Great video! I ride EUC too, have X1 considering to order PRO... One question: are you sure the beacon helps with tracking, because I red somewhere that it doesn't! Can you please make comparison with and without it with burst speed on the same track? Thanks!
The beacon just assists with tracking in a way that it provides another point of data in addition to the visual tracking. Like lets say you are next to another EUC rider and wearing similar clothes, it helps identify who it should continue tracking instead of getting confused like the OG x1 might. I believe the Pro and Pro Max will perform the same with burst speed with or without the beacon. Right now the biggest advantage to having the beacon is the live video feed and the alert it gives if it were to lose tracking. If you understand it's limitations, I think you'll love it!
Thanks for the video. Can you use the beacon to swing the tracking from the back to the front or side while you are in motion? Maybe only with a joystick + a beacon is possible?
Great reviews,i would like to ask you,how do you understand when the drones battery is low before it does RTH,i suppose you need the beacon or app to see ?At what percent does it RTH or land.Thanks
@@67themennis I believe it starts the RTH function when the battery is at about 10%. Keep in mind that it doesn't mean return to the beacon but it actually means return to where it took off from. They're soon updating the firmware so it will have an option to return to the beacon if you want it to which makes more sense given that it is mainly a following drone and you may not end up where you started.
@@67themennis The beacon does show battery life and so does the phone if you were to fly it via the app. It doesn't give a battery percentage on the beacon but it gives a visual representation but I believe a percentage will be more beneficial and probably if future firmware update... Hopefully 😅
Good to know. I ride Onewheel and was wondering about the wind noise. My PnP Bluetooth mic has better audio lol. Still waiting for my Pro Max Ski Bundle to get dispatched.
can this thing track you at an angle instead of directly infront or behind you? for example. I tell my skydio 2 to track me at a 2 o'clock position instead of straight ahead looking back at me.
@@SirKayTravels yes you can connect a phone for live viewing as well. Beacon helps with tracking. It's not an absolute necessity but it can be paired with joysticks for more precise control if you want as well.
@@DudeNStuff thanks for the quick response. I'm just wondering what combo to get as I won't like to end up with things that would be collecting dust. If I had the chance to test out all the combos too, it would be easy to make up my mind. I ride electric scooters & mtbs & will occasionally vlog on foot, what combo do u advice I go for? they had it all listed out in details when they ha the indigogo campaign a few months back. I'm interested in the Pro MAx version but, still haven't decided which combo.
@@SirKayTravels If you plan on mainly using the autonomous flight patterns which is what the hover drone is known for, then either the Pro or Pro Max if you want 8k with some extra batteries would be good enough. If you plan on doing a lot of manual flights then the beacon is something you'd probably want for more precise controls and maybe that extra bit of help with tracking. I think a lot of people get confused that if the beacon is used that it will just trace the beacon, but that's not entirely true. So just keep that in mind. From hover, "front side follow/avoidance algorithm is unique in its own way that it doesn't work like traditional "obstacle avoidance" systems. It works by trying to reconstruct the trajectory of the user, and follow that trajectory as its flight path. In other words, we rely on the fact that our users would get around obstacles naturally as they move, and "show us the way". Almost all existing obstacle avoidance systems that utilize either stereo vision system, or LiDAR or Radar sensors, would not be able to detect obstacles at the accuracy needed to achieve high speed traversal style flying." All the other stuff really are just nice to haves. The power case is useful for charging on the go while in the case. If you keep all this stuff in mind then I think you'll be happy with it. They are constantly updating the firmware to make it better. There does seem to be initial reports of the first couple batches to have hardware issues and I was one of those. This is a replacement and so far it's been working great!
@@DudeNStuff They sent you a replacement just like that? you lucky bastid. Anyways, can one record audio via the phone mic into the app or it can only be done via the beacon? 'cos I was thinking about connecting my DJI or Rode mic into my phone jack for that crisp audio, you know what i mean?
@SirKayTravels yeah, if you connect the hover to your phone through the app, it has the ability to record audio and it has options to remove the propeller sounds and such which is nice but only while connected through the app so you should be able to use any mic you want connected to the phone. You can record audio through the beacon, but right now it's a separate audio file that you have to get from the hover itself when connected to a computer. There is an update in the road map eventually to automatically sync the two if recording through the beacon. My original hover Pro Max, there were obvious hardware issues because the automated flights weren't working and I worked with support for about a week after it disconnected from the beacon and took off from me. Within a week a firmware update came out that improved the connectivity to the beacon. I believe they determined it was because of the faulty hardware/firmware and they sent me a replacement.
@@laze1111 I don't believe that is possible ATM but they are coming out with new features periodically. ATM I think they are focusing on refining the current automations and tweaking things to make it better.
Great video! I ride EUC too, have X1 considering to order PRO... One question: are you sure the beacon helps with tracking, because I red somewhere that it doesn't! Can you please make comparison with and without it with burst speed on the same track? Thanks!
The beacon just assists with tracking in a way that it provides another point of data in addition to the visual tracking. Like lets say you are next to another EUC rider and wearing similar clothes, it helps identify who it should continue tracking instead of getting confused like the OG x1 might. I believe the Pro and Pro Max will perform the same with burst speed with or without the beacon. Right now the biggest advantage to having the beacon is the live video feed and the alert it gives if it were to lose tracking. If you understand it's limitations, I think you'll love it!
Thanks for the video. Can you use the beacon to swing the tracking from the back to the front or side while you are in motion? Maybe only with a joystick + a beacon is possible?
I'm not entirely sure but I'll try to test it!
Great reviews,i would like to ask you,how do you understand when the drones battery is low before it does RTH,i suppose you need the beacon or app to see ?At what percent does it RTH or land.Thanks
@@67themennis I believe it starts the RTH function when the battery is at about 10%. Keep in mind that it doesn't mean return to the beacon but it actually means return to where it took off from. They're soon updating the firmware so it will have an option to return to the beacon if you want it to which makes more sense given that it is mainly a following drone and you may not end up where you started.
@@67themennis The beacon does show battery life and so does the phone if you were to fly it via the app. It doesn't give a battery percentage on the beacon but it gives a visual representation but I believe a percentage will be more beneficial and probably if future firmware update... Hopefully 😅
wow
Good to know. I ride Onewheel and was wondering about the wind noise. My PnP Bluetooth mic has better audio lol. Still waiting for my Pro Max Ski Bundle to get dispatched.
yeah it definitely needs a windscreen. I did a DIY video testing one. It did fairly well considering the conditions
can this thing track you at an angle instead of directly infront or behind you? for example. I tell my skydio 2 to track me at a 2 o'clock position instead of straight ahead looking back at me.
@@BoyangSun yes it can! Launch it in "side track" mode at whatever angle you want and it will try to maintain it
@@BoyangSun yes it can! Launch it in "side track" mode at whatever angle you want and it will try to maintain it
Does it offer live viewing on the phone? if yes, what's the usefulness of the beacon other than being another item to remember to carry/charge etc?
@@SirKayTravels yes you can connect a phone for live viewing as well. Beacon helps with tracking. It's not an absolute necessity but it can be paired with joysticks for more precise control if you want as well.
@@DudeNStuff thanks for the quick response. I'm just wondering what combo to get as I won't like to end up with things that would be collecting dust. If I had the chance to test out all the combos too, it would be easy to make up my mind. I ride electric scooters & mtbs & will occasionally vlog on foot, what combo do u advice I go for? they had it all listed out in details when they ha the indigogo campaign a few months back. I'm interested in the Pro MAx version but, still haven't decided which combo.
@@SirKayTravels If you plan on mainly using the autonomous flight patterns which is what the hover drone is known for, then either the Pro or Pro Max if you want 8k with some extra batteries would be good enough. If you plan on doing a lot of manual flights then the beacon is something you'd probably want for more precise controls and maybe that extra bit of help with tracking. I think a lot of people get confused that if the beacon is used that it will just trace the beacon, but that's not entirely true. So just keep that in mind. From hover, "front side follow/avoidance algorithm is unique in its own way that it doesn't work like traditional "obstacle avoidance" systems. It works by trying to reconstruct the trajectory of the user, and follow that trajectory as its flight path. In other words, we rely on the fact that our users would get around obstacles naturally as they move, and "show us the way". Almost all existing obstacle avoidance systems that utilize either stereo vision system, or LiDAR or Radar sensors, would not be able to detect obstacles at the accuracy needed to achieve high speed traversal style flying."
All the other stuff really are just nice to haves. The power case is useful for charging on the go while in the case.
If you keep all this stuff in mind then I think you'll be happy with it. They are constantly updating the firmware to make it better. There does seem to be initial reports of the first couple batches to have hardware issues and I was one of those. This is a replacement and so far it's been working great!
@@DudeNStuff They sent you a replacement just like that? you lucky bastid. Anyways, can one record audio via the phone mic into the app or it can only be done via the beacon? 'cos I was thinking about connecting my DJI or Rode mic into my phone jack for that crisp audio, you know what i mean?
@SirKayTravels yeah, if you connect the hover to your phone through the app, it has the ability to record audio and it has options to remove the propeller sounds and such which is nice but only while connected through the app so you should be able to use any mic you want connected to the phone. You can record audio through the beacon, but right now it's a separate audio file that you have to get from the hover itself when connected to a computer. There is an update in the road map eventually to automatically sync the two if recording through the beacon.
My original hover Pro Max, there were obvious hardware issues because the automated flights weren't working and I worked with support for about a week after it disconnected from the beacon and took off from me. Within a week a firmware update came out that improved the connectivity to the beacon. I believe they determined it was because of the faulty hardware/firmware and they sent me a replacement.
is it possible to give voice commands over the beacon to the hover X1 ? for example Dolly Track 10m
@@laze1111 I don't believe that is possible ATM but they are coming out with new features periodically. ATM I think they are focusing on refining the current automations and tweaking things to make it better.
Don't pux to much because just can follow you in 42 kilometers .!I have one 😊