Not all drones are made equal. Although it’s natural to assume that most models are essentially the same when so many consumer drones blur the line between professional and consumer operation, some models are aimed purely at specialist professionals. The Autel EVO Max 4T is an enterprise drone designed for use by emergency services, search & rescue and mapping/surveying. It looks similar to medium-size consumer models with a folding design and can capture photos and videos using three cameras: a wide-angle, a zoom and a thermal camera alongside a Laser Rangefinder for providing coordinates of a defined point.
I’ve flown and reviewed most of the consumer drones released in the past 10 years, alongside the high-end DJI Inspire 3, but I have to confess that when I had my first test flight with the Max 4T I was a little intimated. Sure, it flies like any other camera drone and getting it up and into the air to capture photos and videos was easy enough, but it was just the sheer amount of options available on the huge smart controller that made it appear much more complicated than it is.
