DJI’s FPV drone isn’t something you want to fly over an erupting volcano, but that’s exactly what photographer Joey Helms did recently. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out for the best, or at least for the drone. What sets this first-person view drone apart from the others is that the recordings are also stored in the goggles, which meant that the footage was salvageable despite the drone perishing.
Thankfully, the revenue generated from this video should more than cover the cost of a new DJI FPV drone. Since then he’s gotten even more into FPV and spent hours in the simulator, enabling him to fly these drones manually now. Let’s just hope that his next flight doesn’t get anywhere close to the mouth of Fagradalsfjall.
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FPV drones are notorious for crashing, it is part of the hobby. So in an effort to get a unique vantage point and perspective into the crater, we flew this remarkably capable drone as close to the lava river and caldera as possible. One of them turned out to be its very last flight. At least the goggles record a great 1080p image allowing us to actually capture the last seconds the drone saw,” said Helms.
