This is one of the reasons why I tell people to stay away from DJI. There are much better brands out there, the only “appeal” DJI has is that any random person can walk into a Best Buy and buy one, whereas you have to go to an RC specialist shop for most of the others.
Off the top of my head, I can think of Lumenier and Lynxmotion. They’re kits but the electronics are plug-and-play (well, solder-and-play in the case of Lumenier, but just for the power connections). They vastly outperform DJI’s drones due to their lightweight construction, and are vastly more configurable as they’re designed to use off-the-shelf hobby parts as opposed to DJI’s completely proprietary designs.
BLADE used to make a direct competitor to the DJI Phantom series in the form of the Chroma. Unfortunately they’ve completely left the multirotor market simply because DJI was able to build more market share via big-box stores vs BLADE only selling through specialty retailers, even though the Chroma was superior to the Phantom in performance and feature set.
This is one of the reasons why I tell people to stay away from DJI. There are much better brands out there, the only “appeal” DJI has is that any random person can walk into a Best Buy and buy one, whereas you have to go to an RC specialist shop for most of the others.
whatre the other better brands?
Off the top of my head, I can think of Lumenier and Lynxmotion. They’re kits but the electronics are plug-and-play (well, solder-and-play in the case of Lumenier, but just for the power connections). They vastly outperform DJI’s drones due to their lightweight construction, and are vastly more configurable as they’re designed to use off-the-shelf hobby parts as opposed to DJI’s completely proprietary designs.
BLADE used to make a direct competitor to the DJI Phantom series in the form of the Chroma. Unfortunately they’ve completely left the multirotor market simply because DJI was able to build more market share via big-box stores vs BLADE only selling through specialty retailers, even though the Chroma was superior to the Phantom in performance and feature set.