Yeah, yeah, yeah… All you early movers have been playing around for weeks with this thing, but my finances dictated the lateness for me. In any case, my only other two drones have been the old school Mavic Pro and the Mavic 2 Pro (non-zoom), so this is a big size/weight change for me. My first impressions are almost all entirely positive. I did get the RC version and while I’ve only given the combo one brief maiden flight here in the Texas blast furnace, I’m pretty happy with it. I was able to control glare on it pretty well and while I didn’t push this flight on distance or anything, I certainly didn’t have any signal issues here in this heavily urban area. I just echo everyone else’s impressions on most everything. The noise difference between this and my other drones is palpable. It handled just like I’d expect any DJI drone to handle, and that means like butter…smooth and easy. I didn’t monkey around with any advanced video or photo settings on this quick test flight but for the size, weight, and performance of this thing, I’m sure it’ll exceed my needs by far. To be honest, I already thought that the quality I got of the MP2 was pretty much awesome, so maybe I’m just not too “demanding”. Some of my first thoughts with this thing are:
1.) I really need a new “small” landing pad for this thing. It was tough trying to find some grass short enough to prevent prop jamming and I typically avoid concrete due to interference reasons if I can. I’ll have to hunt around for something that fits my desires.
2.) The old Mavic 2 fly more kit bag is absolutely WAY too big for this thing. My main goal for this thing is run and gun. I don’t want to have huge setup to get up in the air, take some footage/photos, and get back down and outta there.
3.) It was kind of a pain getting the RC to connect to my iPhone 13 Pro’s hotspot. I had to actually enable the “Maximize Compatibility” setting to get it to connect.
In any case, the other thing I kept thinking is about the impressive amount of engineering in this thing. Maybe I’m just an old fart, but I’m always amazed by how all this stuff can be crammed into something this small and light.
1.) I really need a new “small” landing pad for this thing. It was tough trying to find some grass short enough to prevent prop jamming and I typically avoid concrete due to interference reasons if I can. I’ll have to hunt around for something that fits my desires.
2.) The old Mavic 2 fly more kit bag is absolutely WAY too big for this thing. My main goal for this thing is run and gun. I don’t want to have huge setup to get up in the air, take some footage/photos, and get back down and outta there.
3.) It was kind of a pain getting the RC to connect to my iPhone 13 Pro’s hotspot. I had to actually enable the “Maximize Compatibility” setting to get it to connect.
In any case, the other thing I kept thinking is about the impressive amount of engineering in this thing. Maybe I’m just an old fart, but I’m always amazed by how all this stuff can be crammed into something this small and light.