though.
ok2fly shows Quakers Hill - Recreational Can Fly - With Conditions
@samfisher5986: Quakers Hill is a large suburb and I know my house is in a no-fly.
Good luck arguing that your drone at 242g official weight is under 250g and should be excluded if you get investigated. That'd be a fun conversation to watch.
@syousef: So your entire argument is that you assume that CASA doesn't know their own rules?
What a silly argument, why don't you stop scaremongering.
It sounds like you already think you area in the USA, you should just move there.
@samfisher5986: Oh scaremongering huh?
Who was it that said "We don't want people flying at night, consumer drones combined with the average consumer, even in a "club" are generally not able to do this safely, people manage to run into all sorts of things during day time."
Who was it that said: "Literally every time I go to a highly touristic area there are drone idiots who are flying over people's heads within 2-3 metres, so two rules broken in one go."
I'm a "scaremonger". Whereas of course you're an authority and a rightful gatekeeper.
And the misinformation! Show me where on the CASA site it says anything about 10000 Youtube views. I've provided you with a conversation from one of the guys issuing the tickets, and your response is "that's just an employee's opinion". Do you argue when you're issued with a parking fine? "That's just your employee opinion?" What about the judge?
Then your brilliant strawman "your entire argument is that you assume that CASA doesn't know their own rules". That was sarcasm incase it escapes you. Followed by telling me to go live in the USA.
Go troll someone else. You're not very good at it. I've provided the information I needed to.
@syousef: You can't say flying at night is safe when at the same time people are crashing their drones and flying into powerlines. We already know that during the day is hard enough. You can't see well enough at night to avoid obstacles.
CASA agrees with this, but you seem to think CASA are wrong about everything. CASA knows more then you, most people agree with CASA, you seem to be the odd one to the side screaming USA and complaining. You can't even look up basic rules on where you can fly a drone.
CASA won't mention anything about youtube views because there are no rules against it, again you keep thinking that this is the USA, we are not the USA.
Not sure why you are obsessed with the USA.
@samfisher5986: So now you're going to pick and choose which authority you back based on what you think should be the case and pretend you have right on your side? I posted a video above about the new rules for night flying the FAA recently approved and that includes hobbyists flying at night. But oh no suddenly you're a big fan of CASA. You have to follow the rules of the country you're in of course, but do you think there's something different about Australians that make them incapable of night flying? Perhaps there's something special about Aussie nights. Go on, champ, tell me what the difference is. if you can't answer my question GO AWAY.
YOU are the one who cited 10000 views on Youtube as your personal benchmark of what's commercial. You know what your personal benchmark counts for if you get in trouble with the law don't you?
Since you're such a CASA fan, do you have your RePL yet? No? Well that is a tad expensive for a hobbyist. What about your RPA operator accreditation?
GO TROLL ELSEWHERE.
@syousef: What on earth are you talking about, the FAA is for the USA. We have CASA.
You have something really wrong with you, we don't live in the USA, FAA doesn't apply to us.
@samfisher5986: Do you think the laws of physics apply to you?
My question was clear: What is different about the US that makes night flying safe and approved, but makes it oh so inherently dangerous here? I have already said you must fly by the rules of the country you live in. That has nothing to do with it. Quit with the straw men and answer. If it's so dangerous why would the FAA in the US, who is more stringent overall than CASA are in Australia, relax the rules?
@syousef: Because the US is known for great laws…. the list would go on forever but you only have to think about the Boeing 737 Max being allow to murder people and there is no consequence.
So no, I'm not going to play along and pretend that the USA has good quality laws.
CASA is for Australia and they know what they are doing.
CASA wasn't responsible for manipulating tests that killed hundreds and hundreds of people, it was the FAA and Boeing.
@unifex: And in the US that's all you need to quote and they'll go on that if you haven't modded it.
I literally decided to get my CASA RPA operator accreditation today (the free one, not the paid RePL that takes serious study) and got it first go with 100%. There was no mention of HOW the 249/250 grams is worked out or how it would be treated if there was a dispuate.
Btw this accreditation lets me fly up to 2kg and do some kinds of commercial work with drones up to 2kg (or up to 25kg on my own rural property if I had one) - catch is I have to register each drone for a fee. It's actually quite easy to do and I'd encourage anyone who flies drones to get it since it's free and lasts 3 years. I think all up it took me an hour or maybe a few mins more to register with CASA, study and do the test. But I have flown r/c aircraft previously so was already aware of some of the rules.
https://www.casa.gov.au/drones/excluded-category
I should probably thank what's his face. If he hadn't been trolling me I'm not sure I'd have done it today.
FYI Browns Plains (QLD) , Logan (QLD) store refused to price match DJI.
DJI Rockdale declined to match, saying DJI drones are excluded.
Anaconda stores in vic will I got one
The price now shows as $949 and out of stock.
now back to 849
Yep. It may have been my Chrome playing up. I removed the bpctech.com.au cookies and it now shows $849 and in stock. I must have viewed that page previously when it was out of stock. Sorry guys, false alarm.
Cheers op, got the Mavic Air 2 combo for ~1490 via price beat @ Anaconda
Who did u use to beat at anaconda
i have this and its difficult to find a safe spot. even at rivers and bush, open sky will say i need to check if its allowed to fly in national parks.
qld website says you need to get permit first and has to do it 14 days before the trip.
the only open areas are some beaches but we cant just take videos of the coastline. we need variety in subject.
I think you might have read the wrong website, you can fly your drone at any national park in Queensland excluding a few like Uluru.
its very clear here, irregardless of permit, notification is required.
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/hospitality-touri…
I wasn't aware you wanted to use it for commercial purposes, in that case your drone will need permits in most places around the world.
You will also need to get public liability insurance.
@samfisher5986: just want to put it on youtube. who knows if it will get views. at this stage its just for fun.
Got one from anaconda springvale. At first the sales refused to price beat. I asked for explanation as their website clearly said so. Then she called her manager and her manager agreed to do the price beat. If anyone wants to get it you need to argue for the price beat as there should be no exclusion according to their policy.
Make sure you familiarise yourself with the drone flying rules in Australia: https://www.casa.gov.au/knowyourdrone/drone-safety-apps