BumblerBee
First Officer
Flight distance : 639764 ft
Norway
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So, my Tello arrived in the post today, along with a remote controller (GameSir), a spare battery (because I like to have more juice with me), and a set of props (because I didn't know that the spare ones were included). What was not included, was a charger micro-USB cable. Luckily I have a spare Raspberry Pi power unit, as well as being able to use the Mavic Pro m-USB cable, which is used to charge the MP controller and to connect MP to the PC.
I've also ordered this USB Wi-Fi range extender: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Xiaomi- ... ripeti/183488845141
On EBay it costs half of what exactly the same model costs on Amazon! I plan to use it with the Mavic Pro battery in power bank mode to get Tello to the 100m range (but that will have to wait till spring)
I have a Mavic Pro for all the serious flying, while Tello was bought for some fun experimental flying, programming (will be trying out DroneBlocks app) and indoor operations.
The first flight in the living room, then up the stairs to the second floor was impressive. Amazing how it manages to hold position even in low light. Easy to control, and the battery holds for a long time.
What I won't be sharing here, are videos, because the app freezes when I COMPLETE video recording, with no video ending up on the storage after the app is restarted and control regained. My phone is an iPhone 6S Plus, running iOS 12.1
To recap, the recording seems to go fine, until I hit the record button for the second time to end the clip, at which point the app freezes. It happens both in the manual mode and in a programmed 360 mode (the only one, which I tried so far).
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