DJI Inspire 1 - Review

Josh and Eric go over their first impressions of the DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter.

[smilingskull]

No timing on the power button, push once than push and hold second time. There you go.

[BMSWEB]

That was a fantastic Episode guys and you need to have Eric on the show way more often!! Loved it.

[colinhawkins]

I'm not a pilot (RC or otherwise, ) but I always enjoy the videos on this channel.  Kudos to you guys for promoting such a positive, helpful, supportive community.  Keep up the good work.

[marcel_vth]

To turn it on you just push 1 short time and then hold it

[_GuiltySpark]

I wanted to hate it but... I just don't. It looks awesome and works, from what I can tell, really well. Worth the price to me and would I buy it? No.

[LLsRC]

Great video guys! Lot's of comments here about it not being worth $3, 000. Having built and owned a handful of large, SLR carrying rigs. With all of the gimbals, chargers, flight controllers, frames, motors, Spektrum, Futaba, Taranis, systems I've owned, and mostly still own.. plus the cameras (Panasonic GH series stuff and GoPros). I know the real costs of any given rig I've had with all associated parts. $3k, and I don't have to do anything but fly and film? I'm sold. This is a time saver for me. 

[StoneBlueAirlines]

Nice work Eric. I almost ordered one just because I wanted to see if it to would work. Now I know and still want to play with one. Impressed with what it can do but man be a pilot first that is so true. Take time to learn this hobby you get so much more out of it.

[joshwise]

The product aside, I wanted to let you guy know that this is the most well produced episode I have seen from you guys and I am so incredibly impressed by the production and every aspect of the video. I hope you consider doing more episodes in this format because this episode drew me in and I couldn't stop watching. 

[chrismillersrcfamily]

Awesome... I love everything about this quad. If I could afford one or get the opportunity to own one I would in a heartbeat. Welcome back Eric.

[HackMakeMod]

The best Flite Test review ever! Loved every moment of it.
Eric - You rock!
Josh - Episodes just keep getting better and better!

My god the air-to-air footage looks so GREAT from the inspire!

[Tech]

Really awesome job guys! I'm sold on I just bought a Phantom 2 the week before this was debuted haha

[Rchacker]

Great episode.  Although the fact that there is no control over firmware updates is a deal breaker.

[neonram]

I think this is one of the best "real world" reviews that I have seen. It shows what one would go through if they were to buy this and fly out of the box. It gives a good view of what an amateur film maker would go through and shows the value of the quad since we are not all out there to make the next big movie.

[DeltaTristar]

freaking amazing drone, love the camera and the retracting gear struts

[JoshuaBardwell]

Is it me, or do the Inspire shots look kind of "jerky"? I don't know... maybe it has something to do with how the video was imported into the FT guys' editing suite. It's hard to imagine it looks like that straight out of the camera.

[DobyxRC]

Very interesting episode. It's amazing how many comments talk about the price of this unit most of the comments are negative! Eric mentioned he had more expensive multi rotors, Around the $10, 000 mark, these would obviously be for caring the red camera or similar types of professional filming devices. The fact that this unit includes a 4K camera even though it doesn't have anything more than 60 frames per secondall the sensor technology and everything that goes into this, it is in my opinion worth every single penny.

I hope flitetest follows through with the idea of building the same unit for cheaper I think then people will realize the value of this product as I doubt it can be done, I doubt it very much! But I would love to see it happen:-)
Oh, and if I may ask you to spend more money and get the second transmitter so you can show us how well it works with one guy on camera and one guy I'm flying.

As for the aerial photography suggestion I for one would love to see more information on that.

[BigBaz]

Excellent review guys. About time someone stopped drooling & did some honest hard work to demonstrate the good AND the bad of this beast. Superb photography & awesome flight control. I expect to see Inspire footage in future flight videos!

[MichaelMooreA]

Is there a link to the DIY version of the Inspire 1 you mention in this video?

[ianjenkins]

I have had my Inspire 1 for almost two years now. It is a flawless device, not a stunt unit but it takes amazing video and pics. I have quick lock props. It makes setup and storage much quicker. Update your firmware fella!!