FPV drones are very fun, but they can sometimes be intimidating for newbies. Has DJI changed that with the Avata 2 FPV drone?

However, with manual flight control, flight speed is extremely pedestrian and remains slow. This is despite increasing the speed rates for the drones within Joystick settings in the Hover X1 app.

but as far as I could tell this works only when the drone is flying automatically, not when it’s being flown using the optional joystick controller and beacon. The joystick and beacon were the ...

But add one of Zero Zero’s little $69 modular joystick controllers, and now you can manually aim the drone one-handed and extend the Beacon’s battery life from an hour to an hour and a half.

spare joysticks, and more. While it's nice that there are two charging cables, it's actually borne out of necessity. The charger for the drone's battery has a USB-C port, whereas the controller is ...

Gamers have the skillsets to make great drone pilots ... unlike virtual reality systems, and the controllers often have similar mechanisms, such as joysticks, to ones used with video game consoles.

Is voice-control the future of military drone piloting? Instead of the traditional joystick or hand-held controller, what if you could just talk to your drone to tell it what to do? One company ...

The Joysticks attach to the end of the Beacon ... although I did maintain control of the drone. Beacon-based control works well, although using early firmware has thrown up some connectivity ...