DJI Avata 2 Review, the FPV Drone That Makes Flips and Dives Easy

The DJI Avata 2 is how a photographer gets into FPV without crashing a few hundred dollars of parts a week. You wear goggles, steer with a motion controller, and the drone flies through gaps and down cliff faces in a way no folding camera drone can. DJI announced it on April 11, 2024, at $489 for the drone alone.

Drone-only doesn’t mean much here. You need the goggles and a controller, so most people buy the Fly More combo: $999 with one battery, the Goggles 3 and the RC Motion 3, or $1,199 with three batteries, a charging hub and a sling bag.

Video review: Billy Kyle

A real camera this time

The first Avata’s footage looked flat. The Avata 2 moves to a 12MP 1/1.3-inch sensor behind a 155-degree 12mm-equivalent lens, with 10-bit D-Log M. Dynamic range is much better, and you can grade it alongside footage from a Mini or an Air.

It records 4K up to 100fps in 16:9 and up to 60fps in 4:3, and 2.7K or 1080p at 120fps. RockSteady and HorizonSteady smooth things out, and the footage works with Gyroflow if you want to stabilize in post. Footage gets choppy in gusty wind, though. It’s a light drone at about 377 grams.

Flying it

The headline feature is easy acro. Press a button and the Avata 2 does a flip, a roll or a 180-degree drift on its own, the kind of move that takes months of practice on a manual FPV quad. The RC Motion 3 lets you point where you want to go, which beginners pick up in an afternoon. For full manual flying, the FPV Remote Controller 3 costs $199 extra.

O4 transmission gives 1080p/100fps live view and a rated 13 km range under FCC rules. Reviewers reported a solid link with no dropouts. Flight time is about 23 minutes.

What to know first

There’s no obstacle avoidance. The sensors on the bottom and back are for positioning only. The built-in prop guards, Turtle Mode for flipping it upright after a crash, and return-to-home help, but you will hit things.

The Goggles 3 are more comfortable than DJI’s older ones, but there’s no room for glasses, and the old Goggles V2 don’t work with it. And it’s a video tool. Stills from a 155-degree fisheye-style view won’t replace a regular drone.

In the EU it carries a C1 label.

Who should buy it

Creators who want flowing one-take shots through buildings, forests and events, and anyone curious about FPV who wants a safety net. In 2026 DJI added the Avata 360, a 360-degree FPV drone that lets you pick the framing after the flight, so look at that too if you’d rather reframe in post. For classic aerial photography, the DJI Mini 4 Pro or the DJI Air 3S are the better buy. Spare batteries matter here more than on most drones, given 23-minute flights.

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