**DJI FPV Drone: A Ready-to-Fly Kit with Immersive Headset Experience**

This is no toy you can fly it in a full manual mode and take it up to 140 kilometers per hour or about 87 miles per hour. More about that in a bit, but because there is a greater chance of you crashing this it's got a stronger build and DJI made it so you can replace the landing gear, the top shell, the props, and of course, the gimbal. There is just one camera for sending video to the headset and recording it up to 4K at 60 frames per second or 1080p at 120 with a 150-degree field of view and that's pretty much it. You're getting as far as camera controls you're not going to find droney modes or active track on this. The camera is also just on a single axis stabilizer paired with electronic stabilization so that's what you're seeing here controlling shake and vibration, not the typical 3-axis gimbal. This also means the camera isn't always level because it tilts with the drone.

**What Separates the DJI FPV from Other FPV Drones**

The headset doesn't rely on your phone and an app; these are DJI's FPV goggles version 2 and they give you a clear cinematic live view at 810p at 120 frames per second with a latency at or under 28 milliseconds. It can also be set to 50 or 60 frames per second too. You can record to both the drone and the headset but with the EIS on only the drone video is stabilized with it. The headset really does immerse you in the experience because it is so clear and smooth, if you play a lot of FPV games like first-person shooters, it's the same feeling to the point where you end up moving your head and body with the movement of the drone.

**The Package Includes**

The last piece of the package is the controller which has a strong gaming look and feel to it including the back. Here on the right, you have your camera controls including the switch that lets you quickly reposition the camera up and down on the gimbal and on the left there's an emergency brake and a return to home button so you can stop and hover without thinking about it even if you're in manual mode. That'll work and next to it is the switch that drops you between normal sport and manual modes. Also, if you want the full manual experience, you can open up the controller and loosen the stick tension so they don't return to center.

**Modes of Operation**

With the modes, essentially, you get to choose how much help you want while you're flying. Manual is pretty much that; you're all on your own. Normal mode is like flying a Mavic so it's great for beginners and it has a top speed of about 30 miles per hour and it has front obstacle detection, it'll slow you down as you approach trees and things. Sport mode takes it up to a top speed of 60 miles per hour and the drone flies a little more like a racing drone but stays in the air on its own. The front sensors are off, but there are sensors underneath to detect the ground so you can just bring it in for a smooth landing.

**Batteries and Accessories**

One 299 is going to be the initial price of the drone with one battery included. A fly more kit with two more batteries and a charging hub is going to be available for $299. There's also this, which is the new motion controller basically everything to control the cameras is on top, uh, and there's also controls for takeoffs and landings and the emergency brake and the return to home feature actually moving the drone is done with the trigger in front, and tilting your hand left and right, and up and down. It's going to be available for $199.

**The Verdict**

It's a lot of fun to fly it's more agile than DJI's camera drones and the picture quality in the headset is great and certainly better than trying to squint at a phone display on a sunny day if you're looking for an all-in-one ready-to-fly FPV kit with a real headset and not a phone headset, this would be a good choice for $1,299. Video quality is overall good but the electronic stabilization is noticeable so if you're expecting the silky smooth video that you get with the Mavic's three-axis gimbal Biomatic what do you think? Let us know in the comments and check out more details on the DJI FPV on CNET.com.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso what exactly is the dji fpv drone other than one of dji's worst kept secrets i actually wish this had been more of a surprise because it's an all-new drone design for dji sort of a hybrid between its camera drones like the mavic pro and a ready-to-fly racing drone but as the name suggests it's really about giving you an amazing immersive first-person view flying experience and being able to capture it in 4k so let's take a closer look at the fpv and see what it can do okay so let's talk about the design obviously it's a very different drone from dji's folding camera drones it's compact but you're not putting this in a jacket pocket the arms don't fold they're fixed and so are the prop blades it's bulkier than your average fpv racing drone 2 but a lot of that is the battery design that gets you up to 20 minutes of flight time which is about double what you can get from a racing drone this size it kind of reminds me of a super-sized tiny whoop if you're familiar with those but this is no toy you can fly it in a full manual mode and take it up to 140 kilometers per hour or about 87 miles per hour more about that in a bit but because there is a greater chance of you crashing this it's got a stronger build and dji made it so you can replace the landing gear the top shell the props and of course the gimbal there is just one camera for sending video to the headset and recording it up to 4k at 60 frames per second or 1080 120 with a 150 degree field of view and that's pretty much it you're getting as far as camera controls you're not going to find droney modes or active track on this the camera is also just on a single axis stabilizer paired with electronic stabilization so that's what you're seeing here controlling shake and vibration not the typical 3-axis gimbal this also means the camera isn't always level because it tilts with the drone now what separates this from other fpv non-racing drones is that the headset doesn't rely on your phone and an app these are dji's fpv goggles version 2 and they give you a clear cinematic live view at 810p at 120 frames per second with a latency at or under 28 milliseconds it can also be set to 50 or 60 frames per second too you can record to both the drone and the headset but with the eis on only the drone video is stabilized with it the headset really does immerse you in the experience because it is so clear and smooth if you play a lot of fpv games like first person shooters it's the same feeling to the point where you end up moving your head and body with the movement of the drone and if a friend wants to watch you can connect a phone to the usb c port on this and they can watch using the dji app the last piece of the package is the controller which has a strong gaming look and feel to it including the back here where it has some controls specific to this model here on the right you have your camera controls including the switch that lets you quickly reposition the camera up and down on the gimbal and on the left there's an emergency brake and a return to home button so you can stop and hover without thinking about it even if you're in manual mode that'll work and next to it is the switch that drops you between normal sport and manual modes also if you want the full manual experience you can open up the controller and loosen the stick tension so they don't return to center okay so with the modes you essentially get to choose how much help you want while you're flying manual is pretty much that you're all on your own normal mode is like flying a mavic so it's great for beginners and it has a top speed of about 30 miles per hour and it has front obstacle detection it'll slow you down as you approach trees and things sport mode takes it up to a top speed of 60 miles per hour and the drone flies a little more like a racing drone but stays in the air on its own the front sensors are off but there are sensors underneath to detect the ground so you can just bring it in for a smooth landing and one other thing there's a find my drone feature in the app and in the headset so should you crash and go down you can use it to help find your drone so that's a basic rundown of what the out of the box experience is like for the fpv you get the drone the headset and the controller and one battery for 1 299 a fly more kit with two more batteries and a charging hub is going to be available for 299 then there's this this is the new motion controller basically everything to control the cameras is on top uh and there's also controls for takeoffs and landings and the emergency brake and the return to home feature actually moving the drone is done with the trigger in front and tilting your hand left and right and up and down it's going to be available for 199 dollars okay so that's a look at the dji fpv drone it's a lot of fun to fly it's more agile than dji's camera drones and the picture quality in the headset is great and certainly better than trying to squint at a phone display on a sunny day if you're looking for an all-in-one ready-to-fly fpv kit with a real headset and not a phone headset this would be a good choice for thirteen hundred dollars video quality is overall good but the electronic stabilization is noticeable so if you're expecting the silky smooth video that you get with the mavic's three axis gimbal biomatic what do you think let us know in the comments and check out more details on the dji fpv on cnet.com and thanks for watchingso what exactly is the dji fpv drone other than one of dji's worst kept secrets i actually wish this had been more of a surprise because it's an all-new drone design for dji sort of a hybrid between its camera drones like the mavic pro and a ready-to-fly racing drone but as the name suggests it's really about giving you an amazing immersive first-person view flying experience and being able to capture it in 4k so let's take a closer look at the fpv and see what it can do okay so let's talk about the design obviously it's a very different drone from dji's folding camera drones it's compact but you're not putting this in a jacket pocket the arms don't fold they're fixed and so are the prop blades it's bulkier than your average fpv racing drone 2 but a lot of that is the battery design that gets you up to 20 minutes of flight time which is about double what you can get from a racing drone this size it kind of reminds me of a super-sized tiny whoop if you're familiar with those but this is no toy you can fly it in a full manual mode and take it up to 140 kilometers per hour or about 87 miles per hour more about that in a bit but because there is a greater chance of you crashing this it's got a stronger build and dji made it so you can replace the landing gear the top shell the props and of course the gimbal there is just one camera for sending video to the headset and recording it up to 4k at 60 frames per second or 1080 120 with a 150 degree field of view and that's pretty much it you're getting as far as camera controls you're not going to find droney modes or active track on this the camera is also just on a single axis stabilizer paired with electronic stabilization so that's what you're seeing here controlling shake and vibration not the typical 3-axis gimbal this also means the camera isn't always level because it tilts with the drone now what separates this from other fpv non-racing drones is that the headset doesn't rely on your phone and an app these are dji's fpv goggles version 2 and they give you a clear cinematic live view at 810p at 120 frames per second with a latency at or under 28 milliseconds it can also be set to 50 or 60 frames per second too you can record to both the drone and the headset but with the eis on only the drone video is stabilized with it the headset really does immerse you in the experience because it is so clear and smooth if you play a lot of fpv games like first person shooters it's the same feeling to the point where you end up moving your head and body with the movement of the drone and if a friend wants to watch you can connect a phone to the usb c port on this and they can watch using the dji app the last piece of the package is the controller which has a strong gaming look and feel to it including the back here where it has some controls specific to this model here on the right you have your camera controls including the switch that lets you quickly reposition the camera up and down on the gimbal and on the left there's an emergency brake and a return to home button so you can stop and hover without thinking about it even if you're in manual mode that'll work and next to it is the switch that drops you between normal sport and manual modes also if you want the full manual experience you can open up the controller and loosen the stick tension so they don't return to center okay so with the modes you essentially get to choose how much help you want while you're flying manual is pretty much that you're all on your own normal mode is like flying a mavic so it's great for beginners and it has a top speed of about 30 miles per hour and it has front obstacle detection it'll slow you down as you approach trees and things sport mode takes it up to a top speed of 60 miles per hour and the drone flies a little more like a racing drone but stays in the air on its own the front sensors are off but there are sensors underneath to detect the ground so you can just bring it in for a smooth landing and one other thing there's a find my drone feature in the app and in the headset so should you crash and go down you can use it to help find your drone so that's a basic rundown of what the out of the box experience is like for the fpv you get the drone the headset and the controller and one battery for 1 299 a fly more kit with two more batteries and a charging hub is going to be available for 299 then there's this this is the new motion controller basically everything to control the cameras is on top uh and there's also controls for takeoffs and landings and the emergency brake and the return to home feature actually moving the drone is done with the trigger in front and tilting your hand left and right and up and down it's going to be available for 199 dollars okay so that's a look at the dji fpv drone it's a lot of fun to fly it's more agile than dji's camera drones and the picture quality in the headset is great and certainly better than trying to squint at a phone display on a sunny day if you're looking for an all-in-one ready-to-fly fpv kit with a real headset and not a phone headset this would be a good choice for thirteen hundred dollars video quality is overall good but the electronic stabilization is noticeable so if you're expecting the silky smooth video that you get with the mavic's three axis gimbal biomatic what do you think let us know in the comments and check out more details on the dji fpv on cnet.com and thanks for watching\n"