DJI
DJI Avata 360
DJI's answer to the 360 drone, and the direct rival to the Antigravity A1. Dual one-inch-equivalent lenses capture 8K/60 HDR in full 360 or 4K/60 through a single lens, with 120MP stills and 42 GB of internal storage — roughly half an hour of 8K spherical footage before you need to offload. Integrated prop guards and a replaceable front lens element acknowledge what actually happens to 360 drones. Omnidirectional sensing with nightscape support and O4+ transmission to 20 km put it comfortably ahead of the Avata 2 on everything except price. At 455 grams it needs registration and Remote ID, which it broadcasts itself, and unlike most of DJI's current line it genuinely arrived in the US.
The 250-gram line
Over 249 g: FAA registration is required ($5, 3 years) and it broadcasts Remote ID itself.
Every recreational flyer must also take TRUST and carry proof of it, at any weight. Rules checked against faa.gov on 2026-09-24. Not legal advice — how this is worked out.
What that 23-minute claim is measured at
DJI quotes up to 23 minutes. As with every FPV aircraft, that assumes level cruising — throttle punches and climbs spend it far faster.
That works out to 2.3 claimed minutes per $100 of the multi-battery bundle. Compared with the rest of the catalog.
Buying one in the US: sold
Checked 24 Sep 2026. Released in the US in April 2026 — one of very few current-generation DJI aircraft a US buyer can order new through normal channels.
Specifications
True first-year cost: ~$979 — the multi-battery bundle at ~$979; no crash-plan price has been verified for this model, so nothing is added for it.
What it has
- Dual one-inch-equivalent lenses capturing 8K/60 HDR in 360
- 4K/60 single-lens mode and 120MP stills
- 42 GB internal storage, about 30 minutes of 8K 360 footage
- Omnidirectional obstacle sensing with nightscape support
- O4+ transmission rated to 20 km with a 1080p/60 feed
- Integrated prop guards and a replaceable front lens element
- Built-in Remote ID broadcast
In its favour
- One of very few current-generation DJI aircraft actually available new in the US
- 8K spherical capture means framing decisions move to the edit
- Omnidirectional sensing on an FPV-style aircraft, which is rare
- Replaceable front lens element — the part that gets scratched first
- Cheaper than the Antigravity A1 by a wide margin
Against it
- 455 g means registration, TRUST and Remote ID
- 23 minutes assumes cruising, not FPV flying
- No gimbal at all — stabilisation and framing happen in software
- The controller and goggle combination you want pushes the price well past the headline
- A brand-new aircraft, so long-term firmware and workflow are unproven
The two lists above are drawn from the manufacturer’s published specifications and from the cited reviews, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the DJI Avata 360 yet. Rather than fill the gap with something plausible, this section stays empty until there is a real body of owner reports to read. The specs above come from the maker’s published documentation.
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