Ken - if you pop the rear cover off the controller behind the throttle stick you can remove the spring tension that is centering the spring for normal/sport modes, and instead get a normal, unsprung throttle style stick like normal FPV uses. This is by design, and many DJI controllers have these sort of adjustments under the grips.
@@dangerous8333 what an incredibly stupid, and pointless comment. You must have a really sad amount of free time if you go around replying to days old comments with unhelpful and uninformed opinions. You're the left handed ratchet in the internet toolbox chief.
@@mikeshivvers5461 he just pile drived it into the ground, complete pilot error and blames dji. puts an un-formatted sd card in it (likely) and blames dji for no recording. stands between a giant concrete building and right next to a metal container with standard omni antennas and blames dji for bad reception.
There's a reason that this thing is not advertised as a "quad". It's because it's not supposed to be. It's a hybrid meant to teach pilots who want to dip their toes into FPV. Don't treat it as a quad and your golden. I for one enjoy flying this for recreation and videography. No hate!
but any drone is a quad; quad is just short for quadcopter if it has 4 blades its a quad. it looks like in acro it can do nice videography but it will teach you very bad habbits
Do you know what quad means doofus? As in quadcopter? That's exactly what this is, Einstein. And that's exactly how they've been marketing it, Einstein. If you want to dip your toe into fpv, get a simulator and an inexpensive quad and just go out and do it. Good grief, I've only been flying for six months and I'm already ripping it.
@@dangerous8333 What I meant to say is that "quads" are generally considered as FPV. This one's a drone, as in a Mavic drone. I've never heard of a Mavic quad or had this labelled as the DJI FPV quad. And yes I do know the difference between a drone and a quad you wet spot.
People need to understand something. Dji is about having people that doesn't know shit about fpv flying, to buy a fly fpv from them. Simple. We all know a homemade quad is way better than the dji.. but this is a plug and play system. People will buy it, People will fly it, even if it's the first time flying rc in their life
Kudos to Ken, you give a great demonstration for the importance of having a "vocal" visual observer onboard when one flies FPV. You gave good "call-outs" to the PIC. It's also nice having someone (your VO) covering your six...
Hi Ken, I'm not a DJI fan, but some fact checking of the FPV manual: 1) All DJI drones must have video recording halted before turning off, or there will be no saved video. 2) DJI FPV must be put into NORMAL mode prior to landing. You did not land in the video, you hit the ground. I'm sorry it was damaged, and hope someone will cook up some more crashworthy landing gear for it. Clearly this in not a drone the FPV crowd will welcome, but it is still the drone many people are waiting for. But not necessarily you. Hope DJI warranty fixes you up quick.
For those that may care the arms do not come with motors like other DJI consumer drones. You have to buy the motors separate which is actually a plus like you said. You are actually supposed to change the throttle control to have no rebound via 2 small screws that you tighten down. The battery is way to expensive for a freestyle drone. It is too fragile for FPV freestyle. It is perfect for cinematic chasing. It is perfect for learning FPV with being able to slowly turn of the safety features and modes until you get to full manual. It is terrible at proximity flying because it is Fra-gee-lay
I LOVE ALL THE HATE in the comments.....which are all from NON-FPVers, so basically carry NO weight in knowing WTF they are talking about. Thank you for this review. For the haters: Comments on Poor signal - you obviously haven't seen Ken fly here before with a proper Kwad. Never had an issue with those, yet this one does. That's a point against it. Comments on the small bump - For a GPS drone, yeah sure, that was hard. For Kwads, we hit things MUCH harder and they keep going. Another point against it. Batteries are overpriced, sure the flight time is a little longer but not 8x more which is how much more they cost than typical lipos Repairs are questionable and a lot that DJI is not admitting to yet. The word FPV also carries the implication of durability which this drone does not have. DJI could have easily given this drone a carbon fiber frame, but they went with plastic. Final death point against it This might be a gateway drug into FPV....but highly unlikely
From the perspective of someone that only flies freestyle FPV drones, I've never flown a GPS drone at all. For me, I'd be VERY apprehensive of something like this - while it can FPV and it can GPS, but it doesn't really do either that well. However, my dad has seen me fly and wants to get into FPV but wants training wheels so he doesn't have to solder every time he's on the field. Something like this is absolutely perfect for him. He bought one last year and has been flying it periodically since then to get the feel for and concepts down for flying FPV. Now, he hasn't tried acro yet, so the drone is still completely intact with the same set of props, but he's significantly more comfortable flying and understanding the controls with goggles on. I think he is the perfect example of someone who SHOULD buy the potato.
Have you priced out a similar fpv drone with similar capabilities?! It's comparable, minus no gps, safety features, and other dji things. Yes not made for mavic mini owners😂
@@ChrisParayno fpv drone with gps and return to home and dji is like $300 to $350 . Then add goggles $569. Transmitter $159 but u can use that transmitter on every other quad. So it's basically the same price. Except don't need new transmitter for every drone. Also if you crash and break an arm on fpv drone it's like ,$5 to replace. Not the $35 -$50 like on dji fpv .. save money there
@@ChrisParayno this review is pointless in my opinion .. personally I’ve been wanting to fly fpv for as long as it’s been around .. this drone ticks all my box’s .. It costs the same as my first mavic .. I don’t see price as a drawback to anybody wanting one . Things cost money , that’s life .
@@dangerous8333 I didn't mean "do folks who suck at flying crash a hell of a lot?" I meant to say, "Do folks out here who know how to fly generally crash a hell of a lot?" I fly LOS on toys as well as on the Mavic 2 Zoom and never experienced a serious setback through a crash after years and hundreds of hours unless I was drunk or deliberately reckless. Folks should probably fly more carefully, Ken being the chief example.
@@dangerous8333 I'm noticing a ton of so-called FPV experts absolutely botching their reviews by fucking up these drones, looks like DJI is revealing the lack of finesse that even experienced content creators have with their machines. One of the drawbacks of analog fpv.
Going against the grain here but I bought the DJI FPV drone combo the morning of the 2nd from Best Buy and I absolutely, love it. It totally rips, the picture quality and range is amazing. I love being able to do flips and barrel rolls as well as have the normal DJI easy flight modes. Of my three DJI drones, The Mavic 2, Mavic Air 2 and the DJI FPV, my favorite is the DJI DPV drone. As far as cost goes, I've spend hundreds willingly on Tiny Hawk 2's, Tiny Hawk Freestyle 2's, Scimitar 215, and a bunch of other racing drones that aren't anywhere near as capable as the DJI FPV drone but they are still fun. To say this thing isn't good is so far off. I imagine the reviewers are probably trying to save face for the other FPV drone manufacturers who are likely worried about DJI taking the majority of their business. I believe Storm offers a drone with similar capabilities but it's $600 before upgrades (and just for the drone) so this thing is in line price wise. Going to say it again, I love it. If you have the funds, I highly recommend picking one up....
Yeah yeah whatever either your in denial or have never flown a well setup fpv drone. literally it looks like the drone has escs without motor braking the propwash is so bad.
@@MrStevegibb You're in denial lol. This drone is meant for those of us who don't fly FPV so obviously that's the idea we have never flown a "well setup FPV drone" I have no desire to go full traditional FPV, I have too many hobbies as it is, this will allow people to do that without all the extra bloat
People need to understand, There are now 3 classes of quads. True fpv quads, mavic style drones, and now this hybrid model. It is not intended to be a basher like the ones we build from carbon fiber. It is purely an introduction to fpv made safer if done right.
It's not stupid, it's very intelligent. They also sell all the breakable parts. It's genius!!! Millions in cash flow guaranteed. They know their market
@@DronoTron Dude your way to Senegal to automatically jump to the assumption that they purposely designed a flaw in their quad copter just to have people buy replacement parts is crazy for you to make that assumption so quickly. Now in the future after research is done if that theory is proven than great but for you to just throw out that assumption is a bit rashHumans are uniquely flawed and they could’ve just made an error I’m sure there are things that you do wrong that you do not do intentionally.
@@paulbelletiere without question there'll be after-market parts developed for this by third-parties, for example a carbon battery cap to replace the existing 'inbuilt' landing gear on the battery, to help against shock landings.
Yeah I agree, maybe they'll work on a redesign an let you switch out your quad,just pay Shipping maybe, wishful thinking anyway, if they were wanting to make one of these,then why not take advice from people who actually fly fpv an get there insight hands on,I think the frame would've came out with a much better design an better place for the battery compartment
@@KenHeron hey Ken don't mean a stupid question but I didn't see you guys fly in fully unlock manual mode. Another guy did a review and had to use a screw driver to unlock the sticks and change other settings
@@ChrisCrossingWires1212 you don't have to unlock the sticks to have full manual/acro and he wouldn't have been able to dive like he did without the attitude off
@@astro8062 you can it will give you almost full experience but full manual gives you even more speed and more attitude and you loosen the sticks for no spring. I guarantee people will think their in full and their not. Ken probably knew that ijs I didn't
RTFM, you can adjust the left stick so that it does not spring to the middle, when switching to manual mode, you have to center the right stick and lower the left one, as shown IN THE GOGGLES. As for the auto-land, it was caused by the battery impact, nice safety feature that it lands if it detects damage, but truly a design flaw to have the battery and antenas be the first things that hit the ground. when you go around a massive concrete wall, it'll prevent wireless transmission, an analog FPV quad would likely have lost any transmission and the goggles would have completely blanked. You likely lost footage from the first flight because you shut down the battery without stopping the recording.
Love the honesty. When I heard this fpv drone was coming out after I had just got mini 2, I was worried I purchased too soon. This video put my stress at ease as you made it clear the flaws of the fpv drone, id imagine the second version of it will be breathtaking though.
You can change the controll from normal to fpv "mode" there are screws on the back of the controller so that the right side of the controller can stay in the fixed position like a normal fpv drone controller
You're complete honesty was very refreshing Ken. Thank you for such a great review. I fly FPV and have no interest in adding this to my fleet lol but I was very curious on what it would be. This summed it up greatly sir
Thanks for an honest review. I'll think twice before buying this thing. We're used to DJI drones being really well built but this one seems to stand out.
Good to watch Ken, just a thought - I noticed the error during your Goggle view "Country Code Not Updated" and because of that I wonder if your quad was flying in CE mode instead of FCC seen as that setting determines the transmission power, hence why you had reduced signal compared to your buddy? Also, the spring tension on the throttle can be removed completely, see Bardwell's video at 15:44 minutes in.
@@JoshuaBardwell true, but on the other hand it also stops the minority incompetent drone operators in Europe from taking their drones too far out of LOS, that's a positive. In addition, in this instance, there was a bloody massive concrete object in the way which will have drastically reduced range :)
Thank you Ken for not perpetuating the hype train and giving us honest feedback from a legit FPV enthusiast such as yourself. I call this drone the jack of multiple traits, but master of none. There are far better options on both paths, and this drone doesn’t seem to be any better than any Cinematic drones at that price point or a great home brew drone for that price as well. Thank you for not being a TH-cam shill like many other are.
Hey Ken, Thanks for the honest review. Here in Australia this drone is starts for AUD$1099 and that's the drone and battery only, for AUD$2099 you get drone, goggles V2 and controller. Not sure if I like the style, but you have saved me spending $2100, especially if the battery is as Fragile as you showed in the review. The other draw back, CASA (Australian version of the FAA) is still operating in the late 17th century. We can only fly FPV at certified model aero clubs, oh and night flying only if you are licenced and operating under a companies ReOC which has night flying exclusion. Hopefully one day CASA will catch up with the FAA PS: if you know anyone who has a dji fpv and wants to give it away, gifts are always appreciated 😀😀😀😀
Thanks Ken for your honest review. I ordered one for £1300, flymore £260, motion controller £160, refresh £190 = £1910.00 Then woke up next day and cancelled after watching this. Thanks, close shave😅. I'll wait a bit and stick to my Mini2 (after selling a M2Pro I didn't really utilise) 👍
This is an extremely honest review. However, I still bought it simply because it is easy to fly. I don't need to really know anything except how to fly a Mavic of which I have no experience. I don't intend on racing or going through obstacles and I want that clear immersive experience from the goggles. I've watched analog FPV from someone else flying it and it was like watching a bootleg VHS tape. I also want the DJI experience that I am accustomed, too, no frills and no tinkering needed. If I crash, so be it. But I bought those arm braces just in case, too. I guess I'll be smart enough to not go through doors or diving into silos at least until I'm ready both skill and money-wise.
@@safarijam1360 "Pretty tame crash" Would that be like a "Pretty tame car crash," where you bend or break or scrape part of your car and need to send it in for repairs? Fly better if you don't want to break your stuff. Ken and other YT'ers have embarrassed themselves in this way and learned from it already. I've been flying this DJI FPV for days now after no history of flying FPV with no problems or crashes.
I love your honest videos! Everybody else talks about how good it is and stuff but you talk about both the negative and positive sides. I like that! Keep on going Ken!
Hey Ken, long time no see! Just wanted to say that we greatly appreciate your honesty in this video. Your cool points just went up at least +2 for that reason alone. Sorry about your experience with yours, but THANK YOU for also telling people this is not a good first drone. We should have all bought stock in those batteries!!
Dji 3 biggest mistakes with the fpv drone : 1. Made it over 250 grams. 2. Easy to break with no prop guards for beginners. 3. No 3 axis gimbal and has props in shot. They really missed the mark on this one ☝️!
I don't agree with Ken about this drone being a piece of sh*t, but I definitely agree the DJI FPV isn't a good choice for a first drone. I'd go with the DJI Mini 2 with the Fly More bundle. It's only 249 grams so you don't have to register the drone with the FAA and it's really easy to use.
thanks for this review Ken, it's good to see the down sides to an FPV setup as well as the up sides. the connection issues are more of a concern to me than the mishap that led to the battery failure. to supplement this video, could you be so kind and do one about how far the thing can go from the controller before it loses contact or at least complete control? i have a phantom 4 pro plus and have had it go up to 3km for yucks and think it could of very well gone further before it lost control, however i do have to add that i still had line of sight and was operating from a hilltop. this would be a great addition to the phantom4 for doing some up close and personal shots of various subjects.
Thank Ken, for your honest review. What's sad is a bunch of big name TH-camrs made some kiss butt reviews on the drone where as you are completely honest. At least your nose isn't as brown as theirs and you have experience in FPV.
Thank you Ken,you have my vote,you seem to be one of very few people on TH-cam that is telling the real truth about this new Drone. DJI do what you do best CAMERA DRONES not FPV drones. Thanks again for your honesty.
I've seen a few vids where fpv guys are saying similar to you Ken, "great tool great tech but not a great fpv drone you're better building your own" thing is i dont have the time or frankly the want to learn all the shit that goes with building an fpv quad much the same way I don't want to build my own PC i want it to work out the box, same with this drone i know it'll work straight out the box so that easy point of entry totally exceeds the hit on power or manoeuvrability compared to a traditional build quad, i fly a Mavic Air 2 so im sure the 'Acro Mode' on the DJI fpv will be plenty for me, once i work my way up to that skill level so im all in on this drone and i think im the target audience for this drone, people that fly Mavics and the like but want to taste fpv but dont want all the hassle that goes with it this is the point of entry, and if it leads me and others down the fpv rabbit hole and eventually into building our own quads then its a win for the industry as a hole, thats my view anyway, love your video's btw 👍
I can never understand the reasoning/relation with FPV and building your own drone for it. There are a number of pre-built FPV drones and many sub 250g ones nowadays. Flying a FPV drone itself is not hard once you learned it. It's all good that if more people are interested in this category of drones, there will be more to choose from in the future.
@@skylers1144 agreed, its the mix of everything that this dji fpv offers in term's of range picture quality and safety features that you don't get with traditional fpv thats what has me interested.
It's like how people used to build everything from their own guns to their own cookware to their own radio receivers. Industrial tech, manufacturing, and user design always takes over when demand is there
I have no problem also, it is a great drone/FPV. I only use it for the sport mode and fast cinamatic shots. And with the FCC hack in the EU it is awesome.
Finally an honest review, Thank you! My thought's were just: "If I break it (and I will) how could I repair it?" And the answer is send it to DJi and wait for the repair in my country that can take 1-2 months or even more.
You have to have some of the best reviews on TH-cam. I just loved this one. Not only for the invaluable practical sense, but your added, natural sense of humor value on here is just great. Thanks for making, processing, and sharing. Sorry bout that damned battery! PS... that art on the grain mill is amazing!!
What channels do you watch! LMFAO 🤣 Every channel that actually matters in the fpv community hates this thing. You must follow marketing channels mainly.
Hay Ken I have always love you video’s. Your content is always informative and fun to watch. I have been a subscriber to you channel for a long time and will definitely continue. I have to say as a hobbyist and having owned every DJI consumer drone with the exception of the Inspire 2 And now the new FPV my first impression of this drone is an absolute blast to fly. Now I have to say I’m no big time fpv pilot I just love flying and spending an afternoon enjoying the freedom of flight . I hope people don’t just take one review and then base there decision not to buy on that negative review. I just want to say this is a well thought out designed drone intended to be a stepping tool to be used smartly and safety. Be conservative in your first steps no tree hopping or very low ground maneuvers fly in open area’s and you will be able to enjoy your investment and the hobby for many flights. Thanks again Ken for your very informative channel keep up the great work.
Well dang, thanks for the honesty Ken. Lol looks like dji is capitalizing on the large amount of people who will inevitability crash. I was going to buy one but decided to wait, looks like I might just get a small starter whoop. Thanks for the info and help 👍
For anyone that is defending the DJI FPV and insulting Ken because he crashed. That's called normal use and wear. It's is an FPV drone, DJI should have anticipated that. True, it was ken's fault, but any other FPV drone would have handled it, and that's what Ken was trying to communicate.
Good honest vid Ken Your right about survivability you need 1 of each arms just incase. I used to fly quads but HOME BREWS 360 FLAMEWHWEEL FRAME. DJI PHANTOM MOTORS (so I can use prop gaurds), I could wreak it take it home kitchen table complete rebuild up n running an hour later. No axis gimbal wide angle and the lipo ON TOP. Less than 75 English pounds.. fly fix wing now. More of a challenge Stay well Brian London .
Yes, which releases the spring entirely for actual FPV control. That, combined with the “country code not updated” error makes me wonder if not rtfm could contribute to some of the complaint. The batter is still definitely vulnerable, but I’ve watched a couple legit FPVers who actually liked this. 🤷♂️
Honest to the end!!!! Fair play to you Ken!!!! Honesty is one thing a lot of people these days brush to the side for the sake of commercial gain.... Money come and go, good name and reputation stay with you all the time..
Thanks Ken, I love the fact that you cant be bought off by big Tech. Any plans on running for office? Maybe Head of the FAA (THat would be great for a lot of us). You could ground all them planes and helos and open the skys up to Quads everywhere. Dohhhhh
You are sooo honest man, you deserve a bells :) I am currently looking to buy the mini 2. Your reviews are great. Thanks man, and keep up the good work. I currently subscribed. Greetings from South Africa, Centurion.
Thanks for the honest review! I'm not an FPV guy (though it looks like fun), but I never understood why DJI would think that FPV flyers would want a pre-built FPV quad. The FPV community seems to me to be a community of builders and tinkerers, constantly tweaking their quads to get all they can out of them. Can't do that with this.
Finally, someone that actually comes out and says it, because I would never buy this, I would rather buy or try to build my own quad, that's my opinion... Good Job Ken. 💯👊
Top of the list when I searched dji fpv. You're honesty is appreciated and I felt like you did give it decent chance. Down the line I think this will get a little better but geez I would never want this right out of the gate.
I wonder if the guy that painted that silo is the the same guy that painted a silo in South Dakota. It was big news around here when he did it. Was some guy from Australia
@@kenweller2032 I did actually find a news story they did about it and found out it was the same guy that painted the silo in South Dakota. Thanks for letting me know about the video. I'll see if i can find it
Its a great product. It gives you a great fpv experience right out of the box. with the smart features of DJI (stop, return home, newbie mode, speed mode). You shouldnt use this drone in manual mode unless you are already pro
loves it at first and is in awe then accidentally "lands" in Manual mode, hits the base HARD. battery goes into error mode, then proceeds calls the drone many negative names... huh..
Well, I fly the normal DJI products like the P4P and Inspire and I also fly FPV from .2.5 inch up to 7 inch. I think what many folks confuse is that this is a FPV racer or freestyle bird. It isn't. As you have said Ken, it isnt even close. It absolutely isn't a beginner bird either. IMHO your recomendation of the Mini 2 is spot on. So what is this FPV bird? It is a hybrid between the two sides. It is purpose built for more dynamic cinematic FPV. In trained hands it should be fine and it should be able to pull of shots that are difficult for our traditional FPV birds. For instance, I was flying for TV this past fall on a fly fishing segment. For one particular shot I used a Squirt V2. I was to fly down from a mountain view, duck under the tree canopy, and fly up a stream to land my shot in a hover in front of two fly fishermen. That was the establishing shot for that part of the segment. No way would I have risked a Phantom with the shot. Nor could it achieve the soaring bird style of flight needed to drop through those trees and fly up that creek. It needed to be a FPV bird and with a traditional FPV I had to choose a camera tilt for the camera I was carrying. In this case it was an Osmo Action. I chose 10 degrees. I wasn't doing any wild flying and speed wasn't the order of the day. Smooth was. Now, the 10 degree camera angle was fine until I bled of speed at the end of the shot and brought it into a hover to land the shot on the two fishermen. I hovered well, and there was minimal drift in the hover but it was evident and the framing was high on the ending shot because of the 10 degree fixed up tilt on the camera in a level hover. The editor cropped it in post and did some work on it and it came out ok. However, I like to get it right in camera as much as I can and I was dreaming that day on the way home of a fpv drone with this capability where I could have speed and a level camera and then have a speed change or pull into that hover and see my shot framing. Also, if I didn't have to take it all the way into acro mode I could even have some hover stabilization to end the shot in a nice solid hover. That is what I believe this drone was made for. I wouldn't chase drift cars or anything that risky with it. I would use a HD1XR or SkyelinerHD or something. It wont replace a Phantom or Mavic either because it isn't meant to. They have their place too. It is simply a tool to fit that space in between the two. At any rate, that is how I view it, and that is why I purchased one. I hope it isn't a POS and I hope I didn't waste my money. Time will tell. Good channel Ken. Keep up the good work.
"you will get it and be disappointed" quite the opposite actually, i got it and i love it. It's not supposed to be your typical fpv drone its more of a hybrid and leans a lot more towards beginners which its perfect for, especially since you can still fly in full acro mode when you get good enough.
I think this is the most unbiased and honest review. Especially for people who are new to FPV !!! Not a good drone to buy. I think DJI should take a note of so many shortfalls in this drone and launch an upgraded version.
Ken - if you pop the rear cover off the controller behind the throttle stick you can remove the spring tension that is centering the spring for normal/sport modes, and instead get a normal, unsprung throttle style stick like normal FPV uses. This is by design, and many DJI controllers have these sort of adjustments under the grips.
Or you could just not buy the POS.
@@dangerous8333 what an incredibly stupid, and pointless comment. You must have a really sad amount of free time if you go around replying to days old comments with unhelpful and uninformed opinions. You're the left handed ratchet in the internet toolbox chief.
Thumbs up if you bought this regardless of the negative reviews!
Kens a moron lol
@@mikeshivvers5461 he just pile drived it into the ground, complete pilot error and blames dji.
puts an un-formatted sd card in it (likely) and blames dji for no recording.
stands between a giant concrete building and right next to a metal container with standard omni antennas and blames dji for bad reception.
There's a reason that this thing is not advertised as a "quad". It's because it's not supposed to be. It's a hybrid meant to teach pilots who want to dip their toes into FPV. Don't treat it as a quad and your golden. I for one enjoy flying this for recreation and videography. No hate!
but any drone is a quad; quad is just short for quadcopter if it has 4 blades its a quad. it looks like in acro it can do nice videography but it will teach you very bad habbits
Or you could get a tiny whoop to get into fpv. Then upgrade to 5 inch drone. Lol this product failed.
Do you know what quad means doofus? As in quadcopter?
That's exactly what this is, Einstein. And that's exactly how they've been marketing it, Einstein.
If you want to dip your toe into fpv, get a simulator and an inexpensive quad and just go out and do it. Good grief, I've only been flying for six months and I'm already ripping it.
@@dangerous8333 What I meant to say is that "quads" are generally considered as FPV. This one's a drone, as in a Mavic drone. I've never heard of a Mavic quad or had this labelled as the DJI FPV quad. And yes I do know the difference between a drone and a quad you wet spot.
Dan is a 14-year old kid let loose on the Internet. Pay him no mind James.
"I landed in acro" It's interesting to see people get excited about doing things with this that I take for granted in my home built quad lol
Lol ikr
Lmao for real. If I had a DJI fpv quad. It would be destroyed in 15 mins
I remember learning how to land in acro lol
People need to understand something. Dji is about having people that doesn't know shit about fpv flying, to buy a fly fpv from them. Simple. We all know a homemade quad is way better than the dji.. but this is a plug and play system. People will buy it, People will fly it, even if it's the first time flying rc in their life
Kudos to Ken, you give a great demonstration for the importance of having a "vocal" visual observer onboard when one flies FPV. You gave good "call-outs" to the PIC. It's also nice having someone (your VO) covering your six...
Hi Ken,
I'm not a DJI fan, but some fact checking of the FPV manual:
1) All DJI drones must have video recording halted before turning off, or there will be no saved video.
2) DJI FPV must be put into NORMAL mode prior to landing. You did not land in the video, you hit the ground. I'm sorry it was damaged, and hope someone will cook up some more crashworthy landing gear for it.
Clearly this in not a drone the FPV crowd will welcome, but it is still the drone many people are waiting for. But not necessarily you. Hope DJI warranty fixes you up quick.
Thanks for the honesty. Its refreshing to see a content creator risk loosing brand deals and referral money to be honest with viewers
For those that may care the arms do not come with motors like other DJI consumer drones. You have to buy the motors separate which is actually a plus like you said.
You are actually supposed to change the throttle control to have no rebound via 2 small screws that you tighten down.
The battery is way to expensive for a freestyle drone.
It is too fragile for FPV freestyle.
It is perfect for cinematic chasing.
It is perfect for learning FPV with being able to slowly turn of the safety features and modes until you get to full manual.
It is terrible at proximity flying because it is Fra-gee-lay
Mini 2 -> DJI FPV -> Full FPV
I LOVE ALL THE HATE in the comments.....which are all from NON-FPVers, so basically carry NO weight in knowing WTF they are talking about.
Thank you for this review.
For the haters:
Comments on Poor signal - you obviously haven't seen Ken fly here before with a proper Kwad. Never had an issue with those, yet this one does. That's a point against it.
Comments on the small bump - For a GPS drone, yeah sure, that was hard. For Kwads, we hit things MUCH harder and they keep going. Another point against it.
Batteries are overpriced, sure the flight time is a little longer but not 8x more which is how much more they cost than typical lipos
Repairs are questionable and a lot that DJI is not admitting to yet.
The word FPV also carries the implication of durability which this drone does not have. DJI could have easily given this drone a carbon fiber frame, but they went with plastic. Final death point against it
This might be a gateway drug into FPV....but highly unlikely
From the perspective of someone that only flies freestyle FPV drones, I've never flown a GPS drone at all. For me, I'd be VERY apprehensive of something like this - while it can FPV and it can GPS, but it doesn't really do either that well. However, my dad has seen me fly and wants to get into FPV but wants training wheels so he doesn't have to solder every time he's on the field. Something like this is absolutely perfect for him. He bought one last year and has been flying it periodically since then to get the feel for and concepts down for flying FPV. Now, he hasn't tried acro yet, so the drone is still completely intact with the same set of props, but he's significantly more comfortable flying and understanding the controls with goggles on. I think he is the perfect example of someone who SHOULD buy the potato.
Power to weight is incredible. imagine your little 5inch with this kind of power.
I agree....most of the reviews are either from folks that are “gifted” the drone or non- photographers....the price tag is way too much
Definitely not for the what you get in the package. 1300$?
Have you priced out a similar fpv drone with similar capabilities?! It's comparable, minus no gps, safety features, and other dji things. Yes not made for mavic mini owners😂
@@ChrisParayno fpv drone with gps and return to home and dji is like $300 to $350 . Then add goggles $569. Transmitter $159 but u can use that transmitter on every other quad. So it's basically the same price. Except don't need new transmitter for every drone.
Also if you crash and break an arm on fpv drone it's like ,$5 to replace. Not the $35 -$50 like on dji fpv .. save money there
@@ChrisParayno this review is pointless in my opinion .. personally I’ve been wanting to fly fpv for as long as it’s been around .. this drone ticks all my box’s .. It costs the same as my first mavic .. I don’t see price as a drawback to anybody wanting one . Things cost money , that’s life .
@@ionageman bingo, that was my point. It's an expensive hobby period🤣🤣😭
Dang, that’s a great video. Love that you are not ashamed to express your opinion.
The first, what I would call the most honest video on a DJI product yet. Thanks
As an FPV Pilot that loves your show, this made me appreciate you even more!
Add to this the fact that Bardwells drone broke a leg in a casual collision with a tree.
Not even the tree itself but a rotten thin branch lol. What a piece of junk.
That collision looked far from casual. Do folks out here generally crash a hell of a lot? Genuinely curious.
@@1ron0xide Huh? Ofc they do... Good grief.
@@dangerous8333 I didn't mean "do folks who suck at flying crash a hell of a lot?" I meant to say, "Do folks out here who know how to fly generally crash a hell of a lot?" I fly LOS on toys as well as on the Mavic 2 Zoom and never experienced a serious setback through a crash after years and hundreds of hours unless I was drunk or deliberately reckless. Folks should probably fly more carefully, Ken being the chief example.
@@dangerous8333 I'm noticing a ton of so-called FPV experts absolutely botching their reviews by fucking up these drones, looks like DJI is revealing the lack of finesse that even experienced content creators have with their machines. One of the drawbacks of analog fpv.
Going against the grain here but I bought the DJI FPV drone combo the morning of the 2nd from Best Buy and I absolutely, love it. It totally rips, the picture quality and range is amazing. I love being able to do flips and barrel rolls as well as have the normal DJI easy flight modes. Of my three DJI drones, The Mavic 2, Mavic Air 2 and the DJI FPV, my favorite is the DJI DPV drone. As far as cost goes, I've spend hundreds willingly on Tiny Hawk 2's, Tiny Hawk Freestyle 2's, Scimitar 215, and a bunch of other racing drones that aren't anywhere near as capable as the DJI FPV drone but they are still fun. To say this thing isn't good is so far off. I imagine the reviewers are probably trying to save face for the other FPV drone manufacturers who are likely worried about DJI taking the majority of their business. I believe Storm offers a drone with similar capabilities but it's $600 before upgrades (and just for the drone) so this thing is in line price wise. Going to say it again, I love it. If you have the funds, I highly recommend picking one up....
Yeah yeah whatever either your in denial or have never flown a well setup fpv drone.
literally it looks like the drone has escs without motor braking the propwash is so bad.
@@MrStevegibb quit gate keeping.
@@MrStevegibb You're in denial lol. This drone is meant for those of us who don't fly FPV so obviously that's the idea we have never flown a "well setup FPV drone"
I have no desire to go full traditional FPV, I have too many hobbies as it is, this will allow people to do that without all the extra bloat
People need to understand, There are now 3 classes of quads. True fpv quads, mavic style drones, and now this hybrid model. It is not intended to be a basher like the ones we build from carbon fiber. It is purely an introduction to fpv made safer if done right.
Totally disagree with you on this although as you said this should not be someone's first drone.
Great video Ken, funny and informative. Thanks for being honest and telling us how it is. Didn’t expect any different!
Ken why would they design a frame that doesn’t protect the battery you’re absolutely right that’s such a stupid design
It's not stupid, it's very intelligent. They also sell all the breakable parts. It's genius!!! Millions in cash flow guaranteed. They know their market
@@DronoTron Dude your way to Senegal to automatically jump to the assumption that they purposely designed a flaw in their quad copter just to have people buy replacement parts is crazy for you to make that assumption so quickly. Now in the future after research is done if that theory is proven than great but for you to just throw out that assumption is a bit rashHumans are uniquely flawed and they could’ve just made an error I’m sure there are things that you do wrong that you do not do intentionally.
@@paulbelletiere without question there'll be after-market parts developed for this by third-parties, for example a carbon battery cap to replace the existing 'inbuilt' landing gear on the battery, to help against shock landings.
Yeah I agree, maybe they'll work on a redesign an let you switch out your quad,just pay Shipping maybe, wishful thinking anyway, if they were wanting to make one of these,then why not take advice from people who actually fly fpv an get there insight hands on,I think the frame would've came out with a much better design an better place for the battery compartment
@@paulbelletiere Well, then, thanks God they are selling all the breakable parts from day 0 😁
I have seen a few reviews about this drone and Ken, you are the only honest one saying things the way they are .. thank you !!!
People will claim it’s a Ken thing
Haaaaa!!🤘🤓🤘
@@KenHeron hey Ken don't mean a stupid question but I didn't see you guys fly in fully unlock manual mode. Another guy did a review and had to use a screw driver to unlock the sticks and change other settings
@@ChrisCrossingWires1212 you don't have to unlock the sticks to have full manual/acro and he wouldn't have been able to dive like he did without the attitude off
@@astro8062 you can it will give you almost full experience but full manual gives you even more speed and more attitude and you loosen the sticks for no spring. I guarantee people will think their in full and their not. Ken probably knew that ijs I didn't
@@ChrisCrossingWires1212 removing the spring tension gives it a truer feel, also feels better when flying acro in my opinion
RTFM, you can adjust the left stick so that it does not spring to the middle, when switching to manual mode, you have to center the right stick and lower the left one, as shown IN THE GOGGLES.
As for the auto-land, it was caused by the battery impact, nice safety feature that it lands if it detects damage, but truly a design flaw to have the battery and antenas be the first things that hit the ground. when you go around a massive concrete wall, it'll prevent wireless transmission, an analog FPV quad would likely have lost any transmission and the goggles would have completely blanked. You likely lost footage from the first flight because you shut down the battery without stopping the recording.
Love the honesty. When I heard this fpv drone was coming out after I had just got mini 2, I was worried I purchased too soon. This video put my stress at ease as you made it clear the flaws of the fpv drone, id imagine the second version of it will be breathtaking though.
You can change the controll from normal to fpv "mode" there are screws on the back of the controller so that the right side of the controller can stay in the fixed position like a normal fpv drone controller
I am sorry I feel like this is going to be a failure in the long run.
With so many videos out there giving good stuff about it, it’s great to hear honest no BS reviews on this product .
check NURK also.
Great review. Grateful for the honesty
You're complete honesty was very refreshing Ken. Thank you for such a great review. I fly FPV and have no interest in adding this to my fleet lol but I was very curious on what it would be. This summed it up greatly sir
I appreciate the honest review. Why would you put the feet on the battery? I think I'll pass on this one. Thanks Ken.
Thanks for an honest review. I'll think twice before buying this thing. We're used to DJI drones being really well built but this one seems to stand out.
Good to watch Ken, just a thought - I noticed the error during your Goggle view "Country Code Not Updated" and because of that I wonder if your quad was flying in CE mode instead of FCC seen as that setting determines the transmission power, hence why you had reduced signal compared to your buddy? Also, the spring tension on the throttle can be removed completely, see Bardwell's video at 15:44 minutes in.
Think you are right on!!
Ken's range is consistent with being in ce mode. Unfortunately the European guys really get screwed here.
@@JoshuaBardwell true, but on the other hand it also stops the minority incompetent drone operators in Europe from taking their drones too far out of LOS, that's a positive. In addition, in this instance, there was a bloody massive concrete object in the way which will have drastically reduced range :)
@@JoshuaBardwell So much about the advertised 6km range in CE. Would love to see a real range test!
@@matt_fpv there was a gigantic concrete tower in-between the quad and controller, that would kill most RF signals...
I really appreciate your honesty Ken! Thank you to you and Adam for testing the DJI FPV Drone.
I learned everything I needed to know in the first 3 seconds
This is why your my favorite dronetuber. Honest, knowledgeable and has lots of experience! Thank you ken!
I'm not going to give you a thumbs down. But out of all the reviewers, it looks like you "lucked out". Sorry man :(
Ken, you were here for me before I went FPV, you followed me into FPV.... thank you for your input along the way.... Glad you're crew....
Thanks for the honest opinion.
Will stick to the mini2 for now.
Thank you Ken for not perpetuating the hype train and giving us honest feedback from a legit FPV enthusiast such as yourself. I call this drone the jack of multiple traits, but master of none. There are far better options on both paths, and this drone doesn’t seem to be any better than any Cinematic drones at that price point or a great home brew drone for that price as well. Thank you for not being a TH-cam shill like many other are.
That’s what happens when you buy it, it hurts more spending and the quality doesn’t meet expectations
Have you watched actual FPV pros videos? Nurk? Josh Bardwell? Ummagawd? Fincky? Kabab?
"Battery Communication Error, That's No Good."
continues to throttle punch...
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Pilot error is what trashed that battery.
Love the intro!! And very entertaining. Came over from Bardwell's channel. THANKS FOR YOUR HONESTY!
I like Ken because he tells it to me straight. Hard to find creators like that now
Hey Ken,
Thanks for the honest review. Here in Australia this drone is starts for AUD$1099 and that's the drone and battery only, for AUD$2099 you get drone, goggles V2 and controller.
Not sure if I like the style, but you have saved me spending $2100, especially if the battery is as Fragile as you showed in the review. The other draw back, CASA (Australian version of the FAA) is still operating in the late 17th century. We can only fly FPV at certified model aero clubs, oh and night flying only if you are licenced and operating under a companies ReOC which has night flying exclusion. Hopefully one day CASA will catch up with the FAA
PS: if you know anyone who has a dji fpv and wants to give it away, gifts are always appreciated 😀😀😀😀
That power up sound when Ken turned it on made me think it was an actual Transformer!!! “I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots!”🤷🏼♂️😂😂😂
Dont hold back ken, that's why we love you... dont forget, the spark used little feet on its battery too...but that was a tank!! 👍
Thanks Ken for your honest review.
I ordered one for £1300, flymore £260, motion controller £160, refresh £190 = £1910.00
Then woke up next day and cancelled after watching this. Thanks, close shave😅. I'll wait a bit and stick to my Mini2 (after selling a M2Pro I didn't really utilise) 👍
Best intro ever !!! Can't ever expect anything less from you ken. Honest opinion and no fluff. Good for you dude !!!
This is an extremely honest review. However, I still bought it simply because it is easy to fly. I don't need to really know anything except how to fly a Mavic of which I have no experience. I don't intend on racing or going through obstacles and I want that clear immersive experience from the goggles. I've watched analog FPV from someone else flying it and it was like watching a bootleg VHS tape. I also want the DJI experience that I am accustomed, too, no frills and no tinkering needed. If I crash, so be it. But I bought those arm braces just in case, too. I guess I'll be smart enough to not go through doors or diving into silos at least until I'm ready both skill and money-wise.
At last a big channel with an honest dji review, thanks Ken
That's the first and one of the only really critical reviews on YT. The rest seemed to have received a full script for their vid from DJI...
Love your videos Ken. Such an honest review. Much appreciated.
Good for you, for speaking your honest mind and not being biased.
Thanks for sharing and your honesty...! I was also so exited about it.. but not anymore! 🤭🤔👍. Greetz
Totally agree, I was cringing at the price of just one battery. 😮
@@sbrc8725 I was cringing when he broke the battery
@@1ron0xide why? It was a pretty tame crash... not something an experienced pilot would do but still not something that should have broken it.
@@safarijam1360 "Pretty tame crash" Would that be like a "Pretty tame car crash," where you bend or break or scrape part of your car and need to send it in for repairs? Fly better if you don't want to break your stuff. Ken and other YT'ers have embarrassed themselves in this way and learned from it already. I've been flying this DJI FPV for days now after no history of flying FPV with no problems or crashes.
love your honest assessment of the drone. Many TH-camrs could learn something from that. But they have not paid for the drone themselves.
I love all your vids dude never fail to make me laugh! I also subbed on my personal acccount. The chimney fail broke my heart lol
Thank you!
I love your honest videos! Everybody else talks about how good it is and stuff but you talk about both the negative and positive sides. I like that! Keep on going Ken!
Hey Ken, long time no see! Just wanted to say that we greatly appreciate your honesty in this video. Your cool points just went up at least +2 for that reason alone. Sorry about your experience with yours, but THANK YOU for also telling people this is not a good first drone. We should have all bought stock in those batteries!!
Hey guys!
Hope you're doing well.
It's been a long time.
Thank you for the comment!
Dji 3 biggest mistakes with the fpv drone : 1. Made it over 250 grams. 2. Easy to break with no prop guards for beginners. 3. No 3 axis gimbal and has props in shot. They really missed the mark on this one ☝️!
I don't agree with Ken about this drone being a piece of sh*t, but I definitely agree the DJI FPV isn't a good choice for a first drone.
I'd go with the DJI Mini 2 with the Fly More bundle. It's only 249 grams so you don't have to register the drone with the FAA and it's really easy to use.
thanks for this review Ken, it's good to see the down sides to an FPV setup as well as the up sides. the connection issues are more of a concern to me than the mishap that led to the battery failure.
to supplement this video, could you be so kind and do one about how far the thing can go from the controller before it loses contact or at least complete control? i have a phantom 4 pro plus and have had it go up to 3km for yucks and think it could of very well gone further before it lost control, however i do have to add that i still had line of sight and was operating from a hilltop.
this would be a great addition to the phantom4 for doing some up close and personal shots of various subjects.
Thank Ken, for your honest review. What's sad is a bunch of big name TH-camrs made some kiss butt reviews on the drone where as you are completely honest. At least your nose isn't as brown as theirs and you have experience in FPV.
Thank you Ken,you have my vote,you seem to be one of very few people on TH-cam that is telling the real truth about this new Drone. DJI do what you do best CAMERA DRONES not FPV drones. Thanks again for your honesty.
I've seen a few vids where fpv guys are saying similar to you Ken, "great tool great tech but not a great fpv drone you're better building your own" thing is i dont have the time or frankly the want to learn all the shit that goes with building an fpv quad much the same way I don't want to build my own PC i want it to work out the box, same with this drone i know it'll work straight out the box so that easy point of entry totally exceeds the hit on power or manoeuvrability compared to a traditional build quad, i fly a Mavic Air 2 so im sure the 'Acro Mode' on the DJI fpv will be plenty for me, once i work my way up to that skill level so im all in on this drone and i think im the target audience for this drone, people that fly Mavics and the like but want to taste fpv but dont want all the hassle that goes with it this is the point of entry, and if it leads me and others
down the fpv rabbit hole and eventually into building our own quads then its a win for the industry as a hole, thats my view anyway, love your video's btw 👍
I can never understand the reasoning/relation with FPV and building your own drone for it. There are a number of pre-built FPV drones and many sub 250g ones nowadays. Flying a FPV drone itself is not hard once you learned it. It's all good that if more people are interested in this category of drones, there will be more to choose from in the future.
@@skylers1144 agreed, its the mix of everything that this dji fpv offers in term's of range picture quality and safety features that you don't get with traditional fpv thats what has me interested.
It's like how people used to build everything from their own guns to their own cookware to their own radio receivers. Industrial tech, manufacturing, and user design always takes over when demand is there
I'm not disappointed bro. Thanks for your honest opinion.
I havent had that experience at all Ken, its been a great quad and taken some pretty good bumps…..
You're very luck then.
I have no problem also, it is a great drone/FPV. I only use it for the sport mode and fast cinamatic shots. And with the FCC hack in the EU it is awesome.
Finally an honest review, Thank you! My thought's were just: "If I break it (and I will) how could I repair it?" And the answer is send it to DJi and wait for the repair in my country that can take 1-2 months or even more.
Opening shot 🤣😂 glad I didn’t drink the cool aid. Honesty is the best policy!!!
Lol
Reason for failure is maybe your near a 5G tower! Ask those Qanon la la land guys😂
You have to have some of the best reviews on TH-cam. I just loved this one. Not only for the invaluable practical sense, but your added, natural sense of humor value on here is just great. Thanks for making, processing, and sharing. Sorry bout that damned battery! PS... that art on the grain mill is amazing!!
This honestly surprised me given how well this drone was received by other drone, photography and tech channels.
Now you know who get a paid and who is honest
What channels do you watch! LMFAO 🤣
Every channel that actually matters in the fpv community hates this thing. You must follow marketing channels mainly.
Hay Ken I have always love you video’s. Your content is always informative and fun to watch. I have been a subscriber to you channel for a long time and will definitely continue. I have to say as a hobbyist and having owned every DJI consumer drone with the exception of the Inspire 2 And now the new FPV my first impression of this drone is an absolute blast to fly. Now I have to say I’m no big time fpv pilot I just love flying and spending an afternoon enjoying the freedom of flight . I hope people don’t just take one review and then base there decision not to buy on that negative review. I just want to say this is a well thought out designed drone intended to be a stepping tool to be used smartly and safety. Be conservative in your first steps no tree hopping or very low ground maneuvers fly in open area’s and you will be able to enjoy your investment and the hobby for many flights.
Thanks again Ken for your very informative channel keep up the great work.
Well dang, thanks for the honesty Ken. Lol looks like dji is capitalizing on the large amount of people who will inevitability crash. I was going to buy one but decided to wait, looks like I might just get a small starter whoop. Thanks for the info and help 👍
Good idea.
It is definitely going to break
If you ever need any help please reach out!
@@CustomFPV thanks! Will do. Lol this community is so cool :)
If you want to get better footage to maybe look into cinewhoops or whoops that record in 4k
WOW! I admire your honesty Ken.
The care refresh cost for a replacement is more then a new battery.
I actually love the DJI FPV. Better than the Avata. It's one of my favorite DJI drones.
way better than the Avata. Avata is the shittest DJI drone ever. the Spark is better.
The props being in view is the biggest DJI fail ever! Thanks for keeping it real Ken!
In view of the pilot. You can make it so it's not in view of the video recording.
I think DJI will definitely have to redesign there next version.
i think this design is fine, dji didnt say buy our drone in place of your quads lol its just another fpv drone model design for its purpose.
Thanks for the very honest review Ken. Very much appreciated.
For anyone that is defending the DJI FPV and insulting Ken because he crashed. That's called normal use and wear. It's is an FPV drone, DJI should have anticipated that. True, it was ken's fault, but any other FPV drone would have handled it, and that's what Ken was trying to communicate.
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Good honest vid Ken
Your right about survivability you need 1 of each arms just incase. I used to fly quads but HOME BREWS 360 FLAMEWHWEEL FRAME. DJI PHANTOM MOTORS (so I can use prop gaurds), I could wreak it take it home kitchen table complete rebuild up n running an hour later. No axis gimbal wide angle and the lipo ON TOP. Less than 75 English pounds.. fly fix wing now. More of a challenge
Stay well
Brian
London .
Can't you loosen the spring tension on the left stick?
You can!
Yes, which releases the spring entirely for actual FPV control. That, combined with the “country code not updated” error makes me wonder if not rtfm could contribute to some of the complaint. The batter is still definitely vulnerable, but I’ve watched a couple legit FPVers who actually liked this. 🤷♂️
Honest to the end!!!! Fair play to you Ken!!!! Honesty is one thing a lot of people these days brush to the side for the sake of commercial gain.... Money come and go, good name and reputation stay with you all the time..
Thanks Ken, I love the fact that you cant be bought off by big Tech. Any plans on running for office? Maybe Head of the FAA (THat would be great for a lot of us). You could ground all them planes and helos and open the skys up to Quads everywhere. Dohhhhh
I am not seeing the usual excitement and smile you have when flying most other DJI drones Ken. Enough said buddy!
We're all here because you're honest Ken.
You are sooo honest man, you deserve a bells :) I am currently looking to buy the mini 2. Your reviews are great. Thanks man, and keep up the good work. I currently subscribed. Greetings from South Africa, Centurion.
That’s why I watch you bc your honest thanks for the review
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@@KenHeron I love the 🤓 emoji
Thanks for the honest review! I'm not an FPV guy (though it looks like fun), but I never understood why DJI would think that FPV flyers would want a pre-built FPV quad. The FPV community seems to me to be a community of builders and tinkerers, constantly tweaking their quads to get all they can out of them. Can't do that with this.
Finally, someone that actually comes out and says it, because I would never buy this, I would rather buy or try to build my own quad, that's my opinion... Good Job Ken. 💯👊
But isn’t it easier for a beginner just to buy this one?
@@andremakris3061 or you could just get on of the pre-built bundles of a fpv quad...
Top of the list when I searched dji fpv. You're honesty is appreciated and I felt like you did give it decent chance. Down the line I think this will get a little better but geez I would never want this right out of the gate.
I wonder if the guy that painted that silo is the the same guy that painted a silo in South Dakota. It was big news around here when he did it. Was some guy from Australia
Ken discussed the art in another video if you care to look for it.
@@kenweller2032 I did actually find a news story they did about it and found out it was the same guy that painted the silo in South Dakota. Thanks for letting me know about the video. I'll see if i can find it
Glad for your HONESTY, thanks ken!!!
Great honest review, most other TH-camrs are just praising it like crazy.
Its a great product. It gives you a great fpv experience right out of the box. with the smart features of DJI (stop, return home, newbie mode, speed mode). You shouldnt use this drone in manual mode unless you are already pro
He hasn't reviewed it ? This can't possibly be taken seriously ?
Thanks Ken. Appreciate the info provided on this drone as well as all the others.
loves it at first and is in awe then accidentally "lands" in Manual mode, hits the base HARD. battery goes into error mode, then proceeds calls the drone many negative names... huh..
Awesome video Ken. The honest criticism from a non-sponsored review is needed.
Like the drone. Love the Bob Ross shirt.
Yes the Bob ross shirt was at least cool
Well, I fly the normal DJI products like the P4P and Inspire and I also fly FPV from .2.5 inch up to 7 inch. I think what many folks confuse is that this is a FPV racer or freestyle bird. It isn't. As you have said Ken, it isnt even close. It absolutely isn't a beginner bird either. IMHO your recomendation of the Mini 2 is spot on. So what is this FPV bird? It is a hybrid between the two sides. It is purpose built for more dynamic cinematic FPV. In trained hands it should be fine and it should be able to pull of shots that are difficult for our traditional FPV birds. For instance, I was flying for TV this past fall on a fly fishing segment. For one particular shot I used a Squirt V2. I was to fly down from a mountain view, duck under the tree canopy, and fly up a stream to land my shot in a hover in front of two fly fishermen. That was the establishing shot for that part of the segment. No way would I have risked a Phantom with the shot. Nor could it achieve the soaring bird style of flight needed to drop through those trees and fly up that creek. It needed to be a FPV bird and with a traditional FPV I had to choose a camera tilt for the camera I was carrying. In this case it was an Osmo Action. I chose 10 degrees. I wasn't doing any wild flying and speed wasn't the order of the day. Smooth was. Now, the 10 degree camera angle was fine until I bled of speed at the end of the shot and brought it into a hover to land the shot on the two fishermen. I hovered well, and there was minimal drift in the hover but it was evident and the framing was high on the ending shot because of the 10 degree fixed up tilt on the camera in a level hover. The editor cropped it in post and did some work on it and it came out ok. However, I like to get it right in camera as much as I can and I was dreaming that day on the way home of a fpv drone with this capability where I could have speed and a level camera and then have a speed change or pull into that hover and see my shot framing. Also, if I didn't have to take it all the way into acro mode I could even have some hover stabilization to end the shot in a nice solid hover. That is what I believe this drone was made for. I wouldn't chase drift cars or anything that risky with it. I would use a HD1XR or SkyelinerHD or something. It wont replace a Phantom or Mavic either because it isn't meant to. They have their place too. It is simply a tool to fit that space in between the two. At any rate, that is how I view it, and that is why I purchased one. I hope it isn't a POS and I hope I didn't waste my money. Time will tell. Good channel Ken. Keep up the good work.
Hard to believe that POS is still $1200, guess they must be selling them.
RIGHT?!!
"you will get it and be disappointed"
quite the opposite actually, i got it and i love it. It's not supposed to be your typical fpv drone its more of a hybrid and leans a lot more towards beginners which its perfect for, especially since you can still fly in full acro mode when you get good enough.
Glad you are enjoying it
Safety first! Gotta love DJI FPV's safety features, at least.
What? Restricting what you can do and making everything more complicated?
I think this is the most unbiased and honest review. Especially for people who are new to FPV !!! Not a good drone to buy. I think DJI should take a note of so many shortfalls in this drone and launch an upgraded version.
Appreciate the sincere honesty. This was so overhyped for so long.
Thanks for the honesty sir. I was ready to go chunk down my money but I'll hold off for now. I really do appreciate it.