Airpeak S1 professional drone: Sony announces at $9,000

Airpeak S1 professional drone is going to come at the price of $9,000. Sony’s First Professional Drone is World’s Smallest drone. It can be Equipped with Alpha Mirrorless Camera, Boasts High Speed and Stable Flight Performance.

The new drone utilizes a proprietary motor, propeller, control system, and sensing technology, allowing it to fly at extremely high speeds with very stable wind resistance.

Sony’s Airpeak S1 professional drone is finally out.

Sony is now fully revealing its Airpeak S1 drone, which it teased at CES 2021 in January. Above all, the announcement contains a lot more detail on the drone’s capabilities, features and reveals a $9,000 price tag for the drone sans gimbal or camera, all of which cements the idea that this drone will be aimed at at at squarely at the professional video market.

Additionally, the Airpeak S1 features an advanced remote controller that can support high-quality aerial images and freely control the aircraft. It also includes obstacle detection, automatic flight control via sensing, and increased safety via cloud management of the aircraft and flight information.

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On the other hand, Sony’s already released a preview of the types of shots you can pull off with the drone, which you can see below. You can also get a shot of the retracting landing gear in motion.

In a word, “Sony is excited to launch our new drone business with the Airpeak S1,” said Yang Cheng, Vice President, Imaging Solutions, Sony Electronics Inc. “Combining an extremely compact size with some of Sony’s most advanced imaging, sensing, AI, and robotics technologies, the S1 will allow content creators, storytellers, and commercial professionals to capture that which they’ve never been able to capture before.”

Airpeak S1 professional drone all exciting features.

One of the drone’s biggest selling points is its stability and wind resistance. According to Sony, it can stay stable in winds of up to 44.7 miles per hour (that’s 20m/s, double what DJI quotes for the Inspire 2), and it has five sets of stereo cameras that let the drone and an infrared rangefinder that should help the drone stop before it hits obstacles and stay steady even without satellite reception.

Aircraft with Advanced Flight Performance

Also, The new Airpeak S1 offers dynamic flying capabilities, including a maximum speed of 55mph (90km/h), a maximum angular velocity of 180°/s, and a maximum tilt angle of 55°.

Propulsion technology using a combination of Sony developed key devices provides wind resistance in strong wind speeds up to 44.7mph (20m/s)

Multiple Camera and Lens Variations

Users have the flexibility to choose the right Alpha system for their desired application to expand their filmmaking horizons. The Airpeak S1 is compatible with a wide range of camera bodies, including the Alpha 7S series and FX3 for high descriptive capability with suppressed noise. The Alpha 7R series for ultra-high-definition, and the Alpha 9 series and others for distortion-free images. The Alpha 1, which can shoot footage in 8K, is also compatible.

Highly Efficient Workflow with Automatic Flight

The new drone includes “Airpeak Base,” a web application that allows the operator to manage equipment, create flight plans, and manage flight logs. Information on the equipment used is automatically listed and managed based on the flight log-in equipment management. This allows the operator to check the condition of the aircraft before going to the field, minimizing on-set issues.

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With Airpeak Base, the operator can create advanced flight plans and automatically fly the aircraft along the same course repeatedly. Secondly, as if the drone were on rails installed in the air. By and large, It can set the position (latitude, longitude, and altitude) and speed of the aircraft along the timeline and specify the orientation of the gimbals and the timing of video or still image shooting.

It can also draw smooth curves on the map. Reproduction flight is an automatic flight function that reproduces the flight route, gimbal, and camera movements based on the flight logs that have flown in the past.

All aircraft information, including logs, can be uploaded to the cloud via the mobile app Airpeak Flight. Airpeak Base allows users to check the status of the aircraft and can provide notifications if necessary. Users can manage the status of all managed aircraft in one place before the flight. You can view past flight logs on the logbook screen, and you can also review details such as in-flight errors.

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The Bottom Line

The Airpeak S1 can be operated with just the included controller. However, Sony has an Airpeak Flight app to help make things easier.

While you won’t get a camera or gimbals for the Airpeak S1’s $9,000 price. Also, it does come with two pairs of propellers, a controller, two batteries, and a charger. Above all, Sony expects to ship it in the fall and offer a service plan to cover damage that could occur from crashes.

In light of all the legislation and controversy around drones from China. Sony is making it clear that the Airpeak S1 is designed and made in Japan; it came up repeatedly in a press briefing and again in the press release.