2024-04-28 11:00:00
Trying an FPV drone for the first time is a pretty crazy thing. If putting on a VR headset and being transported into digital reality is also a very special experience, the FPV experience is even more brutal because you are constantly aware of looking through the drone’s camera lens.
But you don’t have to look far online to immediately realize how amazing footage even the most experienced pilots can achieve with a recording mechanism so close to reality, such as footage captured with drones like Avata and Avata 2 from DJI. The idea is simple: because the drone responds a little more directly to the way your head moves with the headset on, what it sees and what you record becomes something closer to the way a bird flies. It becomes more realistic and less…well, camera-like.
This imagination makes the Avata 2 very real, for example, and while there are some sacrifices here compared to the more traditional drones we actively use to film several times a week, the compromises are much less thanks to a number key improvements.
We’re actually talking about a package that includes three new products from DJI, the new Goggles 3, the RC Motion 3 controller and the drone itself, the Avata 2. The first is probably the most important upgrade. The headset now has two 1080p microOLED panels with pass-through functionality on the right side that activates in just two clicks, so you can orient yourself instantly even while wearing the headset and even be able to go wireless at the same time. on the human machine and the camera on the headset, see that, thanks to PiP. Not only that, but it’s surprisingly comfortable to wear, stores easily, and takes off in an instant.
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The drone itself has improved battery life and is now capable of flying for 23 minutes, which doesn’t sound like much, but it’s a huge improvement over the original Avata. Additionally, the maximum range is now 13 kilometers, and although it has not yet been field tested, during testing the range was not an obstacle at all.
The new camera lens is also a major improvement. It’s now a 12-megapixel 1/1.3-inch sensor, and perhaps more importantly, the field of view is 155 degrees, meaning the image is quite wide, offering the fisheye effect crucial for FPV images. Now, almost for the first time on an FPV drone, it records at 16fps in 4:60 or 4:3, but if you go for 120K you can achieve 2.7fps. This is DJI’s RockSteady 3.0 EiS, and it maintains a pretty clean balance in its images, not once lacking in quality from the lens itself during testing.
There’s 46GB of internal space, which is actually pretty good, especially since DJI has offered much less space in the past, but there’s still a microSD, which of course means you can expand the space yourself.
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It must be said that for an FPV novice like me, it takes time to learn the unique operating mode that combines head movement feedback and controller inputs to fully navigate the drone. But once you click, you’ll get truly excellent images, more natural than almost any other drone can produce. The Goggles 3’s new O4 drivetrain delivers crisp power directly to the drone, and intuitive controls add a whole new dimension to drone photography. It’s just…well, more interesting. It’s also safer to use than before, thanks to built-in propeller guards that protect the propeller itself from damage, and Turtle Mode that allows it to reposition itself if a drone lands on its back. He’s a drone that’s almost destined to go wrong, and he accepts it.
The DJI Avata 2 proves how far DJI has come in recent years, and while FPV flight is still an acquired taste, pre-orders are fewer than ever.
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