DJI FPV

There has been a huge divide in the drone world between high performance first person view (FPV) drones capable of acrobatics and the "tripod in the sky" type drones that companies like DJI have popularized. The former has been very DIY and the latter have attracted companies to build integrated solutions.

This new drone from DJI brings an truly staggering amount of innovation and integration to the FPV space:

- Low res analog video -> high res digital video

- Modest transmission range -> long range

- Integrated simulation to learn to fly

- "Bail out" button that almost instantly nulls drone movement and puts it in a stationary hover

- ~5 minutes fly time -> ~20 minutes fly time

- Adjustable camera tilt on the fly to maintain level horizon at a variety of drone speeds (drone tilts more with speed)

Extremely impressive first offering in this category.

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by erulabs » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:25 AM UTC

Is this the first commercially available robotic projection device?

I’ve been waiting patiently for VR+robotic applications - this project but controlling some Boston Dynamics is a terrifying military, or an amazing football team depending on how you look at it. Exciting!

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by hmate9 » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:43 AM UTC

etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #3

Flying in VR is not good for motion sickness.

Not sure why downvoted. But it’s true, it’s not for everyone. I love my oculus but I can only play games in which I am stationary (my character doesn’t move unless I move in the real world)

It’s a shame because this looks fantastic but I probably won’t be able to use it without getting motion sickness almost immediately.

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by hungryhobo » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:44 AM UTC

Awesome controls, although a little disappointed in the image quality. Hoping for a v2 of this

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by LukaD » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:44 AM UTC

Dave_Rosenthal wrote: post #4

There has been a huge divide in the drone world between high performance first person view (FPV) drones capable of acrobatics and the "tripod in the sky" type drones that companies like DJI have popularized. The former has been very DIY and the latter have attracted companies to build integrated solutions. This new drone from DJI brings an truly staggering amount of innovation and integration to the FPV space: - Low…

> - Low res analog video -> high res digital video

> - Modest transmission range -> long range

Those are not really new. DJI has been selling their standalone digital FPV system for a while now. And there are lot's of different long range radio systems available.

But I agree that this is impressive. I wonder if Betaflight, etc. will also implement some kind of bail out feature.

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by klausjensen » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:47 AM UTC

Holy sh*t that is amazing. I can't justify spending 1300EUR on it, unfortunately... :(

I really like DJI and how innovative they have been in making awesome consumer products that just work and are super easy to use. I have owned a few.

Re: DJI FPV

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Post by InvertedRhodium » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:50 AM UTC

hmate9 wrote: post #6

etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #3

Flying in VR is not good for motion sickness.

Not sure why downvoted. But it’s true, it’s not for everyone. I love my oculus but I can only play games in which I am stationary (my character doesn’t move unless I move in the real world) It’s a shame because this looks fantastic but I probably won’t be able to use it without getting motion sickness almost immediately.

I think this would suit itself to a 'cockpit' style overlay - I play a lot of Elite Dangerous in VR and know others that do too. It seems almost a perfect use-case for VR IMO.