FPV drones have created a big buzz at the Winter Olympics over the last two weeks – chasing down the skiers, snowboarders and tobogganists as they hurtle down the slopes. But you can now create your own immersive video yourself at a lower price than ever before, because DJI's flagship FPV drone - the Avata 2 - is now available from just £499 with goggles, offering an even bigger price reduction than we saw earlier this month.
As the DCW drone expert, the Avata 2 is my pick for best FPV drone, and might well be as much as you need, whether rumors of an upcoming Avata 3 are true or not.
It is a brilliant refinement and improvement of a first-generation product, with a new airframe, and it's spectacularly robust (I can assure you of that because I deliberately crash-tesed it!). DJI's 1-axis mechanical gimbal – combined with clever electronic image stabilization – in a drone with such acrobatic dynamism seems to result in striking 4K video that swoops and dives through the sky. Latency is of no concern, and the controller included with this bundle is so natural any beginner can pick it up.
Personally, I have never especially enjoyed FPV flying before DJI introduced this kind of controller – now I do. They made it fun!
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