Air 3 - cellular (4g / 5g) capability! (for essentially unlimited range BVLOS flight)

Looks like the Air 3 is designed to be retrofitted with a 4g/5g connection via a USB C expansion bay built in to the top of it.

Not sure how much use it would be though, since it would already be a challenge to fly beyond the O4 range without running out of battery except for flying behind obstructions such as trees I suppose.

Is this news to anyone?

They’ve been around for various DJI drones for a couple of years, not available to purchase directly in the UK and I suspect they’d also be firmware / GPS-location locked.

It was briefly mentioned here:

https://greyarro.ws/search?q=cellular%20module

And:

https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-mini-4-pro-and-all-other-editions-rumours-leaks-gossip-and-general-discussion/46148/166

The rc pro rm - 510 also has a cover in the back which behind is for this dongle but as we know not for this country & many others.

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Found this outfit that appear to supply the dongle but there are a few comments that bother me ie no returns and needs an annual subscription from DJI after 1st year :man_shrugging:

They do however supply some genuine DJI that some may find useful.

Never used them so buyer beware - just for info.

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Things like that convince me even more that it’s a geolocked piece of functionality :slight_smile:

The Chinese will sell you anything :scream:

Based in Shenzhen,China, djioemparts.com offers original repair parts for all kinds of DJI products

and its pretty certain it wont work here

So that makes 3 of us that won’t be buying a 4G dongle :man_shrugging:

Having said that - http://djioemparts.com/ - may be useful for the other DJI parts they sell - shipping time to UK is quoted as 7~10 days.