Here’s Why This Tiny Plane Costs $130,000!

( www.alltfl.com/) Check out our new spot to find ALL our content, from news to videos and our podcasts! In this video, Tommy covers something we don't get the opportunity to check out much here at TFL Studios - a drone packing a six-figure price tag. Here's why it costs so much money!
Thanks to Chris Robertson for helping make this video happen, and here's where you can find out more about the CSU Drone Center: www.research.c...
( / tflcar ) Visit our Patreon page to support the TFL team!
Watch more videos from TFL Studios:
The Fast Lane Truck ( / tfltruck )
The Fast Lane Car ( / tflcar )
TFLoffroad ( / tfloffroad )
TFLbike ( / tflbike )
TFLnow ( / tflnow )
TFLclassics ( / tflclassics )
TFLtalk ( / tfltalk )
TFL Podcasts:
TFL Talkin' Cars Podcast ( redcircle.com/... )
TFL Talkin' Trucks Podcast ( redcircle.com/... )
#drone #review #video

[@theirthereandtheyre2947]

You could buy an old general aviation aircraft for less than that and still afford flying lessons.

[@WW-wf8tu]

And fuel, insurance, maintenance, hanger rental space. But only for about a 2 years. lol As a pilot I know what you are saying, but it is not cheap in the long run.

[@johntyson]

You could buy it, but you couldn’t own and operate it for very long at that price.

[@midwestmulisha820]

speaking of, about how much are flying lessons?

[@johntyson]

@@midwestmulisha820 $10k is the bottom of the range. You might find a flight school at a local regional airport that could come in a little less.

[@RunItBackGunz]

About 250 each lesson​@@midwestmulisha820

[@pilotblue6535]

Searching at night, with FLIR, looking for lost hikers is a game changer. No more waiting for morning for searchers to head out. They can program precise search patterns, for heat signature to ensure every area has been looked at.

[@1FiftyOverland]

This whats been flying over New Jersey?

[@edm3184]

you beat me to it!

[@dleblanc3592]

That’s exactly what’s flying over NJ.

[@Dazza-u4c]

@@dleblanc3592 Do you have proof ?

[@waterlife.1905]

Their word is good enough. Have you not seen them? They are everywhere. ​@@Dazza-u4c

[@eamonshields2754]

I’m from NJ… these are tiny compared to what we’re seeing. Every night we see drones the size of cars

[@macbook802]

You can buy a dji Mavic for 130th of that price and have better eyes in the sky. For 80k you can have a drone that you can ride like a skateboard

[@lookingoverhell3448]

maybe a 130 k paperweight now as no drones will fly in new jersy atm with the current ufo's flying around . batteries drain immediatly ,

[@WW-wf8tu]

Way to go Tommy. Need more The Filght Lane content. The private jets were good. This was good. I still maintain 1 of you ought to go get your VFR rating for content. A lot of us would find it familiar and others would find it interesting. 😉

[@Flying_GC]

The price of this is beyond ridiculous. We have platforms that do far more than this for an 8th of the cost. I don't know how this business will survive at this price point.

[@viewfromtherail]

What are example models of what you are talking about?

[@joshbloom9646]

Great video. I really enjoyed it. Glad to see you are branching out from vehicle videos. Keep it up.

[@TFLnow]

We appreciate it!

[@finkmj53]

These are great people doing great work. So grateful to have them here!!

[@jonascampelo871]

Very expensive for a small drone... But cheap if you get a defence department deal, right?

[@keitha.9788]

"A Defense Department" deal? It is your tax dollars.....

[@jonascampelo871]

@@keitha.9788 You are 100% correct!

[@jmpattillo]

They’ve got it sitting on the $30 table from Walmart

[@josephwhiskeybeale]

Yeah, but can you drop grenades with it?

[@dudeski934]

How is that worth more then a NEW Ford F150 KingRanch

[@macbook802]

Its not, autel is on crack, they're a temu version of dji

[@mmancino1982]

@@macbook802😂

[@ChainsawFPV]

Cool, but at 130K, its meant for Government entity's, not public use. If it was for the public it would be under 5 grand. And if your neibours paying 130K for a flying camera, you should have concerns of what they are up to.....

[@miestermind]

ripping off Gov more so.

[@elizabethhopkins3826]

Very cool aircraft showing the view!!

[@mmancino1982]

It's not just the drone for that price. That entire system they're demonstrating is basically custom built and the aggregate of all the components and capabilities is very expensive. I'd bet money the drone itself is around $15-$20k at most.

[@mmancino1982]

Man there's so many experts on here! Please share links to all of y'all's businesses that use these mich cheaper expert drones😂

[@cflin4637]

You actually can fly over uninvolved people, provided you are under a certain weight. Which I wouldn't be surprised if this was under that weight. Basically, the rule is you can fly over people, but have to remain in motion.

[@mpeugeot]

It's got differential GPS, which is pretty slick.

[@keitha.9788]

Lots of drones on the market... At $ 130K that is very expensive. I hope the Government waste too much of our tax dollars on that....

[@PlaneSaddles]

New channel, TFL Air?

[@PrincessTS01]

waste of money

[@gqami]

Maybe both of you can tell us what those drones are flying over New Jersey? 😂

[@dleblanc3592]

These things have been spotted flying all over NJ and Staten Island.

[@Dazza-u4c]

Lol . Do you have actual proof ?

[@ElliottTAlphaG700]

I didnt care much for Autel. But both my Freefly equipped Red or Red Komodo Awesome! Though "our"😂I laugh bc I'm the only one who takes most video. Our biggest drone is the DJI Inspire 3. For DJI it does really well. Though both my RED cameras can also be connected to our AH125.

[@tfrogginhfroggin]

Wow!

[@fabrilabcommunications4305]

I asked the price for this drone while i was in Shenzhen. It was 15,000 usd.

[@Area51-is6vg]

How many hrs can it stay in the air? It looks like a RC plane . This thing takes off and lands like the $300 dollars drone from BestBuy or amazon. I'm loving the video.

[@fabrilabcommunications4305]

It’s probably reasonably at 15000. Any of these systems are still vulnerable to vaporise against the ground in the event of system or operational error.

[@lawdog516]

Not much more that a fully loaded Toyota Tacoma lol😮

[@3wheelmannc860]

Seriously cool...seriously expensive.

[@BaracW]

Can do all of the video functions in my $1000 Autel. Except for the IR and laser payloads.

[@mmancino1982]

Do you have all those bougie antennas and jazz that he showed? It's not just the drone that's adding all that cost. Granted, it's still absurd😂

[@ShireGanj]

😂how much?? That can be built from available parts for less than 5k

[@lookingoverhell3448]

anything ya wanna sell to the government needs to be a 130.k to jump on the gravy train . probly 3500 dollar drone , 500 dollars to build ,

[@GATORADDAM]

Ridiculous. 130 thousand? Doesn't do much more, if any than a $1,500 one.

[@mmancino1982]

Does your $1500 drone, which is actually extremely cheap for a commercial drone, have all that extra shit that supports it? I'm betting not. Not saying it's worth $130k, but even professional cinema drones are over $15k easily

[@dracus2000]

PARCEQUE C EST FACTURÉ A L ETAT. AUSSI SIMPLE QUE CA

[@johnsonbui]

Here your answer mysteriously drone in new jersey,its not so hard to find 😂😂😂😂why no body knows who fly the drone 😂😂😂😂😂

[@smokinjoe.x660]

Ha ha. You was ripped off there's. Way better stuff. For so much cheaper.

[@jeebusk]

this video never answered the question in the title, I'm guessing a lot of the cost was just software...

[@jamesbeaman6337]

Maybe the GPS precision?

[@jmpattillo]

They’ve got it sitting on the $30 table from Walmart

[@volvo09]

It's light and easy 😂 Guess they're pandering to us regulars before it comes flying down with a bomb on it 😂

[@brent3855]

Spent so much on the drone that they couldn't afford much on the table 😅