Am surprised by this, just got my Neo 2 weeks ago after watching reviews with road and mountain biking. I have used it for running through woods quite successfully but was planning to take it with me on the slopes this season. I am hoping as a snowboarder making wider smoother turns that it will work better than the fast downhill of your skiing. Fingers crossed anyway ! Thanks for the video though.
tried three times, failed three times. on the third try not even started to make turns just skidded down and had an eye on the neo. I don't think it is the speed or the turns, I think it's the contrast that makes it impossible.
Having lost a skydio drone in the backcountry Ill add that tracking drones are fairly useless for speed and snow snow-sport but even if they could keep up - the turning on a board or skis gives you footage you can not use for more than a few seconds. I have yet to see a tracking drone replicate a normal user flown flight - they always have bad jerky turns in the drone. Most of the footage used in marketing is often short clips. My best clips were always ones when the drone was correcting it self - not the ones I set up. My hack for this is to put a normal drone up high, point down and video your line - then edit the pan and zoom in post after. Its a bit different but works really well.
A good example what the drone is not made for but used for. It seems not to be able to follow quick direction-changes but is good in following normal linear movements. Plus: it is well known by now that the bottom-sensors need ground-view with contrasts and texture. It may be that the white of the snow does not deliver this. So like for flying over water let the neo find at least 10 (better more) satellites and it will work. If there are less due to trees or high fog or thick clouds it may not work over snow. We learn: do what it is made for and it will work. I use the neo for hiking and biking and if regarding the circumstances it works every time pretty well.
This one is for sure not keeping up. There is newer dji flip, which potentially could handle skiing. But yes I tested mini 4, the most annoying thing is that its follows you movement wobbling left and right which makes captured video unusable. Good test, thanks!
I had the same issues. It doesn’t like the terrain height drops, mine also started tracking another member of our group instead of me. Will be trying the Hover Air X1 Pro tomorrow. Hoping for better results.
I use it for snowboarding, it's not ideal but it follows me up to 30-35 km/h. You've probably exceeded that speed. I saw that steep slopes confuse it too and making it land on snow is almost impossible, I had to position myself under it so the sensors would read my dark jacket instead of the glowing snow. Overall I'm happy with my Neo. I use it for enduro motorcycling and 4x4 off road.
Hi, thanks for a great video. I also done the same experiment but I was on a snowboard, It’s clear now that it can follow at a certain speed but all turns must be slow or long radius. Think it’ll still give us some great different angle footage but maybe not a reliable full on follow down the piste .
It seems to be doing a good job when you are walking/running downhilll. 😆 Joking aside: Thanks for the info; Cheap drones are apparently not ready for this purpose yet. Bad drone. But at least finally a good skier in a UA-cam Video.
Thanks for the video! I think you are carving too fast and so the drone cannot follow. If you go straight or do short quick turns, it will be OK. Don't even try tree runs.
Your headshake at 2:15 definetely convinced me in not buying the Neo 😆
thank you, i was about to buy it before my snowboard trip. you saved me some money thanks
Am surprised by this, just got my Neo 2 weeks ago after watching reviews with road and mountain biking. I have used it for running through woods quite successfully but was planning to take it with me on the slopes this season. I am hoping as a snowboarder making wider smoother turns that it will work better than the fast downhill of your skiing. Fingers crossed anyway ! Thanks for the video though.
tried three times, failed three times. on the third try not even started to make turns just skidded down and had an eye on the neo. I don't think it is the speed or the turns, I think it's the contrast that makes it impossible.
Having lost a skydio drone in the backcountry Ill add that tracking drones are fairly useless for speed and snow snow-sport but even if they could keep up - the turning on a board or skis gives you footage you can not use for more than a few seconds. I have yet to see a tracking drone replicate a normal user flown flight - they always have bad jerky turns in the drone. Most of the footage used in marketing is often short clips. My best clips were always ones when the drone was correcting it self - not the ones I set up. My hack for this is to put a normal drone up high, point down and video your line - then edit the pan and zoom in post after. Its a bit different but works really well.
Thx for testing it out, was wondering how good it is with skiing
A good example what the drone is not made for but used for. It seems not to be able to follow quick direction-changes but is good in following normal linear movements. Plus: it is well known by now that the bottom-sensors need ground-view with contrasts and texture. It may be that the white of the snow does not deliver this. So like for flying over water let the neo find at least 10 (better more) satellites and it will work. If there are less due to trees or high fog or thick clouds it may not work over snow. We learn: do what it is made for and it will work. I use the neo for hiking and biking and if regarding the circumstances it works every time pretty well.
This one is for sure not keeping up. There is newer dji flip, which potentially could handle skiing. But yes I tested mini 4, the most annoying thing is that its follows you movement wobbling left and right which makes captured video unusable. Good test, thanks!
I had the same issues. It doesn’t like the terrain height drops, mine also started tracking another member of our group instead of me. Will be trying the Hover Air X1 Pro tomorrow. Hoping for better results.
Thanks for sharing. Your vid helps me decide NOT to buy this DJI Neo for skiing.. ⛷️
Probably better off sticking with Insta360. 😅
Cool video! Fun to watch!
I use it for snowboarding, it's not ideal but it follows me up to 30-35 km/h. You've probably exceeded that speed. I saw that steep slopes confuse it too and making it land on snow is almost impossible, I had to position myself under it so the sensors would read my dark jacket instead of the glowing snow. Overall I'm happy with my Neo. I use it for enduro motorcycling and 4x4 off road.
Hi, thanks for a great video.
I also done the same experiment but I was on a snowboard,
It’s clear now that it can follow at a certain speed but all turns must be slow or long radius.
Think it’ll still give us some great different angle footage but maybe not a reliable full on follow down the piste .
So no Neo for snowboarding. How would DJI Flip work?
The snow is to blame for everything, otherwise it's a great drone
It seems to be doing a good job when you are walking/running downhilll. 😆
Joking aside: Thanks for the info; Cheap drones are apparently not ready for this purpose yet.
Bad drone. But at least finally a good skier in a UA-cam Video.
have you tried far and high in follow mode? maybe that can be a solution:(
Not a solution. I have tried it. Check the vid I made.
Thanks for the video! I think you are carving too fast and so the drone cannot follow. If you go straight or do short quick turns, it will be OK. Don't even try tree runs.
Thanks! Still going to use mini 2 with gps remote tracking
its really terrible for snow sports. wich is crazy because its advertised with snowboarding
I think HoverAir x1 pro did “slightly” better in this regard…
Thanks! That's absolute pish and completely useless. Good to know!
Bad drone! Bad
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