there's always these promotional materials of every drone or quadcopter
being flown above the mountaintops or in
the remote Wilderness but what you can't
see unless you look really closely is
the gigantic Pelican that was used to carry it there and don't get me started
on the whole enjoy the thrill of flight
as you soar through the air they always
leave off the bit about out on a tiny
little screen with so much glare you can't see Jack well all of that ends
today DJI sent us one of the first early
units of their firstperson view flight
goggles and a mavic pro the fully
featured drone that's small enough to put in your
pants if you're into that sort of thing
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below I haven't actually reviewed the DJI mavic Pro yet so before we get into
the experience of using the brand new DJI goggles I feel like it deserves some
attention when it comes to Features there's nothing especially
groundbreaking about it on paper it could almost be summarized as a
miniature Phantom 4 the arms for the front Motors fold out from the side the
arms for the rear Motors fold down from the bottom and like a falcon you'll need
to remove the hood before you fly and
that's pretty much it you're ready to go
even the quick release rotors can be left in place during transport and will
unfold themselves once start the Drone
it comes with a surprisingly ergonomic and compact controller that can be used
independently or with a real-time feed from the camera that's much lower
latency than before thanks to ocusync by
plugging in your phone with the included cables it's got micro SD expansion with
the ability to save a backup copy of the streamed video to your device it's got
ultrasonic sensors and dual downward facing cameras front-facing cameras for
Collision detection that works great as long as the thing in front of you isn't
glass the onboard GPS enables a handful
of different autonomous modes but there are still some issues from my
perspective neither the mode that attempts to recognize you based on a
short setup process nor the one that tracks your location based on following
the GPS signal from the controller is capable of changing height relative to
you so if you go up a mountain or down
it it will run out of ground or lose sight of you point of Interest though is
solid for getting smooth footage in a circle around an object but manual
control is pretty much where it's at from my perspective the mavic's smaller
size ends up being both a pro and a con its agility not to mention the much
higher quality of its metal and plastic construction are strong points that
enable it to go into areas that might concern owners of larger more fragile
drones but even in the much higher performance sport mode that can go up to
65 km an hour it's not the fastest out
there and it's a touch more susceptible to gusts though with that said in normal
conditions once again I've got to hand it to the engineers at DJI you got to
speed up the footage to make it feel like anything but a tripod in the sky
the 4k camera can be evaluated two ways
from a professional standpoint I could discuss how the one and 23 in sensor
doesn't handle low light as well as the higher-end Phantom 4 Pro or how the
recording compression makes 4K off the mavic look more like 1080 off of a good
camcorder but from a consumer or even prosumer standpoint all of that really
goes out the window if you're just looking for dope AF aerial footage of
whatever cool thing you're doing you're going to absolutely love this thing but
will you love it from a firstperson perspective
the DJI goggles as they're calling them put you right in the cockpit of your
drone after a very short setup process using the onboard touchpad or the
controller once you've paired it to register your fpv headset you just lower
the blast shield and you're dropped into what is effectively a gigantic movie
theater full of where you're flying and
impressively thanks to dji's use of dual
full HD displays their goggles have got to be the best looking virtual theater
I've seen yet with almost no discernable screen door effect where you can see
gaps between the pixels so I spent most
of my time in the mode that moves the camera gimbal according to your head
position and the new fixed Wing mode that kind of flies where you look like a
like a head steered airplane would and if you're an aerial sightseer who has
never done fpv before like me you are going to be absolutely Blown Away the
latency on the connection while not low enough to keep me from getting a little
nauseated if I stood up or tried to move around while I'm flying made the
controls super intuitive to use and the
video quality whether you choose 720p at
60 FPS or 1080p at 30 FPS was sharp
enough that I never once found myself thinking you know this is okay but it
would be so much better if I popped the
micro SD out of of the Drone and then
into the goggles after the fact to watch the full quality clip and I guess yeah
that's kind of a cool thing too you can watch movies in your private theater
using the onboard speakers or headphone jack if you want to but now we have to
talk drawbacks thanks to their omnidirectional antenna array in the
headband their battery their dual displays Etc dji's goggles are heavier
and less comfortable than I wish that they were and there's also significant
light bleed around the nose I'd prefer something that has more of a strap-like
system to hold it against my face but
that's honestly far from the biggest thing preventing me from recommending
that you run out and buy a pair right now for 450 bucks you may have noticed
that in all of my footage using the mavic pro and the goggles I've got
somebody with me well this is mandated
by law in the US because because you're legally required in most areas that I'm
aware of anyway to maintain line of sight with your aircraft something
that's obviously not possible inside an
enclosed helmet so the DJI goggles like
many things in life I guess are best enjoyed with a friend to keep an eye on
your drone for you but that's tough for people like me who frankly just don't
have any friends further complicating matters for recreational drone users
Canada is latest batch of restrictions makes the operation of a UAV like this
one illegal
basically anywhere but the Wilderness which is why some of our footage which
was taken before these regulations were added to the criminal code is near our
office and some of it was taken in the middle of corn Bean nowhere after the
rule change I mean some of what they're doing does make sense to help keep
people safe but a lot of it frankly feels over restrictive so I guess if
you've made it this far in the video thinking wow this thing looks awesome
that thing looks awesome but I don't even think I'd be able to use it in my
area then I guess what I'd have to say is get some discussion going in the
comments and reach out to your local representation because experiences this
cool shouldn't just be for people who
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