The 8 best drones (2025): tested with flight and review

Reaching an ultra-brisk latency live from its feed directly in a pair of glasses, a first-person drone (FPV) puts you in the piloting cabin of a small and agile plane capable of creaking through the smallest spaces and pulls out of breathtaking movements such as flip, rolves of rod, loops and vertical dives. These are not drones that you buy to obtain uncontaminated photos of wide open panoramas, so as to experiment (and document) a roller coaster ride that induces adrenaline through a narrow environment and populated by obstacles.

As such, the piloting of an FPV drone is a completely more different kettle, completely more demanding of fish than the piloting of a standard camera drone. Not only do you lose the anti-crash protection tracks used by many drones, but you are flying at greater speed, with less time to react. DJI Avata 2 (8/10, Wired advises) lowers the skill requirements to a level more suitable for beginners, all capturing videos at 4K/60 fps or 2.7k/120 fps. Although it does not have an automatic avoidance of obstacles, the sensitive controller to the movement of Avata 2 and the ability to brake quickly and go into the balance in mid -air make much more indulgent than the double manual caps used by most of the FPV drones.

Avata 2 glasses are also fantastic, combining the drone and provide a crystalline image through its pair of micro oLed screens. They are even comfortable for those who have a poor view, like me, thanks to the eyeballs that can be regulated for the inter-driving distance and a diopter to correct the vision.

I would have compared the flight of the 2 to ride by bicycle with the training wheels, because there are some moves that you cannot make with the movement controller, such as steep dives, where the engines are completely cut and the drone falls like a stone. If you want to perform these more risky acrobatics, the gamepad style Dji Remote Controller 3 It is available as an optional additional component.