Great input, I agree entirely! And thank you for watching.
The Evo is almost always compared to the M2P this just showing how great a drone it really is. Lacks the full obstacle avoidance which I would've like to seen but makes up for it with camera quality.
Controller is also another huge perk with a display built in, quick buttons to run through the software modes faster and easy navigation within the app. Regardless these two drones are a great bang for your buck at this point in time so either would be great. With my bias, the Evo is the drone to go
I don't use OA , and haven't for a couple years. It gets in the way of my video work. False positive OA halting is annoying and happens a ton! I don't play chicken with trees or buildings, so it's become a non issue with me at least. OA is the last thing I look for. I know others really want that, and it is marketed for safer flying, but there are many many videos and posts of drones with OA active, and crashing anyway. To me that isn't the drone, that's OA used a crutch to basically play chicken in environments that are not meant to be, like flying under a canopy of trees. Just plain asking when sats are lower, drone flops to ATTI and user has no control or reaction enough to prevent the crash that happens within seconds. He/she are looking at the screen, not the drone. How that story usually ends. "But I had OA on.. what happened to my super sensor drone ?" The brand markets you can do stupid nonsensical things with it, expect people to do just that.
The other are the crazy flight modes. So far Evo Dynamic Track has zero cases of the drone going into high speed attack mode. Since the Spark, MA, and now M2P's there are many many cases of drone flyaway attacks when in active track. It is now called "active attack" mode. Many cases involved hospital treatments. If you are 107, that's not a good thing. Recent M2P did this. Idiot filming in a public area using AT mode and it randomly flew at high speed at a bystander. You have a 2lb bird flying at you 30+ mph with spinning blades. I think they need sensors for the operator now, or screens that pop up that say "are there any people nearby you idiot?? sorry can't fly." Just google the many cases of this stuff. Mavic Air attacking a dudes daughter in follow me, M2 recent attack modes going after the operator missing the operator and then crashing. All with OA active. It's only DJI birds, and the problem has never been fixed.. worse yet it is so random, you never know.
We had one of the M2P's on a job site. Our operator was using AT mode to track some construction vehicles. Stupid thing just flew right at it, and before he knew any better (eyes on the screen, not the drone) he couldn't react and the $1500 M2P flew right into the side of a front loader. Guess who won that one?
I cut my teeth on drones that had no hover as well, so you learn stick control, drone braking requirements, and how to avoid environmental hazards. Too many operators put too much faith in these flight modes. Some leave them running autonomously and start having conversations with others, next thing you know the drone just disappeared. They are like WTF!! Well... that's on the operator. We have had pilots like this.. as I said.. HAD.
EVO puts me more in mind of essentials for work. Probably why they colored it orange. Might be why others wanting more recreational use lose interest in it. What I like most is that it simply works. I have confidence that it will not crap out mid job. The app is not bloated to hell and back like Go4 causing issues with mobile devices. Was nothing worse last year than sitting with a client reviewing footage M2P and CS on a controller and having the app pixelate all over. Restarted app etc, same thing. We ended up firing up the Typhoon. Embarrassing situation. DJI says it was the Android device. I laughed and said "You mean your Crystal Sky" Yeah, I can't have that. We're also looking at the newer 520 kits.
