New UK Neo Pilot - first flights observations and issues

[pauljmuk]

New Neo user - what a tiny little (noisy!) thing!!

Anyway.. some initial observations

1. Video quality without RC - agreed - way too sharp and noisy - no way to tone it down without RC connection
2. Video quality WITH RC - better - dialling down sharpness and NR a touch helps as does a tweak of white balance. Still, not a patch on video from my Mini 3 Pro which has far better contrast - Neo looks a little washed out - still.. useable
3. Autonomous flights - a breeze - no issues yet
4. RC flight - despite being virtually no wind today here, it's VERY skittish - flew to decent altitude - perhaps twice the house height and really started drifting around - worryingly so. Even when descending with the gimbal down you can see it moving around a lot coming back. Don't think I will be flying it quite so much with the RC!
5. VERY slow to get satellites locked - several minutes. My Mini 3 Pro is super quick

Still - rather taken by it for what it is, and the non RC flights I can see being a lot of fun

 

[GFields]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing more from you!
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Chrislaf]

Welcome to the forum and thank you for the detailed observations. They were helpful in considering a possible future purchase.

Chris

 

[NEO 317]

Hello from the Crossroads of America pauljmuk.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Welcome to the NEO Forum.

 

[sarahb]

Welcome!

 

[okw]

Welcome to the group!

 

[Mrjohnhc1]

Welcome from Ohio.

 

[Anzacjack]

Welcome to the team mate

 

[itzmyobsession]

Welcome aboard from Sooke BC

 

[janek]

I personally haven't had any problems with the wind resistance, I managed to take it out to 20kmh winds and it stood its ground perfectly, maybe try updating to the newest firmware on your controller and drone.

 

[GFields]

I personally haven't had any problems with the wind resistance, I managed to take it out to 20kmh winds and it stood its ground perfectly, maybe try updating to the newest firmware on your controller and drone.

I doubt that firmware would do much with how the motors function in strong winds