Ben Coxworth DJI releases mid-priced Phantom 2 and Phantom FC40 quadcopters

The Phantom FC40 is one of two quadcopters recently introduced by DJI

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Last year right around this time， DJI Innovations released its original Phantom quadcopter. The fact that the aircraft was designed to carry a GoPro camera made it quite popular. Then in November， the company started selling the Phantom 2 Vision model， which features its own built-in Wi-Fi-controlled HD camera. It‘s pretty awesome， but at US$1，199 it’s priced $720 more than the base Phantom. Now， DJI has introduced two new models that occupy the middle ground between those two price points.

The onboard camera isn‘t the only thing that sets the Phantom 2 Vision apart from the Phantom. It also has an improved flight control system – meaning it’s easier to control – plus its new battery allows for flight times of about 25 minutes as opposed to 10 to 15. Additionally， the quadcopter features self-tightening propellers， so you don‘t need to worry about one of the suckers popping off in mid-flight （as long as you initially mounted the right ones to the right motors）。

Well， if you keep all of those other improvements but lose the built-in camera， you get 。..

The Phantom 2

Not only are the new props on this version and the Vision self-tightening， but they’re also larger， allowing the quadcopter to carry a heavier payload than the original model. This is an important consideration， as the Phantom 2 is optimized for use with DJI‘s Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal camera mount.

This particular model of the Zenmuse is designed for use with a user-supplied GoPro HERO3. It lets users remotely tilt the camera up and down， plus it automatically adjusts the orientation of the camera on two axes， in order to maintain a level shot. A dedicated lever （and a separate channel） on the Phantom 2’s control unit lets users remotely-control the gimbal.

The base Phantom 2， which includes the Zenmuse control module but not the gimbal itself， sells for a suggested retail price of US$679. For $879， you‘ll get the gimbal as part of the package.

The Phantom FC40

To get a sense of this model， imagine the original Phantom – along with its 10 to 15-minute battery – then add a built-in 720p/30fps video camera. That may not be as snazzy as the Phantom 2 Vision’s 1080p camera （or a GoPro）， but it should still do nicely for videos that are just being posted on YouTube or viewed on the user‘s computer.

As is the case with the Vision， an app allows users to control the camera with their mobile device， and to view first-person footage in real time from the quadcopter. They can also record footage on an SD card， located in the camera. In the case of the FC40， however， the camera angle has to be set by hand before each flight – on the Vision， the camera can be tilted by remote control.

The Phantom FC40 is priced at $560. The original Phantom is still also available， for $479.

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DJI推出中等價(jià)位的Phantom 2和Phantom FC40四旋翼直升機(jī) dji釋放9，中等價(jià)位的幻影2和幻影FC40系統(tǒng)quadcopters

Phantom FC40系統(tǒng)是兩quadcopters最近推出的DJI

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去年就在這個(gè)時(shí)候，DJI創(chuàng)新發(fā)布了其最初的幻影直升機(jī)。事實(shí)上，飛機(jī)是用來(lái)攜帶GoPro相機(jī)很受歡迎。然后，在十一月，該公司開始銷售幻影2視覺模型，其特點(diǎn)是它自己內(nèi)置的Wi-Fi控制的高清攝像頭。這非常棒，但在我們1199美元的售價(jià)720美元的基礎(chǔ)幻影?，F(xiàn)在，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)已經(jīng)推出了兩個(gè)新的模型，占據(jù)了這兩個(gè)價(jià)格點(diǎn)之間的中間立場(chǎng)。

車載攝像機(jī)不是唯一集幻影2愿景除了幻影。它也有一個(gè)改進(jìn)的飛行控制系統(tǒng)，這意味著它更容易控制，再加上它的新電池可以飛行時(shí)間約25分鐘，而不是10到15。此外，直升機(jī)的螺旋槳特性自緊，所以你不需要擔(dān)心一個(gè)吸盤打開飛行中（只要你最初安裝到正確的電機(jī)是正確的）。

好了，如果你把所有這些改進(jìn)，但是失去的內(nèi)置攝像頭，你得到…

幻影2

不僅是新的道具在這個(gè)版本和視覺自緊，但他們也較大，允許直升機(jī)攜帶較重的有效載荷比原模型。這是一個(gè)重要的考慮因素，如幻影2是使用DJI的zenmuse h3-2d萬(wàn)向支架優(yōu)化。

這個(gè)特定模型的zenmuse是專為使用用戶提供的GoPro HERO3。它可以讓用戶遠(yuǎn)程向上和向下傾斜，再加上它會(huì)自動(dòng)調(diào)整相機(jī)的方向，以保持一個(gè)水平的鏡頭。一個(gè)專用的杠桿（和一個(gè)單獨(dú)的通道）在幻影2的控制單元允許用戶遠(yuǎn)程控制框架。

基地的幻影2，包括zenmuse控制模塊而不是框架本身，賣的建議零售價(jià)為679美元。879美元，你會(huì)得到的框架的一部分。

幻影FC40系統(tǒng)

了解這個(gè)模型，想象隨著它的10到15分鐘的電池–那么原始的幻影–添加內(nèi)置720P/30FPS視頻攝像機(jī)。這不可能像幻影2愿景的1080p的相機(jī)為時(shí)髦（或保存），但是它還是做得很好的視頻，只是被張貼在YouTube上或在用戶的計(jì)算機(jī)上查看。

如與視覺，一個(gè)應(yīng)用程序允許用戶與他們的移動(dòng)設(shè)備的相機(jī)控制，并從直升機(jī)實(shí)時(shí)查看第一人的鏡頭。他們還可以記錄在一個(gè)SD卡上的錄像，在相機(jī)里。然而在FC40系統(tǒng)，的情況下，相機(jī)的角度必須手動(dòng)設(shè)置在視覺上每個(gè)航班–，相機(jī)可以通過(guò)遠(yuǎn)程控制傾斜。

Phantom FC40系統(tǒng)售價(jià)560美元。最初的幻影也仍然是可用的，為479美元。