Recent content by Hiflyer808

Well I guess I'll force myself to have this be my last word on this, whatever your response is. 1. Motivated reasoning doesn't refer to a preference for one thing or another. Rather it is committing logical errors such as cherry picking, exaggerating, special pleading, etc., as a consequence of...

Umm, special pleading? Cherry picking? I get that you like that it's American, has a good warranty, etc. I also don't like DJI's dominance, and I like the Skydio and want it to succeed. But come on, your motivated reasoning gets pretty obvious. Again and again going back to the autonomy and oa...

Great video! This guy ends up favoring the Skydio 2 over the Air 2, but also the Air 2 over the Mavic 2 Pro. His focus is on people filming themselves, and I would agree that the Skydio is better for that. He also seems to have fewer issues with Skydio restlessness and flying into the canopy in...

Very true re side sensors. I'd be terrified to fly the Air 2 at speed sideways!

Agreed on paragraph one. Regarding lagging too far behind, well that's largely a matter of personal preference of course. I generally prefer that the tracking be from more of a distance, showing the surrounding environment. Also, a lot of the time the farther distance was deliberately set by...

More evidence that from behind and at slow to moderate speeds, the Air 2 tracking/oa performance is better than the Skydio 2 over all. Would have been better to see the S2 fly the same routes of course, but based on other videos I've seen I doubt it would have followed as smoothly or kept the...

Here's a good example of what the Skydio does best. I don't need a direct comparison to know the Air 2 would fare much worse in this situation. I would certainly want to do my tracking using the beacon. I hope they add to its functionality.

Obviously not a comparison at all. Just another piece of data in the collection of evidence of how both drones perform. In this case, just the Air 2, while others showcase only the Skydio 2. But while a video featuring just one video doesn't prove anything scientifically, we can make reasonable...

Agreed. I was just starting to wonder if it would track from in front at all.. The Skydio is miles better than any other when it comes to tracking while flying backwards.

In this one im most interested in the tracking from the front, which it seems like nobody experiments with enough. In his brief try you can see that if you start it out far enough in front it will track backwards for a while. Also, good to see it confirmed that you can track in hdr mode. That...

In this long demo, almost all from behind, I think the Air 2 tracking is quite a bit better than the Skydio. Smoother, better framing. In some areas there are quite a few obstacles and tricky lighting and it still performs well. The guy takes his time getting started; tracking starts about...

Really nice to hear the smoothness is improved.

Looking forward to seeing that!

Actually the Apas section is at about 18:55, not towards the end. He says they did some pretty extreme tests without the drone hitting anything, but unfortunately we don't get to see those.