Finally someone who knows what they are talking about (I'm not referring to Original Dobo). Thanks for your vids! If you could do a post flight full workflow video that would be incredible. When just starting out shooting and uploading to RUclips, preparing versions for clients, etc there are so many choices one has to make. How many hours does it take for your longer 4k vids to upload to RUclips? Thanks so much.
I appreciate you man. It takes about 40 Min for a 10-12min RUclips video to upload. I do have Xfinity gigabit speed, so I'm sure that helps. For 4K 30fps I set the Average bitrate when rendering to 105000kbps. RUclips loves 95000, so I bump it above that slightly to a sweet spot between the drones original bitrate and my Canon R5 bitrate which is higher.
Yes, exactly this is the meaning: put your drone in refrigerator if outside you have over 7 Celsius degrees :) 1. Compass does not matter, will be made at the end, as is made OUTSIDE 2. Drone needs to be cold....really cold, as IMU sensor needs to be cold. 3. You need to put your drone on table, but put the table close to a wall and use the drone foot against wall to be sure is 100% properly adjusted. Cheers.
That's a good way to store the sticks. Leave the sticks on so they won't get lost. I've modified my (DJI)smart controller case to fit Lite+ remote, with a few cut it's done.
It was weird that so many people in FB groups and online were making such a big deal. Then I see Ken make a 3D printing that hes selling for an issue that is really a non issue. I appreciate the comment
Well some of us don't shave during hockey playoff's but that is just logic, not superstition! 🤣 Learning to calibrate your quadcopter is a huge deal. With as many wireless devices I have I would need to do this outdoors for sure! How often should you do your IMU calibration? How do you like the Autel Lite +?
Great questions. You don’t need to really do IMU unless system tells you, you take it a great distance OR if your seeing instability in flight. Because it could help with horizon line, it’s not a bad idea if you got horizon line issues to do this as well. I haven’t seen anyone mention the improvement of a cold IMU versus a room temp or warmer IMU, so that was my motivation to make this video. I’m loving the Lite+; it’s a perfect companion/trip drone. It’s also great for a RUclipsr or someone who makes content for small format for social media. More than capable for those things.
@@CaliforniaPhantom I figured it would work for relator and even some inspection work as well. Sigh I guess I am going to have to really buckle down and save to get myself one. It seems to be the winner out of the gate for Autel. The Nano seems to have some issues that need to be corrected, and some design changes I hope to see in a new version. Being in the central valley, by the wind mills, I am not temped to get a nano because of the known high winds. A bigger airframe would suit me well.
In your opinion, is the Mavic 3 worth the $1200ish premium over the Evo Lite +?? (With the assumptions that DJI will improve the satellite issue, and Autel adds active track soon, 2 current issues with each drone).
Honestly, that’s a difficult question to answer. It depends what the intended purpose is for. Lite+ is a lot of drone for the money, but if money is no object; I see the Mavic 3 as being the better of the 2 platforms in the future after the firmware(s) dust has settled. Is geofencing a big issue for you? All factors in the decision making. I see the Mavic 3 as more of a workhorse. I see the Lite+ as more of a perfect travel drone. A perfect social media content creation drone. That’s probably the best way to describe the differences between the two. Hope this answers your question well enough.
I'm definitely considering this as a second drone and your videos are helping me with that decision. Could you recommend a Micro SD card for this? Autel says a UHS-3 card is required, but I'm having difficulty locating one (many of the listings for these cards are confusing with regard to whether or not they're UHS-1 or UHS-3). Thanks!
I use the SanDisk Extreme. That the red and gold micro SD card from SanDisk and I’ve never had an issue across all my drones. Advexure has them for as little as $24 for a 128gb card: advexure.com/products/sandisk-extreme-microsd-card-128gb
@@CaliforniaPhantom Great, thanks! That's what I've been using with my Mavic 2 Pro, but Autel's UHS-3 requirement had me a bit confused. Thanks for the quick reply, the link, and the great content.
Very likely could just need a IMU calibration. Try a very cold IMU, then compass and then try and see if that doesn’t help. Let us know how it goes for you.
Excellent question and honestly still an absolute beast. Lite+ strictly for real estate is a contender too if you consider the Evo 2 Pro because cameras are nearly identical, with the Lite+ you got better low light video with the on board denoising night modes baked in. But then again Lite+ = no 360 obstacle avoidance if that’s important to you.
Can I put the drone in the fridge for a few minutes before the imu calibration… bc I’m in California and it’s not too cold here ever., especially now in the summer.. FRIDGE IT FOR A FEW MINUTES??? PLEASE LMK
What phone or tablet are you using. Also, is this what causes mine to shimmy/quiver when hovering. I just bought it and only took it up once for a test flight. Thanks
I use a tripletek 8 Pro. Fits perfectly on the controller and is bright and snappy with the processor. Yes the shimmy as they call it can definitely be caused by this, so try a cold IMU and see if that didn’t help. Let us know how it went.
@@CaliforniaPhantom so calibrating the IMU slowed the wobble down, especially at about 15' and up. Calibrating the compass was the ticket though. The wobble is eliminated and it flies great, thanks!
@@CaliforniaPhantom so, have you ever heard of one of these malfunctioning? Mine was flying great, then one day last week I did my pre flight safety check, pre power on, then power on on getting, then hover at eye level. I then ascended to 70 feet and hovered without issues. At that time I moved forward approx 8 feet and then the aircraft yawed left uncontrolled and rapidly descended at a 45 degree angle onto the roof of my house. I'm kind of baffled to be honest. Lolz
Wouldn't condensation come in to play from the outside cold to a warm inside environment? I have always waited until all my electronics have reached room temp before turning on. Or vice-versa when outdoors. Just basic electronic knowledge unless this issue has been rectified?
100% don’t go from a really warm to a really cold because condensation can build on that camera and internals. I took my already cold drone and took it in my garage which was in the low 30’s and left it there for a couple hours before doing that IMU calibration. If you saw the sample footage from the same video even with a sliver of horizon line; the line remains really strait and the drone rock solid. So moral of the story is get your drone as physically cold as you can (within reason) before the IMU calibration for the most accurate calibration possible.
Man I'm glad I'm not the only one yelling at the screen saying theres a bloody zip compartment for the sticks you idiots hahaha So glad you mention to cool the drone down for imu calibration too, an important tip overlooked most times when people talk about calibrations
Well said. I felt compelled to mention this based on the number of people having issues on the Autel forum with this drone. Some people have forgotten the basics to this drones, and thought it was a good video to produce. I didn't want to over emphasis on placing the drone in an actual refrigerator because I didn't want anyone to damage their camera leaving it in the refrigerator too long. Thankfully I live in cold enough environment where I can get away with leaving it in the garage for a while early in the morning. Definitely can put it in the refrigerator itself if you don't have access to cold enough temps for at least 10-15 minutes without damaging anything. I'm sure you know this, but I want to leave this here for anyone wondering the comment section.
The Lite or Nano? Nano is known to be slow, but the just dropped firmware for that last night. Didn’t hear anyone having issues with the Lite, myself included.
@@CaliforniaPhantom yeah. Earlier today I went to the distributor service center. Hopefully not too expensive. I've heard in DJI case if IMU issue usually board need to be replaced,.. seems expensive on that case, not sure in the autel nano case. Let's see
Threaded holes for sticks is the least of my worries. My Lite+ fresh out of the box fails to stay connected to the RC for more than 90 seconds. Absolute junk. Doing a CC chargeback on the vendor and will never buy Autel again. No support, no nothing. Just trash.
@@CaliforniaPhantom Autel Pilot, the Chinese place. So far, Discover has been very good to me, but the case is not yet closed. I am basically demanding a full refund because this is a defective and dangerous drone and should never have been released. Routinely losing connectivity during flight is simply unacceptable, as is Autel's denial of any problems. Stick with DJI, even though they too are pretty bad.
@@JellyImages sounds to me that you were one of the lucky ones. I wouldn’t order from the Autel Pilot. I only order through Advexure now. The people over there are awesome. I guarantee they would have replaced your drone if you had ordered through Advexure. They do Autel, DJI - everything….
I use to think the same way. The whole it looks like a lifeguard buoy thing. The Lite has a ton of work needed as it’s missing some key things, but it’s brand new. Evo 2 is tunable; could tune it to my exact liking and really is an exceptional drone. Especially for the value. Then there’s the enterprise which is an even better savings. Autel has grown on me and using it for commercial - I almost exclusively use Autel now for commercial work.
Finally someone who knows what they are talking about (I'm not referring to Original Dobo). Thanks for your vids! If you could do a post flight full workflow video that would be incredible. When just starting out shooting and uploading to RUclips, preparing versions for clients, etc there are so many choices one has to make. How many hours does it take for your longer 4k vids to upload to RUclips? Thanks so much.
I appreciate you man. It takes about 40 Min for a 10-12min RUclips video to upload. I do have Xfinity gigabit speed, so I'm sure that helps. For 4K 30fps I set the Average bitrate when rendering to 105000kbps. RUclips loves 95000, so I bump it above that slightly to a sweet spot between the drones original bitrate and my Canon R5 bitrate which is higher.
@@CaliforniaPhantom great to know that. Thanks very much!
Yes, exactly this is the meaning: put your drone in refrigerator if outside you have over 7 Celsius degrees :)
1. Compass does not matter, will be made at the end, as is made OUTSIDE
2. Drone needs to be cold....really cold, as IMU sensor needs to be cold.
3. You need to put your drone on table, but put the table close to a wall and use the drone foot against wall to be sure is 100% properly adjusted.
Cheers.
That's a good way to store the sticks.
Leave the sticks on so they won't get lost. I've modified my (DJI)smart controller case to fit Lite+ remote, with a few cut it's done.
Most obvious location. Not sure why people were getting upset.
@@CaliforniaPhantom I think the case only comes when you purchase the package rather than drone only.
totally thought about making the clip that you just did in the opening about the sticks lol
It was weird that so many people in FB groups and online were making such a big deal. Then I see Ken make a 3D printing that hes selling for an issue that is really a non issue. I appreciate the comment
@@CaliforniaPhantom It really wasn't an issue and now I have a hard case so I just leave them in
Cool
Well some of us don't shave during hockey playoff's but that is just logic, not superstition! 🤣
Learning to calibrate your quadcopter is a huge deal.
With as many wireless devices I have I would need to do this outdoors for sure!
How often should you do your IMU calibration?
How do you like the Autel Lite +?
Great questions. You don’t need to really do IMU unless system tells you, you take it a great distance OR if your seeing instability in flight. Because it could help with horizon line, it’s not a bad idea if you got horizon line issues to do this as well. I haven’t seen anyone mention the improvement of a cold IMU versus a room temp or warmer IMU, so that was my motivation to make this video. I’m loving the Lite+; it’s a perfect companion/trip drone. It’s also great for a RUclipsr or someone who makes content for small format for social media. More than capable for those things.
@@CaliforniaPhantom I figured it would work for relator and even some inspection work as well.
Sigh I guess I am going to have to really buckle down and save to get myself one. It seems to be the winner out of the gate for Autel. The Nano seems to have some issues that need to be corrected, and some design changes I hope to see in a new version.
Being in the central valley, by the wind mills, I am not temped to get a nano because of the known high winds. A bigger airframe would suit me well.
Maybe I missed it but why is it better to do IMU in the cold? Great video again, thank you!
More accurate IMU calibration. Aides in horizon line calibration as well.
In your opinion, is the Mavic 3 worth the $1200ish premium over the Evo Lite +?? (With the assumptions that DJI will improve the satellite issue, and Autel adds active track soon, 2 current issues with each drone).
Honestly, that’s a difficult question to answer. It depends what the intended purpose is for. Lite+ is a lot of drone for the money, but if money is no object; I see the Mavic 3 as being the better of the 2 platforms in the future after the firmware(s) dust has settled. Is geofencing a big issue for you? All factors in the decision making. I see the Mavic 3 as more of a workhorse. I see the Lite+ as more of a perfect travel drone. A perfect social media content creation drone. That’s probably the best way to describe the differences between the two. Hope this answers your question well enough.
I'm definitely considering this as a second drone and your videos are helping me with that decision. Could you recommend a Micro SD card for this? Autel says a UHS-3 card is required, but I'm having difficulty locating one (many of the listings for these cards are confusing with regard to whether or not they're UHS-1 or UHS-3). Thanks!
I use the SanDisk Extreme. That the red and gold micro SD card from SanDisk and I’ve never had an issue across all my drones. Advexure has them for as little as $24 for a 128gb card: advexure.com/products/sandisk-extreme-microsd-card-128gb
@@CaliforniaPhantom Great, thanks! That's what I've been using with my Mavic 2 Pro, but Autel's UHS-3 requirement had me a bit confused.
Thanks for the quick reply, the link, and the great content.
@@michaelo6003 SanDisk Extreme Pro... That Pro is important for burst rate when empties the buffer.
i just got an EVO lite , and out of the box it shakes violently . can this be fixed? or do i need to send it back?
Very likely could just need a IMU calibration. Try a very cold IMU, then compass and then try and see if that doesn’t help. Let us know how it goes for you.
I agree, Mavic 3 could be more expensive but a lot more worth it
Hey Phantom- how relevant is the Autel Evo 2 6k, 8k for real estate work in 2022?
Excellent question and honestly still an absolute beast. Lite+ strictly for real estate is a contender too if you consider the Evo 2 Pro because cameras are nearly identical, with the Lite+ you got better low light video with the on board denoising night modes baked in. But then again Lite+ = no 360 obstacle avoidance if that’s important to you.
@@thedarkriver1 handles the wind like a true champ!
Can I put the drone in the fridge for a few minutes before the imu calibration… bc I’m in California and it’s not too cold here ever., especially now in the summer.. FRIDGE IT FOR A FEW MINUTES??? PLEASE LMK
Yes safely you can. Just wouldn’t do it for more than 5-7 min. Moisture is your big enemy more than anything
What phone or tablet are you using. Also, is this what causes mine to shimmy/quiver when hovering. I just bought it and only took it up once for a test flight. Thanks
I use a tripletek 8 Pro. Fits perfectly on the controller and is bright and snappy with the processor. Yes the shimmy as they call it can definitely be caused by this, so try a cold IMU and see if that didn’t help. Let us know how it went.
@@CaliforniaPhantom I'll check it out tomorrow and let you know, thanks for the advice.
@@CaliforniaPhantom so calibrating the IMU slowed the wobble down, especially at about 15' and up. Calibrating the compass was the ticket though. The wobble is eliminated and it flies great, thanks!
@@Tool_Shed_Talk great to here. IMU and compass is definitely the 1-2 punch to solve that problem. Glad you got it resolved. Happy flying Gary
@@CaliforniaPhantom so, have you ever heard of one of these malfunctioning? Mine was flying great, then one day last week I did my pre flight safety check, pre power on, then power on on getting, then hover at eye level. I then ascended to 70 feet and hovered without issues. At that time I moved forward approx 8 feet and then the aircraft yawed left uncontrolled and rapidly descended at a 45 degree angle onto the roof of my house. I'm kind of baffled to be honest. Lolz
Wouldn't condensation come in to play from the outside cold to a warm inside environment? I have always waited until all my electronics have reached room temp before turning on. Or vice-versa when outdoors. Just basic electronic knowledge unless this issue has been rectified?
100% don’t go from a really warm to a really cold because condensation can build on that camera and internals. I took my already cold drone and took it in my garage which was in the low 30’s and left it there for a couple hours before doing that IMU calibration. If you saw the sample footage from the same video even with a sliver of horizon line; the line remains really strait and the drone rock solid. So moral of the story is get your drone as physically cold as you can (within reason) before the IMU calibration for the most accurate calibration possible.
Man I'm glad I'm not the only one yelling at the screen saying theres a bloody zip compartment for the sticks you idiots hahaha
So glad you mention to cool the drone down for imu calibration too, an important tip overlooked most times when people talk about calibrations
Well said. I felt compelled to mention this based on the number of people having issues on the Autel forum with this drone. Some people have forgotten the basics to this drones, and thought it was a good video to produce. I didn't want to over emphasis on placing the drone in an actual refrigerator because I didn't want anyone to damage their camera leaving it in the refrigerator too long. Thankfully I live in cold enough environment where I can get away with leaving it in the garage for a while early in the morning. Definitely can put it in the refrigerator itself if you don't have access to cold enough temps for at least 10-15 minutes without damaging anything. I'm sure you know this, but I want to leave this here for anyone wondering the comment section.
It's really slow, anything can be done about the speed?
The Lite or Nano? Nano is known to be slow, but the just dropped firmware for that last night. Didn’t hear anyone having issues with the Lite, myself included.
I have the nano, every time I turn it on it asks to do IMU calibration. I emailed Autel weeks ago but haven’t heard back.
Are you in USA? Emails have taken 1-2 days tops because increase in demand, but not 5 days. That’s unusual for 🇺🇸
@@CaliforniaPhantom yes I am , I finally got a reply last night lol.
So no issue again with nano @akaiphone? I've got nano as well, and after light crash the drone asking IMU calibration, but always failed
@Qhoy sounds like you need to submit for repair
@@CaliforniaPhantom yeah. Earlier today I went to the distributor service center. Hopefully not too expensive. I've heard in DJI case if IMU issue usually board need to be replaced,.. seems expensive on that case, not sure in the autel nano case. Let's see
How often do you perform this..
When it calls for it. Usually it will put a warning that IMU calibration is needed or if it’s flying goofy. Also a good idea after a firmware update
@@CaliforniaPhantom Thank You!
@@Soundafek no problem. Enjoy
I never take mine off Dji or Autel.
Do a Timelapse test not Hyperlapse and see if your drone camera shakes with every shot it takes.
Threaded holes for sticks is the least of my worries. My Lite+ fresh out of the box fails to stay connected to the RC for more than 90 seconds. Absolute junk. Doing a CC chargeback on the vendor and will never buy Autel again. No support, no nothing. Just trash.
Sorry to hear that. You order through Autel USA or the Autel from China? I heard some people got a bad batch from the Chinese Autel branch.
@@CaliforniaPhantom Autel Pilot, the Chinese place. So far, Discover has been very good to me, but the case is not yet closed. I am basically demanding a full refund because this is a defective and dangerous drone and should never have been released. Routinely losing connectivity during flight is simply unacceptable, as is Autel's denial of any problems. Stick with DJI, even though they too are pretty bad.
@@JellyImages sounds to me that you were one of the lucky ones. I wouldn’t order from the Autel Pilot. I only order through Advexure now. The people over there are awesome. I guarantee they would have replaced your drone if you had ordered through Advexure. They do Autel, DJI - everything….
this video is misleading...it is too far from the way of how that has to be done...Guys, just follow the instruction.
Not a big fan of the way Autel designed their drones.
I use to think the same way. The whole it looks like a lifeguard buoy thing. The Lite has a ton of work needed as it’s missing some key things, but it’s brand new. Evo 2 is tunable; could tune it to my exact liking and really is an exceptional drone. Especially for the value. Then there’s the enterprise which is an even better savings. Autel has grown on me and using it for commercial - I almost exclusively use Autel now for commercial work.