DJI neo 2, tips and tricks

[Rando_12345]

Hi,

@iamandisykes has a fantastic video youtube showing off the tracking of the neo 2.

I wanted to add my feedback after minutes of testing... I broke it:
It's nothing major and they give you spare propellers, but like I say in the video, I have done less than 5 minutes of "follow me" tracking shots and my original neo has smashed into something virtually every ride without a hint of damage.

On the positives, the speed at which it tracks is way higher, and it tracks way better and more persistently. Then the negative of this is that it will impact trees/rocks at much higher speeds, and it sometimes goes way off the trail trying to fit past obstacles. A number of times in my handful of tests it crashes meters off to the side of the trail, I had to connect my phone and get it to talk/beep to find it again.

I should note these are trails I know the neo 1 would not even attempt to follow me on, I just wanted to test the camera on my lunch break despite having very covered and unmaintained trails in this zone.

 

[fodmtb]

Ive had good experience so with it so far , better than my Neo 1 .

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[Rando_12345]

Another few tests today, it definitely works a lot better than the neo 1, but wow it crashes hard a lot, I'm going to buy a bunch of propellers ahead of time. Not bothered to transfer and upload the clips but most of them were less than 20s long, but I was riding in an area with a lot of low trees and branches.

 

[DylanJM]

Gotta be honest I can't imagine anything more unenjoyable to do on a ride than messing with one of these, especially considering the questionable quality of the end result. I also dread the the day where we have 20+ people all using them at the trail/bike park on a busy day. /rant

 

[Rando_12345]

Yes, it genuinely can ruin a ride faffing about.

I only use it when there is no one around, not trying to one up the idiots riding around with music blaring from their phones/speakers.

 

[Rando_12345]

Ok, when there aren't any trees for it to fly into this thing is amazing.


For relatively high speed tracking in cold weather expect barely over 10 minutes of flight time!