so ive been flying my original Avata for almost two years now mostly indoor stuff, tight spaces, abandoned buildings with my crew, some outdoor proximity flying too. its been a solid bird honestly and i've gotten pretty comfortable with manual mode on it even though its not "true" manual like a traditional fpv quad.

anyway my buddy just got the Avata 2 and let me mess around with it for like an hour last weekend and i have genuinely mixed feelings. the image quality is noticeably better, the 4K is cleaner and the low light stuff is way improved which matters a lot for the kind of spots we fly. but i dunno, the flight characteristics felt pretty similar to me? like i was expecting something dramatically different and it just felt like... a slightly refined version of what i already have.

the obstacle avoidance sensors on the front are nice i guess but i rarely use that stuff anyway. and the new goggles 3 with the passthrough camera is actually really cool for navigating to your takeoff spot without taking the headset off, ill give it that.

price difference is pretty significant though. anyone actually switched over and feels strongly about it either way? genuinely curious if theres something i'm missing after only spending an hour with it

honestly the low light improvement alone was enough for me. i shoot a lot at dusk and the original avata's sensor was really struggling past like iso 800 before things got mushy. the avata 2 handles it way better and for the documentary style stuff i do thats kind of a dealbreaker situation.

flight feel though yeah you're right it's not some massive revolution. the wind resistance is better on paper and i think i notice it slightly in moderate gusts but its not like night and day. if you're mostly doing calm indoor flying and your original avata isnt giving you sensor issues or anything i'd probably wait another generation tbh. unless you really want the goggles 3 passthrough thing which is genuinely useful, that part isnt overhyped.

wait what settings are you running for manual mode on the original? im still mostly on normal mode and keep chickening out on switching over lol. also does the avata 2 even have the same manual mode options or did they change something