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DronesCargo delivery drone

DJI FlyCart

by DJI

The FlyCart 30 is a large cargo drone from Chinese drone maker DJI. It can carry about 30 kg and can lower loads on a winch, for jobs such as moving goods up mountains, offshore or in rescues. DroneDJ, 10 Jan 2024

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Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it
Evidence
Independently reported
Human help
Not disclosed
Last milestone
7 Oct 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today
Sold in China since August 2023 and worldwide since January 2024. In the US, new DJI models cannot get the approval needed for sale since December 2025. Reuters via Yahoo News, 23 Dec 2025
Published price
About $17,000 in China (FlyCart 30) as of 18 Jan 2024 FreightWaves, 18 Jan 2024
Human help
The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

  1. 5

    Regulator-cleared or mass market

    A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

  2. 4

    Paying customersThis robot

    Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

    Placed by: The FlyCart 100 went on sale around the world, but DJI said it would not be sold in the US for the time being (11 Dec 2025); DJI put the FlyCart 30 on sale worldwide. To fly in the US it would still need an FAA type certificate or an exemption (Jan 2024).

  3. 3

    Pilot

    Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

  4. 2

    Pre-orders

    Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

  5. 1

    Demo only

    Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. We did not find confirmed FlyCart delivery customers or US commercial FlyCart operations. DJI's Ninth Circuit appeal was still pending in the sources we found.