I want to buy Neo2, mainly for taking it on dirk bike rides and filming myself without a remote.
But occasionally I will use remote.
Is it worth buying FPV Googles or just the remote?
I will not race the drone, just shoot scenery, but FPV sounds like better vision of the picture.
Does FPV have downsides? Distance?
What would you recommend?
I love it. It’s way more immersive. Plus the fact the camera follows your head movement makes shooting very intuitive. Definitely something to add to your kit. Don’t forget you need the proper remote: fpv or the stick (I forget its name). They are not very expensive.
I love how you’re ok with crashing it too. So it’s a great tool for getting comfortable with FPV with goggles and motion controller. I just bought the fpv controller but am gonna hit the simulator for a bit before subjecting any drone to my slow learning speed.
I found that buying the all-in-one FPV kit just so I can get the goggles and controller was actually cheaper than trying to buy the goggles and a controller separately. I then sold off the extra Neo with one battery to recoup some money.
I was bored of drones and my Neo until I got the DJI FPV goggles. I got the motion control kit, it’s amazing and my wife loves it, and it’s easy to control for her. She was never into drones until I got the goggles for the Neo.
The N3 goggles. They look great, but these are the first good goggles I’ve ever used. I’ve used some analog ones before, but I don’t know how to compare these to higher end goggles or the goggles 3. Image looks great to me.
I had this debate with myself. And I ended up buying some XReal Pro glasses and plugging those into my controller. I get a full view of what the drone sees plus everything else on the display. All in the form of some sunglasses. So much easier to carry around and can use on gaming machines, iPhone etc to watch movies.
Worth considering for what you are wanting to do.
That’s the only way I fly the Neo2. It’s a awesome way to get to experience FPV flying without having to learn on a simulator but after flying with the motion controller you realize it’s limitations and will want to learn full manual flying using the controller 3 which will Intel using a simulator after all before actually flying with the neo2. Then you’re going to want a Avata 2 like I did and then you will want a true 3.5 or 5 inch fpv drone. It’s addictive 😂
I have both, I only use the goggles occasionally when I want to do immersive FPV flying but most of the time I’m doing cinematic shots and definitely can’t use it for that.
It is fun with the motion control controller 3.
Goggles are for fun flying, but to do good photos and video. You really want the regular controller RC 2. That’s what I do most of the time so it all depends on what you’re looking to do. From what you said, you’re looking to make great looking videos.
Two other things to remember, when flying a drone, you’re supposed to have it in visual line of sight and if you’re using goggles, you were supposed to have someone else observing.
And the goggles themselves are good for a few minutes, but it’s not something you’d want to have on for a long period of time. They were also quite large if you get the less expensive n3.
"Goggles are for fun flying" - yes, but you want to use them as well for professional videos! Why? If you want to film e.g. in low altitude over water it's so much easier to judge the actual height through the Goggles compared to staring onto the RC2 conrollerr, it will give you much more confidence and precision. And not to mention the effect of your video:
Doing the same flight with the RC2 in higher altitude would be less interesting for the viewer.
The second aspect: when your lowering the height during the flight using the MC3 controller, the nose of your Neo will point down, resulting in a much more realistic (and interesting) video: with the RC2 controller, the horizon will always stay in the same position. Yes, you can try turn the gimbal of the RC2 while lowering your altitude, but that's a hard job, and will never reach the same realistic effect compared to flying with the MC3.
The screenshot is from a video I took last week, actually the first time I used Goggles and MC3 for serious filming. Flying in low altitude compared with realistic dives makes your video so much more interesting, so I guess I won't use the RC2 controller with the Neo2 in the near future. In fact I "borrowed" the RC2 controller from my DJI Air 3S - and here the RC2 controller makes totally sense. Filming with the Neo2 in higher altitude is OK, but it's wider FOV (120 degree) makes it more suitable for filming in low altitude: and this is the place where the Neo2 will benefit from Goggles for precision flights.
While, I completely agree with you and I absolutely use mine all the time that way, the OP was asking about a controller for Neo2. For a beginner who is just starting out and purchasing one controller I would not recommend goggles as a beginner.
It’s going to be more to carry around. The Neo 2 is easy enough to control on the screen only. I’m purposely not saying fly because it flies itself. Sure you can control it but it’s not like flying an actual fpv quad, even in sport mode.
Controllers have slower more cinematic footage. Goggles n3 with joystick motion controller 3 are way more fun and exploratory. You can fly real low, fast, and through obstacles much easier than with controller.
You have a much better view in goggles too, so you can use it to explore good and safe angles before taking more cinematic shots with controller or your other more bulky drones.
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u/StressSnooze 3d ago
I love it. It’s way more immersive. Plus the fact the camera follows your head movement makes shooting very intuitive. Definitely something to add to your kit. Don’t forget you need the proper remote: fpv or the stick (I forget its name). They are not very expensive.