TWO WEEKS WITH THE DJI FPV
Fright of the navigator
FPV drone flying is the quadcopter equivalent of piloting a stunt plane, so we handed DJI’s debut effort to geeky daredevil Sam Kieldsen and told him not to destroy it
LONG-TERM TEST
£1249 / stuff.tv/FPV
• DAY 01
Even within the drone nerddom, FPV racing sits apart, jealously protected by sniffy gatekeepers. Designed for competitive racing and aerobatics, these are fast and twitchy drones – paired with goggles for a pilot’s-eye view of where you’re flying – that you usually build yourself. And a lack of anti-collision tech can end in costly crashes.
Enter the DJI FPV. Available fully built and big on safety features, this seems to be the drone to bring first-person-view antics to the masses… but can it turn a noob into a seasoned racing pilot? I’m confronted with the copter, an FPV Goggles V2 headset, a twin-stick controller plus spare parts and charging kit.