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Mavic Air 2 is larger than its predecessor, but can still fold up when not in use. Photo: DJI
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Glad to see Mavic Air 2 supports 4K resolution at 60 frames per second (or 30 with HDR enabled). In slow motion, 240 frames per second (1 / 8x speed) at Full HD resolution are supported. In fact, hyperlapse videos – that is, taking pictures at certain intervals and assembling them into fast movies – can actually be made at 8K resolution.
34 minutes of flight time
Where the predecessor can boast up to 21 minutes of flight time, it can now get 34 full minutes on the air with Mavic Air 2. Anyway, that may not seem like much, but this difference is something that is really worth appreciating.
As before, the top speed of 68 km / h is in sports mode. With OcuSync 2.0 technology, the drone can transfer a full HD resolution live image to the mobile screen 10 (!) Kilometers away. And that with a delay of just over a tenth of a second.
The drone itself is actually slightly larger than its predecessor, weighing in at 570 grams versus 430 grams. As before, it can be folded up when not in use.
Safer and more advanced
DJI has made the drone more advanced in recognizing elements in the image. With Spotlight 2.0 you can mark a person, car, or whatever and then fly freely, where the camera will always point to what you’ve selected.
Spotlight allows you to mark an object and fly the way you want, where the camera always points at the object. Photo: DJI
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ActiveTrack 3.0 allows the drone to fly alone, but always follow what you have highlighted, while Point of Interest 3.0 allows the drone to circulate around a building or the like.
Mavic Air 2 has front, rear and bottom collision sensors. Photo: DJI
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The Mavic Air 2 has front, rear and bottom sensors that detect obstacles more than 20 meters away. With APAS 3.0 (Advanced Pilot Assistance Systems), the drone continually creates a map of the surroundings so you can intelligently plan and fly when operating automatically. According to DJI, APAS should be dramatically improved in the latest version. That sounds good since Mavic 2 Zoom crashed when we used ActiveTrack in the woods the last time.
It also comes with AirSense, which alerts the pilot to other nearby planes.
Finally the phone on
This time DJI also redesigned the remote control. It appears to be somewhat larger than before, but the nicer thing is that the “claws” at the bottom, which have been used in the latest variants, have now been replaced with a movable stand on top of the remote control.
NEW REMOTE CONTROL: Finally, the screen is back on top, just like it was on the remote control of DJI Phantom drones. Photo: Pål Joakim Polen
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These have been pretty messy to use with bigger phones, so I hope it’s a bit easier now. The antennas, which generally protrude at the top, are now built into the controller.
The battery life is also four hours on the remote control.
The DJI Mavic 2 price is € 849, or just € 10,000 at today’s price. For the “fly more” package, which includes three batteries, six pairs of propellers, ND filters, charging station and shoulder strap, the price is 1049 euros – 12,000 crowns.
That’s more than double the cost of DJI’s smallest drone, the Mavic Mini.
