DJI Flip – Most Versatile Drone for Vloggers and Creators

Good day folks, Shawn here from 航空摄影. DJI has launched a brand new drone called the DJI Flip. As you can see, it is a really unique drone – unlike any other design that DJI has released in the past. The DJI engineers needed to come up with a way to create an ultra-light foldable drone that still had completely enclosed propellers. This design allows the Flip to fold up, have built-in prop guards, and still remain ultra-portable.
"(《世界人权宣言》) DJI Flip weighs under 249g, which is extremely important for some users. Here in Canada, for drones over 249g, we need to get a 无人机驾驶员 certificate and register it with Transport Canada. But because the DJI Flip is under 249g, we don’t need to register it and we don’t need the drone certificate. Just like the DJI Neo, it is an extremely easy drone to learn how to use and fly.
The DJI Flip is Easy to Fly
It can be flown completely autonomously, launching from the palm of your hand, performing the intelligent flight mode that you have set in the parameters, and then coming right back to you again, landing in the palm of your hand. This makes it a perfect choice for those looking for a drone that’s easy to use and quick to deploy.

When we unfold the Flip, you can see it powers on automatically. You can use the button on the side to cycle through the intelligent flight modes: Rocket, Spotlight, Direction Track, Follow, Dronie, and Circle. Press and hold the button, and the drone will take off from the palm of your hand and perform the task. When you’re done, you simply fold the Flip up – the aircraft will power off in 5 seconds automatically. Of course, there is a power button on the side so you can manually power it on or off if you wish.
DJI Flip Camera Specs
The DJI Flip features an upgraded camera with a 3-axis gimbal. In fact, the camera is very similar to that of the 大疆迷你 4 Pro. It features a 1/1.3-inch sensor, 48 megapixel capability, and can film in 4K at 60fps. You can film in both a normal color profile or, if you prefer, you can film in D-Log M if you’re a person who wants to do your own color grading. It has an aperture of f/1.7 and features dual native ISO fusion, so it’s going to be a good choice for those who need to film in complex environments. Complex lighting environments can sometimes be challenging, so if you’re a person who wants to fly at twilight, sunset, sunrise, or even at night, the DJI Flip is fully capable.


Controlling the DJI Flip Drone
For many people, the autonomous features of the DJI Flip are going to be exactly what they’re looking for. If you’re a vlogger or create content for social media, you can easily capture content without a controller, and for some people, that is going to make this the perfect choice. However, with the DJI Flip, just like the Neo, you can connect it to a smartphone that’s going to open up all the settings. You can adjust all the parameters of the different intelligent flight modes, and it also allows you to fly it in manual mode where your smartphone essentially becomes the controller.

Now that’s just going to be a Wi-Fi connection, so your range and signal strength will be limited, but for some people just wanting to grab a quick cinematic shot other than what the intelligent flight modes offer, it’s going to be a good choice. Again, it allows you to pack minimally since you don’t need to bring a regular controller with you.
What makes the Flip a really compelling choice is its versatility. As mentioned, you can fly it autonomously or with a smartphone, but you also have the option of flying with a controller.
At the time of filming this video, it’s compatible with the DJI RC-N3 and the DJI RC2 (the one with the built-in screen). There might be other controllers that are made compatible down the road, but at the time of filming, these are the ones I know are compatible.
With one of these controllers, it’s going to give you a more traditional drone flight. It uses the O4 transmission system, so you’re going to have good range – it’s rated for 13km. With a controller, you’re going to have more precision, and it’s going to offer some of the more advanced flight modes that aren’t capable when using it autonomously, such as MasterShots, Hyperlapses, and Panoramas.

AR Features on the Drone
The DJI Flip also has all the AR features that we’ve seen on other drones, such as the visual return to home that will display a green line when a return to home has been initiated, showing you the path that the drone is going to take. On top of that, it’ll also display the drone shadow when you’re landing, which can be very beneficial when you’re coming in and want to land in a very specific spot. It also has the virtual home point, which can make it easy to pinpoint where you took off from.

The front panel on the DJI Flip serves two purposes. First, underneath there is the 3D infrared sensing system. This system has better environmental adaptability – it can effectively detect obstacles in low light, backlit, and other challenging environments. Because the infrared sensing has its own light source, it’s really good at detecting in low light and obstacles that have very little texture, such as white walls.

Additionally, that panel serves as a display panel, so we know what mode we’re in when we’re flying it without a controller. Icons will appear at the front letting us know exactly what mode we’re in as we cycle through them. This does not have traditional obstacle avoidance and isn’t capable of bypassing, so if it encounters an obstacle, it’s just going to brake and come to a stop.
Memory Card for the DJI Flip
The DJI Flip features a memory card slot, which is an upgrade over the Neo which only had built-in memory, and it is capable of 31 minutes of flight time. The Flip is capable of vertical filming whether you are flying it autonomously or using a controller. Just like other drones in the past such as the Air and Air 3S, it automatically crops to vertical right within the software. The maximum resolution while filming in vertical is only 2.7K, but usually when you’re filming in vertical, it’s for social media, which is more than adequate.

Voice Control on the Flip Drone
When flying the DJI Flip with a smartphone, you have all the features that we had with the Neo, such as voice control – you’re able to perform various tasks just by speaking to the drone. The DJI Flip is fully capable of voice control just like the DJI Neo. For example, we can click on the talk bubble here, and now it’s going to be listening for commands. We can tap on check settings, and that’s going to give us a list of all the different commands we can say to it. We can even turn on the voice wakeup feature, so now we just have to say “Hey Fly” and then simply say “Dronie,” and it’s going to go ahead and perform the dronie.

Microphone Built-In
It also has built-in microphone capabilities where it will capture audio and embed it right into the video. The software will remove the sound of the drone. Now the audio it captures is heavily processed, so it’s not going to be ideal for every situation. By default, it’s going to use the microphones from your smartphone, but for better audio, you can do what I’m doing right now – I’ve got my 大疆麦克风 2 paired to my phone via Bluetooth, and that’s going to give you better audio.
There will be several different packages available for the DJI Flip. They’re going to offer a base kit that comes with the drone, one battery, and either the DJI RC2 or RC-N3. They’re also going to be offering a Fly More Combo that will come with the RC2, the drone, a total of three batteries, a carrying case, and this new charging hub.
This new charging hub is quite different than what we’ve seen in the past. As you can see here, this will hold a total of four batteries, and with it, we can charge two batteries at the same time. This is a parallel charger, so it’ll charge two batteries and then go ahead and charge the other two batteries.

For those who are going to be using the DJI Flip for capturing cinematic footage, ND 过滤器 can be very important to get that motion blur. There will be an ND filter kit available for it that has ND16, ND64, and ND256. Again, these can be very important to some users to help them get creative.
Wrapping Things Up
I think the DJI Flip is going to be the perfect choice for some people. If you’re a person who just wants an easy-to-use drone that you can quickly deploy to capture content for your social media, perhaps just to share some of your adventures with your family and friends, or perhaps you’re a vlogger and you just want an easy-to-pack, lightweight, easy-to-use drone that can help tell your story but can also be connected to a controller to capture cinematic shots for your vlogs, then the DJI Flip might be a great choice.
For others who are looking for a drone to track some of their activities such as hiking or biking, the DJI Flip might be a great choice just due to its new upgraded camera that’s going to offer nice video quality. It has AI subject tracking, DJI’s newly designed intelligent follow for human subjects, and it also has the enclosed props, which is going to make it safer for autonomous tracking. Just due to the props being completely enclosed, there’s less chance of it crashing if it happens to come into contact with an obstacle.
I’m really happy that DJI has been developing autonomous drones further. We first saw it with the DJI Neo, and now the DJI Flip. In some scenarios, of course, I like flying with my controller, but there are a lot of times when I’m just out for a quick hike and I just want to grab some shots. Pulling a drone like this out of a bag or your pocket, putting it up, grabbing the shot, putting it away is just so much more convenient. If you’re like me, you’ll probably find you’re capturing more content just due to its simplicity. You don’t have to worry about pulling out a controller and getting everything connected – you can just launch this from the palm of your hand and then land it just as easily and put it away.
So yeah folks, that is the new DJI Flip. If this is a drone you’re interested in, make sure you stay tuned and you’re following me as I will be covering it fully over the coming weeks and months. I have several videos planned where we’re going to be testing out some of the features more in depth.
I’ve got a full beginners guide coming for those who are going to be brand new and have never flown a drone before – it’s going to be an in-depth guide to help get you ready for your very first flight. I want to thank you for taking the time to watch this video. Hopefully you enjoyed it and found it had value. Give it a thumbs up if you did – it’s always greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot for watching, and we’ll see you in the next one.

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