[Steltek]

DJI and FPV are two different hobbies, IMO. Either you want a slow-and-steady flying camera or you want to feel like you're actually flying an insanely maneuverable aircraft.

And yeah, the FPV ecosystem with interchangeable parts and open source code is eye opening. It's like building a desktop and installing Linux yourself vs buying a tablet. Mind you, your desktop won't fall out of the sky and shatter into pieces. But it's fun!

[lebed2045]

+1 to that. I started by FPV hobby about a year ago (just regular analog tinywhoop). So it's 30% flying hobby, and 70% tinkering around and learn:

1) how to solder,

2) how how charge and use lipo batteries,

3) how antennas work, polarisation, connectors etc,

4) what all these buzzwords in betaflight means

5) binding, expressLRS setting,

6) 3d printing protection parts,

7) even there are different connectors standards!,

etc so it's whole umbrella of little hobbies that comes with it. At least for me it's lots of fun, because it takes a few hours of learning time and you get working result. But it's not for everyone for sure. Drastic different with PnP experience of DJI drones.

[stavros]

> DJI and FPV are two different hobbies, IMO

Yes, but the DJI FPV that the GP mentioned is an FPV quad.

[Steltek]

DJI has a quad called "FPV" but that doesn't mean it's the FPV hobby. I can replace an arm on my quad for $2 vs some absurd money for DJI Care plus time spent waiting for shipping back and forth. Now let's blow up some ESCs or crack the camera on a rock...