It gives you a bit of a racing drone experience, too, and with an HDMI module for the controller you can connect FPV (first-person view) goggles to immerse yourself in the experience. The chunky body of the controller hasn’t changed, but it still feels incredibly responsive. The included touchscreen on the pricier Pro Plus model is incredibly bright and easily viewable in direct sunlight, and it puts all your flight and camera settings within easy reach.
The rolling electronic shutters of the Skydio, Parrot, Autel and even the most recent DJI Mavic models simply cannot provide the same level of still photo quality at typical flying speeds that the Pro can. Third-party solutions like Litchi handle waypoint missions extremely well, and MapsMadeEasy MapPilot provides a terrain following solution. But I generally prefer proprietary software provided by the drone company since it has likely been the most tested and vetted for their own platform. I look for the universal basics – the offline ability to set flight line overlap, design polygon missions , set AGL, gimbal tilt, etc. Then I look for the camera settings crucial for successful photogrammetry missions. Once you’ve got your location set, make sure that the Pro’s firmware is up to date, and ensure that both the flight battery and remote control are fully charged.
For small businesses in aerial mapping, all that was needed was access to a high-quality photogrammetry processing software like Pix4Dmapper (which costs $350/month). At press time the Phantom 4 is selling for about $300 less than the Pro, and remains a superb option for videographers who are happy with the excellent video quality it delivers. If you have the budget, though, and you’re serious about aerial videography, the Pro’s extra cost is justified. There’s a third, more expensive option, the Phantom 4 Pro+, at $1,799. It has an integrated tablet, which means you don’t have to connect your own smartphone to the remote controller.
When placed in long term storage, batteries will discharge power to maintain good health. Supporting both 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz, OcuSync 2.0 scans for the frequency band with the lowest interference and switches accordingly to maintain clear transmission. Thanks to OcuSync 2.0, the Pro V2.0 connects wirelessly to the DJI Goggles for an even more immersive experience. Draw a flight path in real time on the camera screen, and the aircraft will compute a corresponding route, making aerial photography a more streamlined experience.
The F-4 Phantom is a tandem-seat fighter-bomber designed as a carrier-based interceptor to fill the U.S. Innovations in the F-4 included an advanced pulse-Doppler radar and extensive use of titanium in its airframe. In the end, the aircraft was given the less controversial name “Phantom II”, the first “Phantom” being another McDonnell jet fighter, the FH-1 Phantom. The Phantom II was briefly given the designation F-110A and named “Spectre” by the USAF, but these were not officially used and the Tri-Service aircraft designation system was adopted in September 1962. Buy just the Phantom 4 or packages with such accessories as extra batteries, car charger, battery charging hub, soft or hardshell backpacks, spare propellers and a tablet hood for better viewing. The Phantom 4 Pro is not compatible with the remote controller of the Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 and vice versa.
Phantom 4 supports writing GPS coordinates to EXIF data of every individual image on the fly. It means no manual geotagging is needed when importing images to 3Dsurvey for processing. Further quality control was achieved by placing GCPs and establishing independent validation points. A simple small-size landfill was chosen for testing purposes to recreate the conditions we think Phantom 4 is most suitable for. With a flight time of 28 minutes it is not meant to be used on large-scale projects but proves ideal for small and mid-size land surveying tasks .
The dji mini 2 fly more combo Pro adds identical sensors on the rear, preventing it from backing into objects. The DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone adds additional obstacle sensors and a vastly improved camera to the already stellar Phantom 4. Sport Mode – Probably the fastest setting on any camera drone, this allows the quadcopter to reach a maximum speed of 45 mph. When Beginner mode is switched off, the Phantom 4 will default to a maximum flight altitude of 390 feet above the takeoff point. Based on its altitude at the time of disconnection, the Phantom 4 Pro is also able to adjust its flight path to avoid obstacles it has seen during its flight.
In our testing, battery life averaged above 25 minutes, which is equal or better than comparably sized camera drones. The remote control can be charged at the same time as the battery and in our testing lasted through three full flights without a problem. The Phantom line was already the nimblest of the half dozen drones I’ve tested, but the sport mode puts it in a class all its own.