Together with DJI releasing a brand new budget-friendly FPV goggles yesterday, additionally they considerably quietly launched a firmware replace for his or her DJI NEO. That firmware replace addresses one of many two greatest points the NEO had: Pace.
Or somewhat, lack thereof.
Till now, the drone was principally restricted to about 21KPH/13MPH for any monitoring functions. Which might cowl operating and mountain climbing (although, I might even lose it doing sprints whereas operating). However that wasn’t even quick sufficient for beach-cruiser bikes, not to mention highway bikes on flat surfaces, or descending sooner on any wheeled contraption. This velocity was far beneath each previous DJI drone from the final decade, in addition to beneath their primary competitor within the area: HoverAir.
Nonetheless, yesterday’s firmware replace goals to resolve that. Within the launch notes, DJI didn’t specify how briskly the brand new velocity was, merely saying it was improved:
Thus, I got down to determine it out. After all, it’s not only a straight-forward reply, as there are a lot of completely different modes, which I cowl within the video above, however are listed beneath:
1) Primary flying, with the cellphone as controller (not following)
2) Primary flying, with the RC controller (not following)
3) ‘Sport Mode’ flying, with the RC controller (not following, simply what DJI calls sooner flying)
4) ‘Energetic Monitor’ model following mode, utilizing cellphone (or no cellphone, it’s the identical)
5) ‘Energetic Monitor’ model following mode, utilizing RC controller
6) ‘Energetic Monitor’ model following mode ,utilizing RC controller in ‘Sport mode’
7) Crashing into the bushes mode
Concern not, I cowl every part in a somewhat methodical approach, testing the modes earlier than and after the replace. Finally, this replace brings follow-me mode to about 32-33KPH (20MPH) in my testing. It could be attainable that it’s nearer to 35KPH on completely flat floor, however I used to be on a 2-3% decline, thus the speed of descent could also be inflicting some slight reductions in velocity.
Be aware that apparently, the brand new 35KPH monitoring mode does *not* apply to common flight modes, which is past weird. However then once more, the truth that this drone was launched with such a low monitoring velocity to start with was equally weird. However with that sorted, it’s now completely usable for highway biking (not descending), and most MTB/gravel situations. After all, the opposite primary concern – picture high quality, continues to be low, however hey…can’t win all of them for $199.
With that – thanks for watching!
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