The DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 comes with a mechanical shutter that eliminates the rolling shutter effect and also makes this drone ideal for commercial applications such as mapping. All it takes is a flip of a switch on the controller and you’ll be able to fly at speeds up to 45 mph using the Phantom 4’s Sport mode. It’s not just faster going forward and back, but it can ascend at 6 meters per second and descend at 4 meters per second. This is a really nice addition because it lets you get to a location that much faster to get the shot you want.
At any point in time, you can easily and quickly hit this button on the Remote Controller to bring the drone back home safely and quickly. You see, I was coming dji fly at the tree from an angle that could’ve been outside of the OSS’s visual range. It senses what’s in front of the Phantom, not above, to the sides or behind it.
‘Due to a shortage of parts from a supplier, DJI is unable to manufacture more dji drones Pro V2.0 drones until further notice. The Phantom 2 was released in December 2013 after the Phantom 2 Vision. A Zenmuse gimbal could be purchased with the Phantom 2, or it could be added later. The Zenmuse gimbal was made to hold cameras such as the GoPro. Its configuration allows users two axes for a better level shot. Its controller also allowed manual remote up/down tilt of the camera.
It does mean however that you do not need to baby a Phantom and in case your drone does get damaged, the aircraft is easy to repair. Making most of these new features possible required a redesign. DJI streamlined the body and gimbal design, putting more of it inside the body. It has more powerful motors and propellers that lock dji drones on with a simple push and twist instead of the endless spinning required to get the old props on and off. I tested it out on my daughter as she rode her bike and as long as she didn’t move too fast, the drone was able to keep up. When she did travel out of its range, the drone started tracking her when she got near again.
The 60fps speed makes P4P+ V2.0 video an ideal candidate for conversion to slow motion. The output is increased to 100Mbs from 60Mbs on most earlier Phantom 4 models. This is true professional-level video that’s suitable for shooting TV news, commercials, features, advanced web pages, weddings and indoor/outdoor events. P-Mode allows your quadcopter to use visual positioning and obstacle sensing. It is also the position you need to be in to use all the intelligent flight modes such as Waypoints, ActiveTrack, TapFly and beginner mode etc. S-mode adjusts the handling for maximum maneuverability and unlocks the drone’s top flight speed of 45mph.
As a general rule in high-altitude flights, it is recommended for safety reasons to set the internal battery consumption alarm to 30% and return to the take-off point at 25%. Please refer to the drone user manual to make these settings. This generation features a locking propellers versus the self tightening one from previous generation. It has a forward obstacle detection sensor capable of object detection up to 33 feet.
Finally, the rear of the controller features two customizable buttons , and a power port. The DJI Phantom 4 is a compact, high quality quadrotor camera drone that can easily be carried from one location to the next for every project. With a flight time of 28 minutes per battery and a flight speed of up to 45mph, the Phantom 4 covers a large area in a short time period, significantly saving time and resources.
It’s a modest improvement from the dji mini 2 fly more combo, which is rated for 28 minutes and netted about 23 minutes of flight time in our tests. TapFly, which lets you move the Phantom to a point in space by tapping on it in the Live View feed, is joined by Draw. Draw works in a similar manner, but lets you draw a flight path on your screen. The drone will fly along the path, avoiding obstacles using its forward and rear sensors along the way. The drone also has a Sport mode, which increases the maximum speed to 45mph, but absolutely no obstacle detection is enabled. It can go faster with help from the wind—the app told me that my Phantom 4 Pro was flying around 50mph in Sport mode for a good stretch of distance during one of my test flights.