DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 plus
The DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 plus is easy to fly with obstacle avoidance, but the coolest new feature in the Phantom 4 Pro is TapFly. You have a live feed from the drone’s main camera on the screen of your mobile device. Tap anywhere on that image and the drone will fly in that direction. The drone will automatically ease into turns, avoiding the jerky motion you can have in footage while flying manually.
The other big autonomous feature is AutoTrack. You select a subject — a person, a bike, a car — and the drone will lock on and keep them in the centre of the frame. It does this using the same computer vision technology employed for obstacle avoidance, except this time it’s building a 3D model not just of the environment, but also of the target you want to track.
It’s fast. The Phantom 4 Pro V2 Plus has a new “sport mode. As a pilot, you can toggle on the remote controller – that’s a lot like the sport mode on most luxury cars. The Phantom can fly up to 20 metres per second. It can also fly up to about 6000 metres up, although DJI’s software limits the drone to flying just 121 metres.
Built in screen
The Phantom 4 Pro Plus also comes with its own built in screen. This is a 1080p 5.5 inch screen that is set up with the DJI GO app. The quality is equal to if not better than most of the smart devices on the market at the moment. If you are familiar with DJI’s Lightbridge system it’s now possible to choose between 2.4Ghz or 5.8Ghz. This depends on the level of interference you are expecting in your flight area.
Footage from the DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 plus click here