Purchased a Tello (Boost pack) during the Black Friday prices. Got it a little over a week ago. Cost me US$99 minus my DJI credit so only paid about $92. Great deal for a great little drone. Will be using it to fly around the house when the weather's too bad to fly my Spark or Phantom 3 Standard and for quick backyard shots.
VPS: Amazed at how well VPS holds its position considering it doesn't have any GPS, however as the manual states it doesn't work well on solid colour surfaces (like snow).
Using phone as controller: Took a little getting used to when flying with only my iPhone as the controller especially since I have only flew my Spark and P3S with controllers. Not nearly as much fine control in tighter spaces (like my house) so I have to be more careful and slower.
GameSir T1d controller: What a difference the controller makes (like night and day). Much more fine control and my iPhone screen is not blocked by my thumbs so I can see more of the screen. Also, many functions are now on the controller (Takeoff/land, flips). Not sure if it is possible to assign/program the left over buttons to do the other functions not already on the controller but it is something I will be searching about. The controller was definitely a worthwhile purchase as it makes flying the Tello much easier and I feel I have much more control over it than with just the iPhone.
Option to program Tello: Looking forward to trying out some of the programming apps for Tello like DroneBlocks and Tello EDU in the future.
So far very happy with the Tello.
Chris
VPS: Amazed at how well VPS holds its position considering it doesn't have any GPS, however as the manual states it doesn't work well on solid colour surfaces (like snow).
Using phone as controller: Took a little getting used to when flying with only my iPhone as the controller especially since I have only flew my Spark and P3S with controllers. Not nearly as much fine control in tighter spaces (like my house) so I have to be more careful and slower.
GameSir T1d controller: What a difference the controller makes (like night and day). Much more fine control and my iPhone screen is not blocked by my thumbs so I can see more of the screen. Also, many functions are now on the controller (Takeoff/land, flips). Not sure if it is possible to assign/program the left over buttons to do the other functions not already on the controller but it is something I will be searching about. The controller was definitely a worthwhile purchase as it makes flying the Tello much easier and I feel I have much more control over it than with just the iPhone.
Option to program Tello: Looking forward to trying out some of the programming apps for Tello like DroneBlocks and Tello EDU in the future.
So far very happy with the Tello.
Chris