Recent content by Portolo

Agree. Strongly suspect S2 will be their last consumer product. The firm's future is clearly enterprise and government.

What was your order date?

The weakest link isn't the controller, it's the antennas in the Skydio 2 itself, which are only one one side of the drone. Skydio's CEO addressed it in this podcast, stating that wireless performance is one of the "weak points of the product" and cannot be fixed in software. They might have...

Assuming DJI will fail to execute is no less of a guess. My guess is that DJI will achieve limited success with OA. Not as good as Skydio, but good enough for most consumers, and at a far lower price. The problem DJI cannot innovate their way out of is China's dictatorial regime. Which is why...

Next full product cycle, after factoring in the pandemic delay. And really, they don't have to be as good as Skydio to tie up the consumer market. Reasonably good OA at a far lower price would likely be enough.

Hardly a typical year. DJI's development progress was likely slowed during the pandemic, just like so many firms. But if DJI is unable to release a reasonable facsimile of Skydio's OA in the next 6 to 8 months, then Skydio should continue to have a viable consumer product. But if DJI does...

Referencing that location, it was within 1/2 hour of sunset with scatted clouds. May have been too dark.

Agree completely. Which is why the new X2 appears to be the company's future. Disagree. Suspect DJI get close, or close enough, relatively soon. Which is why Skydio appears to be prioritizing X2 over consumer products. Once DJI is close enough, Skydio will not be able to compete on price...

Perhaps too dark for it? Looks to be nearly sunset.

Yes, the Skydio 2 is approaching a year old. If this were DJI, a new version would be nearing release.

Have they started shipping units again? Haven't read of anyone receiving one since before the shutdown.

Yes, by their CEO's admission, it's a hardware limitation. Would have been nice had they taken the months of involuntary manufacturing downtime to redesign the Skydio 2's antennas. Yes, that would mean an improvement over the products deliveried prior to the closure. But it's been nearly a...

Many have reported that if a deposit was placed prior to the accessory price increase, Skydio will respect the prior, lower accessory pricing. And with that older pricing, these bundles won't offer any significant discounts. They will (by my calculations) cost more unless every single...

Not at all. Please understand that your request would mean not discussing what could be the single most important driver of Skydio sales going foreward. And while the politics of these decisions may not be the world we want, it's the one we're in.

Government and enterprise customers appear to be Skydio's growing focus. Perhaps eventually, their singular focus. Were it not for the very issues revealed by these security researchers and the concerns illustrated by the "political" posts, Skydio would likely not be pursuing those avenues...