I did something....

[Jim]

I tried flying the Mavic 2 Pro not long ago - boring! It's a good photo tool but for fun the DJI FPV looks like it's going to be fun to play with.

I bought an Autel X-Star Professional several years ago when they discontinued the model. The X-Star was a couple thousand dollars new, but only a few hundred when they discontinued them. It was a great drone to learn with.

Today, it's been through some serious crashes and the camera mount is damaged and isn't usable anymore. But it's a great drone to practice precision, close encounter, flying skills. And if I have a fatal crash, it's not like I lost a $2,500 drone.

I still have a blast with it. This morning, I was flying around the trees up here at home, and almost lost it in a head on with an giant Oak. Got stopped just in the nick of time!

But flying the FPV is just a different experience all together. I don't take off with the goggles on, but that's only because I want to make sure I'm clear of all obstacles before I put them on. But I almost always land with them on. It's a personal thing and mostly just because I want to gain experience.

 

[Neal]

By the way I ended up sending the case I bought back, too big to deal with in the RV. I ended up getting the backpack below and love it. I can ride a bike somewhere to fly it, easily stores in the RV closet, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZL6HZJG/?tag=rvf01-20

 

[Jim]

Nice! Guess the battery for the goggles goes in the zippered area?

Would be great to dump that big case I've got, but it-is-what-it-is. On the positive side, there's lots of room if the drone hits someone and I have to carry a body out of the area.

 

[Neal]

The goggle battery has a cutout too, the four goggle antennas go in a cutout. It's nicely done and light.

 

[Jim]

Took the drone up to about 250' and ran it up to 70mph. Flew a couple of wide circles and then dropped back down to about 10mph. The video is only showing in SD but tomorrow it will probably show in 4K, or at least HD. Forgot to turn the sound off so you'll have to turn the sound down to avoid those screaming little motors. lol

 

[Fatboy2004]

Are those baseball fields ?

 

[Jim]

Are those baseball fields ?

Yes, they are. And in a couple of places in the video, I fly over H&H Farm. Each year they have a corn maze, and although I didn't realize it, the maze is made out of carving a huge image in the corn field. Go to 0:17 and 1:15 of the video and you see where "H&H Farm" and a huge pumpkin, have been cut into the corn field.

I didn't realize this until I was editing the video at home. Then it was too late to go back and get a better shot of it. But sometime later this week I plan to fly that area again, and I'll get some better footage.

 

[marc2912]

Trying to keep threads somewhat focused and since this was drone related. Got the DJI Avata that just released last week. First time flying an FPV and it was way more fun than my DJI Mavic Air 2.

Here’s the result from my first flight with it


Cc @Jim

 

[Neal]

Wow that's awesome. Please don't tell us that was your first FPV flight!!!

I'm very sorry @Jim caused you to spend so much money.

 

[Jim]

Well OK. But if that was your first time ever flying a FPV drone, then you better go get a job racing drones. Cuz that was spectacular. But tell the truth now, you've done this before... right?

 

[marc2912]

@Neal it was my first fpv flight and interestingly enough I think it had a lot to do with the joystick controller, it’s insanely intuitive.

@Jim all I flew before was my mavic and I would say my flight recordings were mediocre at best, this was definitely a first but I’ll say I’m totally hooked now.

 

[Neal]

Yeah, now try flying the mavic - yawn!

 

[Jim]

@Neal it was my first fpv flight and interestingly enough I think it had a lot to do with the joystick controller, it’s insanely intuitive.

@Jim all I flew before was my mavic and I would say my flight recordings were mediocre at best, this was definitely a first but I’ll say I’m totally hooked now.

You did very well! I didn't, and still don't, have that good of perception when flying that close to limbs. And then the flight under the trampoline, very nice!

 

[marc2912]

You did very well! I didn't, and still don't, have that good of perception when flying that close to limbs. And then the flight under the trampoline, very nice!

So with the avata the handheld joystick is very much like a flight simulator joystick and the trigger is just speed. Pull back, push forward, tip left or right are all there really is, the extra part that allows for the precision is that in the goggles you see the equivalent of a target. It allows you to aim for where you want to go, basically keep the aim at open space and you’re good to go.

 

[Neal]

bait promo video - full screen - go