DJI AVATA Range Test - HOW FAR Will it GO?! (Motion Controller & Goggles 2 - Pro-View Combo)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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It was upside down when you found it because it fell out of the tree you landed in. 😂😂😂😂
I agree he was clearly in a tree at the end of the flight 🤣🤣
“I wonder if something attacked it.”
Ya, that pine tree Yucca you plowed into.
@@DisgruntledPigumon he is good RUclipsr
Lmao..
@@DisgruntledPigumon this comment is so funny 🤣🤣🤣
Thanx Dustin on my opinion I rather say its not that a wind resistant but it keeps up on its tracking on its way and the gimbal doing its work there manh, at least it tried its best, keep it up sir.
Really enjoyed the video. Impressed with the find your drone procedure. Makes finding it a lot simpler. What are your thoughts on DJI’s two FPV drones ie advantages and disadvantages, which do you prefer etc.
🍻 Bigger, heavy, faster more dangerous (good for more open areas) VS smaller, lighter, slower safer, (good for very close proximity & indoors)
Yep they'll be blocked soon 🍻
Battery amazing! Wow even die u could flight a couple min useful reviews
Still waiting for the range test on the mini 3 pro…
Feel free to do your own brah 🤙🤙🤙
That's the spirit bro, he will soon upload
It'll come, it takes a lot of work to edit through all this stuff! Can't wait either!
Dude was way too relaxed when the battery went down to 0%
The second half of the battery is never going to have the performance of the first, so turning at 50% in calm conditions pretty much guarantees you won't make it back. If you fly out with a tailwind then you are double stuffed.
Thanks for that info.
@@dawidpolser no worries.
Should've dropped altitude! That would've saved you a bit from the wind!
Dude right? It was painful to watch. Go lower for crying out loud.
Going lower is another gamble in itself 🍻
@@DustinDunnill sure, just don't hit any trees. But that's literally what they tell you to fight high winds. Lower your altitude, there's less brutal gusts. You would've made it further.
So many bigger drone reviewers on this platform, but I strongly prefer your content for its rawness. No crazy edits and no salesman-like voiceover. You're super chill. Subscribed.
It's not a long range drone like it's big brother, but interesting to see through your eyes (and not mine...lol) how far the transmission would go. Great drone for proximity flying and cinematic shots in close range. Glad you didn't lose it, and you got to test the find my drone fly app which works really well as expected. Thumbs up ! ;-)
idk why you risked flying below 10%, let alone below 5%, asking for a crash lol.
It stopped on a tree branch, then fell off
Yep, that's why I put the onboard video up at the end 🍻
I fly my avata two footballl fields away and it losses transmission.
i don’t fly an avata, i fly a dji fpv, and i get less than 1km and it loses transmission. but i live in the center of a city and i think it’s just the environment (buildings, lots of interference). i am really jealous of how far this person can fly.
Shame DJI doesn't yet have sensors that will tell you what tree it's landing on 😂
Must not be texas, i’d be scared of being killed grabbing my drone by just walking onto someones property
Hi I'm wondering why you didn't fly in sport mode wouldn't that have given you a greater distance?
And magically not use up the battery faster?
Lay off the weed 😂. Never go past 50%
Doesn't it go 60 mph in manual? That is a mile a minute. You should range test it in that mode.
Never spend 50% and turn back home in a straight line flight.
60% remin is the max.
I've done it many times on other DJI camera drones even down to the 40's% and making it back. I'm finding their FPV drones don't seem to have the same reserve 🍻
Thanks for pushing it to the limit in a real world test, barely any reviewers have done this. You are the second. I just saw a vid of some indonesian guy make it 5 km out and back but he was flying towards a mountain and over there a lot less radio noise. He said get guards are bad for long range because the wind hit it so much.
Bruhh last night I saw a video of mavic 3 it went 14 km about more than 40,000 ft distance.
And started coming back at 51% it went 0% 100 meters before destination. But still it flew to the destination
Edit - oh that was your video too 🤣🤣
I wonder if you do a lot of sports because I don't know how your heart can support all those scary moments.
This is like someones first drone flight, casually going under 50% battery one way, and then pushing against tree branches 25 feet into the air and calling it "nice and easy landing" :) That's why your drone was upside down, it fell down from that height.
just wanted to say... it has landed in a tree, nothing attacked it.. it just fell down from a branch. :D .
Nice video anyways.
You could have descend lower to avoid the high wind and save some battery for returning.... i dont know why u stay high
Better transmission, just feels safer also.
3.5km for a little cinewhoop is crazy good!
So that controller works kinda like a joystick on airplane video games? That's SO COOL!!!
That was cool. Balls of steel mate.
Boy ... you are really one lucky sob on your range tests .... ha ha. I think you turned back at 48%, so next time ... make it 52%. Always a thrill on your range tests. Now do one for the Mini 3 Pro. Cheers!
I am in the process of choosing a nice drone and Avata is a good candidate
Thanks for this man, Subscribed to your channel
I mean, how did you expect to make it back when you started to turn around right at 50% ?? 😅 Also, you kill your batteries when you drain them so low
You sound new to DJI drones & their capabilities 🍻
@@DustinDunnill Been flying dji since 2016 with a Phantom 3, 😅
If the wind was to your back when you turned around you might have had a chance but you should definitely turn before hitting 50%. That's basic math not DJI experience.
yes wind is always a factor. It's experience with MANY newer DJI products. They are new FPV drones but experiences with their camera drones have been stellar at flying long after 0%. DJI nis new to FPV centric drones don't seem to have the same buffer which I've been experiencing in my recent reviews 🍻
@@DustinDunnill Yeah I hear that...How do you like the motion controller compared to the regular gaming style remote as far as flying full Acro? Can you fly acro with the motion controller?
You are nuts dude. That thing isn't made to take high winds. You are lucky you didn't lose it. Electric chopper is cool. Please post a link
The chopper link should be in description below video 🍻
I’m way too anxious of a person to do this
great test this drone was not made for long range its a cinewhoop, 95% of the time you should be flying low to the ground and objects range like this is better suited to a Air2s, I would give the example that this test was similar to 0-60 speed testing a Prius that car isnt made for speed and this drone isnt made to fly at these altitudes and distances. The tiling is caused by strong wind current catching the frame prop guards. This common for any cinewhoop flying at higher altitudes. In very strong wind it will even flip the drone over.
I ordered a DJI mini 2 the other day, and have been reading all the drone regulations and what not. How to you legally do these range tests despite the VLOS rule in the US, (asking since you have said that you live in Hawaii). Do you apply for a permit of sort or do you just cross your fingers and hope for the best?
I think it's probably the latter
Btw, I’m from the same island :). I’ve Always supported local families, even when they move to the mainland. Unfortunately I lost all of my drones, and some items that you’ve reviewed back in 2021. Our house was the one that had an electrical fire in the rain, 1hour into the new year. Unfortunately I’ve haven’t been able to afford another drone, and build a custom drone to help with SAR. My custom drone could mount LiDAR and IR/FLIR attachments. Since I’m a 100% disabled Veteran, I used to be a dog handler with Maui dog tags and helped with assisting in with the two missing women Moira/Scott. But a year later I moved to Vegas to become a weapons instructor at NAFB. I got to train teams on VIP/HVT extraction and protection escorting, but my injuries from deployments finally got the VA to rate me from a 0% and 7 years of fighting for my issues being all service related. 03-13 I served in the army and straight to OIF outta high school and OEF up until 2012. 7 deployments and the VA denied everything that I claimed when I got out. Thanks to many of the people who played the system and because of stolen valor. That’s what made it really difficult in hawaii to claim for anything service related. Plus the VA in hawaii in general treat you as a someone trying to cheat the system, or a drug addict trying to get pills. Nevada, Texas, and Washington were the only states that helped my claims, and all of the staff actually cared. Unfortunately in hawaii, most of the staff are disgruntled veterans or civilians that just are there to collect their pay, and like to set off new veterans who come in for help, just so they can utilize their power by having the armed guard remove you from the building. Anyways, I hope in the future I’ll be able to pick up an electric bike and a drone. Keep up with the content, you’ve always done great reviews with items that I’ve been interested in, but it’s hard to tell if those content creators are being unbiased during reviews, because of the sponsorship with certain brands. So that’s why I’m glad to have found your channel when you started out! Mahalo & Aloha.🎃
I just got the Avata I'm in Florida. The Mbps only starts at 30 and has only went up to 32 Mbps. At 60 feet away it is at 27Mbps. Called DJI and was a waste of time. Any idea why I'm not getting 50 Mbps like everybody on utube is??? Same on Googles v2 and googles 2, 1080 and at 4k with motion controller. Thank You. Update returned the drone new one was at 50 no problem.
Can you describe the biggest differences between the 27 you were getting and the full 50? I take it only video quality was lacking? I've seen test videos where maneuverability is unaffected until as low as 2mbps.
Your range tests are the best !
Good range test Dustin, when ever I fly for distance, I always turn back at between 60 and 55% just in case of wind or loss of power.
It will be interesting to see if Dji make a battery for these that has a higher amp hour rating in the future, I know that this has been done successfully with power tool batteries whilst keeping the actual battery case size the same. This drone is currently number 1 at the top of my list, the shrouded prop blades being of importance with my intended use surveying land. Thanks for a great review and hi from Australia.
Compared to your Avata 1 range test video from the same location. Things to note: Sport mode can achieve same range as Normal mode, Avata 2 seems to have similar transmission range as Avata 1 but can go slightly farther due to longer battery life, Avata 2 battery life seems to match max transmission distance well in average green environment
AVATA 1 - Normal
11297ft / 2.14mi / 3.44km
48% battery
7:27 min
RC 4 of 4
HD 3 of 4 @ 28Mbps
17.8 MPH out
17.8 MPH in (auto) / 11 MPH below 9% batt
AVATA 2 - Normal
13646ft / 2.58mi / 4.16km
49% battery
9:28 min
RC 1 of 4
HD 1 of 4 @ 1Mbps
17.8 MPH out
17.8 MPH in (manual) / auto land below 7%
AVATA 2 - Sport
13945ft / 2.64mi / 4.25km
53% battery
5:00 min
RC 3 of 4
HD 2 of 4 @ 6Mbps
35 MPH out
27 MPH in (auto)
Still waitining on the range test for the mini 3😢
This is what I wanted to see! I would have turned back after 1 mile lol. I just ordered mine from DJI for 1700$ yikes!
So basically.. you gotta fly your avata in a radius of about no more than 1.5kms
Yeah, but with other cinewhoops you can get 5-10 minutes. How far can you fly in that time? Also, if you push regular LiPos to the very end, you may need to buy a new battery altogether. Also, no assisted landing, no RTH warning, no assisted finding, just falling out of the sky.
Cinewhoops are not the most efficient flyers, they sacrifice range for maneuverability and toughness. You can get a Mini 3 and get 30 minutes of flight time if range is more important, but you may brake an arm and a few propellers if you land in a tree like that.
How is this possible I lose signal after 500m
@@scienceofart9121 it has a lot to do with the surroundings
@@scienceofart9121 It has up to 10km range but if you live in Europe etc there are more strict rules and the max range is 2km but it can be hacked to the FCC mode (US region):
If you wanna stay full throttle, fight wind, and stay 150ft off the ground the entire flight, then yes. Im sure it would go much farther at slower speeds and less drag.
That owl at the start is nice 😮
You didn’t see the TREE YOU HIT???
Lol, this video was great but when you hit 10% I got so nervous.
I can see your hand shaking when you're going back. I know how that feels when the battery is about to die and your drone is super far.
Hi Dustin! If you had to choose between the dji fpv or avata what would come out on top?
Thank you for the video. I had been wondering just how far the Avata could go. You really pushed the limit. Much appreciated.
The RANGE TEST needs to be done with some at the other end to receive the Drone. We need the full range and not having to trim it down in half due to RH.
Flying my drone I use my cave daving practice 1/3 in 1/3 out 1/3 reserve
Glad you found it and nice area to fly
Hey Dustin,as a favor to All of your loyal viewers,when you do the mini 3 range test can you also do 1 with the RCN1 controller? I have a feeling it has better range than the pro controller 👀 THANKS ( 313 )
just keep in mind that 'range' is a parameter of the drone, not the controller.. No matter what controller used, the drone will still only go as far as it's battery will let it. :)
Hey Dustin, sweet vid, however... Waiting patiently for mini 3 pro Range test! Thanks man 313
Waiting too 🤙
Hey Dustin it looks like you are living in an amazing place what is the brand of the bike you are using ? Cheers
The bike is in description under video 🍻
Awesome range test!!🤙🏾
This looks like a perfect place for astrophotography (dark skies, no light pollution). Just another hobby you might wanna try. :)
Bro that was awesome it was a nail biter had me on the edge yelling at my computer hahahahahaha post another one but more of a toe nail biter hahahahahahahahahaha
Why they make a drone that goes 6 miles when the battery only lets you 2 miles. Are they better batteries to reach the full 6 miles
I guess since it helps to increase range when there is no line of sight.
No line of sight? I’m telling the FAA lol
6 miles is the max range on the transmitter. Battery can go farther than 2 miles, this guy flew at 150ft at full throttle and dealt with strong (for a drone) winds the entire flight. This is like the harshest test you can do to the battery.
Totally stressing wit u there ser! Was so good to see u find it in 1 piece!
You were at a pretty high altitude with wind so that nailed the range.
How did it go that far? My avata only goes like 0.4 miles far before I lose video signal and this is in a open field.
CE mode?
Great video - brave man... going out that far. 😵💫
That was a fun video! I just got into fpv this year and I caught the fpv bug bad! Your videos are a lot of fun to watch! They keep me interested! Take care! happy holidays
I just got into FPV in the early fall of 2022 also. Super fun & addictive hobby for sure. I started out with the Eachine Novice 4, Long Range RTF FPV Drone Package. Bought the DJI FPV drone package a month later, with the Fly More Combo, Hard Case, & Motion controller. I really like the motion controller, it's loads of fun, & I hardly use the regular controller now. I'm considering getting the Avata, but I'm just not sure about it.
@@sagemajka4871 awesome! I’ve been looking at the dji fpv and avata also! I love the camera drone features to be honest! Like return to home and auto hover stuff and yes would love the motion controller so my daughter can fly! I got the fpv controller for Christmas! :) I also like the new iflight chimara7 03! I may get that! Take care man! See you around
FYI, drones with lithium-ion batteries you can extend the battery by not charging the battery to 100% or going down to 0% going down to maybe 25 or 30% no lower than that and charging up to 80% and doing that overtime. Well add extra cycles to the battery That will extend it overtime. The health of it.
You flew into a tree dude
I’m lucky if I get a mile with my mini2 how is everyone else getting these distance without loosing signal
You need to be away from city and line of sight to the drone. Mini 2 can do 2 mi. easily.
So awesome. Here I am nail bitting and hearing your calming voice and level headed approach is so inspiring on where I need to be in my own personal crisisis. Great vid
The bad thing about letting the battery get so low like that, is that if the battery dies before you find it, then the Find My Drone doesn't work and your drone will be lost.
The find my drone works fine when drone battery dies as seen in the video. It logs the last known GPS point of drone to the goggles. Unless the drone was to die way high in the air and fall far laterally from that point it would be difficult to find but DJI doesn't allow that to happen with the forced landing at a certain voltage 🍻
Another great Dustin range test!,2 miles and perfect video feed,this makes me excited for when/if the 03 air unit is made available
Love your range tests 🤙👍
are you on something to be this chill after loosing the avata? I would've been like the girl in "The Blair Witch Project" filming this...nice video!
Last night I ordered the DJI Avata Explorer Combo including a hard case, Fly more kit, RC controller and hard case. Just under $2k. Supposed to arrive tomorrow before 10PM. I've had the Mini 3 Pro and was really impressed with it's cinematic features. But it was time to start getting into FPV. The Avata seems to be both a cinematic and FPV so I think it's a great transition into FPV before I go full balls to the wall FPV!
At 10:20 , the birds you see are thermaling, so they are in uplift, the AVATA drift naturally into the lift, like we do in paragliding, it explains why the drone needs to correct to the right... Edit: you can also see battery estimation time goes up, another sign drone is in the lift...
too bad it doesnt show some kind of compass to tell you, which direction to point the controller towards the drone when its far out (kinda like mini 2 or mini 3 have). It would be useful as it would ensure good signal at distance. Or is there some kind of directional indicator?
Thanks for the video! One question…what mountains? I seem some hills 😂😊
Awesome test and great validation of the capability of the Avata.
When you went ahead and "locked the doors" with a key fob had me actually cackling
Omg man you got way bigger balls than I do!! I was stressing and I’m only watching lol!! Awesome video
😂🍻
I bought the avata pro combo withe flymore kit and intelligent accu’s three for two hundred dollar for one batterij and complete withe 128 gb sd card goggles that costs 559dollar and i have the insurance ticket with iT and i bought iT in november and i sell iT all for €650 when you buy this, youre ready to fly for 1 hourchanging batterys of course 😊😊😊😊😊to expensive, make a bid
looks stuck in a tree 40 feet up..my worst fear other than water or a commercial building roof..
You couldn’t see it happen but you were definitely attacked by a bird. I’ve had this happen, you can’t see the attack from the camera angle.
That was exciting, wondering if you were going to make it back or not! You've got the perfect location there off your 2nd-floor deck for range tests. Such an incredibly long line-of-sight. Looking forward to a test using Sport mode!
Thanks for the range test review.
Finally! I was expecting mini 3 Pro first😂
I always enjoy ur videos Dustin! This one couldn't be different!
I didn't flip over. It landed in the bush or tree and fell out and landed up side down.
I was squeezing for you when you took that turn with 48% battery. I always turn back with 55% the extra 5% compensate for wind
Oh wow i didn't expect that far,,great test as always 👌👌
Even though Normal mode is the most efficient it is a bit of a trap.
The max speed at N mode is not so much depended by the wind conditions and you cannot realize how strong is the wind. To test the wind I switch it to sport mode from time to time to see how much the absolute max speed is been affected so I can estimate my range with safety
Great and very informative video! Glad it had a happy ending! 😃
Should turn back at 45% lol but that is impressive
A yucca pine Tell us you're from Hawaii without telling us.
At 4:05 you say you need 10 cycles before you get max battery capacity but that's a misconception coming from older battery chemistry's. With li ion you have full capacity from cycle 1
I think that's what the battery industry would like us to believe but in my (and many others) experiences around 10 cycles seems to be where the optimal performance is had from Li-ion 🍻
@@DustinDunnill this has nothing to do with any industry. It’s just chemistry. Do you have any source that has measured this effect?
The only possible explanation is some strange behavior of the drone controller or BMS. But most likely it’s a psychological bias.
This has everything to do with the players in the battery industry IMO. Very very seldom does something work as advertised. The hype of Li-ion having no memory effect is not completely accurate, again in my opinion and with my experiences of flying and driving thousands of rc cars and drones with the Li-ion technology. I've had so many new Li-ion batteries never used at half charge sitting for months then charge it up full with sub par performance. After a few full cycles it feels like new.
Li-ion may be much better at having minimal memory effect but not entirely 🍻
And does this apply to lipo as well? Since that's what the avata uses or lithium ion batteries in general regardless of alt chemistry (polymer)
@@OdysseusVrakas all li ion chemistry’s in general. There are a lot of I have the feeling people but that’s worth nothing. If you want to prove anything you need controlled tests with accurate measuring equipment.
Maybe lower the flying height,lower the battery consumption....
A few days ago I ordered the avata cant wait to get it
I just got one too. It's really fun. Only issue is the battery life and charging. You need to get the fly more kit + a 100w charger to get the most out of the charging rate (faster charge). The regular rate is low on the single charger.
Missed a lot, now I wish I waited 2 years ago with the air2. I rather fly this one, wow what a drone and now version 2 of the goggles.
the reason why it's eating a lot of battery on the way back is because it's battling against the wind coming from the right. That would definitely add up to the power consumption so it's always safe to return at around 60%, even better at 65%
I can't get mine to go more than 300 ft in normal mode
I think u can change the settings for that in the goggles idk tho
Do you have an error about country code? If so, you only get about 100 meter limit. You have to refresh the firmware with a PC(not update).
Really impressed on how far it went out. The technology in the DJI drones is absolutely amazing. Excellent range test Dustin!! 😊
Thank for the video, I was going to buy it but now I have thing it over this AVATA drone fly too short. I may buy the Mini 3 Pro now.
Fpv drone bulit for run not for long range