@@RCEscape yes for sure, was definitely an edge of your seat flight! Thankfully the flight time is so good on that battery that it had enough juice to get home. Great to watch! 👍🏻
So very close indeed. A fantastic range flight 👍🙂🙏. 3885m range. Thankfully you made it back. Thank you so very much for sharing this video and God bless 🙏. Have a great week
Oh my gosh! I didn't expect a low battery warning to suddenly appear right when we're about to rth. But I'm glad you made it back home safely, haha. Great maximum distance test! Thank Pete! 👍👍👍
@@flotfpv Yes, it scared me! I thought I was gonna have to go look for it but logically I had to believe it was just an algorithm that didn’t include true battery level. Phew!!
The advertised is 6Km, not 3Km. After watching several of these videos, it seems like the "low battery warning" kicks on at 50%-ish battery, which makes sense from a safety standpoint and manufacturer CYA standpoint. Make the user think the battery is almost dead, so they actually have enough juice to get home. A lot of people wouldn't be smart enough to turn around if it told them "50% battery".
I'm surprised how far it got out, but that top-right battery bar indicator can certainly do with a tweak! You were lucky you also got that 'line' indicator on the top. But the closer you got back, the worse the video connection got (probably power issue?)
@@pixelpeter3883 They do need to fine tune the software so the users don’t freak out like I did! Lol! Yes, again the video gets glitchy towards the end of the battery life.
So it doesn’t really go 20,000 ft as advertised? It doesn’t sound like you’ve very confident in it or am I mistaken? I’m trying to figure out what the best drone is to get with a combined long distance range and follow me mode is
What I would recommend for the money value is the Specta Mini drone. amzn.to/3ZWW3BD it is $269 with a $40 clip coupon so $229. It is the same exact drone as the dji mini 4k.
ok but should i go for this or actual cji mini 4k becayse i was thinking of getting cji mini but maybe cheaper if i can but is ut the “EXACT“ SAME thing?
Obviously some fault, as battery was showing 3/4 then suddenly 100 metres later low battery in the red. Very strange. Well at least it returned to home.
The question is why would anyone buy that piece of crap for $300 when you can get a fimi X8 for the same price that's 6 years old and does absolutely everything better? Is there anything out there that competes with the x8?
Great range test Pete, that was a close call being out that far to get an LVC warning all of a sudden!
@@PERTHWESTOZRC
Yes it was. I thought it was going down. Lol :) Thanks Dave!
@@RCEscape yes for sure, was definitely an edge of your seat flight! Thankfully the flight time is so good on that battery that it had enough juice to get home. Great to watch! 👍🏻
So very close indeed. A fantastic range flight 👍🙂🙏. 3885m range.
Thankfully you made it back. Thank you so very much for sharing this video and God bless 🙏. Have a great week
Oh my gosh! I didn't expect a low battery warning to suddenly appear right when we're about to rth. But I'm glad you made it back home safely, haha. Great maximum distance test! Thank Pete! 👍👍👍
@@flotfpv
Yes, it scared me! I thought I was gonna have to go look for it but logically I had to believe it was just an algorithm that didn’t include true battery level. Phew!!
The advertised is 6Km, not 3Km. After watching several of these videos, it seems like the "low battery warning" kicks on at 50%-ish battery, which makes sense from a safety standpoint and manufacturer CYA standpoint. Make the user think the battery is almost dead, so they actually have enough juice to get home. A lot of people wouldn't be smart enough to turn around if it told them "50% battery".
Very good distance test Pete.
@@gdhall5311
Thanks Greg! Scary too :)
How were you able to determine how many minute of flight time you had left?
I'm surprised how far it got out, but that top-right battery bar indicator can certainly do with a tweak! You were lucky you also got that 'line' indicator on the top. But the closer you got back, the worse the video connection got (probably power issue?)
@@pixelpeter3883
They do need to fine tune the software so the users don’t freak out like I did! Lol! Yes, again the video gets glitchy towards the end of the battery life.
how old is this drone?
man thats a good ways out!
bet if it was a slightly larger mah lipo it coulda went 4k or slightly more....
So it doesn’t really go 20,000 ft as advertised? It doesn’t sound like you’ve very confident in it or am I mistaken? I’m trying to figure out what the best drone is to get with a combined long distance range and follow me mode is
What I would recommend for the money value is the Specta Mini drone.
amzn.to/3ZWW3BD
it is $269 with a $40 clip coupon so $229.
It is the same exact drone as the dji mini 4k.
We'll actually it did, and them some. But it was a round trip.
ok but should i go for this or actual cji mini 4k becayse i was thinking of getting cji mini but maybe cheaper if i can but is ut the “EXACT“ SAME thing?
Obviously some fault, as battery was showing 3/4 then suddenly 100 metres later low battery in the red. Very strange. Well at least it returned to home.
Battery let's the bird down
The question is why would anyone buy that piece of crap for $300 when you can get a fimi X8 for the same price that's 6 years old and does absolutely everything better? Is there anything out there that competes with the x8?
Its actually only $145 with promo