DJI’s new industrial UAV is the coolest drone you’ll never get to fly
One battery charge earns pilots up to 55 minutes of flight time depending on conditions. (DJI/)DJI has a firm hold on most of the consumer drone market. Small crafts like its just-released Mavic Air 2 (which we’ll have a full review of next week) enable enthusiast UAV pilots and filmmakers to get up in the air. The industrial drone market, however, is different. The crafts are bigger, the flights are more difficult, and the requirements on the pilots are a lot more rigorous. This week, DJI announced its latest flagship industrial drone, the Matrice 300 RTK, and it’s a far cry from the consumer crafts buzzing around your local park. The Matrice 300 RTK can carry up to about six pounds of payload up into the skies, which usually consists of various sensors for examining industrial installations like power lines or railroad tracks. Its four rotors can keep it aloft...