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The video quality is excellent. I cannot wait for my X1 Pro to arrive. I enjoyed the shot video and its scenery. Here in the Midwest states we have nothing that interesting.

Of the 2 dozen or so Greenland paddles I own, the Ipik is the only one I don't like/use. The loom I find too much of an oval and it makes for less control in blended strokes, especially in rough water. rotating the paddle going from a forward stroke to a draw and back to a bow draw or even a pry (any time I need to rotate the blade) results in the contact patch between my hands and the loom changing - getting smaller. Too much loss of control. The shape of the oval also means the paddle gets very wide at the shoulder - less smooth during a sliding stroke or extending the paddle quickly in a combat roll. Oddly, I find it too light. I have a very light grip on the paddle so a bit of weight in the paddle helps provide me with better feedback on how the blade interacts with the water. It IS a great paddle for most for rolling and touring, just not ideal for rough water.

Just saw another TH-camr doing some testing and his conclusion was that using the AI (autonomous) modes over water was asking for trouble but that the Neo would do OK when used in conjunction with a controller and when locked onto a lot of satellites (17+ I think he said).

Great review as always! As a fellow paddler using drones I have had my fair amount of accidents and 2 crashes, therefore I am hoping for your potential review of using the DJIs Flip on the water vs this Hover X1 Pro Max. Your DJI Neo over water review def. saved my from having similar experiences as you did. And since I am already very used to DJIs quality and the logic its controls work, I am hoping the DJI Flip would have similar qualities as the Hover Air over water, since it seems to lack the control issues over water.

question, at minute 640 you said i have my phone and you are going to connect to the drone....THEN there is a jump-cut on the video and THEN you are connected to the drone.... How long it took for the drone to connect to the phone? it seems easy, I tried to do it and it did not connected. how did you do it? =) thank you for the video! great job! was your phone connected to the phone?

Will be curious to hear if the beacon ended up making a difference.

One suggestion would be to do these tests with the new Flip

Nice Video.. Love it..

Nice! I made myself a wooden paddle, using the dimensions of the Gearlab Akiak, which is the one I'm interested in eventually buying. I wasn't sure how unhappy my brain would be with a Greenland paddle after 35 years with a euro style paddle. Even a knotty plank of pine from my local hardware store turned into a nice enough paddle to test. No surprise, these Inuit folks knew what they were doing. Freekin' love Greenland paddles now.

These landing problems should now be history since FW 7.6.7 - had them now and then also with the older firmware versions, but no problem any more since the latest update!

Curious. Since a Trak kayak is changeable which way is the easiest to practice beginner rolls, with high rocker or low rocker?

At the end were you in Smart Preview or did you just fire up the app and connect to the Hover and then click on Manual Control?

Great test and amazing footage, looking really great!

DONT DO THIS MINE HAS AUTO LANDED FOR NO REASON MANY TIMES

I'm looking for a drone capable of autofollowing me on the water while i do my favourite sport, jetsurfing. Hoverair x1 promax seems to be the one, but since i do that in early morning, i'm afraid that the reflex of the dawn on the water could confuse it. What do you think about that?

DJI recommend not to fly the Neo low over water. So many disasters on TH-cam

Built mine from recycled balancing beam. Axe, draw knife , hand plane

Buddy I missed this one But I'm glad I found it because it was so funny, however, I'm very glad it didn't go for a swim. Great test.

I'm enjoying my original hover x1 drone.

I really really want to buy this after reviewing the dji flip over numerous review videos. This still is superior due to the simplicity of getting the shot you want quickly and effectively without wasting valuable precious minutes which sometimes is a big deal during low light hours that combined with the portability factor. You can't really throw the dji flip in your pocket the thing is massive still. That was a big deal breaker for me. That and the fact they stripped crap tons of features off it made it very off putting for someone like me. My ONLY gripe with this drone is the fact that it has a little tiny battery of what they claim and state it has a 16minute battery but if thats what they are stating then it probably has way less than that battery life more like 12-13 minutes range. That's extremely lame because once battery degradation occurs it will have 30% less than that most likely. Like why couldn't they have put a 20 minute battery on it. I feel 20 minute's is still not enough but it's much better to swallow than a tiny battery. Now i kind of don't want to get either drone's and just wait for new iterations to release or at least a firmware update bumping up the minutes on them, dji has done this in the past. 16 minutes like come on thats not enough time to do much.

DJI flip is much better and at reasonable price !

O llevas el BEACON?

Yo no me fiaría mucho,yo de dos vuelos ya se me ha quedado sin seguirme...😅 Como para probarlo encima del agua

The Neo takes about 30 secs to lock on to enough satellites. If you control the drone before it has those locks you may have an unpleasant experience.

Why oh why are people still using Gopros that overheat? The solution is simple....get the DJI action 4 or 5..problem solved. NO overheating.

Just lost mine to a lake on the first time i tested it. 😢 I did not connect it to the phone and used the dronie preset... I could only watch it slowly go down to and meet its faith

The Gadgeteer in me absolutely loves this! The apocalypse realist however... If I was a normal person this would be great. 😂🤘

crazy

I can't fly my drone while using the beacon and my iphone at the same time.....the cord doesn't work for me...disappointed- now I gotta convince my wife that I should buy another drone because this one was pricey and now my left side of my joystick doesn't work either so now I gotta use the motion controller

I see you buying a surksi someday in the future 😊

Grab it with a fishing net next time lol

"COOL" 👍

I haven't even bought a boat yet but I know I'm on these when I do 😂

Still in beta testing it’s an absolute joke of a drone. But yeah. Don’t talk about the specs, most of them don’t work.

Great review! Looks like a solid little drone. New SUB!

I have to go with the new lighter technology, wood looks great but why have a super lightweight kayak and a heavy paddle.

It uses a combination of GPS and downward sensors to navigate. This TH-cam video explains it well th-cam.com/video/cUpKUSotrxA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xdJpZYqhDip9UJ2G

Always nice when you get one more "follower" 😂

Fantastic camera work 👏👏👏👏

Dude where are you getting all these boats from? Lololol. She's a beauty

The quality is pretty decent but damn that thing is loud!

Paint your paddles blue and wear flesh colored gloves you’ll be fine!

Thanks. I upgraded from X1 to the Pro specifically to use while SUPing. I could not get it to track me in Dolly mode -worked a little better in Follow mode. Landing did not work at all. I ended up having to grab it out of the air. It was a bit windy (~10mph) so I will try again in calmer weather. Thanks for your video review!

I have an Hoverair X1 (first generation) and since I'm so disappointed with its video resolution, now I'm considering to go for a selfy-drone 4K, either the NEO or the HOVERAir X1 PRO. I find that the PRO Max is too expensive. Did you make a comparison between the Neo and the X1 Pro? Both are 4K. For better footage I use anyhow my DJI Mini 4K which I believe has got a better resolution than the 4K selfy-drones. I like the idea that the Hoverair Pro may be used over the waters. What do you think? Best regards, Daniele from Switzerland!!

Thank you for creating this content. Truly appreciate you taking the risk with this drone and kayaking. Happy New Year!

great video... have you tried launching it from shore/dock and have it do a dronie or circle out over the water? i've been wondering if it would stay focused on you, or get confused over the water...

Would you now agree the Trak is the BEST portable kayak... Period !

Well done, my friend. I've waited until significant bugfix updates to the firmware have been released. I have both a HoverAir X1 and X1 Smart, for land footage and DJI minis for GPS controlled, safe, over-water footage, using DJI ActiveTrack. Good to see you're enjoying your TRAK 2.0 after the long wait. I really need to add a red Akiak paddle myself.

Nice video, Chad! I think the software is solid and works well. For practical use, you could try tying a small string to the drone to keep it connected to you, and attaching a small floaty to make it fearless over open water. Additionally, consider spraying some waterproof protection on the drone to make it more water-resistant. Let’s go!

These mini UAV's are interesting in their potential but as per Jonas I do wonder about the dependability in a water situation. Very cool tool for you to create interest for your viewers. My Akiak arrived yesterday. The Trak is spendy but ingeniously designed. It owes much to now defunct Feathercraft & Folbot.