- I've got a couple of reasons to be jazzed
about this unboxing of the DJI Mavic Air 2.
Number one is that this is looking like
a lot of drone for the money
and number two is that they not only sponsored this video,
thank you DJI by the way,
but they also sponsored two videos using the Mavic Air 2
covering both my Chevy Volt,
I know you guys been waiting for that video
for about a year and a half now,
as well as a follow-up video
where I open up my mind a little bit
and try something from the competition.
So let's take a look at what's inside.
One of the big headline features this time around
is 4K video recording at 60 frames per second,
although most people wouldn't usually use 60 FPS
for a cinematic type project,
what this gives you is more options in post,
if you wanted to slow something down
for like a dramatic effect or something like that.
So this is the only drone in DJIs entire lineup
that has support for HDR photos as well as HDR video
because you got to understand guys
that is completely different technology.
Inside the box, obligatory unboxing time.
We've got some documentation.
Mm, how exciting.
Some do not eat throw away desiccant
and of course, some accessories.
Ooh, thumb sticks.
Oh, yeah.
I actually do really like these metal topped thumb sticks
in that you can kind of keep control of your thumb sticks
pretty much no matter what.
It's a lot better than like a rubberized grip.
Also in here power adapter for charging,
so it's only got about a 3500 milliamp hour battery,
which you might look at in go well gee,
I mean my phone has a 3500 milliamp hour battery
and it's probably not gonna fly for very long
but that'll apparently keep it in the air
for over 30 minutes.
This is a huge upgrade compared to the previous Mavic Air.
In here we will also find a USB cable
as well as a Type C to type C adaptor cable,
a type C to micro B adapter cable and a power cable.
See how these propellers are marked A and B?
This is very important.
I have actually personally accidentally installed
the wrong propellers on the wrong arms on a drone
and had disastrous consequences in the past.
So we need two from the A package
and two from the B package.
Included in the Box we've got some crash assurance.
DJI, what are you saying about my flying skills?
So we've got an extra B and then two Bs
and then we've got three not two Bs.
Hey, get it?
Because these are all As.
I'm gonna arrange it like this.
Oh, I lost track of which ones which, oh darn it.
Oh does it not just say A and B on the thing?
That feels like an oversight.
I still remember how impressed I was
when I first saw the original DJI Mavic.
I mean, the fact that this shockingly performant
and capable drone could just be folded up
and tossed in a bag just absolutely blew me away
and of course over the last couple of years
they've built in even more technology.
So the cameras are better than ever.
The star of the show is naturally the main shooter here,
which takes 48 megapixel stills
and as I said before records 1080p video up to 240 FPS.
Actually didn't say that part before,
but what I did say was that it'll do 4K video
at up to 60 frames per second.
Let's go ahead and take all the protective bits off here.
What's really cool about this
is it's actually a half-inch sensor,
which is a surprisingly large sensor
for a camera in like an action device like this.
Oh, I'm gonna put the stabilizer on for now
while I just play around with it a bit.
Oh man, let me tell you story.
Another one of my drone noob moments,
I didn't realize that the protective cover doodad
was actually to hold the camera in place
and protect the gimbal from damage
during like storage or transport
and I flew a drone with that protective cover in place
so the poor gimbal was like fighting against this holder,
it survived, it was actually fine.
No way, they actually include spare joystick things
in the bottom of the controller just in case,
I don't know, just in case one fails
or snaps off during flight.
I guess it could be handy to have something like that.
The controller's come a long way in terms of the ergonomics.
Every button and there aren't a ton of them,
just what you need and every one of them
is exactly where you can easily reach it
with as little movement as possible.
You can see I don't have to shift my hands at all
to reach anything that I could need
and this is cool.
So the phone holder kind of pops up like this,
you've got these rubberized bits right here
so regardless of what type of power adapter it uses
you just pop it in like that and you are off to the races.
So there's just a little thing right here where you,
there you go.
So it comes pre-loaded
with a lightning connector on it by default.
I guess there's a lot of overlap
between Apple people and DJI people,
but of course it came with all those other adapters
and you can just swap them out by pulling out
this other cable right here
and the whole thing folds back in and tucks away like that.
USB C charging.
Everything just needs to charge with USB C.
Then I only have to carry one adapter.
What a future, right?
Back to the Mavic Air 2 though,
aside from the main shooter
this thing is absolutely bristling.
You can see them, they're all over the place here
with other cameras and sensors
for DJI's APAS, 3.0 Advanced Pilot Assistance Systems.
Basically these are a suite of features
designed to make the Mavic Air 2
better than their previous drones
at following and tracking targets,
avoiding obstacles while also following targets
and then predicting where targets are going
and planning their flight path accordingly,
so even though features like,
hovering around a stationary target,
which apparently this one can now do
with a moving target, have existed for quite some time,
this new processing is to allow it to do it better.
Oh, I missed a couple more,
got two more front-facing cameras
to help out with that system there.
Freaking cool.
So I'm really excited to try that out
in those car videos that I have promised
are going to be upcoming.
Now one of the challenges with flying drones
is that you have to make sure
that you're doing safely
and within the regulations of the country that you live in
so we're actually gonna be sending Colin from our team
to get all of his certifications
so he's gonna be our operator for this.
I am super, super excited and he's actually a total FPV nut
and that is one of the features that I'm most excited about.
I kind of saved the best for last.
The DJI Mavic Air 2 is compatible with Ocusync 2,
which we actually used quite recently
for a first-person PC Building Challenge
where we had someone blindfolded
getting instructions from someone
looking through their point of view with the DJI camera
in order to have them build the computer
even though they couldn't see it at all
and that is how good it is.
It's super low latency, it's super clear
and they actually say that guys,
keep your drone within eyesight
but the Mavic Air 2 can get up to 10 kilometers away
with that up to 1080p video feed.
Now I should point out that
some of those advanced tracking
and collision avoidance features are not going to work fully
or not at all at really high resolution
and frame rate recording modes,
but I think that's the kind of thing that you can live with
because as a beginner you can kind of go okay look,
I need all of the assists on
and I'm limited to you know 1080p 120 FPS,
oh, what a world.
Limited to 1080p 120 FPS, oh woe is me.
And then as you get more experienced
you can start to ramp up your frame rate
and your resolution.
So it'll do 4K at up to 30 FPS,
2.7 K at 60FPS
and 1080p at 120 FPS
with all the assists on
and then you have to start turning some of them off
or all of them off as you ramp up from there.
So that's pretty much all
I can tell you guys about it for now.
I wish I could take it for a test flight,
I really and truly do but the Canadian government
does not allow us to fly them indoors
and doesn't allow us to fly them outdoors
without the license and all of that good stuff,
so stay tuned over on the Linus Tech Tips channel
for those car videos
that are going to be featuring footage
from this bad boy right here
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for more videos like this one.
Thank you to DJI, again, for sponsoring this video
and we will see you guys at the next one.