the GOOD and BAD of DJI Action 2 for FPV Freestyle

Loving this new camera!... but its not without its faults...
DJI Action 2: rotorriot.com/...
-- FPV Drone Gear --
Skyeliner HD Built and Tuned: rotorriot.com/...
DJI Action 2: rotorriot.com/...
Mount: rotorriot.com/...
Skyeliner HD Parts Breakdown:
Skyeliner HD frame: rotorriot.com/...
Hypetrain Le Drib 2305 2650kV: rotorriot.com/...
Hobbywing FC: rotorriot.com/...
Matek PDB: rotorriot.com/...
T-Motor F35A ESC: rotorriot.com/...
DJI Air Unit: rotorriot.com/...
Crossfire RX w/ Immortal-T: rotorriot.com/...
Transmitter & Goggles:
DJI Digital FPV Goggles: rotorriot.com/...
Spektrum Radio: amzn.to/2U5atNp
TBS Crossfire: rotorriot.com/...
Tools & Other Gear:
Torvol Backpack: amzn.to/3832sy9
TS100 Soldering Iron: amzn.to/2qy34cw
Electric Screwdriver: amzn.to/2jLLjkp
Toolset: rotorriot.com/...
-- Vlogging Gear --
LUMIX G9: amzn.to/2tXwYX9
Wide Angle Lens: amzn.to/2TnF4aN
Daily Lens 12-35 f/2.8: amzn.to/2IbqARN
25mm Prime Lens: amzn.to/2iYIJuO
Rode mic: amzn.to/2iWDXOg
bendy tripod: amzn.to/2iX67ca
GoPro HERO7 Black: amzn.to/351hhlm
GoPro HERO9 Black: amzn.to/3k1qmib
-- tunes in this flick --

[@MrSteeleFPV]

Hoping this thing is the ticket 🎟!

[@AKtoTok]

Looks good for shoots as long as youre not flying too much!

[@JT-st6ui]

How's the altitude J lol

[@kennykobitsfpv]

@mr.steele you still feel the same after Nepal? I see alot of go pro 10

[@johnjonesdronesfpv7939]

I’m a huge fan of your page. I’m buying the action 2 as my first action cam Friday. Thanks for inspiring me. That’s all bro.

[@Silor]

Something funky is going on with the lens distortion. I can't tell what it is but it feels weirder than superview. Kinda looks like 360 footage, maybe it's the wider angle

[@blazer5979]

Yeah this footage did that camera no favors haha.

[@PortalFPV]

Yes, this camera has like 10° more field of view than GoPro. Too much IMO. Makes it a little nauseating

[@divingfalconfpv4602]

Yeah it's crazy wide. I'd wouldn't run the super wide on this. But guess it's there if you need it

[@garymorris6819]

Smooth! Makes me dream more of an FPV with the Action 2

[@Starkeyfpv]

The trippy to Matty was 🔥 drib flow in full effect here!!

[@nothingnew69]

Thank you and all the other youtuber drone pilots for giving me a hobby . I dont fly anymore but I still enjoy the shows. Thanks Drew

[@moffettRL2727]

I have been out of flying for three years of so, haven't watched you in the same amount of time but holy cow you've become insane in the air!!

[@joshgamingyt9766]

Damn, that flow!!! Image quality and stabilization looks really good tbh.👌

[@patregan]

I'm super excited about the idea of getting back down under 650 grams like when I flew a Session. So much of the performance and durability of the quad follows the size of the camera. A bigger camera means you need to carry more battery. Carrying a bigger camera and battery means you have more mass. More mass means more momentum. More momentum means you need more carbon. More carbon means more weight again. I know you can't speak for the durability of the camera yet, but the overall durability of a quad that is 100 grams lighter again will be awesome. But I am disappointed to say that I haven't had a real quad with a GoPro in the air since March. I figure I won't be upgrading/sidegrading until I have to file a claim on a smashed GoPro, and at this rate I am bummed out to say that it will probably take quite a while! :(

[@WEEBER13]

Exact same story here! 😕

[@patregan]

@ok go I'm not sure how you know who provides my camera insurance, but I always order my new camera as soon I break the previous one. I don't wait for the check (or Amazon gift card?!) from the insurance company to show up! :)

[@MactacFPV]

OK, so I (Camera Butter) thinking of making some accessories for this camera. What do you think is needed most? ND filters? lens protector? Replacement lens kit?

[@jakeh3144]

Love your products. Great customer service too.

[@MactacFPV]

@@jakeh3144 Thank you SO much for the kind words ! :) :)

[@MatthewRayFlicks]

ND filters and Lens protector for sure.

[@sebastiannix5033]

How about an adaptor to connect an external power source?

[@MactacFPV]

@@sebastiannix5033 That's a great idea.

[@larryryan6003]

Awesome footage. Do you still fly with the action 2? Now in 2024, there is 128 GB of internal storage. What do you think?

[@sbelljr]

A storage dump module seems like a good idea for sure. Maybe could wire charging into the quad battery...

[@CoppertopFPV]

Storage dump was fixed on day one and transfers straight to second module. Companies have already teased USB constant charging too

[@Vizr]

@@CoppertopFPV Yooo in 2.7k/30, how long does the cam last?

[@Hiko_shi]

DUDE!!!! THIS IS FIRE! my fav fpv pilot getting into motovlogging as well. The most perfect channel direction ❤

[@tilgare]

Omg a vlog. I couldn't even comprehend what I was watching at first I was so shocked. 😍

[@powersv2]

The beginning flow of that flight sequence was awesome.

[@BadLuckFPV]

The vlog and the edit was so good bro

[@sircrashalotfpv144]

Ahhhh the flow is back, nice video Drew.

[@mikebergman1817]

Drew. Put a ring on that woman already. She's wonderful! Oh, and this camera looks WAY better than I originally thought it would. It's a little spendy without knowing how resilient it is to taking hard hits, but I'm excited to see how you turn this one in to dust at some point. I shall learn through your pain. Thank you my friend!

[@djasynchronous7777]

your flying still keeps getting better, trippy spins in lines, Nice! 👊🙃🤙

[@ryanpetty392]

You guys are awesome !!! Look so happy together ! Also I want one of those cameras lol! Missing Florida !!!

[@tango_sierra8608]

Wish I could hit the like button 5x for this video. Love the throw back vlog feel! Miss these videos from you

[@WEEBER13]

Totally agree

[@streetzfpv]

Jeez Drib have gotten so dope on the sticks!!... haven't watch a flight vid in a while cause haven't been flying but still that first line had me stunned. Don't remember em being that smooth

[@MagicFPV]

I can’t figure out the fisheye 🤔 is it pushing the curve to the centre when stabilised? Great video 👍

[@andriik6788]

I think they did pretty big mistake with SD-card absence. After recent DJ Action 2 announce I just bought GoPro 10 :)

[@rjsvids]

"SD-card absence." only on the main module , cause the other module have SD , so no problem there, i can fly my protek 35 with 1500mah 6s with dji action 2 , 9 minutes cinematic , with my gopro hero 9 cinematic 4 minutes , so time to say goodbye to gopro, after 10 editions, its all the same thing , same technicals problems, freezing, tak out the battery, lose footage , hero 10 is the same shit, so gopro NO.

[@sanz9082]

Same for me too

[@jstoneracing]

It's fixed now, drops the footage to the main body when you snap them together.

[@danimalfpv7261]

@@jstoneracing very slowly though, but yeah... better than nothing. Hopefully they find a way to speed that up, though I suspect it's a hardware limitation

[@OriginaldoBo]

You can tell the smoothness is all you man! The stab would be tripping. Solid work dude

[@lorenzocascone2038]

have you stabilized in post ?? looks great !

[@kyrofpv]

Your flow is truly amazing. You are inspiration for me getting into FPV!

[@jasper2771]

Ur fpv skills are insane

[@RobertLeclercq]

The talk bit starting at 7:00 almost made me sick with the weird Rocksteady glitches. Looks awesome in flight!

[@justin555666]

Haven't seen an edit in a while. Really liking the trippy flow thing you're doing. Looks awesome!

[@airdevil21]

Awesome flying!!! And video also!!!

[@seb-depp]

Crazy good backwards flying. Surprised you didn't crash more often. At least with your skills the stabilization is very good. (Much worse in the dark though).

[@RichieLumantaRL]

Very nice mr le drib..... Crazy Freestyler... Salut...

[@alberfpv]

Could you make a review for caddx peanut on freestyle? There is no videos on KZbin testing it in extreme conditions like freestyle. Congratulations for your channel!

[@digfpv4837]

I have one question if you still could get a GOPRO hero session 5 witch would you choose ?

[@xymaryai8283]

i swear i thought something went wrong with my subscription when i realised i haven't seen any of your videos recently, but im still subscribed. KZbin still doesn't understand the meaning of "subscribe"

[@xymaryai8283]

same with the RR channel, i've stayed subscribed but i had to manually search to find new videos. and no, i am not turning notifications on, bc i don't want to be pinged, i just want to see more in my recommendations

[@xymaryai8283]

and holy shit, your freestyle is so cool, i can't believe I didn't see more

[@MattBeardsley]

Dude, some killer flying..

[@Itsdarts]

Yo Drew, where can I get my hands on that action 2 mount you used for the Skyliner? I need one for my Skyliner. Not a whole lot of mounts available for this camera yet. But Damn! This camera has made me almost a good pilot. Soooo much better performance with a 55g camera. Another bonus is the wind noise cancelation of this camera, which is incredible imho.

[@poseyperspective3591]

Thanks for the review that was helpful, great flying too!

[@WEEBER13]

Great flying, Drew! Awesome to have Ashley there, too. Cheers from Columbus Ohio!

[@camarochip]

as always nicely done,what props are u using on this quad.thanx

[@ThomasShue]

Not a big Drib fan, but he sure can fly and I respect that for sure and why I am here.

[@Varian_t]

Whatever the action 2 having the issues, your flying is amazing 🤩🤩

[@YoYoYo]

I noticed that the shadows are dark. I'm guessing the dynamic range is not great or the edit have more contrast.

[@crspy914]

3:13 is the part where my brain stopped functioning.

[@tilgare]

7:17 You could get a USB-C to C or Lightning to USB-C cord and transfer the video to your phone. Bonus points if you just keep your camera SD card in your phone and can just pop it out. I keep a cable in my bag anyway so I can use Betaflight in the field without a laptop, and could just pop one of my other camera SD cards in.

[@PortalFPV]

you could. but I think drew is an apple user, so OTG is out

[@tilgare]

@@PortalFPV OH, I knew that iOS for iPad couldn't use external drives til recently (or still not?) but I never considered iPhone doesn't allow it either. I was thinking there were lightning USB drives even.

[@GrizzFPV]

You do lof of trippy spin there and i love it

[@bardomeister]

Your flow amazes me every time 🙌😎

[@Topher2024]

Drew, that first flight was sick man! Your drone skillz are definitely fun to watch. Flow is the way to go! 🤞🔥🎉🙌

[@AV8R_1]

I thought my Hero 5 session was perfect. Glad to see there's finally a better camera with the same footprint.

[@colinmetzger6755]

Have you tried plugging the camera into your phone and dumping to your phone? Still pretty limited storage for most people, but at least a secondary storage option people would have with them.

[@jareckystudio1089]

Amazing flying

[@aquilinefpv2592]

Good to see you getting some solid new flight footy around RR work load!

[@markr041]

I haven't scrolled through all the comments, so maybe someone said this: you don't need a computer to offload the internal memory clips. You can just move the internal memory clips to the sd card in the battery module after attaching. So, while the camera battery is recharging do the transfer too. Leave the computer at home. The sd card can be 256 GB's. That feature was available day one. The battery module with sd card slot is included , it's not an add-on.

[@Mikebfpv]

Well first of all, we need to rally Botgrinder to get a magnetic chin implant to mount this thing. Second, I think the hero quality is better. But last, I still love watching your vlogs and flying dude. Keep up the good work, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on why you went back to the ix12. I recently got the tango II, and still struggling to not go back.

[@MajomHus]

Looks primising. Can you set the shutter speed for cinematic footage?

[@hakaiyou4532]

You can transfer the data from the camera to the atachment right? its slow.. but you dont need a pc. ANd that is already there

[@takumorrison4609]

love the waitress and dalmatians couple in the background. hahaha lolol

[@takumorrison4609]

Hey ... I did. Seems this not real.

[@JammyBFPV]

This a great however the overhearing issue and memory transfer speed its very slow

[@MrOverworked]

youre colorgrade is amazing, are you using any lut? wich one?

[@WKfpv]

They could just put 20 grams more of internal battery and we would be all so happy. I don't need a color screen in the back, put it on a external module, I need an SD card slot. Come on DJI you are always giving me almost what I want.

[@Gosuminer]

Making a magnetic connector waterproof and robust is just a lot easier than making an SD card slot waterproof and robust. I don't blame DJI.

[@PortalFPV]

@@Gosuminer ???? a door with an o-ring is hard to do. weird

[@Gosuminer]

​@@PortalFPV The doors can break, the o-rings get damaged or lost and there is no easy way to repace either. DJI could do this and it would propably be ok but I still think the connector is the better solution.

[@cmacclel]

So the Firmware that moves the onboard files to the sd card was out 2 days before you released this video :)

[@brekotis]

Hey, the camera can be connected via the phone via an OTG cable, and if the phone has a capacious SD card, then it becomes much more convenient

[@PortalFPV]

Apple users don't get that benefit thou. Just one of over a hundred reasons to not go with that fruit 😂

[@jandomingo9806]

Is this really true?

[@XHover]

Nice review! Can’t wait to try one out 🤙🏼

[@r4ndo636]

Crazy skills flying.. but looks great. On the bike a little blurry.. vibration maybe?

[@RCRitterFPV]

whole lotta vibes going on the scooters @10:00

[@FPVPRINTS]

That first line was sickkkk

[@yankey4]

Love this. Thanks so much for sharing. I just have a mav pro the first one. Would like to see what it looks like on top of my mav. God bless.

[@matuka3755]

The lines were smooth, as always, Drew. It would be great to hear how the motors sound in the recording... ;-)

[@jana171]

I always like the music Drew mixes in though, and you know when he's about to crash, you'll get some motor sound in advance :-D

[@FilipRadelic]

4:22

[@mouseFPV]

Honestly quad audio from anything but a session is terrible. Sounds great on a hero session 5 though

[@deebeez7923]

Thanks for the video Drew. Are you using single ESCs on your quad?

[@LeDribFPV]

Yup, individual TMotor F35 ESCs

[@tango_sierra8608]

Also- your flying is insane in this. Didn’t really notice until halfway through but damn bro. Still a neck-and-neck race between you and Bubby on who my favorite pilot is lol. I think it’ll always be a tie though tbh

[@rodrigodiniz13]

Have you experienced a sorta of hiccup when you do a fast roll?

[@joelperez.]

DAMN WHAT A FLIGHT! 🔥🔥💪🏼💪🏼

[@xavier_arthur]

When I grow up, I want to fly just like you 😯💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@MagnusKock]

can't you connect the cam to the DJI Mimo app and download the data wireless? Worked on the DJI Action 1

[@Silor]

I really hope gopro brings back the session to compete with this. Then we'll see the real improvements of this form factor

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Gopro been using the same 1/2.5" sensor on all their cameras. This has 1/1.7" sensor, gopro cant compete with it.

[@lostartefpv]

So close to 100K, LFG!!!

[@MrGaussFPV]

Can we manipulate the stabilization or is it all preset?

[@Mastertech6]

QUESTION::: How come props comes into view sometimes? flex in mount?

[@MichaelRollins]

Still want to fly whenever I watch your flying. Good job man. Bittersweet to watch, but good job.

[@rtpman1953]

Thanks for the video. I've heard some people say it gets hot quickly and will shut down after about 4 minutes? Also, how does the kwad sound quality through the camera?

[@jandomingo9806]

Heating up wont b an issue as theres a good amount of airflow to hit the cam. On a quad that is.

[@DrMacca]

Always love the vlogs, Drew! 👍👍❤️❤️

[@frogsshadow4189]

Could try a OTG cable and transfer the files to your phone if you have an Android. Not sure if it would work or not though

[@gutenbird]

You don’t need a computer. Just an SD card.

[@Datfpv]

its a great little camera, love mine, its here to stay! thanks drib. ps: your flying is literally what got me into fpv thanks dude.

[@CYCOJOE888]

The Le Driby spins 😎💪

[@PIDtoolbox]

is there a way to power it from the drone? two of those pins at the bottom are power, presumably 5v. tricky but probably doable, maybe a 3d print that holds a connector or a third party connector at some point... I power sessions using usb-C connector ro 5v in the FC. Just need to be creative

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

We're (Rotor Riot) are looking into it ;)

[@PortalFPV]

Would be nice to reduce one of their very short sided design flaws. Still have to work around that measly 22gb of internal storage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@HazzardLuke]

The goat of flow can still fly. The price is what will define this one for me. Couple of runcam orange is 200. Rather an SD card plus get some nd filters an a little editing can go a long way in this hobby. Great review look forward for updates....

[@FlyingPenguinDrones]

Only problem with Runcams is that their color grading sucks, so fixing that in post is a lot of extra work each time.

[@HazzardLuke]

@@FlyingPenguinDrones yes that is true but can't afford to have 3 go pros. I can afford 3 runcams though. I'll take a little extra editing. Good insight.

[@ericcochrane7379]

Unreal freestyle man👌Also appreciated the review!

[@makatron]

A magnetic attachment so you can wire the cam to the lipo for extra juice is surely needed.

[@maciex794]

4:09 this transition is insane

[@throttlenerd]

Dang those tricks are insane

[@neilfpv]

Folks, I have a new frame similar to Drib's. I'm worried using it because I think the carbon part where fpv camera is mounted can break easily. Is my assumption correct when it crashes? Btw, my friend's DJI Action 2 camera specifically the back side broke after a crash :(

[@fortysevenx47]

Hey, how many degreee do you use in your fpv cam? ty!! favourite pilot!!!!

[@LeDribFPV]

25 deg :)

[@fortysevenx47]

@@LeDribFPV Thank you sir

[@RCRitterFPV]

Just seems like you need 2 of them... rotate them between flights. and then it's too expensive.. and I worry about the stutters I've seen.. but probably a firmware away. thinking a super chunky 30g tpu case... it seems like a better Peanut... maybe....

[@MrDeathFPV]

You could offload to mobile using an otg cable, I do it with my session all the time

[@caledonia_4_ever]

did u use the automatic exposure? or manual?

[@RGCbaseace]

Thank you le drib I'm thinking 3d heli I think I'm gonna go with this one a friend has a session for sell but I think nope

[@prottentogo]

I wonder when or if there will be round ND and Lens Protection around. Both are kinda essential.

[@iflylow6224]

May be a dumb question but how do you find your background music?

[@CoppertopFPV]

Transferring to sd card internally with a click was fixed on day 1 of the release.

[@georgeaura]

When I am I'm a fairly remote situation and need to be light weight that's how I deal with footage I transfer to my phone and carry an ssd to load off everything to from my phone