Good to see a test with the Avata 2. I’ve been doing a few range tests with mine. I believe you will cover a much greater distance if you keep it on normal mode at full throttle. Apparently it is the most efficient mode to cover distance. Dji got 6000m doing this.
I've been 5km with my dji fpv. it's tricky because the auto RTH is quite inconvenient, specially if you're climbing a mountain and know you'll use less battery on your way down. That made me move away from it and build a real long range drone with an O3 instead. Last week I made a 27km round trip with it, did 2km back and forth on a known spot 5 times and still had battery left. Flew for 40 minutes.
@@igorgoga7985 Speedybee Mario Fold (8") and yes, an Elrs radio. I plan to upload a video on it, but unfortunately I cannot record O3 DVR on my goggles (dji goggles v2 won't record O3 DVR) so it kinda sucks. I'm trying to meet with someone with the goggles 2 so I can record the DVR.
Really the range you get depends on your line of site. So flying higher certainly does help. And if there are lots of obstacles around, even trees and such will eventually block your signal if enough get between you and the drone.
Hi Mark, I found your video while surfing for drone videos in Calgary. I’m interested in purchasing a drone for hobby photography and was thinking about the Air 3. I know I need to have a flying license (at least the basic). My question is, where can I fly the drone without restrictions in Alberta? I love to fly it in nature (Bragg Creek, Kananaskis), but I'm not sure about the restrictions. Lastly, which drone do you recommend I buy? Thanks.
Hey, those are all good questions. As far as where you can fly Nav Canada has a lot of information. There is also this Drone Site Selection tool that has maps showing restricted areas, and you can select sub250g, basic , or advanced. And you'll notice the restrictions on sub250g are much less than the others. That's where the Air3 would be at a disadvantage. However, having the 2 cameras allows you to add a lot more variety to what you're filming or photographing. Deciding on which drone to get is a tough decision, I think you just have to weight out the pro and cons. For instance the mini 4 pro is a very capable drone and is small and fairly discrete. Where as the Air 3 is even more capable but a fair bit bigger and not as discrete. Getting back to place you can fly. Kananaskis is a no fly zone as far as I know, and I think that includes all provincial parks and definitely national parks. Basically if I'm looking for places to fly say around Bragg Creek I look on something like the Drone Site Selection map and make sure there's no restrictions, but I don't think that includes everything so I'll usually check a parks map and if the area is not a park and there's no airspace restriction then you should be ok to fly. The DJI fly app is also pretty good for showing airspace restrictions, and will actually prevent you from flying in restricted areas, but I would rely solely on that.
I’ve been to 5 kilometres with my dji mini2 and hovered over the mountain I went to for a couple of minutes and managed to make it back barely lol. I went in normal not sports mode as sports mode definitely chews up the juice more than normal mode. It tried to auto land at about 1250 metres out and because I wasn’t watching because I had it in auto return mode I wasn’t watching lol. When I looked again and realised that it was auto landing I pushed it further to get back. At about 700 metres the battery was at zero and it started to land again, but I just pushed up on the stick a bit and made it back. It was a scary thought that I would have to look for it in the bush, but luckily I didn’t have to.
In my case I was pretty sure it could make it back, I was a bit nervous at first, but if it wasn't going to make it, there was somewhere I could land and easily retrieve it. But man, you pushed it to the limit, you flew past zero, I didn't even know that was possible lol. Thanks for the comment👍
@@CreateandKaptivate , I think DJI purposely underrates and underestimates the true battery power level so that people don’t push their DJI drones too far, so that they have a great reputation for being reliable.
in the very first test when the rth disengaged, were you holding down the sticker, did you almost crash your drone into the freeway while not paying attention?
You can cancel the RTH by pressing the mode button, and no I didn't almost crash, I was losing altitude on purpose just to see if I could get the battery indicator out of the orange warning.
You're right, initially the avata 2 wasn't compatible with the goggles integra or goggles 2. But they came out with a firmware update that makes them all compatible now. And that includes the motion controller 2 and the fpv controller 2.
If you go into the Transmission settings from the main menu you can switch channel mode to manual which allows you to change the frequency and bandwidth. This does depend on whether you are in an FCC or CE region. I would suggest watching this video: DJI Avata 2 Free FCC Power & Speed Hack - Ham Is Back by Mads Tech. This video talks about the Avata2 but he is a great resource for drone tech and I'm sure he would have videos on the goggles integra.
I got my avata 2 last week. I flew it over the harbor in my town I get not more than a mile across it and my signal craps out. I posted the video under my channel. What channel do you use or do you have it on auto
I just have mine set to auto. I don't normally get signal range like that, that's just a really good spot to fly from, excellent line of sight and very little interference. Most often my signal starts to break up around a mile or so as well.
Very poor tune and cant handle the wind, clearly dji can only make vtx,s as for there drone,s they fly like they need a tune because that was so jumpy! are you props bent?
The avata 2 does struggle in the wind, but if the video seemed jumpy it's because it was a screen recording, which has no stabilizationm, and it was sped up.
Not sure you should be doing this...much less posting it. Flying over houses at that range is a bit of a no no, better outside the city. Please dont ruin it for other pilots and dont become the next phillydronelife. Use common sense
Great video and nice build of tension with the RTH. Fun viewing 👍👍
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it👍
SUPER GREAT TEST
Thank you! glad you liked it😊
Good to see a test with the Avata 2. I’ve been doing a few range tests with mine. I believe you will cover a much greater distance if you keep it on normal mode at full throttle. Apparently it is the most efficient mode to cover distance. Dji got 6000m doing this.
I would assume Normal mode would be more efficient, i might have to try it sometime and compare both modes. Thanks for your comment👍
Dude that was awesome! I’ve never heard you so concerned before. So you are human after all!!!! Hahaha.
I might need one of those e-scooters in case it doesn't make it back 😂 it was a good test though, I was pretty impressed.
@@CreateandKaptivatehahahaha. I think you’re safe man. Lol
Exciting video. Thank you. I'm subbing. Greetings from Montreal.
Awesome, thank you! Cheers from Calgary!
I've been 5km with my dji fpv. it's tricky because the auto RTH is quite inconvenient, specially if you're climbing a mountain and know you'll use less battery on your way down. That made me move away from it and build a real long range drone with an O3 instead. Last week I made a 27km round trip with it, did 2km back and forth on a known spot 5 times and still had battery left. Flew for 40 minutes.
That's awesome! I might need to look into something like that.
Is it ELRS radio? and what is drone please?
@@igorgoga7985 Speedybee Mario Fold (8") and yes, an Elrs radio. I plan to upload a video on it, but unfortunately I cannot record O3 DVR on my goggles (dji goggles v2 won't record O3 DVR) so it kinda sucks. I'm trying to meet with someone with the goggles 2 so I can record the DVR.
i have motion controler and barely get 500 - 800 meter in distance … am I flying to low ( 20 - 30 meters ) or is the controler?
Really the range you get depends on your line of site. So flying higher certainly does help. And if there are lots of obstacles around, even trees and such will eventually block your signal if enough get between you and the drone.
I see a lot of these types of videos. Are they not all illegal? Isn't any flight beyond VLOS against FAA regulations?
Correct
Hi Mark, I found your video while surfing for drone videos in Calgary. I’m interested in purchasing a drone for hobby photography and was thinking about the Air 3. I know I need to have a flying license (at least the basic). My question is, where can I fly the drone without restrictions in Alberta? I love to fly it in nature (Bragg Creek, Kananaskis), but I'm not sure about the restrictions. Lastly, which drone do you recommend I buy? Thanks.
Hey, those are all good questions. As far as where you can fly Nav Canada has a lot of information. There is also this Drone Site Selection tool that has maps showing restricted areas, and you can select sub250g, basic , or advanced. And you'll notice the restrictions on sub250g are much less than the others. That's where the Air3 would be at a disadvantage. However, having the 2 cameras allows you to add a lot more variety to what you're filming or photographing. Deciding on which drone to get is a tough decision, I think you just have to weight out the pro and cons. For instance the mini 4 pro is a very capable drone and is small and fairly discrete. Where as the Air 3 is even more capable but a fair bit bigger and not as discrete. Getting back to place you can fly. Kananaskis is a no fly zone as far as I know, and I think that includes all provincial parks and definitely national parks. Basically if I'm looking for places to fly say around Bragg Creek I look on something like the Drone Site Selection map and make sure there's no restrictions, but I don't think that includes everything so I'll usually check a parks map and if the area is not a park and there's no airspace restriction then you should be ok to fly. The DJI fly app is also pretty good for showing airspace restrictions, and will actually prevent you from flying in restricted areas, but I would rely solely on that.
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Haha, that's awesome! Thanks for your comment👍
I’ve been to 5 kilometres with my dji mini2 and hovered over the mountain I went to for a couple of minutes and managed to make it back barely lol. I went in normal not sports mode as sports mode definitely chews up the juice more than normal mode. It tried to auto land at about 1250 metres out and because I wasn’t watching because I had it in auto return mode I wasn’t watching lol. When I looked again and realised that it was auto landing I pushed it further to get back. At about 700 metres the battery was at zero and it started to land again, but I just pushed up on the stick a bit and made it back. It was a scary thought that I would have to look for it in the bush, but luckily I didn’t have to.
In my case I was pretty sure it could make it back, I was a bit nervous at first, but if it wasn't going to make it, there was somewhere I could land and easily retrieve it. But man, you pushed it to the limit, you flew past zero, I didn't even know that was possible lol. Thanks for the comment👍
@@CreateandKaptivate , I think DJI purposely underrates and underestimates the true battery power level so that people don’t push their DJI drones too far, so that they have a great reputation for being reliable.
in the very first test when the rth disengaged, were you holding down the sticker, did you almost crash your drone into the freeway while not paying attention?
You can cancel the RTH by pressing the mode button, and no I didn't almost crash, I was losing altitude on purpose just to see if I could get the battery indicator out of the orange warning.
nice test
Thank you! Cheers!
Are you using the 45 or 30 min battery?
I was using the standard battery for the Avata 2. I believe there is only one, and the specs actually say it's 23 min.
Is the avata 2 backwards compatable to the integras and controller 2 now? I know it wasn't b4
You're right, initially the avata 2 wasn't compatible with the goggles integra or goggles 2. But they came out with a firmware update that makes them all compatible now. And that includes the motion controller 2 and the fpv controller 2.
Hi bro I got the DJI goggles integra but I don’t know how to access the vtx to change the mW can you help
If you talking about boosting the transmission output. I'm not sure how to do it, but someone might have a video on it.
@@CreateandKaptivate no to reduce it like how do I get to the bit where I can change from 25mW to 100 ex
If you go into the Transmission settings from the main menu you can switch channel mode to manual which allows you to change the frequency and bandwidth. This does depend on whether you are in an FCC or CE region. I would suggest watching this video: DJI Avata 2 Free FCC Power & Speed Hack - Ham Is Back by Mads Tech. This video talks about the Avata2 but he is a great resource for drone tech and I'm sure he would have videos on the goggles integra.
Look at all those huge, beautiful homes build about 3 feet from one another. What a ridiculous paradigm.
Yeah, it would make sense to have a large property for such a large home.
I got my avata 2 last week. I flew it over the harbor in my town I get not more than a mile across it and my signal craps out. I posted the video under my channel. What channel do you use or do you have it on auto
I just have mine set to auto. I don't normally get signal range like that, that's just a really good spot to fly from, excellent line of sight and very little interference. Most often my signal starts to break up around a mile or so as well.
Appreciate this
No problem man! I appreciate you commenting, I've checked out some of your videos too.
FCC or CE mode?
Being from Canada, I believe by default mine is in FCC mode. That's also what the available options seem to indicate.
I thought you need an Extra Spotter when flying with Goggles.
Yes, I believe in most places that is the rule.
I would have chickened out at the 4800km mark😆
Haha yeah, I was pretty sure it could make it. I did have a place I could land if it wasn't going to.
That was very stressful.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if it was going to make it. But really there were places I could land if I had to.
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Your crazy 😂😂
Haha, that did make me a bit nervous, but if I had to there were places I could land.
Very poor tune and cant handle the wind, clearly dji can only make vtx,s as for there drone,s they fly like they need a tune because that was so jumpy! are you props bent?
The avata 2 does struggle in the wind, but if the video seemed jumpy it's because it was a screen recording, which has no stabilizationm, and it was sped up.
Not sure you should be doing this...much less posting it. Flying over houses at that range is a bit of a no no, better outside the city. Please dont ruin it for other pilots and dont become the next phillydronelife. Use common sense
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