Potensic Atom 2: First Flight

I have been looking at my drone video archives and found some interesting content from when I first started flying back in 2022. Although this is not that old, one of those was a video from the fall 2025 with the Potensic Atom 2 drone.

I was on the fence whether I was going to keep this as a backup drone because I had some poor experiences with it such as shaky and blurry video, short battery life and failure to land anywhere near the takeoff point. I deleted that content because it was bad. I decided I fly this again in the fall 2025 and my opinion reversed. The colors were outstanding and I was truly impressed. For this video, I used Automatic settings and filmed at 4K-30fps.

I have recently posted videos about the Atom 2 in a less than flattering light regarding Waypoints and people may automatically assume that I hate this drone. That's far from the truth. I do like this drone, I just don't like how waypoints are done. There are also signal issues when the Atom 2 is directly above me. But this video is not to dwell on those items but to praise the image quality. The videos and images are great and sometimes that just all you want when you are airborne. I don't fly it as much as my DJI drones, but I fly it enough to be reminded of the outstanding photo/video quality. Yes, there are quirks, but nothing that is a dealkiller.

If you can't afford a DJI drone, this is a reasonable alternative.

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