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Coming from the P2V that served me well during many flights without any incidents I have come to these reflections about the P2V+
* The hardware: The P2V+ is except for the slightly modified legs and the new camera/gimbal externally identical to the P2V. Everything seem very well put together and a solid piece of technology altogether. Internally thou it is much more different than the P2V than one could imagine. Already looking at the battery slot you can see some differences.
* Flying: The P2V+ behaves exactly as the P2V and the flight time is also identical. I experience a bit of the "hock" phenomena also with the P2V+ but it does not bother me. One thing that is different is that it is practically silent before props are on while the P2V had a strange sound from the camera after turned on.
* The gimbal: The gimbal is very tiny and seem really fragile but actually it is not. It is made of metal and when you play a bit with it with the power off you understand that it is a very precise and solid hardware! In flight the gimbal is just AMAZING! Judging from all 100s of drone gimbal footage I have seen on Youtube/Vimeo I think it is one of the best if not even no 1! It is rock steady! Sometimes i think the video has stopped or something when in fact it is just the Phantom and the gimbal keeping the picture so steady nothing moves. I have seen some P2V+ vids where props get in the picture so I was a bit worried about this but it is really a no-issue. If you don´t fly too aggressively and tilt the camera a bit down you are not going to see them if the winds are reasonable (<6 m/s)
* Film/photo quality: The camera is supposed to be exactly the same as the P2V but from my experience it´s a big difference. The P2V camera was ok but had some "soft focus zones" The P2V+ is really sharper somehow. The video quality out of this thing as honestly really good. Vids I have seen in youtube suggest that the exposure is "pumping" a lot but my personal experience is that it is smooth and gentle. Not shifting steps fast so it´s annoying and visible.
* Range and FPV: One thing that disturbed me a bit with the P2V was that the FPV dropped before the TX range. With the P2V+ it is rather the opposite. Both are approximately twice as good as the P2V but the FPV seem to go longer than the TX signal, and I like this!
* Wrap-up: The P2V+ is a great upgrade from the P2V (that I also loved) Reading some stories about poor camera and gimbal failiors along with random flyways had me scared but after some 10 perfect flights I can say that I start to trust this thing a lot and the videos that come out amaze me every time! Just flying slowly over a forrest, camera pointing straight down is so fascinating! The gimbal is super super steady! You feel you are National geographic HD in making!
The whole experience is actually science fiction. I use RTH a lot and the footage that come out of these sessions are also just awesome.
Alltogether I must say as many before me that this piece of tech is one of the most fantastic things I ever owned. It makes me happy :-D
* The hardware: The P2V+ is except for the slightly modified legs and the new camera/gimbal externally identical to the P2V. Everything seem very well put together and a solid piece of technology altogether. Internally thou it is much more different than the P2V than one could imagine. Already looking at the battery slot you can see some differences.
* Flying: The P2V+ behaves exactly as the P2V and the flight time is also identical. I experience a bit of the "hock" phenomena also with the P2V+ but it does not bother me. One thing that is different is that it is practically silent before props are on while the P2V had a strange sound from the camera after turned on.
* The gimbal: The gimbal is very tiny and seem really fragile but actually it is not. It is made of metal and when you play a bit with it with the power off you understand that it is a very precise and solid hardware! In flight the gimbal is just AMAZING! Judging from all 100s of drone gimbal footage I have seen on Youtube/Vimeo I think it is one of the best if not even no 1! It is rock steady! Sometimes i think the video has stopped or something when in fact it is just the Phantom and the gimbal keeping the picture so steady nothing moves. I have seen some P2V+ vids where props get in the picture so I was a bit worried about this but it is really a no-issue. If you don´t fly too aggressively and tilt the camera a bit down you are not going to see them if the winds are reasonable (<6 m/s)
* Film/photo quality: The camera is supposed to be exactly the same as the P2V but from my experience it´s a big difference. The P2V camera was ok but had some "soft focus zones" The P2V+ is really sharper somehow. The video quality out of this thing as honestly really good. Vids I have seen in youtube suggest that the exposure is "pumping" a lot but my personal experience is that it is smooth and gentle. Not shifting steps fast so it´s annoying and visible.
* Range and FPV: One thing that disturbed me a bit with the P2V was that the FPV dropped before the TX range. With the P2V+ it is rather the opposite. Both are approximately twice as good as the P2V but the FPV seem to go longer than the TX signal, and I like this!
* Wrap-up: The P2V+ is a great upgrade from the P2V (that I also loved) Reading some stories about poor camera and gimbal failiors along with random flyways had me scared but after some 10 perfect flights I can say that I start to trust this thing a lot and the videos that come out amaze me every time! Just flying slowly over a forrest, camera pointing straight down is so fascinating! The gimbal is super super steady! You feel you are National geographic HD in making!
The whole experience is actually science fiction. I use RTH a lot and the footage that come out of these sessions are also just awesome.
Alltogether I must say as many before me that this piece of tech is one of the most fantastic things I ever owned. It makes me happy :-D
