The Pavo20 Pro II: Now With Fewer Shakes

Another year, another sequel. The BetaFPV Pavo20 Pro II is here, and before you ask, no, it won't change your life. What it will do is fly without having a fit every time you cut the throttle. BetaFPV’s engineers have apparently discovered the magic of a stable PID tune, delivering crisp punch-outs and idle transitions that don't resemble a nervous chihuahua in winter. That alone might be worth the price of admission.

Beyond its newfound stability, you get some modest hardware tweaks. Swapping a motor is now a plug-and-play affair, sparing you the smell of burnt flux. They've also thrown in some flashy RGB lights on a little daughterboard, a choice of tidy or traditional antennas, and enough camera brackets to satisfy your chronic indecisiveness about which video system to use. Practical, if not revolutionary.

Of course, it's not perfect. That tidy little daughterboard for the lights is positioned exactly where it might get squashed in a respectable crash. You know, the kind you'll definitely have. It's a potential weak point, but we suppose nothing interesting is ever built without a bit of character. As Nick Burns discovered, it's a small drone with some big FPV energy.

So, should you rush out and buy one? If you already own the original, probably not, unless you have a strange obsession with LEDs. For everyone else looking for a whoop-class flyer that's refreshingly wobble-free right out of the box, it's a solid contender. If you need every last detail, because we know some of you do, you can find the full, exhaustive breakdown here.