Skydio 2 Autonomous Sports Drone: Holy cow!
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2019
- The Skydio 2 is in theory the most advanced sports tracking drone on the market - surpassing the company's first drone - the Skydio R1.
This new unit boasts 4K/60 HDR recording (that actually looks the part), 7 concurrent 4K cameras on it, as well as a 23 minute battery life. Atop all that there's the new GPS-assisted Beacon for tracking in trees, a controller, and a smaller form factor.
But most important? Does it actually track well? And what are the gotchyas? For that I head out to test from road cycling to mountain biking to running, open fields to dense forests. Plus, even a crash or two. Dive on it!
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Hey folks - thanks for watching! I've also uploaded a huge footage compilation (as well as the original files if you want to download them) - all here: ruclips.net/video/FSDQA-h8Uo4/видео.html
Plus, check out my full written review here: www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/skydio-autonomous-sports.html with plenty more details that didn't fit in this video.
DC Rainmaker hi Ray, I just sent you an email. I’d love to borrow your skydio if you’ve still got it ;)
Hi, I love my Skydio as well. How are you attaching the beacon to your bike?
@@stsingh167 So I use two things. The first is this little mount I put on the back of the remote (amzn.to/3i31NUv) - fits perfectly, and is rock solid (seriously, I tried to remove one once to take pictures w/o it, and just about required a saw to get off). Then just a standard Garmin rubber band mount on the frame (amzn.to/2RTTLTp) - of course, you can use Garmin mount then, but I just use the rubber band ones on the top tube of the frame so it's out of the picture.
@@Dcrainmaker Thank you.
Can I make this done follow me at same height and constant distance of only 2 meters away from me on my side while i run and talk??
That is the most incredible avoidance system I’ve ever seen. And it’s not from dji
6:00 at this point, any DJI drone would've tapped out, crashed and burned. Kudos to Skydio for setting the bar extremely high as it should. Standing ovation ! Should have mine delivered very soon.
I've never wanted a drone, until today
Same here! I've generally thought they were a "novelty" but this is next level stuff!
I have the same feeling until I realized all the rules and regulations I need to comply with the FAA as well as the local ordinance.
Unless you live in Europe, where they dont ship it, then you are stuck with DJI...
@@noelcapule2337 Rules are for fools, just ignore all that fly and have fun.
knoxieman No! DONT ignore all of them!
DC we always know you'll put it through its paces! Nice work.
Thanks!
Looking forward to putting it through test on the mountain snowboarding soon.
Dear Skydio Team, can you let us know how much did the algorithms improves over the last year? Did you update the app and the drone? Would it do better right now than a year ago?
@@marekliban7366 we have had several software updates adding features and functionality.
I love how the footsteps look at 20x due to combination of step frequency and framerate. Looks like you're ice skating!
Or moon walking!
DC Rainmaker That's what I was thinking! It looked so cool! The drone was awesome too. Haha!
LOL oh my god that and the music are total winsauce!!!
@@Dcrainmaker how do you achieve that effect? Is it just automatic?
@@rickykngo I just sped up the video.
My favorite tech of the year for sure !
That's truly pretty amazing. I was ready to be underwhelmed, but seriously good on you, Skydio. I sure couldn't have flown a drone through the areas it struggled with.
I dont plan to buy a drone, but man I love this video with you and the team! Still very impressed by the drone quality of navigating the forest. It might not be perfect but still.
Fantastic!! Even though it go stuck in the woods, it did a great job!! Can't wait for mine!!!
Best Consumer "Follow Me" Drone on the planet. Bonus that the camera is more than decent.
Love your moon walk when you fast forward your run!.
It's epic!
5:15 +, best moonwalk ever?
Suggestion: go up! for the drone? With an over-over-over-overview it would be able to find the beacon?
Haha...saw the moonwalk as well - it's awesome! Yeah, there isn't really a great overhead type quick shot that you can hold in tracking mode.
I love the moonwalk too, it's like a backwards skating haha!
Holy cow. This is awesome.Thanks for your reviews. I discovered you from your GoPro Max review and I have to say, you do a great job, especially providing sample footage. It helped my decisions a lot.
Thanks - appreciate it!
That was amazing!!!! I'm going to get the Skydio. You put this thing through a lot and I felt it did well ! Thanks for posting it !
I was thinking you would get an early unit. Excellent review! Mine is on the way!
Thanks!
Unfair going through all those branches but it still followed like it wanted to figure out a way to get through all those twigs. Impressive!
What a cool piece of tech!! Thanks for the review! This is what a lot of people are looking for to video themselves. Improving the tracking from just visual identification is a huge step forward (think skier/snowboarders) and the better processing power and object avoidance will help with the trees issue ;)
Unfortunately the price range makes it unusable for the vast majority of athletes who would want it... the good news is that now the tech is out there, and we will soon see other companies taking advantage and the competition will be exciting to watch 😀
Yup - super cool for athletes. I think the $999 price range of the R2 is far better than the R1.
Wow, what an amazing drone, very good review, those shots switching views between the tree was fantastic, great video, thanks
Great comparison video. You are brave flying over the water and close to trees while in tracking mode!
Just when I didn't think I needed a new drone I watch this video. Nice review!
This just went to the top of my list for My Next Drone. I will have to see some reviewers on how it handles the cold for winter activities then hope I can get one by next ski season.
Now this has to be the most independent drone video I've ever watched. Spectacular!
Thanks - appreciate it!
Wow. Can’t wait for mine! Didn’t even know this was coming out until a week ago. Ordered 3 days ago and I’m in Batch 4. 3rd quarter 2020 ☹️. To give you an idea of backorder. Guess I will have plenty of time to save up.
Holy balls that's far out!
Wow. These guys could really stand to ramp up production. Amazing product. Just saw this today and it looks absolutely amazing for a super affordable price. Cinematic quality shooting for scenic hiking and biking.
Oh man, I thought batch 2 was long. Srry dude. It’ll be worth it tho!
Thanks for the time and effort put into this, the best review so far!
Thanks!
Great written review ... thanks for taking the time to put it together.... SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thanks!
I was waiting for this video since I first heard about it!!! my expectations are super high=) starting to watch now
Dc Rainmaker quality =)
Thanks!!!
Wow! It's really what we've been waiting for all these years!
By far the best review, thanks man!
Active track on mavic air and M2P cant even come CLOSE to competing with this
Thanks for sharing
also they dont do barrel rolls like Skydio either
Agree
Great review! I'm waiting for mine in January.
Best review of this drone yet (for my purposes at least). Most reviews show it in fairly open forrest areas. You answered some big questions for me. I'm still getting one for some of my more open trail runs and my road bike rides but you've definitely found it's limitations.
It's still an amazing piece of technology.
Thanks!!
Just think it can only get better over time...
Ray, I wish I had your terrain here in Austin. Those single track mountain biking trails look sweet. Great video as always. Keep it up.
The tracking and obstacle avoidance technology in this drone looks amazing 🤯
Great review on the Skydio 2. I just subbed.
This is remarkable , it was so much fun to watch . this is the future right here.
Awesome! Great reviews. Can’t wait to have mine next year. Thank you sir for sharing.
Thanks!!!
The RUclips award placed next to the torque wrenches. Perfect.
Wow, that is pretty amazing how well it does.
been waiting for your review!
Omg, the 20x moon-walk looks amazing! :)
You can’t expect it to be 100% perfect but it’s awful damn close.I’ll more than likely by this drone.Thanks
Cool video. I was thinking of picking this drone up to help me out with my youtube channels that I have. One is with RC cars. If I bought this and the beacon, mounted the beacon somewhere in the RC, would the drone be able to keep up? I can only go so far with the rc as far as range is concerned. So I realize the drone may lose the rc if it goes too fast. But when I come back towards the drone with the rc, will the drone be able to pick it up again to track? I have a few cams on each shoot, I was just hoping the drone car get me some decent shots that I can edit with along with my other shots. Hope this makes sense. Thank you in advance.
Great demo! Thanks! Certainly too much to expect it to navigate through lots of thin trees
Yo man, great video! That intro music was wicked loud, though. Keep on keepin on!
Very impressive damn!! I'm sold!!
Now I love drone already ❤❤❤
Superb presentation. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing my R2. It's shipping!
Enjoy it!
Thx 4 all the work!! 👌
Awesome review as always DC. For action sports this looks to be a game changer, Did you see Nate Hills new video mountain biking in Arizona? Unbelievable!!
Awesome. I’ve never trusted Active Track on my Mavic. This looks next level.
Definitely indeed!
Same.
Amazing machine can’t wait to get mine
Amazing !!!! I love this drone !
This review was so good !
Thanks!
Great review. Fantastic.
Gotta say, I really love watching people run in time-lapse
really done good job by skydio!!
Thanks a lot. It would be absolutely fantastic to redo this test after a year to see if they improve the algorithms (more smooth, less jerky and better obstacle avoidance) ! I'm sure many people would love that!
It’s incredible and kind of creepy how it can make such quick decisions all by itself... I mean goodness it can even spot the tiny branches while you’re running! Glad to see the US built consumer drone market finally kick in!
Awesome content. Thanks. Can you tell me how did you mount beacon to the bike?
Man this drone make the rookie look like a pro, I’m excited and I’m hoping this company succeeds because I’m done with DJI
SUPERB!!! I hope they will release a new model that folds like dji soon!!
the fact he says the price is wonderful!!!! one love man !!!
It needs a laser to cut a hole through the branches. Not a flame thrower, cos that would just be irresponsible.
Sharks...err...drones...with frickin' lasers on their heads!
Lasers still can start fires tho 🤔
@@weirdscience8341 It's like the difference between driving at the speed limit and driving at 150mph. You could get in an accident either way but there's a responsible way of driving and there's "mounting a flame thrower on a drone" level of driving.
@@MrPhilbautista how about just learning to fly properly on acro mode then theres no need for either just knife edge the tree i actually love flying my power whoops in the forest its like the scene in star wars were there on the speeder bikes daisy cutter racings fun too you aren't aloud above 1ft for the entire course thats like pod racing ...im a star wars fan dont hate me 😂👍👍
@@weirdscience8341 This drone is for those who aren't strong in the Force but crave the attention Jarjar gets.
Excellent review.
The most honest review of it that I have seen, thank you. Still on the fence over this one or the Mavic Air as an upgrade to my Spark.
Thanks!!!
Awesome review!
Skydio 3 will be impressive 😃 bikes and trees follow-up was incredible !
I had no idea you had one of these, very nice! I think the last time I spoke to you was when you were doing live feed from the original Mavic Pro to RUclips and then on discord. Your channel has really grown since then! Congrats! Let me know if you decide to sell the R2 as I was very late getting my preorder in plus I am on the other side of Manassas from you. Looking forward to more videos on this bird from you!
Sadly once I get my pre-order in, I'll be flying as much as possible with it!
Bridge fly bys are great!
wow im impressed, freaking awesome
Wow. Have never seen this drone before, at least in Canada.
Great review..
Honestly that's bloody good :) i couldn't honestly asked it to do more.
Even with the struggles, you have to admit, it's awesome tech!
Best Hardcore Test I‘ve seen so far... Great Job... thought i never see a Skydio 2 crash 😂 Love that drone... If my Anafi fail me one day I get a Skydio if it gets licensed in germany 🙄
As always the best review!! Seems a very good toy to do a nice sports videos. When it comes to Europe?
This is amazing I didn’t know you could get it to change camera views while it was following you I just assumed it followed you from above only
That's amazing! So good.
I was about to pull the trigger on a mavic mini 2 and watched your review on it where you name dropped Skydio 2 and then thought, huh what's that? Glad I didn't purchase yet. The Skydio 2 looks incredible and I would mainly use it for mountain biking on singletrack and wakeboarding. The particular forest you used for testing was great as it highlighted it's weaknesses on narrow trails with thin branches hanging down, this is a pity as most trails I ride would be similar to this but I can appreciate that it's very difficult to navigate dense forest. This drone has superb potential.
Dude! Your drones look like my brother's rc truck after he runs it in the savannah😂 Awesome review👍👍
skydio is an awesome drone. they're making great progress making it smaller
That 20x speed run looked amazing
Thanks!
Wow. Super impressive going through those small branches. I really really wish it had fold up arms like the mavic.
Wow... SUPER impressive autonomy!!!
Very good and honest test !!! Thank you...
Thanks!
Very well done thanks so much
That was about time !
Thanks for another great review, and "Holy Cow* indeed !! those tracking shots are quite astonishing!!
And I have a hard time seeing how a drone would manage the "sticking points" that You showed with less than the drone getting an actual gps track to follow... which I would't put beyond the realm of possibilities in the future.
Another much more basic thing that I wondered about was why they don't equip it with "prop guards"....
Then they could possibly even have a "small bubble mode" where You could set it to use algorithms where it "accepted" objects closer, but also took that into account when "choosing path"....
Seeing things like this I actually feel like "I'm living in the future" ;)
Best regards.
So funny to see you guys driving close to my home, along the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal and crossing that new bike-bridge. Must have been to see this kind of bike infrastructure for those from abroad. Looks like real good testing ground for the drone/
Just need to find out if it can fly patterns of aereas so I can use photoscan to create 3D mappings.
There's no programming of patterns (just cable cam). However, I believe their enterprise option has that.
Great review
Got a new subscriber
Nice, cant wait for mine to come 😎👍👍👍
That thing’s amazing!🏆
Great review! Answers pretty much all my questions. I generally don't run through heavily dense forests nor do I engage in picking my way along narrow branch-rich low canopy paths, LOL. I do however appreciate this Quad's versatility and it's intuitive ability to think for itself. I've got a Mavic Pro and a Blade Chroma which work fine for my needs but this Drone is too much of a Next Step Up not to consider. Price Point is pretty fantastic too. Wish they could produce them faster though. Thanks again
John Hoover thanks!
In 10 years when these are chasing us life or death, I choose the right path to Thin Twig Forrest 👍🏽
🤖 we will upgrade flesh thing👾
LMFAO
Great review and thanks... Quick question... can you Set the height for tracking - say for example above the tree line?
No, unfortunately not. You can only set an on/off toggle for height floor - which is 8ft/2.5m, but you can't adjust that unfortunately. It's something I brought up to Skydio as well, since other drones allow it.
Thanks for showing
Super products
Anyone who manually flies a drone knows just how amazing this thing is, folks that are bugging out on it flying through the twiggy sections should try doing that themselves, the shots in between the trees of the 3 road cyclists are simply stunning, totally next level and the way the drone moved in between them at speed would not be possible by someone on the ground with a drone of this size, DJI need to get their act together if they want part of the action drone market, I still think that DJI are fine in other sectors and they make some amazing drones its just this is way more amazing.
Indeed - super cool stuff!
This guy doesn't fuck around. He really put it through its paces.
That's what I'm here for!
Great detailed video, where can we buy Skydio 2 in the NL?
You are killing the machine