DJI Avata 2 Range Test | INSANE RESULTS! 

You don’t have antenna on the remote because you already have antennas on the goggles. The connection this time is between the goggles and the drone, its the reason why the remote is lighter than the previous version. Its quite a big difference between the two Avatas regarding transmission

cool test. if you had flown slower and in sport mode, you would have made it even further. but it is already a crazy distance for a cinewhoop...

Enjoyed it. Great video!

Nice test. Beautiful scenery 👍

The RC link isn't between the Drone and the RC anymore like the RC 2. It's now between the RC > Headset > Drone.

Very nicely done Danny - glad you made it back to fly another day with the Avata 2! Just so you know the FPVRC3 and RCMC3 both communicate with Goggles 3 via bluetooth 5.0 and not directly to the drone. Goggles 3 is what communicates directly with the Avata 2 via O4. An RC drop off at that range is usually due to interference or obstruction between the signal.

THanks for that!!!!

The new longrange monster 😅 really amazing that the connection was so stable!

Very Nice. Thx 👍. Do you know if the 10MHz channels have more transmit power than the 40MHz channels? Or do they all have the same transmit power?

please do a video for best camera settings for avata 2

Make sure you increase the goggle FOV setting. Also, that red flickering of the RC signal is the goggles changing to a cleaner band. Itll let you know there are no more clear bands by coming home.

I've been waffling on what my next drone is going to be and your videos have been a big help. Adding the Avata 2 to my kit in the next couple weeks, can't wait to get up some of the mountains out here with it. I wonder if the RC signal strength thing around 2500 meters is it switching from 5.8GHz to 2.4GHz?

That’s awesome range on the avata 2. I want to do a long range test on my avata 2 here in Australia. There’s plenty of places just a few hours drive from where I live. I might bring my 7” LR fpv quad and use it as a comparison. I have the DJI electronics on it as well but with a larger battery. I managed 7 km range with my LR fpv quad. But I was being cautious and I’m sure it’ll go to around 10-12km.

I live down in Florida so my long distance flights are usually over water! Not by choice of course lol I noticed in your video that your RC link dropped lower than your video link. I thought the video link is usually the first thing to go. Also, when I start getting around 20 GBPS I usually turn around. Someone told me that you get better range with the RC3 then the motion controller. Is that true? One last thing have you ever pushed the drone to the point where it fails saved and returned to home on its own. I would love to push it to its limits, I just want to be able to know if I can trust the return to home function. That is also one of the reasons why I bought this drone, because my regular FPV quads I just cannot trust as much as a DJI built drone. When everything works fine on my FPV drones it's a great world, but there are times when it fails safes and doesn't do what it's supposed to do so there is a lack of trust for sure! Just wondering what your thoughts are on this thank you excellent video buddy!

Thank you for the video / documentary ! Amazing result for a drone with a tiny battery ! Having a mini 3 pro, seems to me it could go 5km (going & returning in straight line). I'm waiting to see the O4 system on a Chimera, or a Helion... I'd like your advice: is 1 LUT enough for the hole video, or depending of the sun, 2 LUT files (or more) should/could be used? Thank you again.

it's normal that you have connection losses with the RC you must be in auto mode in terms of transmission so when it changes channel it changes connection so a loss is obvious ;)

Avata 2: "I can go far!" Chimera: "You said what now?"

Hello, I'm from Kazakhstan, very good educational videos, you have successful flights of high altitudes

Amazing, I want my first drone, what model do you recommend?

Signal usually drops and recovers when there’s interference on the frequency that the drone is currently on, so it hunts for a new one with minimal interference. 🤟🏼 And yeah, as someone else mentioned, this controller communicates with the goggles only and they communicate with the drone. 🙂

How can you get that added distance needed to get home safely? BY JUST GOING SLOWER, using less power. You lucked out getting back going fast. Great work on making this video.

Danny, how about the max range for Motion Controller 3? I would think the transmission capability would be different between FPV Controller vs Motion Controller.

I wonder why I could only see 400 meters in an open area. If it goes behind a rock then connection is getting lost. Do you use a different product or?

When the battery gets low and the system goes into auto land mode, you can press the orange button in the motion controller to stop the auto land function.

Wow! What a beautiful place you have to fly at! There must not be much interference also

That looks like the Springs. Any restrictions to be aware of in COS?

Nice video and great test results! Just wondering but do you have to have a spotter in the US when flying FPV like we do here in the UK?

do you need your phone to be connected to the goggles to get over 150ft? mine wouldn't go past that even with no limits selected in menu

I thought that with the new goggles three and whichever controller you use that the controller communicates through the goggles and the antennas on the goggles communicate the RC and the video signal with the drone. That's why there's no antennas on the controllers. I believe I heard this on a mad tech video, But I still wonder why your RC link is failing before the video.

Where in Colorado? I live in the foothills and did not recognize.

The antennas are in the goggles, the controller only has a very mild RF signal that links to the goggles. You probably were getting interference from maybe either a wifi signal or mobile phone tower. I’ve had mine go to 3500 metres and it went into auto return to home mode, and I just let it do that. By the time it got back home it still had about 20% battery left. I’d only cycled it about 2 times before I flew it, so I know that after a few more cycles it should be able to go further before it goes into automatic return to home mode. I was using the motion controller 3 as I only had that at the time. For more distance you need to fly straight out and back, not going indirectly to your long range attempts.

2.6 miles is nothing to complain about. I never fly my Avata 2 anywhere near that far. Looking for good penetration and having a good time is what it’s really all about. I am loving the Avata 2! So much more fun than the Avata OG! ❤

why did it still fly forward when try to land on low battery? It'd be safer for it to hover and land vertically

I’d like to know how to judge your height. You can have that center point to fly easier. But when flying through places or low flight how are you able to judge your height by looking through the goggles? Great videos I’ve like and subscribed. Keep them coming !

Is that FCC mode? thats crazy

2nd flight you had 6:40 left @ 70%, 6:50 @ 60% and then only 2:44 @ 50%... Seems like crazy swings and info.. Less than 3 mins with 50% battery is spooky, even at 60MPH..

Why does the Avata 2 execute a forced landing due low battery? Doesn’t it have a RTH feature? Also, when you are trying to extend range, you should fly downwind. Aircraft terminology PNR (Point of No Return) refers to the point an aircraft needs to turn back to home with the fuel available, factoring in wind. PNR moves “into” wind. So basically if you fly into wind, the turnaround point is closer to you, but if you fly downwind, the turnaround point is further from you.

The RC sends the info to the goggles and they send it to the drone and the link is from the goggles to the drone. The RC does not need antennae as it only needs to worrk with the goggles. Which are generally close to you and turned on. The battery you need to be careful of is the goggles battery.

Great video, thanks for the work! Remember this: In case of RC going red, don't move the remote, adjust the goggles.. They transmit the signal from the remote to the Avata 2.

damn i want one

I really don't understand how you guys get so good signal with the Avata 2 :(. I am in Europe with the FCC hack, and I was barely able to reach 1900m with multiple near complete RC signal loss flying in a straight line at 120m in a place with no interference whatsoever and no trees. At the same exact spot, I was able to fly my mini 4 pro using the goggles and remote to the same 1900m distance without losing a single signal bar and only flying at 50m. In regular usage, signal strength is even way worse, and I can completely lose the avata 2 only a few hundred meters from me. Signal penetration is atrocious, and I'm always scared a single bush will completely disconnect my avata 2 😔

Why is the video blurry on the bottom ?

It interesting that RC link strength seems to be weaker than video link. Considering that FPC RC3 has no RF connection to Avata and only acts as a game controller connected to Goggles 3 it's a bit weird...

you fly too slow to go long range . fcc or CE?

Wonder if somebody far smarter than me, can invent a way to put a 2nd battery on the top of the Avata 2 to give it 2 times, flying time I’m SURE it could be done !

I love my MINI 3 with 38min flight time..:-)

i like to see information down .

The current record is 5150 meters, I'd be very impressed if you break that.

Can the software show miles/feet ?

Which region are you?? EU or USA???

Avata 2 shouldn’t even have an RC link bar since the RC connects only to the goggles.

Is it possible to deactivate the blurry effect in the bottom section of the picture? This would make me sick…

Amazing! i wish you can review our drone ；）

I got 300m through obstacles in the forest. :D

So, you can hear Avata 2 from 300m distance 🙃

As for takeoff, I always takeoff from the top of my car.