hopper19

I converted my Volador 3.5 to th DJI 04 camera setup via the inexpensive Flyfish parts kit. I am just over 250g on 4s and 265 on 6S - I need to shave weight! or find a lighter frame.

This thing beats the hell out of my meteor75 in regards to stability and wind mitigation, and now video quality but.. I don't see myself trusting a crash as much in the 3.5 vs. the smaller whoop.

Things to note are that I had to hard solder the 04 do the FC/speedybee mini and ND filters do not fit between the new supports.

The Meteor75 continues to amaze me. I decided to figure out the jello issue and traced it down to a motor bell that was not concentric, causing vibrations. after swapping that I am much more steady.

I decided to test the range/distance that I can 'safely' fly today with my Meteor75 pro o4

I got about .5mi / .8km before I started getting nervous. I did not choose a path with direct line of sight/no trees, I just went a little higher as the signal dipped.

setup: hqprop 45mm - BetaFPV Blue 550mah 1S - went from full 4.35 to about 3.5 after the return leg

I think the next run ill drive farther and fly towards home so I can find it easier when it falls out of the sky.

Did I get crap ND filters? they were FPVtosky branded in a case, and there are 6 of them. 2 of them I tried today have a ring around the bottom where it looks like the original light is peeking through.

Still getting more confident and learning how to fly, and im very new to manual mode on the avata2. I think I experienced what is known as the death roll - but I recovered. has anyone else had the stutter and totally lost confidence?

I tried to side by side the goggles and drone feed - and no correction or stabilization done to the video.

5 second mark on the YouTube video

https://youtu.be/qUUUsWFzJYI

thank you!

had a great session today with my Vapor D5 o4 and my avata2.. noticed this new piece of equipment at one of my 2 local 'OK' spots to fly. Am I paranoid thinking it is some sort of drone detection equipment, or is it just a bird feeder - haha

I dont remember that being there last time I flew there.

Had a great few days of flying my meteor75 o4 but... ran into a snag ( tree ) that is probably both a design flaw and a sales/support issue.

1) I crashed - it wasn't a bad crash, tree branch then to ground. the meteor75 canopy is mounted to the frame by 3 screws that are probably not the right ones, deep enough, or maybe too wide. I dont know I am not the designer. The 4 mounting posts are weak and break off. not an issue swap a $5 frame ( twice now )

2) same crash - the DJI 04 air unit camera cable popped off. I popped it back on and now I have an IMU error on screen with no way to clear it. I have full video and recording but the UI shows IMU error. I have re-seated the able and checked pins. As far as I can tell it looks good - no bent pins or anything broken. Reached out to DJI and they suggest service BUT..

3) warranty/service. I bought the meteror75 directly from betafpv in china. Because of this the 04 air unit is not eligible for service in the USA. I have to mail the unit back to betafpv, then they mail it to dji and they will pass through any charges if it is considered out of warranty.

4) DJI does not sell just the camera/parts for the O4 air unit yet.

I got my Meteor75 pro O4 and wow - I regret every analog purchase I have made at this point(kidding).

Quality, Range and footage is superior. While I am actually happy I got to learn how to deal with analog issues and blown out VTX's,channel selection vs environments and the other analog heartburn, I feel like I should have taken the easy route and just went digital. Going to be hard to go back to the eachine EV800D's!