Drone News: DJI RC Plus, Autel Firmware Update, Mavic 2 crash into helicopter, Litchi Updates

This week in drone news: a possible DJI RC Plus leak, Autel
firmware update fixes issues with the Nano and Lite, Video of the
Mavic 2 crash into a helicopter, and a litchi update adds the
A2S, Mini 2, and Mini SE.


A new FCC filing suggests DJI will be releasing a new
transmitter! According to the filing, the RC Plus seems to be an
intermediate between the RC pro and the RC-N1. We’re not sure if
this new controller has a screen This could also be an indication
of new drones to come.  Will we see this as an option with
the rumored Mini 3 or Inspire 3?
https://dronexl.co/2022/02/17/dji-rc-plus-fcc-filings/ 


Autel has released an update for the Nano and the Lite This
firmware update adds  24/25/48/50 FPS video Solves Jello
issue with nano Adds manual focus Customizable time stamps
Speed/video priority modes EVO Nano+ and EVO Nano have gained new
high photo resolutions of 8192×6144 and 8000×6000 respectively.
https://dronexl.co/2022/02/17/firmware-update-evo-nano-lite-drones/ 


This story is a bit old, but the video of the crash has finally
been released Back story Roughly two years ago - Feb 2020, a
Mavic 2 collided with an Airbus helicopter while filming the King
of Hammers off-road race in California. There were luckily no
injuries, however, The NTSB stated probable cause was the “
failure of the small UAS remote pilot to give way to the
helicopter, resulting in an inflight collision” It is important
to note that the helicopter operations had a waiver to operate
below standard altitudes.
 https://dronexl.co/2022/02/16/dji-mavic-2-drone-collision-helicopter-ntsb/ 


Litchi has added support for the Air 2S, Mini 2, and the Mini SE.
Litchi says they will support the Mavic 3 as soon as the SDK is
released.  This update is only for those using an Android
operating system An iOS update will be coming in the last week of
March or the first week of April.
https://dronexl.co/2022/02/23/litchi-update-dji-mini-2-air-2s-mavic-3/