so i picked up the avata 2 back in the spring after selling my avata 1 and figured id share some thoughts since ive seen a lot of hype posts but not many people talking about the annoying stuff.

the good stuff first ? image quality is genuinely a big step up, like the low light performance especially is way better than the first one. the new goggles 3 with the micro oled screens are really nice and once you get the IPD dialed in the clarity is pretty impressive. flying feel in manual mode is good, it responds predictably which matters when youre trying to thread gaps.

the stuff that bugs me though. battery life is still not great, i get maybe 20 minutes if im not pushing it hard and more like 15 if im ripping around. the RC motion controller is fun but i keep accidentally hitting things because the gestures are so sensitive and i havent fully dialed in my settings yet maybe thats on me. also had one incident where it just dropped connection for a second and then recovered, happened twice in four months, probably interference but it's unnerving.

overall i like it more than the first avata but if you're coming from something like a DJI fpv you might find the manual mode ceiling a bit lower than a proper freestyle quad. for cinematic fpv stuff though its really solid and the whole ecosystem is just so plug and play compared to building your own

the connection dropout thing you mentioned ? did you check if there was a firmware update around when that happened? i had something similar with my goggles 2 setup and it turned out there was a known issue that got patched. might be worth looking into if you havent already. the motion controller sensitivity is a legit complaint though, i know a few people who switched back to the standard rc controller for more precise work because of that exact thing

good write up. ive been curious about the avata 2 as a crossover option because i do mostly cinematic stuff but want to get into a bit of fpv without going full tinywhoop rabbit hole and learning betaflight and all that. the plug and play point is what keeps drawing me back to the dji fpv ecosystem even though i know the "real" fpv community kind of looks down on it a bit lol. is the manual mode actually satisfying or does it feel a bit floaty still compared to like a proper 5 inch