I CUT the DJI Avata 2 Prop Guards... You Won't Believe What Happened!

[@TVNetworld]

I did another change on the avata. I took all propellers off and exchanged them with 4 little helium balloons. Now my avata made it up to the stratosphere. Amazing view from up there

[@GigaBit-i2j]

" I cut the antenna, I hope it is not super important ! " 😂😂😂😂😂

[@elistackin]

lol

[@ko_da_life]

I was laughing

[@mrwoodcat]

it was the accent that got me

[@rzijl68]

Was just about to make a comment about that, lol

[@typebin]

antenna is the most important in the drone

[@luisvazquez6644]

" I'm gonna keep this drone like this". as if you had a choice lmaoooo.

[@jsl6155]

The frame costs $60. He could just purchase a new frame and replace it. So yes, he does have a choice.

[@luisvazquez6644]

@@jsl6155 oh damn. You right, I stand corrected.

[@robertpotter1714]

No you can’t

[@BeDifferent1996]

hahahahhahahahaha

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

@@robertpotter1714no you can’t what?

[@RogerWilliamsphoto]

No chicken chasing with this one my friend! Thank you for your sacrifice for science 😂

[@RLeeVisuals]

Lmao

[@rezoom69]

2:10 I'll gonna cut all around to avoid any antena inside... 3:30 proceeds on cutting the antena ( dji made incredibly difficult on removing all these antennas) 😂😂😂😂😂pure comedy right here👏👏👏

[@fauzanfsa]

Your project really helps me and others a lot, especially those with broken or bent Avata2 weak propeller guards. Not every country is eligible for DJI Care Refresh. Thanks a lot, bro!

[@albert_mry]

U dont need to have dji care refresh to send back a dji to the factory for repair. I have buyed a dji fpv on Amazon to à guy but there was a bugg on the gimball. Without dji care refresh i send my drone to them and they replace mine by a brand new for 50 dollars

[@Unsub223]

Really….he helped you realize you could cut them off ? 😂wtf

[@Unsub223]

If there’s no care refresh and prop guards are broke you just put it on a shelf and say oh dam maybe one day. Like you couldn’t cut off the rest of the or spend 10$ on a new drone and switch it out. Wow you young guys have no chance in life

[@603POV]

​@Unsub223 where are you getting an avata 2 for $10?

[@Unsub223]

@@603POV who said anything about getting a avata 2 for $10 ? You must be thinking of someone else

[@IlincaDenis]

Man this free content is getting to another level… Keep it going🔝🔝

[@Rimzler]

Ahahahah not free for me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but someone has to do it

[@SrJonAnthony]

Is there content your paying for?

[@wabl5099]

Hi, do you think it is possible to make the avata or the avata 2 sub 250? I‘ve modifies my avata v1 a bit and it is sub 250 but not with the original battery.

[@jonathanparadis-roy7481]

When u think about something , theres always that thinked it before you😂 thank for doing it 😁

[@skoll_2024]

'....always someone who *thought* it before" ;)

[@rainerzufall9627]

Finally someone has done it! I waitet for this video since release

[@Rimzler]

Wish it was less invasive ahahhaahhajaja

[@valkyrieaerialphotography2201]

No one else did it because it’s pointless. If you want a drone that performs like a freestyle quad, then, BUY/BUILD A FREESTYLE QUAD! Don’t hack a perfectly good Cinewhoop to pieces, instead. Lol

[@Giovanni_68_]

ich auch 😄

[@chrisbee5481]

A while back I converted just about all my whoops to toothpick drones. Once you feel how much better quads fly without ducts and slightly larger props, you dont want any whoops, unless you need it for inside or around people. Also much more silent, efficiency and faster. Great test.

[@Rimzler]

Next step is trying to make it 4 inch, let's see how much it can improve!

[@kurtzFPV]

Yeah. I always think it is strange to see tiny cinewhoop reviews and all the flying is outdoors. The only prop guarded drones I have are tiny whoops, a pavo pico for indoors and close to people and a full size cinewhoop. And even one of my 75 mm tiny whoops I converted to ductless.

[@andykirby]

Great video Rimz, now we know it flies well without the ducts this should open up a lot of possibilities. Great work👌🏼👍🏻

[@TadaYada]

I thought about doing the same but thanks for showing us all what's underneath those prop guards!

[@ludo3144]

Dji should work on a hybrid FPV drone that would allow you to either use it as a whoop or as a regular FPV drone. They just need to find a way to take off the prop guards and maybe extend the arms. I think it´s totally doable.

[@Rimzler]

Maybe can swap the core into different shells with motors, would be cool

[@judeabrigo278]

thats going to be bad for their business :( I believe they thought of that before but totally scratched it as it will affect their other drone model sales

[@3dprintmiami]

Great job snipping the ducts! Did you ever get around to doing a 3d printed solution to the chassis or to cap off the holes? I cracked my duct this weekend and am debating on just designing a new body or chopping the ducts like you did.

[@Blueskyver]

Amazingly daring footage. Love it. Please keep it going. Thank you!

[@berkvideo]

that was my dream the week i bought avata2 but after learning antennas inside props i dropped the idea, still cool seeing someone dared to do it 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Rimzler]

Ahahhaha i have disassembled it even further but is too difficult and too much of a mess to make a custom frame

[@thejohnjosh]

Have you ever done a long range video flying to that mountain in the background? That would be totally SICCKKK

[@Rimzler]

That mountain is very far, I don't have the required gear to go 10km+, Hope soon

[@smithe68]

@@RimzlerO3 and goggles 2 will go that far no problem, same for ELRS or Crossfire, you’ve got it!!!!

[@Mde7FPV]

I was thinking the same

[@Alpha2749]

​@smithe68 No way with stock O3 and stock Goggles 2 antennas. Possibly with third party antennas for the O3 air unit and some patch antennas for the goggles but definitely not the stock gear

[@smithe68]

@@Alpha2749 what now? I've flown 6 miles away on a quad with stock O3 gear and 7 miles on a fixed wing with stock O3 gear. It's capable of much further, at least on FCC.

[@judeabrigo278]

glad to know! I'll definitely convert my Avata 2 to Naked Avata once I damage the prop guards 🤌🏻 nice video as always man!

[@ElEscolta]

Would love to see a follow up or an V2 of this, probably with some more extra work and carefully mods it could be actually more easily done like the airfly was for the avatar 1

[@EpicWaterLion]

Hi Rimzler, I just read you were looking for a interesting project. Something different. For the past few weeks I am planing on CAD, 3D printing. And soon will be CNCing my own frame for: A stereo 3D analog drone. Meaning a goggle with two receivers. Two displays and a drone with two cameras and two vtx. I already did some testing with a prototype. And it is amazing how much detail the brain renders when you can see in 3D you can see all the branches, everything. I hope that the final form is a good quad that just has 3D cameras. Would you be interested to try it out some time. There would be a solution to sheep it to you for sure ( and return of course, I am a private person and don’t have a lot of resources) Greetings, Luki from Germany

[@Rimzler]

Wow I would be incredibly curious to test it out, send me a dm😍😍😍😍😍

[@EpicWaterLion]

@@Rimzlerto be honest I have no idea how to DM somebody directly. Do you have a Mail I can write to?

[@Giovanni_68_]

@Luki, genau die gleiche Idee hatte ich auch schon vor einigen Jahren. ich bin aus NRW.

[@juno0314-o9o]

YOU DID WHAT? well... looks like it flys nice 😂😂😂

[@stst8301]

This is the Dji fpv 2!

[@Rimzler]

Ahhahahahah it's the 3, if you count the avata 4 inch project I tried last year

[@oytpFPV]

It's more close to 0.5 instead of 2

[@Rcschim]

It looked brutal but I'm happy for you as to how it turns out. I see the appeal of the avata2, mainly the good, new o4 cam and transmission, but having it fly better is a bonus worth some solder iron torture of a drone ;) greets, we will be in Italy on Sunday, jay!

[@Tobi123Tobs]

nice haircut :) ready for summer I would say. experimental idea ... great to see that the Avata still is usable after this... "operation" :) Keep up the good work, I am always happy being informed that "Rimzler" has a new video online :) and THANK YOU... because of your review about the Nazgul DC5 Eco I bought it... and today first flight with this new copter -> totally impressive ! Great copter, especially for this price !

[@cerebralvision]

May I recommend just modding it by 3D printing a new center housing that has a built-in mount for 3D-party prop guards? You do not have to worry about destroying any of the internals then lol.

[@danielhugelmann9799]

My thought exactly. There's a size-accurate model of the drone floating around online, with individual components.

[@mariokotlar303]

That was sick! Thanks for risking your drone for science, great to know that this is possible!

[@a1mar04]

Thank you for risking the spare Avata 2 for future improvement. Following your channel for my fpv learnings. Thank you!

[@Mde7FPV]

Do you think the low Mbps is due to the broken atenna?

[@arbeitsloserarbeitsloser2329]

30gramms saved😮

[@Rimzler]

That's crazy for how hollow the ducts are

[@christiantillinger3314]

Would‘nt generelly be better to careful put the antennas outside for better radio?

[@christophyvesmalik1009]

Thank you for the Interesting video. How were you able to connect the FPV Remotecontroller 2 to the Goggles 3 and to the Avata 2. I know it should after upgrading to the latest firmware, which I did. Still I am not able to pair FPV Controller 2 to Goggles 3 and Avata 2. Is there any instructions I missed?

[@Rimzler]

You need to select avata 2 into the goggles menu, then press the bind button on both avata and goggles, then again with the controller, it will work! You need to update everything

[@TheCra6er]

probably because this video is a scam, for Avata 2 you need a new rc controller

[@Rimzler]

Ahauahhahahahahhaha DJI is so toxic you believe the video is a scam, rather than DJI making the old gear compatible 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fishfreq]

Great job Rimzler!! Thanks for your experimentation in the name of science 🧫🧪👍😎!! Hope DJI watches this and makes it available this way, more pros than cons!

[@Rimzler]

They should make a revised DJI FPV, smaller like this is a dream!

[@redscarzhavbc5592]

Yes We need Also for Dji Neo... 🤩

[@KevFPV]

Yo Rimzler!! tnx. dude thats a cool build.

[@Rimzler]

Ahahahha it was the opposite of a build if you think about it😂

[@KevFPV]

I actually meant the first Avata, I forgot to mention it🤣 haha.

[@johangoz]

tiene las aspas muy juntas por eso en caida libre vibra, muy genial tu proyecto!!

[@Rimzler]

Thank you! Maybe that's a reason it vibrates yes!

[@ulysseshd]

Have you tried just turning up all the controls in the settings and flying it like that…it makes it much faster

[@vhongskietans3812]

the experiment is very good, you are a genius, it is one of my dreams to have a drone like that😊

[@Rimzler]

Hahaha if I were a genius I would have found a way to make it nice, this is just recklessness😂😂😂

[@NemesiFPV]

Great project mate, im so fascinated by modded drones, Greetings from a compaesano and keep it up with those cool projects! 💥

[@Rimzler]

Ahhahahahaha thank you! Gotta mod everything

[@JohnyPatrick]

Wow amazing! Risky but so worth it!! 🎉❤

[@Rimzler]

Yes ahahha, thinking about how to go further from here!

[@JohnyPatrick]

@@Rimzler I'm sure you'll figure out a way to make this even better 🔥🔥🔥

[@RobertoDeDomenico]

grazie, sei il numero 1! Forse a questo punto conviene prima passare con il saldatore seguendo il filo e poi dopo aver tolto l'antenna tagliare le 2 parti. Credo che a questo punto cambiare le eliche (ma con quali altre!??) possa farlo volare meglio ancora

[@twrmoor]

Brutal when you snipped and melted thee ducts off it looked messy, but the results where incredible.

[@samholdsworth420]

Right 😂

[@changeagent228]

Haha hillarious. The bitrate seemed to take a beating from the antenna abuse but the weight savings and performance is great. Would be cool to see a kit released to get the weight down to the absolute minimum on the whole frame. 😄👍🏻

[@jz2811]

Just wanted to say great experiment and it was fun to watch!

[@tavistucker8864]

This is one of the more productive review great job.👍🏾

[@iamshre]

how did you connect the old radio controller with the avata 2??? please give a tutorial it will help alot

[@Rimzler]

There is an update available that makes the old controller and goggles 2 compatible! Just connect to DJI assistant

[@JohnBaxendale]

It's not something I'd do myself, but I'm very glad you tried it for us!

[@Rimzler]

Someone had to try, worked wonders on the original avata

[@thegooserider7245]

What camera angle are you using?

[@Rimzler]

It's variable, you can check the angle in the osd

[@Yannick.FPV.]

Cool project! What do you do when you talk about "i use this drone a lot for work"? Real estate flythroughs and the likes?

[@Rimzler]

This drone is pretty good for a lot of scenarios where you would use an action camera FPV, like real estate, location and live events, i even chased cars with it, and in a live setting you have the drone in the air and you can wait for the cars to arrive, it allows me to get a lot more done! But it's not super reliable when windy and when diving stuff

[@YTFPV]

Sweet pretty nice . Really hope to see a hybrid avata 2 is amazing with the camera and range . 40 km will be the best.

[@gabrieltauber5889]

Have you modded the avata 2 with the Ham Log file 🤔

[@fpvraver]

Hey man i would recommend a Dremel Moto tool.

[@Rimzler]

I have that, but were scared to cut the wires

[@fpvraver]

@@Rimzler yeah I guess I would've been a little worried about that as well. In that case I usually just score the edge of the plastic almost all the way through with the Dremel on high speed. Usually, you do it right you can crack the piece off. it looks nice and neat. I figured you would have one. I've been a subscriber for couple years now. You're a brave man cutting into that quad copter like that lol

[@azad-11]

Thanks for doing this experiment, Its a very Interesting video 😎👍

[@jasonzdora]

Interested to see if the yaw "death roll" is improved with this mod.

[@artemartem1134]

can you elaborate on this?

[@jasonzdora]

@@artemartem1134 The Avata and Avata 2 both have a "death roll" issue where the drone will fall out of the sky if its moving forwards at a high speed and then the user yaw's (turns horizontally left or right) without any roll (without banking into the turn). The death roll has been attributed to the top-heavy design of the drone as well as the prop guards creating "dirty air" which cause the props to be ineffective in keeping the drone upright during that kind of manuver. Theres plenty of youtube videos showing it. Im wondering if, by removing the prop guards, the drone has less physical propensity to perform the death roll.

[@LibertyDIY]

My Avata1 is borderline unusable in manual acro mode. Constantly kicks me out of manual when i manuever the way i like to fly. The DJi FPV never once tumbled on me no matter what i put it through.

[@KTPDAILY]

BRO! I am your new fan, sub, and I thank you for sharing your wisdom and skills with us. Your videos will last a lifetime. Also, your English is solid good bro. Thank you!!!

[@dvdganon0812]

Can i actually remove material to cut weight ? Without removing a complete function part ? (Like the propeller guard !!!)

[@MarcosAlvarezOK]

Muy buen video amigo! Deberias hacer un video probando el avata 2 "turbo" con una GoPro encima para crearle mas peso y mas control al drone. Saludos!

[@RCWolfFPV]

come sempre, incredibile! :D well done!

[@Rimzler]

Grazie!☺️☺️🐔🐔

[@3LevatedViews]

I will not be doing that to my drone anytime soon but glad you did! Lol

[@asciph]

I guess you can do recaliberation after removing the guards.

[@joshcollins7332]

😮

[@joshcollins7332]

😮

[@ixography]

anyway I see you had around 16mbps the whole time so probably the cut antenna? Cause avata 2 has 60mbps normally or is this because of something else?

[@DimmyV]

I noticed the bitrate mbps is low only 15-16, normally its 60mbps

[@AB-bu8ti]

Was there an update to work with the DJI RC2? Did I just waste $200 on the RC3?

[@GoldFus1on]

yea a month ago

[@float32]

Oooops. Me too.

[@Lukabrazi69]

Very cool video, thanks for doing this experiment for us :) I do like my avata 2 as it is, but thanks for doing something that many of us were interested in but would probably never do on our drones :) Would be interesting to see how it fares with small bumps if you're flying through narrow places.

[@ReeseB1111]

Thanks I’m doing this to my other. I’ve been thinking the same! ✊🏽

[@its_key]

New pilot here. Doesn’t it defeat the purpose to buy a DJI and then start modifying it? I’ve been thinking about getting one, but that’s only because I want to ease of grabbing it binding it and flying it. Are there a lot of people modifying these? Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to build your own?

[@janswff]

Very fancy Project, so nice! 👍 ❤

[@Rimzler]

This is only Stage 1 ahahah

[@eprohoda]

thank you,how pro done. Rimzler- =))

[@Rimzler]

DJI should have made those ducts removable

[@janswff]

@@Rimzler Yes for repair, but i think they want to gain money with DJI Care. I think they could do it easily…

[@Rimzler]

There should be some laws in place to prevent this behavior

[@xxmazinxx3371]

I was expecting video lile this. Thank you. What is sad i expect less weight without ductos. 😢 would be great achieve a avata 2 sub 250gr to flight in spain without laws.

[@Fitandover40]

I think this kind of video is brilliant and I admire you being able to modify an aircraft like that, that requires a good deal of knowledge, I believe. Thanks for sharing. Very nice, I like! My neighbor cut drone, I cut drone, NOT!😂😂😂😂

[@CallesFPV-qc4uc]

Everyone who bought an Avata doesn't cut off $500. Besides, whoever flies the Avata bought it because of the protected propellers, so it makes no sense to cut them off. If I want to fly without it, I'll build one myself.

[@reevestastic6681]

You need to make more money then

[@CallesFPV-qc4uc]

@@reevestastic6681 no, i fly real fpv with 5*

[@RafalGalinski_drony]

there is no O4 Air Unit yet ;-)

[@CallesFPV-qc4uc]

@@RafalGalinski_drony ? and, who talk about air4

[@NightworksYT]

A lot of people buy the avata to get into the hobby only to find out how bad it is

[@Youthofindia2025]

Bro DJI Sales will be double after your Video😂

[@Rimzler]

😂😂😂😂 they better sponsor me or I'll take apart more drones ahahha

[@gabrielestrada5738]

Thank you for making this video! I will buy a second avata now. I’m so thrilled to know this.

[@JTS-rg5un]

does it fly like a 5 inch not the speed but the maneuver handling?

[@FrostiFrostiz]

How are you getting higher than 120m altitude in Italy

[@float32]

Manual mode has an option to remove it, required for acro

[@peter572]

Did you try a DREMEL with a cutting disc?

[@TaniYulifa]

Salam cinta dari indonesia cuk, pantek bener project kau 😆

[@Rimzler]

Thank you so much ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@IslandDigital]

I cut the wire, I hope it’s not super important. Hahaha. Thats GREAT ! 😅

[@nevezeraa]

You ripping off the ducts and here i am 3d printing protection for the ducts xD i wish i had a spare avata to that btw would love to see a part 2 polishing the drone

[@Rimzler]

The sad part is that it looks bad like this, I would like to make it pretty, thinking about redesigning that top frame but it's a huge project to do and in the end I don't think there is a market for that

[@kwonekstrom2138]

@@RimzlerMay be easier to 3d print covers you can glue over where the ducts used to be.

[@KennethMckay-py1pl]

I think what you do is totally awesome and keep up the great work we love it love to see what you can do with these drones just love what you guys can do with these drons

[@janernstd9842]

I plan to do like this mod last week to Flylens 85 remove ducts for high wind resistance. I already made some replacement mounts to replace the ducts

[@PhalanxFPV]

i was waiting for this!

[@Rimzler]

Will you do it?

[@PhalanxFPV]

@@Rimzler I cant afford it Lol but i can do it with my analog fpv drone 🤣🤣

[@Diegog5]

does it still tumble when you turn fast?

[@dylanmeaney4872]

That thing rips 😂 never thought an avata could do an inverted yaw

[@paranoidzkitszo]

There is another aftermarket kit out there or many....but, performance was fantastic...and from recollection, looked wicked...this modification takes away from the drones style...i guess that may b a mute point...i just cannot recall the online shop that offers the 1 i am talking about

[@crystalchronicl5]

How do you crontrol your avata 2 with rhe RC2 and goggles 2? 😮 I thought it was impossible for the moment

[@PritishPal]

Can you tell me Which size and how much kv motor are using on this DJI avata 2

[@CurlyFPV]

Ouch its so painful to see you saw and melt it! But nevertheless a super good project at least i am seeing somthing different on youtube about the Avata 2! Thank you for you sacrifice! Subbed/liked/ and now commented! You deserve it!

[@wakingdreamfpv]

That’s cool. It’d be sick to have a carbon ad on to snap guards back on if you need it. I’d rather fly ductless

[@Rimzler]

On the old one it was feasible, on this avata 2 would have to rework the whole canopy and it's not 3d fdm printable I believe, I don't know if it makes sense to invest the time into doing it, because it would need to be injection molded and to do that you need market scale, and I don't think many people are ready to disassemble this crime in user right repairability drone

[@kendyravale]

how if you add wings to minimalize the shake/vibration.. imho

[@dimistra]

Go Rimzler !!!! Go !!!

[@Rimzler]

🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔

[@matthewkuc3526]

Thanks for making this video! Just subscribed

[@westonfx]

I mean it's not intended to be like all other fpv drones so it's designed differently for a reason?

[@EstateFPVTravel]

Hi! How to disable battery low hover or rth to not interrupt my footage!?

[@float32]

It gives you a countdown. Just stop it by tapping the button it tells you to tap during the countdown.

[@EstateFPVTravel]

@@float32 IAM flying, can't stop filming! How to disable before?

[@float32]

@@EstateFPVTravel Not sure I understand. You don't have to stop filming. Just tap the button to abort it. Both controllers have these where you do it with unused fingers, and don't need to stop flying or filming. You can't abort the one at 10%, because it means you waited too long and are about to lose your drone.

[@EstateFPVTravel]

@@float32 you know it stops when message pop up at the same time!

[@Rantanplan-0815]

Haha,,you dont know it flying well or not. He: lets fly in front of my face first😊.. 😂😂🤦🤦. Good luck😅

[@bambur1]

Id be interested on how much weight you cut off. Did you throw the plastic on a scale ?

[@Rimzler]

30g!

[@smika710]

@9:10 "I am gonna keep this drone like this." What else are you gonna do solder the ducts back together! Awesome vid, you didnt chase the chickens

[@Rimzler]

35€ and I can send it for DJI care ahahahahahahahhaha You are right, the chicken were home I believe

[@FireN2k9]

He probably made chicken salad if he chased the chickens with it

[@lazyCapture]

Nice video, Do you run the avata 2 in FCC or CE mode ? thanks

[@danideblai]

I wish dji makes a long range 7 inch drone, could be interesting

[@dstepsfpv]

They already have LR 7” drones… My mavicAir2 is a 7”😅 LR ripper 😂😂😂😂

[@Rimzler]

Ahahahahhahahaha they should make a modular platform, easy swap the core into different sizes

[@fpvrc9829]

serarch for dji f450 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZiWZpyhl752h6c

[@spdrone6716]

Joder! El tío destroza el avata, pero lo tiene con las pegatinas de fabrica😂😂😂