DJI FPV Drone - TEARDOWN & OVERVIEW

This is the DJI FPV Drone from DJI.
As always I opened it up to see what makes it tick.
The main questions are: How sturdy the design is and how easy would be for an average person to repair it.
As a piece of advice for all the guys just starting out their FPV journey with this drone is to stay out of the M flying mode (fully manual to be exact) until they fully learned the skill to fly it in a simulator and even then to pay extra caution when flying in M mode. The (acro, manual, rate mode, etc) style of control takes months or even years to master so be careful and don't make any stupid decisions!
Tools that I use:
Hot Air Station: www.banggood.com/custlink/KDG...
Microscope: www.banggood.com/custlink/mGm...
Microscope camera: www.banggood.com/custlink/m3v...
Camera adapter: www.banggood.com/custlink/K33...
PCB holder: www.banggood.com/custlink/Gm3...
RIDEN Power Supply Module: ban.ggood.vip/V4Om
Soldering Iron: www.banggood.com/custlink/mmG...
Soldering Tips: www.banggood.com/custlink/vGm...
Tweezers: www.banggood.com/custlink/mGv...
Solder: Loctite 60/40 0.5mm
Solder wick: www.banggood.com/custlink/K33...
Flux: www.banggood.com/custlink/mGG...
Thermal Camera: ban.ggood.vip/VuTR
Oscilloscope: ban.ggood.vip/Wcbz
Electronic load: ban.ggood.vip/WhHv
Multimeter: ban.ggood.vip/X1ZC
My Patreon: / livyufpv
Thank you!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:50 Battery
4:45 Canopy
7:05 Gimbal
9:12 Metal Cap & Ramblings
11:53 ESC
17:00 Landing gear, Antenna, Motor
18:20 Conclusion
#DjiFPV #DjiDRONE #Teardown

[@Atlas_FPV]

This looks so much harder to repair than a mavic, on a drone that will need to be repaired more often haha

[@Mi78]

It also looks harder to repair than a normal FPV drone and is defenetely more expensive.

[@proz71ful19]

Harder than your abs.. no 😘

[@nineh9739]

looks worse to repair than the mavic clones on banggood. applying device design to fpv ruins nearly everything good about fpv drones. with plastic and aluminum construction it's unclear why they didn't panel the chassis in glass to make it at least as durable as a dropped phone.

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@nineh9739dont crash

[@micheletardivo8592]

Now that's what I call a PROPER unboxing. Thanks Livyu!

[@ruftime]

Thank you Livyu! I’m a bando flyer, so no interest in Ever owning a DJI drone, but it’s certainly interesting to see product engineering at DJI’s level😎

[@tenToesUp747]

sefie drone level? cant wait for the "nice drone, my 8 year old daughter has one of those!!!!

[@CerixIt]

this is the Best review IMO

[@DavidBarbarine]

Great video, I like how you tear down, discover, and show how it is made.

[@disccop75]

Excellent breakdown, thank you so much! The engineers are very clever in design.

[@MikeyB00o]

Thanx for sharing and taking the time to do a teardown. Be nice to see more of these from you on other drones

[@markpfeifer1402]

I was JUST thinking THIS. And Livyu delivers!

[@Jake-mm1cz]

Very thoroughly ( both technically & professionally ) explained as always Sir ... look forward to all your reviews & flights Livyu ... Thanks

[@panvart]

Nonwithstanding durability concerns, I have to say the insides of this thing look amazing. Outstanding engineering job.

[@janezjanez7493]

Very informative, thank you for making this teardown.

[@RGMGFitness]

Wow! Can't believe DJI shipped you one to rip apart. Great to see how they're put together (if ever needed). Joshua Bardwell broke the arm on his already (DJI shipped him two FPVs). So, not to confident they'll stand-up to the majority of crashes...have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of rebuilt tutorials down the road once people start getting them in their hands. Again, thanks for the video!

[@rockymanilow5115]

Marvelous design by DJI 👍

[@JamienM]

Great teardown video! Interesting look at the difference in manufacturing. Thanks

[@user-jq5et1mx3n]

Thanks for your working, and hope to see the teardown of the DJI FPV Remote Controller 2 in the next video

[@jimmac]

Thanks for a teardown. A controlled one that is ;)

[@SirCrashaLot]

The only review I wanted to see. Thanks

[@liviolucaci]

Ești cel mai tare 💪 Detalii foarte importante pentru cine cumpără ,thank you 🙏

[@colinwentworth7425]

Very good and simply explained Tara down Thank You

[@dronesdehonduras]

Excelente video. DJI hace valer su nombre de nuevo con un dron muy bien construido. Excellent video. DJI asserts his name again with a very well built drone.

[@OliFPV]

Awesome teardown 😍🙌🍀

[@skyrotfpv]

Thank you Livyu! Very interesting video to see the inside of the drone eventhough I won't get it for myself.

[@HarshitKumar-kz4jt]

What an engineering 😏 so much movable parts in this small body hats off to the engineer's 👍🏻

[@allenbaby1124]

seems very compact inside, very exquisite design, very nice video...

[@AerialMediapro]

thanks, great job!

[@liguokun2005]

hey man, great video! thanks for the sharing. Could you make another video for the remote control teardown?

[@travisSimon365]

Wow. I don't love the external aesthetics of this quad, but it sure is beautiful on the inside.

[@WillHsuAerial]

Nice teardown ! Thanks !

[@RealKushrage]

Jup Bardwell already broke this shit xD

[@LivyuFPV]

hahaha

[@OneOfTheRobs]

Yes.. But Bardwell broke it on the body-side... lol. DJI sent Bardwell 2 quads.. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LivyuFPV]

@@OneOfTheRobs Still arm section... right where it connects to the body. I suspected that much tbh... as i;ve said :(

[@RealKushrage]

@@LivyuFPV But this crash was ridiculous for it to broke already...

[@OneOfTheRobs]

@@RealKushrage yes.. he bumped into a tree not THAT hard

[@kishanmaiyadahir]

Really great work

[@jmoore3854]

Wanted to see more on the air unit to see if they could be used in another FPV quad. Nice to have 4K recording on SD card Sioux a GoPro

[@jdc8352]

Great vid. Thanks a lot

[@alejandroiskander1491]

Excellent video. Would you dare to make another video but with the remote controller? I would like to know if this possible to regulate the tension of the sticks, since from what I have read, with the F1 and F2 screws that are behind the control, it can only adjust the vertical tension of the sticks (throttle and pitch). Thanks!

[@mattraymond2935]

Can. We get a dji air unit update that record s gyro/blackbox data over uart so we can stabilize in post thanks

[@Rakib__738]

Wow amazing 💖

[@thomasr.1423]

Great video! Thanks for the input.I was wondering, if its possible to place the dji components into another drone frame ? Would make replacement easier and cheaper.

[@LivyuFPV]

obviously that with a lot of work this is possible. But why? It does not fly all that great. I think it is a lot easier to build a normal fpv drone.

[@anti4354]

Thanks, enjoyed that!

[@ZenMountain]

Great video, thanks!!

[@blackmennewstyle]

Obviously, the main idea is to make you buy the more spare parts in one time lol These guys are gonna be rich if every single time you break just one little spot, you actually need to replace the whole body lol Thanks for the great tear-down as always! Happy midweek and stay safe during the human malware pandemic outbreak

[@archys7]

no worries, every other fpv user have 3dprinter, it only takes time to prototype some hardware :)

[@overfly_pt]

Very great video 👍👌🔝

[@CactusJackSlade]

Nice video... I am a bit surprised that there are not some sort of quick connects to the arms/motors as these will most likely be the first thing to get broken. Thanks for posting up and tearing apart your new rig!

[@dukevah]

As always, great video. I'd like to suggest if you could compare the dji goggle v1 and v2 at the pcb level? There are lots of discussions about these two goggles and you can give us the true story behind them. Thanks.

[@leighgraham5873]

Thanks Livyu! Everyone else is out flying, you're sitting there dismantling it! Brilliant! Hopefully someone will post a vid soon of just how crash resistant it actually is.. DJI after care is going to be busy, that's for sure.....🤨

[@viorelgligor9504]

You should check Bardwel's review and crash... it doesn't take too much to lose an arm :D

[@rinqucosta2422]

Thank you for the review.. Like it..

[@RonWilliams215]

Great video. Thank you. I was hoping you were were going to really tear it down. I wanted to see if I was able to replace the arm. I wanted to see how the arm was built. Thank you anyway.

[@TurboHeart]

AWESOME!

[@anhtuan030]

oh wow amazing!!!!

[@travismiller8232]

I was wondering if the motors had solder pads themselves. Might save some work having to fish the cables through the body if you burn up a motor in the front.

[@dutcher777]

Dude, nice video 👍

[@Gabriel-bj6jx]

Great video, a part 2 could be very interresting to understand how work the video transmission system and compare to the version 1.

[@UnrulyRotors]

What's the chances you will tear down the V2 goggles? I want to see if there is really any difference. Good video!

[@SteveHook]

As usual you've done an amazing job Liviu. I'm just curious, do they have like a safety measure for when you push full throttle like very aggressively

[@LivyuFPV]

on manual no

[@fredbotton12]

@@LivyuFPV Actually the Brake function works fine on Manual mode, which is a safety feature. If it can be triggered at the right time, well that is something else ;) (and thanks for that tear down video!)

[@walkwithwally]

Hey. Good job with the English. I don’t mind reading sub titles but I appreciate your effort. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@fredericld6553]

thanks for sharing !

[@readysetdrone]

Great video - it was great to see the guts of this thing! Thanks for the video.

[@DiegoCuevas]

Hi there, I´ve been given a couple of units for preview, in a Spanish channel, and I´ve crashed one against a power line from the top part, so I was wondering to have a replacement for that top part where you have a roller bearing and the gimbal has been slightly damaged but I think that needs replacement

[@LivyuFPV]

Contact me over fb and send me pictures

[@revvrav]

great vid! could you tear down the controller too?

[@Blueskyver]

Thank you for this great teardown of the new FPV quad! I'm subbing.

[@Bionic24]

I wonder if that ESC is actually getting a proprietary signal from the controller or if it is a running a standard protocol like PWM, D-shot etc. Would make upgrades interesting. Even now I can see people swapping out the original frame with a decent carbon FPV frame :D

[@jiwoosdaddyinnz6143]

Great job! Those two side panel antennas are for ADS-B.

[@LivyuFPV]

Cool never thought of it but makes sense! Thanks!

[@DesignRobot_co]

Can we strip the gimbal out and use it for another drone? Is the vtx separate ?

[@OneOfTheRobs]

You are SO FAST with this video. Great stuff buddy.. BTW, the big fan on top is for the VTX

[@LivyuFPV]

yeah, I said it's the RF section. But not quite an VTX cause well it is a two-way transmission :P

[@BooFPV]

wish you would've said what size screwdriver you were using, especially with the Phillips screw where the first screwdriver was too big. I am not sure if i need to buy a 1.2mm or 1.5mm.. i will assume 1.2? maybe you grabbed a 1.5 initially?

[@franklyfpv1909]

Do you know if had a dji air unit on? Thanks

[@StefanoRavera3D]

thank you very top review

[@Blubarru1]

Do you think the motors can be upgraded to after market motor?

[@eparustefan]

So it's not so hard to change parts...of course not as easy as an fpv drone but still if the parts will not be a fortune its duable. What about the body especially the legs that could break in a crash, can you take them off easy ?

[@dqzza]

Recon it’s possible to waterproof this quad?

[@Darksagan]

Awesome.

[@mikaelbackstrom]

Great teardown. Thank you! How much carbon is in the drone? Carbon arms? I might have missed it.

[@LivyuFPV]

no carbon :) Only plastic infused with some fibers.

[@mikaelbackstrom]

@@LivyuFPV darn...

[@nicolobalestrino]

Would it be possible to take the electronics and put it in a custom made carbon fiber frame thats more FPV like?

[@shekw]

excellent! Firsthand info on this fpv.

[@ramongarciano569]

everyone who receive this start flying.. you tear it down first !! Great !!

[@glen7463]

Great to see inside I have crashed mine about 4 times mostly due to it being so tall and keep hitting the bottom going through gaps the gimbal has been fine a couple was into walls . Biggest problem is disarming th motors in a hurry I hate the double tap to stop and I’ve got the pause button in stead of stop and it’s flew into stuff when I wanted to do a quick land. The range is great compared to air units tho . This will not replace my bashing quads but still a excellent drone.

[@wandertheworld3206]

Good to get your take. I picked it up to get started in FPV. It's like a bike with training wheels that you can eventually take off. And then eventually if you like it enough you graduate to something better.

[@glen7463]

@@wandertheworld3206 update mine is in bits 3 times it has sensor error and just drops it’s now my avatar and dji are being a real pain wanting me to use my dji care plus pay an additional £250 on top of the £299 I paid for the care to fix the drone witch should be under warranty I got sensor warning from the first time I plugged it in but unplug and plug in resets them and you fly normally until mid flight I get the message again and it falls uncontrollably . Hopefully it’s just my drone but annoyed with dji after sales as I have been very loyal dji supporter right back to wookong days

[@RealKushrage]

Nice video bro :D

[@RudyGuyennot]

Curious to known if ESC are powerful or not (4in1 30A / 45A / 60A ?) and what are KV motors ? 🤔 Because 15min of flight and 140km/h with a 6s Li-Ion 2000mAh in accro mode.. it's pretty awesome !

[@LivyuFPV]

I only flew a max of 9 minutes. but this FPV drone from DJI is underpowered badly :( like 50% from what my normal 6s quads have.

[@Thewiruz1]

Can the VTX be unlocked for higher power in the EU region? Max altitude limit? No fly zone shit?

[@andreicristian9325]

Primul youtuber care a disfacut aceasta drona , bravo!!!!😀😀😀

[@tyronerai9865]

Can u say the pitch circle of the motor three holes where the prop fits

[@D1MMU86]

at 17:45 you say to take out all the wires to replace motor. Can I just connect old wires to new motors wires? It's not a proper fix, but I did same kind on fix to my car's ABS and it works just fine. I just don't want to tear the whole drone apart to change one motor. And I have never soldered before.

[@3omcfund]

thank you

[@jpsalis]

the gimbal design is not bad, it looks like they chose 1 axis to reduce complexity while still having control for the modes that need it. Hopefully it is not an expensive part to replace, like you said it may be caught in a lot of crashes.

[@StormBurnX]

I appreciate that there's plenty of space between the pads on the ESC, even people who are new to soldering will do well with this one I think :)

[@typxxilps]

for us of great value cause my buddy had crashed his on day 1 and we needed this piece to make no more mistakes during "slaugthering" cause we sold the pieces already ... 1 arm broken and 1 motor with board and led and 1 cable loose which had stopped the whole drone from booting - but we learned that only while tearing it apart.

[@LivyuFPV]

I wish I can get my hands on a broken DJI FPV to make a Repair video... :)

[@SOPM2007]

Now it's official: DJI drones do have electronic components inside! I never thought about that, interesting! ;)

[@changeagent228]

Interesting. 👍

[@abhishekreddy2425]

No matter how many times we remind ourselves this as durable/sturdy/rigid, its insides just scream THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE CRASHED. It just looks insanely complicated for an FPV drone.

[@808GT]

Thats some solid engineering. DJI has not phoned this in.

[@wizzxfpv]

I had on-flight adjustable tilting camera on my first ZMR250 - now the DJI has as well :) anyway, great teardown, and sems that DJ collect lot of good ideas (aerodynamics arms in direction of movement as well as frame is tilted to keeps PCBs and GPS leveled, front motors below rear ones, nice cooling... and looking to this Lipo socket, why we are using also + and - wire on balance leads as they are already on main socket

[@LivyuFPV]

well, this battery is a smart one... it selfs balance. So this is why they don't have a balance lead. those 3 pins are for serial connection to tell the drone the capacity, temperature etc.

[@wizzxfpv]

@@LivyuFPV yes sure, you told it that's communication wires, but I just gets idea to remove those 2 cables from normal Lipo balance leads, but there's probably reason to have that as "sense wires"

[@_grox_9743]

Fpv beginner drone is good when it can handle crashes well and repairing is cheap and easy. So i think freestyle quads are still better option.

[@jearl961]

You're 100% right. Why should anyone buy this? You'd have to have more money than brains for this purchase to make sense. It's an awful freestyle drone, not a good cinewoop. Who is this for?

[@CJisFPV]

It would be cool to be able to buy the gimbal and camera separate and use it on an air unit in a DIY quad. sure its fragile, but it would be cool to have adjustable tilt for a cruiser build. long range flying, can lower tilt when you get up a mountain for the way back.

[@TheMadmacs]

first up, nice job dji, it looks a bit tougher than i thought. great teardown, i have unbearable curiosity about how things are built,so thanks for the teardown, hope you didnt have any parts left over hehe.

[@baggszilla]

Whoa this was so kool! I'm kinda surprised on how similar this is to the quads we build and fly every day.

[@AndrewMurphyFilms]

Can't wait for someone to make a full carbon fibre replacement frame for this!! Would be a beast!

[@wandertheworld3206]

This is what I'm banking on. Maybe even a like... Rollbar style gimbal guard

[@garamfpv]

I don't want to buy it, but I want to try it. Bro😎👌🏻

[@dewafpvworks4955]

Hahahaha Livyu is the king🤴 everyone promoting and Livyu will tear it down 💯👍❤️

[@IntArtistPKdesign3D]

10/10 omg :)

[@abhishekrathod4747]

i want to know what these antennae do?

[@stoya2s]

Can anyone tell me what is the minimum amount of disassembly needed, if I only want to replace the vision sensors module and ribbon cable?

[@bkramber]

I wish I can somehow plug the camera module to Air unit and fly it on my fpv copter.