DJI FPV - Flight Time Test - How Long Can You Really Fly It?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
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DJI claims that their new FPV drone can fly for 20 minutes on a single battery charge in perfect conditions. But what about in the real world? We test the flight time in acro and normal flight modes, plus compare those to how long the drone will hover in place. We took each fully charged battery down to 25% and then calculated how long it would theoretically fly if the battery went down to 0%.
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Kelly Shores is a FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot. He enjoys flying toy drones, camera drones, RC airplanes, and FPV quads. When he's not flying drones, Kelly enjoys photography, biking, travel and hanging out with his family!
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That startup sound gets me hyped everytime!!!
Thanks for showing us DJI FPV’s flight time on different scenarios. I’m getting more and more interested in this drone.
Great test...so 20 minutes is conceivable in nearly perfect conditions.
This product is great for people just getting into FPV with it's trick software that enables anybody to fly immediately. You definitely pay for the convenience it gives you, ($150 per bat) but hopefully it will make people want to become more interested in the FPV hobby as a whole and maybe build one in the future👍🏻.
Great testing, this helps showcase what you can really expect with different flying styles. The last result was the closest that I have seen someone come to the advertised flight time on the DJI FPV drone so far flying it steady and normally. I'd say based on your testing it's probably safe to say that for most real world scenarios (not controlled flight style/path or hovering in place) 10 minutes or less should be expected.
Interesting results! More of a distance/exploring flyer myself so these tests are very helpful. Usually I'll fly in Normal mode for offshore distance flights, figuring it saves the battery flying slower at -30mph. Looks like I was on the right track. Haven't made the jump to manual mode in real life just yet. Still training in the sim. Thanks for the vid!
Really like that drone. Thank you for doing these tests. Excellent video Kelly!!
Thanks for watching!
Nice work mate ! and Thanks. I've Been flying RC for 45+ years and building drones since the KK boards and Naza's first controller, this FPV a/c has been the best fun of all of them :)
i consistently get 25% less than this. The battery life is my biggest issue with this drone, combined with the ridiculous price of extra batteries :(
I've had a few drones. Mavic 2, mini mavic and now the mini mavic 2 (I crash them all)
I ordered one of these and will prob wreck it in the first min lol.....but I'm so disappointed on the battery life. Especially when the mini mavic is rated 30mins.
I just want to know if this is actually good for the speed etc it does. Do proper racing drones do much longer than this, batterys ways....and is this battery life kind of expected of something with the power it has?
Great video, as always! Man, I envy your FPV flying skills, it's such a steep learning curve coming from years of doing traditional droning. I'm like a fish out of water 😅
It’s not that hard you just have to be ready to fix stuff after every session. Force yourself to learn acro in a sim then transfer to actual quads, one day it’s like a switch flips and your brain goes “oh ok now I get it” then going back to a gps drone will feel so foreign and constraining. Keep at it you won’t regret it (well your wallet might)!
@@FlyingSasquatch1 Well, I guess I'll have to keep practicing, who knows, I might actually be good at it 👍
Awesome video! I just ordered the DJI FPV combo and I found this video to have great information on expected flight times threw out the different flight modes and very interesting to watch! Thumbs up for the like.
Thanks! Have fun with it!
As usual Kelly, great field experience testing and video edit for us droners to review. I slowly am starting to warm up to maybe getting the DJI FPV Drone? I am not a acro droner but understand how this DJI FPV is a game changer for flight time from traditional FPV custom or almost ready to fly FPV drones. Filling the nitch between camera drones and hard core FPV droners... actually pretty smart of DJI marketing department.
I know the effort that goes into making these videos, so thanks for that and sharing it.
great test Kelly
But why only 25% ? DJI hat set 94% as full Battery so there is 6% capacity for worst case scenario. I do set parameters to 7% RTH and 0% for critical landing thats almost enough headroom to not damage the batterys.
Great video Kelly. You gave a lot of good info from your flight tests. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Will do!
My question is how can you fly 10nm away in 10 min ?
Thank you for the test! Nice!
As an Fpv pilot I am so glad to see this, 20 minutes in manual/acro is killer tiring. Thank you for the test I have been wanting to see this exact scenario!
*tiring?
Great video thanks for sharing Kelly. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Great video, no surprise on results but now newbies know. You use the gas peddle more you use more fuel.
Excellent real world data. Thanks for the post.
That last result was interesting! Great info 👍
Thank you!
Thank you for that awesome review!!!!
Great flight time test !!!
Im getting 8min to 10 on sport mode kinda wished id get 20 min
Agreed. Battery life of FPV quads is not great compared to what we're used to with regular camera drones.
Thanks for the vids. Do the batteries charge on DC. ?
20 minutes promised
but you might add 3 footnotes ... explaining
* flying in normal and eco at same altitude up n down bring 18.30
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*** under 8 minutes arco - full power at 15°C
real word is more or less just 10 minutes ... 6 batteries to recharge each used to fly battery after battery and to give each battery after charging a 20 minute cool down phase ... would mean 750€ in spare batteries at least.
too much money or too less flight time ... unfortunatelly.
20 minutes I'm Normal mode only. You take it into sport or manual the flight time drops to about 5 minutes
Ideal spead is 40 km/h in one direction becose DJI has arms desing light winght and that help drone to save pover,its half a drone and half a fixed winng.
Can you mark frends on the software like p1 p2 p3
This a valuable and informative video.
Really tempted in buying one.
I just purchased this drone. Love it but hope one day DJI sells a better battery for it.
*Why don't you just fly it down to 5%. You're not even flying it far away from you, you should fly it to 5%.*
good video, please tell us about your fpv case
It's a Pelican case - I had an old analog FPV quad in it and just swapped it out for the DJI. Google "Pelican Case" and you'll find it.
if i have an SD card on the drone and goggles and push rec does it record on both sd's? noob question, i know. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to record directly on the drone it only seems to record what's on the googles. I feel the quality would be better if I'm getting it directly from the drone.
Helpful
whats the point of that helipad thing?
It keeps the takeoff and landing surface dust and dust free, keeping the motors and camera lense clean. Also, the contrast of the "H" will help the downward sensors/cameras when doing any automatic return to home landings.
Hope to get one sometime
Great video! Can I buy just the controller and use it to fly with the virtual flight app? Thanks
Phone has to plug into goggles
@@sideburn not if you connectin it with a flight simulator like liftoff or drls on pc!
@@diogocorreia9740 ohhh yeah I tried that. It works but it’s wonky. You need to manually remap all the sticks. Any ONLY the sticks work none of the buttons or switches. And liftoff had issues where it kept resetting on a stick move. I think it’s possible with more tinkering but I gave up on it. DRL works i think. The black DJI FPV system controller works much better on those PC sims.
@@sideburn i use Drone Racing League Simulator and they have a ''quick calibration' option that worked really well. the buttons won't work but you don't really need them tbh. it was worth the 20$
@@sideburn i haven't really tried liftoff so i wasn't aware of the reseting problem. thnx for the heads up!
How do you change the head skin to the green one? Please post a video, or can anyone paste a video link on how too? Thanks
Just unscrew the top screws with the allen key. Get the top plastic out and replace it with the green one
Ive just seen a video on this doing turtle mode. It's cool. Only in manual mode tho. Ps by Flytpath 👊💯
Got my first flight in today, so you know i need this info!! Great work, ya dig
That's a long way off Dji touted 30mins
They never claimed 30 mins. They said 20 mins
The more I see the more I confirm it as a pointless acquisition given every thing I own already does the job and well exceeds its flying time. For me a fan boy machine with deep pockets but great to see some proper testing.
Thank you sir please next video top speed
27 mps - sport, Ive not done manual mode yet
So we could say that normal flight in Normal Mode will give us just about 15 minutes of flying time to zero😎👍🏻✨🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Looks like this is exactly what I am looking for in the fact that you use the “normal mode” to cruise to the mountain you want to dive or the distant shoreline and then rip it and tell it ok come on home......
4 DJI FPV BATTERIES = $600
4 HOBBY GRADE FPV BATTERIES =$80..... WOW!! That's just crazy how expensive these DJI batteries are 🤪
Exaggerated comparison. The DJI batt is a high end 6s 2000mah + electronics inside. Hobby grade 6s 2000mah batts will run you $40 - $50 each. Still over priced...
@@sideburn yes your right that a 2000mah 6s would be $40 at it's cheapest, I use 4s and $20 is what I pay per battery. But FPV batteries are disposable in the sense that they get beat up or they drop a cell or the IR just gets to high and the loss of performance is just to great. Hopefully for the price of these DJI batteries they have the best lipo cells made in this day in age and can get hundreds or thousand charge cycles out of it.
@@smooth_ops2942 Ya. No argument that DJI is pricey. The Apple of drones I suppose...
DJI FPV flight time =20 mins max, 12 mins real world. 4xbatts 48mins
Hobby grade flight time = 3 mins. 4xbatts 12mins.
@@foam27 3 min if you're racing. its closer to 5-7 min for freestyle flying.
That on hands of pro freestyle pilots i estimate under 5 minutes
Yea at most it would last me 4-5min.... $150 each is just crazy.
Why buy the landing pad and don’t land on it? Oh and GO HORNS!! 😁
Definitely won't be on my list. Got the pro and air. Thats just not worth the money. !!
OR READ THE MANUAL!!!
i just wanted to see this drowne fly 20 miunits but my dreams dosent come true im looking for droone that can fly more
Look into fpv wings like the sonic model ar pro
go faster! zZzZzz...
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Who are you talking to you keep moving the camera back and forth like you're talking to somebody else
My invisible friend... ;-)
@@readysetdrone All my friends are invisible as well 👍🏻
Er no thank you.. £150 per batt 3 hour charge time on the gimmick drone vs £30 for hand bult fpv, try taking this to a fpv race lol.
$150 each is just mind boggling...I pay $18 each for my Ovonics 😝
@@smooth_ops2942 do those batteries ever catch on fire if you left unattended while charging? 150$ doesn't sound so bad if you don't have to worry about a fire every time you charge.
@@borderlessniko Yes they can if not maintained properly or charged correctly, over the past 5 years I've been flying I've only had one incident when I was charging when I came to check on them since I charge 12 at a time using parallel boards that one was super hot and started to puff up and smell sweet which is a sign that a cell has a leak to which I pulled it off the charger and set it outside on the concrete and about 2 minutes later it burst into flames about 6 ft high which would have caught the room on 🔥. They can be dangerous but if you take care of them properly and always follow the rules of LiPo charging and do's and don'ts you will be fine.
@@smooth_ops2942 I get that , but this dji fpv battery set up feels more travel friendly too. Everything is reasonable to pack and can charge overnight without any concerns.
@@borderlessniko Do you fly or wanting to buy the DJI drone?
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Why mention your not flying over houses? Your breaking the law by not keeping line of sight or flying with a spotter..