Drone News: Matrice 3D and Dock 2, Attempted Police Drone Crash, and DSPA Guidance on OOP Waivers!

First up this week is the DJI Matrice 3D and the Dock 2!


The Matrice 3D is a simplified Mavic, designed for use in the
Dock 2.


The M3D comes with two available payloads, one nearly identical
to the Mavic 3 Thermal and the other seemingly identical to the
Mavic 3 Enterprise. 


The M3D has a 55 minutes of flight time, obstacle avoidance,
working temps between -13F and 113F (-25C and 45C), and a max
take off altitude of 8200 feet.


The Dock 2 comes in smaller and lighter than the original dock,
at 75lbs with an IP55 rating, an environmental monitoring system,
security cameras and spotlights, air conditioning, and
4G/Ethernet connectivity. 


Currently the Dock 2 and M3D are only available in the Chinese
market, with prices ranging between $9,600 for the enterprise
payload to $10,700 for the Thermal.


We’ll keep you updated if we see anything else or hear of any
plans to bring the dock to the US! 





Next up this week is a man in Missouri, who allegedly tried to
crash his drone into a police drone. 


The sheriff’s drone was watching an area during a city-wide power
outage when the other drone “attacked” maneuvering to hit the
sheriffs drone. 


The officers were able to use the IR camera on the drone to
locate the operator of the rogue drone, who was then arrested for
obstructing government operations and attempted property
damage. 


According to the sheriff’s office records have also been sent to
the FAA for investigation. 


Don’t be that guy…





Last up this week is the DSPA, who has recently released their
guidance on getting an operations over people waiver! 


This article explains how to apply for a 107.39 waiver and a
107.145 waiver with the Mini 3 Pro and the Mini 4 Pro.


Waivers can be tricky and we know based on the comments in our
course how many folks are interested in flying over people and
moving vehicles.


Check out the link below and be sure to write your own waiver —
Don’t copy paste. 


The FAA has limited staff in the waiver office and will know if
you’ve copied parts of someone else’s waiver. 


If you aren’t familiar with DSPA, they are an advocacy group
focused on drone service providers and ensuring the FAA and other
state, city, and local agencies create common sense drone laws
that don’t restrict operators abilities to fly. 


We’re proud to support the DSPA and appreciate all the work Vic
and Kenji put in to help the industry! 





That’s it! Have a great week and we’ll see you for our live on
Monday!





https://dspalliance.org/107-39-107-145-application-info/





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3wCMCVZ4_o





https://dronexl.co/2023/11/08/dji-releases-dji-dock-2-matrice-3dt/





https://www.newspressnow.com/news/regional_news/central_missouri/vandalia-man-arrested-for-attempting-to-attack-audrain-county-sheriff-s-office-drone/article_0648b2eb-3ee4-5ffb-8fcf-6864e7d0e4e1.html