Inspire 3 8K Cinematic Drone

Unmatched workflow efficiency, advanced camera capabilities, and limitless creative potential - the Inspire 3 is a groundbreaking 8K camera drone that allows professional filmmakers to push the boundaries and perfect every shot.

Main Features:

• Full-frame 8K/75fps ProRes RAW
• Full-frame 8K/25fps CinemaDNG
• Dual Native ISO
• 80� Tilt Boost or 360� Pan Dual Configurations
• High Dynamic Range of 14+ Stops
• 1/1.8-inch Ultra-Wide Night-Vision FPV Camera
• Centimeter-Level RTK Positioning and Waypoint Pro
• O3 Pro Video Transmission with Dual-Control
• DL-Mount Lens Selection

Sleek, Integrated Design

The new Inspire 3 features a streamlined design that focuses on reducing air resistance for improved aerodynamics. It has an improved maximum dive speed of 10 m/s, up from 9 m/s in the previous model, and a faster vertical ascend/descend speed of 8 m/s, previously 6 m/s and 4 m/s.

Expertly designed for maximum performance, this product offers responsive and precise control, allowing for extended flight times of up to 28 minutes. Its sleek and minimalist airframe seamlessly incorporates features such as the FPV camera, visual sensors, positioning antennas, and storage card slot, providing a modern and industrial aesthetic.

The Inspire 3 utilises an updated configuration inspired by the classic transformable structure from the Inspire series. This design includes 360� Pan and Tilt Boost structures, while also allowing for obstruction-free 80� upward-angle shooting when the landing gear is lowered. This feature is perfect for cinematographers looking to capture unique and innovative shots.

From its external appearance to its internal construction, every aspect of Inspire 3 was meticulously examined and fine-tuned.

Centimeter-Level RTK Positioning

Leveraging high-precision RTK positioning technology, Inspire 3 caters to industries like architecture and surveying with centimetre-level accuracy. Moving beyond traditional GNSS-supported meter-level positioning, RTK enhances flight stability and improves creative efficiency by providing more precise flight-route planning.

The airframe of this product features newly designed stacked ceramic RTK antennas, allowing for triple GNSS capabilities (GPS, BeiDou, and Galileo) and achieving dual-frequency positioning down to the centimetre level. With the option to activate an RTK network or use a D-RTK 2 Mobile Station, users can easily achieve highly precise positioning without the need for additional modules.

By activating internet access on the RC Plus and connecting to an NTRIP server, the Inspire 3 can receive comprehensive data for fast and accurate positioning in RTK-covered areas using custom network RTK.

In areas lacking network RTK coverage, the RTK function can be accessed by configuring a D-RTK 2 Mobile Station. This allows the Inspire 3 to receive extensive data from the mobile station for precise positioning.

Dual-Antenna Orientation

The Inspire 3 features a stacked ceramic antenna on both the front and rear, which enhances flight precision and safety by effectively reducing magnetic interference.

Waypoint Pro

Improve your aerial cinematography with the Inspire 3. Plan precise flight routes and shots with customisable settings using Waypoint Pro. Automated shooting is made easy with Repeatable Routes and 3D Dolly modes. Achieve accurate results with RTK centimetre-level positioning. Perfect for solo shooting or professional crews.

Repeatable Routes

Through the use of Repeatable Routes, the aircraft can autonomously follow the same path and adhere to preset specifications like altitude, speed, gimbal angle, and camera settings. By repeating missions, filmmakers can easily achieve challenging single-take shots or capture the passage of time by flying at different times in the same location, allowing for seamless timelapse footage of transitions like day to night or season to season.

3D Dolly

The 3D Dolly is a versatile tool that goes beyond the limitations of traditional film equipment such as cranes, cable cams, or dollies. With the ability to plan flight routes and manually control the aircraft, cinematographers can adjust parameters like speed and gimbal angle to achieve complex, cinema-grade camera movements. This results in improved visual effects and increased efficiency for capturing the perfect shot.

Spotlight Pro

The new Inspire 3 offers even more possibilities for solo creators, building upon the features of its predecessor, Inspire 2. With advanced machine-learning algorithms, it can automatically recognize and track subjects such as people, vehicles, and boats with greater accuracy. Using the Follow mode in Spotlight Pro, the aircraft and gimbal camera will always align with the subject, allowing for smooth circling shots without the need for manual adjustments. In Free mode, the 360� gimbal pan on the Inspire 3 allows for the gimbal camera to stay locked on the subject while the pilot uses the FPV camera to monitor the surroundings and control the flight path for more responsive and complex camera movements.

Omnidirectional Sensing System

The Inspire 3 features nine sensors, allowing for a strong omnidirectional sensing system capable of detecting obstacles in all directions and providing full protection during flight. For the first time, each of the four landing arms is equipped with a fisheye camera, preventing obstruction from the airframe when the landing gear is raised and allowing for horizontal obstacle detection when the landing gear is lowered.

Customisable Obstacle Sensing

The updated Inspire 3 now offers a customisable feature to enhance flight safety and allow for increased creative freedom. Users have the option to enable or disable horizontal, upward, and downward obstacle sensing, and can manually set an obstacle alert range according to their specific needs. Even without active avoidance, real-time distance to obstacles can be monitored on the navigation display, with audio alerts for obstacles within a predetermined range. This provides professional aerial teams with new opportunities to utilise more advanced camera techniques.

Ultra-Wide Night-Vision FPV Camera

Experience a new level of FPV with our 1/1.8-inch-sensor camera features a 3�m pixel size and ultra-wide DFOV of 161�, allowing for vivid and safe flying, even at night. Transmit live feeds at 1080p/60fps, with double the DFOV of its predecessor. Upgrade your aerial views now.

Tailormade 8K Sensor

Inspire 3 is equipped with a new 1/1.8-inch-sensor FPV camera with a 3�m pixel size, an ultra-wide DFOV of 161�, and the ability to transmit live feeds at up to 1080p/60fps. Compared to its predecessor, the DFOV is approximately doubled. This FPV camera delivers more impressive light-sensing capability, allowing pilots to observe their surroundings vividly and, even at night, and ensure greater levels of flight safety.

X9-8K Air's RAW sensor allows for stunning ultra-high-resolution aerial footage, capturing true-to-life textures and colours that impress even on larger screens. Benefit from the abundant space it provides for visual effects and colour grading, enhancing the overall quality of your footage.

The X9-8K Air can record in S&Q mode, allowing for internal recording of ProRes RAW video at full-frame 4K/120fps without any cropping. This feature offers a wide range of creative editing possibilities.

Dual Native ISO

The X9-8K Air can support dual native ISO for optimal performance. At full-frame 30fps and below, it offers the option of EI 800/4000, which is commonly used in film productions, as well as EI 320/1600, which is often used in commercial and television productions. This allows the X9-8K Air to capture stunning, highly detailed images with minimal noise, even in low-light settings such as cityscapes or beaches. This feature puts the X9-8K Air on the same level as professional ground-based cinema cameras, making it a top choice for industry experts.

14+ Stops of Dynamic Range

X9-8K Air covers 14+ stops of dynamic range, which captures rich highlight and shadow details in complex lighting scenarios like sunrises and sunsets. The high dynamic range brings more possibilities for post-editing, retaining genuine colours even after significant exposure adjustments.

DL Mount Lenses

Inheriting �s proprietary DL mount, X9-8K Air is compatible with an additional 18 mm F2.8 full-frame ultra-wide lens and a new telephoto lens (will be released at a later date) on top of the previous full-frame lens selections of DL 24/35/50 mm F2.8. All five lenses are custom-made for aerial cinematography. The housings are made of lightweight, monocoque carbon fibre, so the lightest lens weighs just 178 g, meeting Inspire 3's requirement for ultra-high manoeuvrability.

Cinema Color System (DCCS)

Building on 's mature colour science and technology, the Cinema Color System allows the X9-8K Air to retain authentic colours that redefine the look of aerial cinematography. This applies to natural settings and urban landscapes, and also accurately captures skin tones in different environments and lighting conditions. DCCS ensures effortless colour matching between X9-8K Air and ground-based cinema cameras such as Ronin 4D, delivering consistent colour style from air to ground to meet the needs of film-production post-editing workflows.

Multi-Camera Timecode Sync

Through the 3.5mm port on the aircraft, you can sync the timecode between equipment in the air and on the ground. When dealing with abundant footage from multiple cameras, timecode sync makes the editing process significantly more simplified and efficient.

RC Plus

Enhance your outdoor monitoring experience with the professional-level remote controller, the RC Plus, included with Inspire 3. Its 7-inch 1,200-nit high-bright screen and intuitive buttons and dials on the front, back, and top make operation fast and efficient. Customise button functions to fit your preferences and enjoy an extended operating time of up to 6 hours with the external WB37 battery and hot-swapping support. The new Pilot 2 app offers a cinema-grade monitoring interface, making it easy to check camera settings and monitor gimbal angles. For added comfort and efficiency during long use, this package also includes a strap and waist support.

Cinema-Grade O3 Pro Video Transmission

Inspire 3 is equipped with O3 Pro, �s latest cinema-grade video transmission system, which enables a max transmission distance of 15 km in single-control mode and 12 km in dual-control mode. Both the gimbal camera and FPV camera support 1080p/60fps live feeds and an ultra-low latency of 90 ms. [16] Compared to the Lightbridge video transmission system of Inspire 2, O3 Pro has taken a generational leap in transmission distance, latency, and overall stability.

For the first time, 4K/30fps live feeds are also supported with a max 5km transmission distance to meet the needs of UHD monitoring and live streaming on set.

Independent Links for Dual Control

Compared with its predecessor, the dual-control experience of Inspire 3 has been significantly upgraded. Two remote controllers can receive live feeds and control the drone independently, so the pilot and gimbal operator can be at different positions on set. This breaks Inspire 2's limitations of binding the primary and secondary control links.
If the pilot loses the aircraft signal, the gimbal operator is now able to take control of the aircraft to safely return home or land directly.

Supports High-Bright Remote Monitor

In addition to RC Plus, Inspire 3 also allows the use of the High-Bright Remote Monitor as a second remote controller. The remote monitor can pair directly with Inspire 3 to receive live feeds, and can even control the gimbal and focus when the Ronin 4D Hand Grips are attached. HDMI and SDI ports on the remote monitor can also output live feeds to other monitoring devices.

Supports Three-Channel Follow Focus

As a member of the PRO ecosystem, the new Three-Channel Follow Focus can transmit control signals to Inspire 3 via the O3 Pro transmission system (this requires a High-Bright Remote Monitor to act as an intermediary device). With Three-Channel Follow Focus, the focus puller can achieve accurate remote focus control and stepless aperture adjustments to deliver an integrated wireless monitoring and control experience.

Supports Master Wheels

When the High-Bright Remote Monitor is used as the intermediary for the PRO ecosystem, it allows for the control of Inspire 3's gimbal using Master Wheels. This provides cinematographers with a comparable gimbal control experience to that of the Ronin 2, meeting their operational preferences.

Supports Transmission

The new Transmission feature for Inspire 3 enables enhanced on-set monitoring capabilities. Simply connect an RC Plus to a Video Transmitter with Broadcast mode enabled, and live feeds can be instantly transmitted to multiple remote monitors for improved coordination efficiency.

Dual-Battery System

The new TB51 dual-battery system on Inspire 3 utilises advanced battery chemistry technology, enhancing reliability and performance. These batteries have a smaller, lighter design with higher voltage than TB50, providing a maximum flight time of 28 minutes. The redesigned battery release allows for hot swapping and continuous operation, while an auto-heating function ensures proper flight performance in temperatures as low as -20� C (-4� F) when the battery temperature falls below 18� C (64� F).

New Battery Charging Hub

The newly launched collapsible battery charging hub effectively balances charging speed with compactness, making it ideal for travel. It can fit up to eight batteries and can charge two to 90% in just 35 minutes using Fast mode. In just 160 minutes, all eight batteries can be fully charged. The included 65W USB-C port is also compatible with RC Plus charging.

PROSSD 1TB Included

The included PROSSD 1TB supports a max read speed of 900Mbps and the footage can be read on a computer directly through the provided USB-C to USB-C cable without the need for a card reader.

FAQ's

Does the Inspire 3 Combo come with any lenses?

The Inspire 3 Combo does not include lenses, but there is a selection of compatible DL lenses available for separate purchase. The following lenses are compatible:?DL 18 mm F2.8 ASPH Lens, DL 24 mm F2.8 LS ASPH Lens, DL 35 mm F2.8 LS ASPH Lens, and DL 50 mm F2.8 LS ASPH Lens.

What are the propellers that the Inspire 3 Combo can use?

The Inspire 3 Combo is compatible with both 1671 standard propellers and 1676 High-altitude propellers.

Can I use my Inspire 2 controller with the Inspire 3?

The Inspire 3 includes the RC Plus and is not compatible with the RC2 remote controller used for the Inspire 2.