By hitting an ultra-low latent live food from its camera directly into a pair of glasses, a first-person view (FPV) drone puts you right in the cabin of a small and clever plane capable of squeezing through the smallest of the gaps and pulling breathing movements like flips, barrel rollers, loops. These are not drones that you buy to get stationary photos of wide open visa, such as experience (and document) adrenalin-inductive roller drive through a tight, obstacular populated environment.
As such, piloting FPV dron is quite different, a more difficult boiler of fish than piloting a standard camera drone. Not only do you lose the anti-crash guard rails used by many drones, but you fly at a speed of speed, with less time to react. The Dji Avata 2 (8/10, Wired recommends) brings the smart requirements to a more beginner-friendly level, all while capturing videos at 4K/60 fps or 2.7K/120 fps. Although it has no automatic avoidance of obstacles, the motion-sensitive controller and capacity of Avata 2 and quickly slow down and hover in the middle of the air makes it much more forgiving than the full manual twin controls used by most FPVs.
The Avata 2 glasses are also fantastic, paired with the drone and delivering a crystal-clear image with their pair of micro-Oled screens. They are even comfortable for those with a bad point of view, like me, thanks to glasses that can be adjusted for inter-pupil distance and diopter to correct vision.
I would like to fly the Avata 2 to ride a bike with the training wheels, because there are some moves that you cannot pull with the movement controller, like steep dives, where the engines cut out completely and the drone falls like a stone. If you want to perform these risky stunts, the GamePad style Dji Remote Controller 3 is available as an optional add -on.
