Also, now it gets 23 mins of flight time versus 13-14 mins I previously got. The new unit measures 223x273x74mm including the battery. Previously I found a single backpack that actually fit it, so I could use that, but couldn’t put anything else in the backpack. That’s still not as small though as the DJI Mavic Air or DJI Spark, but it’s at least in the right ballpark to be feasible for most backpacks. Next, the size is pretty significantly shrunk, down to a stack of iPad Pros. But that’s stuff they can sort out over the next month. So…I’d like to see a cleaner listing of ‘Safety Terms’ that matches the same terminology across the board to understand what is or isn’t considered ‘Safe Flight Guidelines’. But the R1 also had propeller guards whereas the Skydio 2 doesn’t. Though, in the case of the R1 in the 1-2 times it did find some super thin branches/twigs it basically bounced off of them.
There’s nothing in there that’s concerning to me from a warranty standpoint except the thin branches clause, which may seem a little bit ambiguous, and is the singular item that the R1 had issues with. I checked to see what the heck that ‘Safe Flight Guidelines’ means, and while I couldn’t easily find a document by that exact title on their site, I did find some rough tips labeled safety – which I suspect is what they’re referring to. If you’re operating your Skydio 2 within our Safe Flight guidelines, and it crashes, we’ll repair or replace it for free.” Keeping in mind that all of these are on board, this isn’t some cloud-based system it’s leveraging behind the scenes.Īll in it’s tracking options at 500 times per second, which is likely why the company claims that it’s the “least likely to crash drone on the planet”, going onto note that “we back it with an even more amazing warranty.
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However the previous cameras were 1080p, and these are now 4K, which gives them dramatically more detail than the 1080p cameras.įor those of you that are into computer systems, you can briefly contemplate the specs at the side there.
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Like before it’s really the computing power that’s the black magic that makes it all work, detecting objects in real-time and computing how to fly around them while concurrently tracking you without any assistance. Now they’ve reduced that down to a mere 7 cameras, 6 for navigation and one for capturing the imagery you’ll upload to MySpace and Geocities. Previously, the u nit had 13 cameras to track you, one of which was used to record the actual 4K image. So, let’s get into some of the details of those a bit more. So, bullet by bullet, here’s what’s different or changed to address that:ġ) Now you can wear an optional beacon for cases where dense trees block visual access to keep trackingĢ) It’s a fraction the size now, roughly that of a stack of iPad Pro’s versus a just about a pool table previouslyĤ) The samples and downloadable untouched footage look great…but I still wanna see it hands-onĥ) There’s now an optional controller you can pickup for $149 to use it like a normal drone
Now, back in my R1 my in-depth review, it all could basically be boiled down to five bullet points:ġ) Holy crap this thing tracks crazy well, except in rare scenariosĢ) Holy crap it’s waaaay too big to transport in a backpack easilyģ) Holy crap it’s waaaaay too expensive at $2,500Ĥ) Grr….the image quality is pretty poor comparative to the price point/competitorsĥ) Sigh…it’s really only a sports drone, and can’t be used in any other way meaningfully for regular shotsĪnd, while I doubt they were channeling my review specifically, I think they were instead channeling the interwebs at large in those requests.
4PzJPF92SIīut that was all the R1, so what’s the new Skydio 2 about (btw, naming wise they ditched the ‘R’ identifier, now it’s just Skydio 2)? Well, by the sounds and looks of it they basically addressed almost every complaint about the R1 in the Skydio 2. Fully autonomous using object recognition, never lost me, tree tunnels be damed. This will officially be the most impressive sports tech thing you see today. Don’t remember what I mean? Check out this tweet from 18 months ago of mine (I know, I’ve showed this before, but this is the most succinct way to explain it): No remote controls, just tracking you Terminator style.Īnd as I showed in my Skydio R1 In-Depth Review, it’s scary good at that. When you think of the phrase ‘You had one job’, this unit has one job: Autonomously follow you doing cool sporting stuff, using it’s array of more than a dozen cameras. Now I know, some of you non-flying-enthusiast are probably like ‘Another drone?’ – but like the R1, this one is all about sports.
Yesterday Skydio announced their Skydio 2 drone, following their previous R1 drone about two years ago.
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