Mavic Air 2 is better than a DJI FPV drone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- Buy the DJI FPV (sdp.io/fpv) or DJI Mavic Air 2 (sdp.io/MA2)
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Tony & Chelsea Northrup test and review the AMAZING new DJI FPV drone - capable of 4k/60 video, 85 MPH (we got it to about 100 MPH with a tail wind) and FLIPS! It's also capable of dramatic and frequent crashes. It's $1,300, but is it better than a much less expensive DJI Mavic Air 2? In some ways, yes, but in other ways, it's SHOCKINGLY bad. We test video quality, noise levels, stability, ease of control, and safety.
Testing that dive flip over a neighborhood was an absolutely genius Idea.
Ideal location
@Titan Julio 😂 sure
@Titan Julio Is this a variation of Albanian computer virus :D
😂
He should have tried it in his living room. He has high ceilings doesn't he?
The fact that the battery for the headset is separate is actually a really nice feature. It makes the headset lighter and you can easily swap batteries when you run out.
Lost a dji phantom 2+ years ago. Over a month later a friend in the neighborhood said he thought it was near the top of his neighbors tree. It was. After over a month in the elements(cold, rain and snow), put a battery in and flew just fine. Pretty crazy.
this was "How Not to use a Drone " and now we know why the laws have changed
Unfortunately accurate 😫
They should learn how to fly before putting out content, no offence to them but you're right. This is actually really amateur stuff they are doing and they can't even get that right.
@@multipreach2674 I think they can fly but showing off like that in the back yard is something else when you dont have control and when you say on TH-cam " I cant see where it is so im flying by the phone screan"
What happen to having to keep it in sight.
Anti-drone people could use this footage to make the laws harder quite easy
Lmao, so true they don't know what they are doing. The lady tried to close the drone the wrong way at the beginning of the video. I have the FPV drone from DJI. It is a tremendous drone with many features to protect you and the drone. I use it for filming as well. It does take some post edit work to get the props out of frame. Other then that, it has many other features to make up for it. Things that the maverick cant do like its speed
What laws did they break?
Tony & Chelsea Northrup:
"My equipment is better." 😏
"No, MY equipment is better." 😏
I understand why this marriage exists.
a little competition is healthy in a relationship
First time in years that I’ve seen Chelsea laugh so much.
I would tend to agree.
I might start a channel called FPV Daily Crash Compilations.
Already have it but it isn't dji till recently lol
5min on manual and "he's got skills" :) Like 5min with a camera and I'm a photo professional.
Fold the back arms first. SMH.
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Flying a GPS drone and flying an FPV drone are completely different. This is a great video to show not what to do. There’s a simulator for a reason.
All I see is anyone using the FPV drone is having fun.
@@Alongfortheride693 Until you fly a real fpv drone and realize how bad the DJI FPV stuff really is. Its - by far - the worst flying thing... and it costs 3-4x the price of any other fpv drone.
@@Lephro not to mention its underpowered, and very fragile.
@@Lephro so whats the best fpv drone?
@@Lephro They made it easy for people to get into it, this might create more professional stuff in the future.
@@JustTechGuyThings There is nothing easy about a DJI FPV Drone. It flys bad so its hard to learn and costs 3x the price. Nothing easy about it. Its a way to get into FPV, which i agree to, but nothing good or easy about the DJI FPV Drone... but honestly iam at a point where i dont care anymore... get yourself the worst FPV experience... pay for it 3x the price... as long people are happy with it xD xD xD
The conclusion of this video is: The best drones come from DJI
DJI makes good drones but if you want a racing miniquad. There is so much better out there.
maybe because all compaired drones are from dji. But only maybe
@@CraigWard or for cinematic videos, freestyle, racing, indoor racing best is still fpv drones. I have a mavic air 2 and only use it when I need a tripod in the sky. GoPro 9 on taycan gets way better videos than air 2 or dji “fpv”
@@jamietomas1550 But you first need to learn how to fly a drone dude! Most scenematic hobbyists can not. That's why DJI is so popular in the first place ^_^
@@MrSandor1968 my point was just that dji doesn’t make the best drones overall. They are expensive, hard and expensive to repair, super limited, and don’t have quite as good camera quality. Not even mentioning that you can’t use the skill from dji to learn to do anything else besides fly more drones from dji or competitors who also make parent mode drones. The best drone should be best in all categories. Get a li-ion battery on a long range fpv drone and you can still hit 30 minutes and miles of flying if you need to, add gps and now it can return to home if it has a fail safe or at the touch of a button. Name one thing that dji is better at besides being easy.
0:08 The Sound of Suffering 😂
Depends what you’re using it for. If it’s for racing, you can’t compare the two. I love my fpv drone
I have been watching these fpv footage and they are amazing. Photography is about showing people things they haven't seen so you really need to be in on it. It's definitely not easy which I would say a normal done is.
I think an Air 2S with goggles would be the winning ticket.
No fpv is better
I really enjoyed Chelsea beginning to fold the legs of the Air in the wrong order... which I do nearly every time as well.. even after hundreds of flights... ha!
I think you need them both. I know that starts getting a little pricey, the mavic is better for duration and photography but the FPV is probably more fun with it's high speed and high grade goggles. I find myself choosing to take the FPV whenever I go out flying. I still plan to keep the mavic though.
@azspotfree I'm actually wanting to get the fpv just for the goggles I feel like using the phone in the sun light is not so good..it would be my 1st drone do you think it's a good decision?
@@Jay-gc8vd from my experience I just bought the fpv by dji and it broke so fast(3 days) it’s a lot of money to break that fast. They gave me the option to refund it because it’s unfixable and get store credit. Im going to get the mavic air 2 this time around and take things slow and later on get a real fpv drone. Depends on your style of flying too. Fpv is fast and looks cool but has 20 min flight time. Mavic air 2 has 30 mins per battery and comes with flymore combo but you give up speed
@Actavis thanks for your input I actually got the s2 from B&H it came with the rc pro controller and fly more package for about $200 more the just the regular fly more package from Bestbuy. I'm very happy about my purchase!
@@Jay-gc8vd congratulations on your purchase 👏 hope you enjoy your drone. Fly safe brotha
What's the flight time?
Great video thank you very much who did you purchase the FPV from to replace the first one that crashed?
I currently have a controller and goggles and all I need is the actual FPV drone, batteries and accessories.
For that lighthouse shot, you could get an ordinary fpv drone, attach a insta 360 one x2 360 camera to it, and fly easily over the lighthouse. Then afterwards you can edit the 360 video were you keep the lighthouse in the frame. Perhaps there are even mounts for the Insta 360 one X2 for Mavic drones as well, if they can lift the insta 360 one x2.
Would be interesting if you could do a comparison, from a "videographer" point of view, comparing the DJI FPV drone, and a cheat drone with a Insta 360 One X2 camera on it.
Awesome video as always... Have you ever tried the stop/pause button in emergencies instead of flipping to sport and normal mode? It helped me a lot in bad manual flight situations. :)
I laughed out loud when he said the cinewhoop is quiet! I own the Cinebee that he was looking at, it's very loud.
I hade the same experience with an Mavic Pro (first version), flying autonomize in an wood landscape from an "sand pit". Didn't know that the ground were raising 10 meters. The result was an Mavic Pro stuck 75-100 meters above the bottom of the sandpit... Tried for 15 minutes to get it down (until the battery went out)
Dji app made it easy to find the aproximatly position and alo was able to locate it with the ound of the props) but i didn't get it down.
Wrote it of mentaly and planning on looking for a new one.
A friend asked me a few weeks later if i had found it since it had been stormy.
Went out (had GPS tagged the position and 2 trees away it was laying in the moss. I thought that it at least should have brooken an arm and it looked like it had BUT it turned out that it had just folded it in during the fall. The only small obvious error was one of the landinglegs (hidding the GPS antenna) were broken....
Took it home tried it.. Works perfectly after a few weeks in the frezzing chilling sweedish winter/spring.
That drone screaming in the intro freaked me out 😂😂
I wonder if you can help, I was out walking few weeks back and found a mavic air 2, I stayed at the location with it for about an hour waiting for whoever owns it to find it but no-one came so I brought it home and reported the location to the police. Is there anyway of locating the owner or failing that resetting the drone. Thanks
What did you guys use to catch the footage when you were in the car and how? I was thinking possibly the air2 ✌
Using the vistas and air units you need to change it to 5.8g and might be a good idea to get a set of LHCP or patch antennas for 5.8g
the dual band antennas might not perform as good. As of now the controller that comes with the fpv drone doesn’t bind to the vistas or air units. We’ll see what they come out with next, but real cool that your getting into FPV.
134bpm TONY! That’s where I am 5 miles into a run!! 🏃♂️😂
You should do a review of the Litchi. It has the FPV mode with 3d googles for a smartphone. I use it with the Mavic air 2 in sport/ FPV mode.
We've been trying to contact you regarding your drone extended warranty for quite some time now, this will be our final attempt to try to reach you
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"Imagine it was your beautiful child"
Your show is getting better and better 😂
Thank you for making me laugh!
I loved the quality of this video. Great job folks..much appreciate your effort:)
Why is your air 2 footage stuttering?
I think they've recorded at the wrong frame rate.
@@frankfernandes5 Most probably or it may also be a rendering flaw. Which ever it is, you would expect more polished results from such pro's.
@@nasidctg fucking unacceptable. I pay good money for this content!
@@freakinpro more than that. You are giving them the most valuable thing there is. Time.
A well done production. Light hearted especially with the banter but good quality. Ok, the hoops test seemed like they were a bit ambitious with the width. Look forward to what they do with a Cinewhoop.
You should do an FPV collab with Potato Jet! He's a boss with those drones!
Thanks for sharing! It's great to know the fpv is really challenge to shoot good cinematic shots
What about smart controller instead of the phone? Would that help with the latency?
Switching to sport/normal is the wrong way to "stop the sim". In those modes it will still read stick positions and try to fly by your command, and sport doesn't even do obstacle slowing except for ground contact. Alternatively, you have the brake trigger on the left which does the following: ignores stick position, freezes position, hovers, and enters normal mode. Push that button as soon as you think "oh shit" and you're saved. It's really fast. I've used it hundreds of times without a problem. The motor-stop trigger is on the right. So in manual mode up high you should cover the brake trigger, when low you should cover both brake and motor-stop.
This is my first drone and I really like it. The three modes, attitude limits, coordinated turn options, and brake button give me a really gentle stepwise learning curve. I'm practicing in both the sim and the drone and getting better at manual mode. I think I'll always enjoy normal mode in gusty wind because it's purely GPS track. Sport mode does station keeping with neutral sticks but will drift in crosswind as soon as it's moving. These varying levels of automation really improve the flying experience.
I used that FAA course and I passed the test on my first try. Thanks for the great info.
Simple compact drone :
-folds it wrong
Me: yes it would have been simple 😂😅bruh
Can you fly the Air with the goggles?
Thanks so much for this video! You pointed out some possible concerns that I had not considered.
Completely unrelated question....I noticed that your glasses have that purple/blue reflection. Not sure how long you've had them, but have you noticed an issue with significant blue color being removed? I recently watched a few videos about the newer anti-reflective coatings and how many of them include this blue-light blocking feature. It appears to mess with color grading since it's blocking/reflecting part of the spectrum. That and how the whole blue light stuff is actually a scam...supposedly. I'm inclined to believe that it is a scam when it comes to health benefits, but for cutting haze and things like that when outside I agree they are helpful.
Back to the drones. Yeah, the FPV is kinda cool. Not practical for me since I'm a solo flyer. It'd be fun to get into the racing stuff with FPV in general.
Fantastic review! Overall how effective is the simulator when learning to fly?
i don't think they ever did
@@bigbolasmfnamedtravis7812 I don’t think you watched the video. They showed the SIM. Lol.
Hello and congratulation for the video. How did you enable the low latency mode on air2 ?
Great video! Found this as I was feeling anxious about flying mine in manual mode. Waiting for those manual lesson videos
I'm very interested in your next drone ,if you could show the whole process
How do you get the video from your drone to your computer if you have a micro sd chip? Btw I used your videos to study for the part 107 test and I got an 87%!Thanks man!!
USB card reader from pretty much any store selling electronics and/or digital cameras.
Plug the reader into the computer, put the SD card in the slot on the reader and from there it works like any other USB storage device.
I haven't been back for a while, but this was so much fun!
fpv is so fun! and a great tool! your a lil missinformed on the noise level of cinewhoops but youll see or hear that soon enough! i highly recommend the beta x95hd and the I flight protek 25 or 35
I thought you could use the pause/stop button - does that not work in manual mode??
I have a couple of Align M470 quads (2015 electronics) that weigh 5 lbs each without the batteries. One day I accidently flipped the "return home" switch when I laid down the transmitter to adjust the gain via my cell phone. When it got about 60' away it armed and took off. Since it had no FPV or screen I had no idea where home was, I'm guessing it was returning home to Taiwan. I managed to gain partial control and ground it, hitting a chain link fence at about 45 mph. If that would have hit a house, a person or gone through a window it would not be good. I no longer fly those quads, I don't trust them and they can do too much damage.
That was a lot of fun to watch!
thanks for the perfect video! i was on the fence which drone should i buy and i decided now!
Great video and well tested great .
Thank you as you have made my mind up to get air2s.
What drone simulator were you using?
nice . what did you use for the obstacle course,, were those hoola hoops ?
Yeah
That's amazing how well it stood up to a week in the elements. I got the air2 but I'm thinking about the fpv. I'm probably going to wait till they come out with a fpv2. Usually the second version is better and more battery's
I think what you're supposed to do if you go out of control is to hit the "panic button", as opposed to putting it in N mode. I believe DJI calls this the "Emergency Brake and Hover" button, and it has the universal "pause" symbol on it. This still might not have saved the drone from crashing, but it's designed to bring the drone to an immediate stop.
It was about to say. Going into sport mode is the *very* slow version of this. The panic button is meant to stop the drone within a second, while entering sport takes like 4 seconds.
Agree. However inverted even a computer program is at the mercy of Newton’s law. Keep in mind it was dropping incredibly fast. If it didn’t hit the top of the tree it may have recovered in time. A lot happens in 1 second. Finding a extremely large empty field is ideal but near impossible today for the average person especially in bigger cities. Ahhhh. Back in the day. Note did initially practice in an open field but then felt confident to try in another location.
Thank you for your revew. Quite usefull. I still remain with my Mavic Mini 1 and Fimi X8 mini. I love them. But, tempted for the DJI FPV aswel. Not sure if new european regulations allow this drone to be flown legally. I will check about it.
Those cinewhoops are louder than any other drone rn lol
You should have press the emergency stop button, instead of switching back to sport mode. Pilot error :D
You have the head set and controller there are several fpv drones with the dji fpv system for around 500 bux you can get a race drone that pairs right to your equipment. Now that you have tried the DJI fpv drone there is no racing or stunts fpv drone that will provide as clear of an image without glitches or scratchy feed. The fpv air unit is the way. I also recommend learning how to set the Drone using betaflight. The presets are okay but you may want to adjust them.
It’s a love hate relationship with DJI care refresh for me ! I lost £800 from a salt water crash, literally a 2 second dip after my mavic air 2 lost altitude flying forward 5ft off the ground ! Lesson learned, I’m back in the air now ! Stay safe, great video.
Is the mavic video choppy or is it just my browser?
@3:05 “ok BIG SHOT”
I heard something totally different at first and was like dam tony that’s harsh
Guys, what kind of camera you guys used to film the video? It looks awesome!!! Thanks
The picture quality was the best I have seen anywhere!
What camera are you using?
A7s3
Tony is starting new trends of a Dutch Angle with video
How can someone do do/locate the simulator???
I recommend the Diatone Taycan HD and you can put an Insta360 camera on it and get some amazing videos.
And I recommend a cheap Tinywhoop with prop guards and a good simulator and a lot of batteries and flying sessions. And a good repair kit. And betaflight tutorials. That's how it all starts, no way around it...
Probably the best video comparing these 2 drones. Answered all my questions.
note to self, don't lend you guys my drone. lol
Flew mine into a tower on my property @ about 75 MPH tower won. Off topic but not sure where to get help on this. I need to get my GPS data from my Mavic Air2 to show up on my photos in light room. Can not find any info on this. Can you point me in a direction. Hopefully away from my tower LOL
There are a lot of nice aftermarket hoods and shades to use with your controller, and you can use a larger device like an Ipad vs phone. Also you can buy a dedicated controller, which is probably brighter and bigger than an Iphone, but the shade, or hood is still critical for the best viewing if you don't want to go full BUG. Databyter
The heart rate monitor was a great and funny idea!
Can you use the cinewhoop with wind?
Shendrone Squirt V2, build in a DJI air or Vista unit, Crossfire reciever, Tango 2 transmitter, nice action cam and your good to go.
Such a fun, yet informative vid! Thanks!
Really fun video. Somewhere I actually have a Mavic 2 Zoom that I bought years ago and never used because I was working 6 days a week at the time. But watching this I am reinspired to find my drone, and learn how to use it. Then I'll fall down the rabbit hole of editing video footage. I don't even know what programs people use to color contrast and edit video these days. Databyter
Try some Avegant Glyphs with the dji controller on the Air 2, they are perfect. Line of sight plus faultless video.
I think it's quite pointless to compare a potentially acro drone with a pure cinematic one. Also, the DJI FPV drone is everything but durable. There's a lot of misunderstanding around the FPV drone, but one thing is sure to me: you need to be an FPV acro pilot to fly the FPV drone. If you're buying it just to keep it in normal or sport mode, then use that money to buy an air or even a mini. If you want to enable what they call the "manual mode" (acro) you need a lot of practice to avoid crashing - and again, that drone is not forgiving *at all* , a single hit against a tree can easily break an arm.
Your insurance company probably would decline your applications after watching this video
Why did you switch the drone back to "Sport"? There is an extra "Pause" button
iFlight Protec 35 is what you are looking for I feel. You can get the 25 but you can’t use a full size go pro.
If u you want something silent u will need a really small whoop like 90/120mm quad with 3s batterys. Then for record on 2.7k/4k u will need a GoPro hero 6 naked + realsteady GO
This big cinewhoop u show are really loud but they can carry a hero 9 without have to make it naked or use realsteady for stabilisation
That was FUN!
😂🤣😂🤣You guys are hilarious af🙌🏽 I love this video“ we both went into halftime with injuries “ 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
11:36 That roast made me laugh!
You can change the settings to electronically correct the roll horizon in the video so it’s level. So you win the cinematic point cause you didn’t know you could do that.
Definitely buy a 5” too if you want to do acrobatics, cinewhoops fly like a bus in the air. Which is great for filming! But your lighthouse inverted flip, a 5” would be better.
He'd still crashed. He prob stayed on the throttle when inverted.
@@divingfalconfpv4602 I mean everyone crashes, it's a part of the hobby. Live and learn.
"sounds like an STI" lmao was not expecting that
How does the Air 2 handle strong winds?
The rabbit hole of FPV goes pretty deep Tony, I hope you're prepared! I'd recommend the Liftoff simulator by the way, it's the best one I've used and you can connect most transmitters to it (if you're getting a Cinewhoop, you'll need to get the other square DJI controller anyways, as the new gamepad DJI controller you have only works with the DJI FPV drone, currently). After MANY hours in Liftoff, I can fly like a pro pilot doing crazy maneuvers, and those skills transfer to the real world. Although note that for the crazy acrobatic shots you might want, a cinewhoop with ducted props will handle quite poorly. They're good for cinematic cruising shots, but a standard 5 inch quad (without prop guards) will perform better for more acrobatic shots. Check out the iFlight Cidora SL5 HD or the Diatone Roma F5 HD. Those two are probably the best value 5 inch bind & fly drones on the market right now.
Thanks good info!
Insurance isn't going to do you much good, if a prop grazes someone's eye. I saw this happen on a birthday party - a tiny drone took out the birthday kid's right eye, when some relative launched that birthday present in the hallway and had no clue how to fly it. When you're doing these escapades, you should wear some solid polycarbonate safety glasses! A fencer's scar is a lot better than a missing eye.
You can connect goggles,to 3rd party hd drones.but the fpv controller isn't compatible with the caddx vista or air module,that BTW dji just stopped supporting/supplying.youll be needing 3ŕd party controller or get a dji controller from somewhere other than dji,about£300/$400 .
The smart controller, for the mavic air 2 is awesome. You can see in the sun.
People people, there are many drones / quads out there doing what they're good at! DJI makes these like camera platforms that anyone can fly. Easy and safe. And now they widened there envelope, with making one with good quality video / photo footage and also with fun flying capabilities and an extra fun flying controller. That's just icing on the cake! Just more flying enjoyment. That's a good thing!
Footage from these types of drones from various rally or drift championships is incredible. Like seeing your favourite team blasting through dunes in Dakar from that perspective is really something else.
the heart rate while flying is very relatable LOL
Wow glad to see you guys again i used to watch you for cameras.