Jumper Bumblebee - Pretty Darn Good!

[@mrmoon_fpv]

I'm surprised no one ever mentions that it's extremely similar in form factor to the DJI FPV remote 2/3 and that if you're wanting to switch to an ELRS radio and love that DJI form factor, I would 100% recommend this radio. Not bad for the price and it works well. I've had mine for a few weeks and used it a few times and it honestly just felt like I was using that DJI remote again. My daily driver is the Zorro , but this is my backup radio for now.

[@NorgeSquad]

@@mrmoon_fpv I hope Radiomaster makes a Zorro v2 with 1W Elrs and bigger batterys

[@mrmoon_fpv]

@@NorgeSquad agreed! a few of my friends use the Zorro and we're hoping for a V2 with 1W ELRS, bigger batteries, OLED screen at a minimum but color would be amazing. Maybe even gemini built in. I would maybe like a few more changes but it won't take much to make it the perfect radio.

[@FlamingTortoiseSeagullBrand]

Looks like an awesome little radio. One thing I'm surprised no one ever mentions about using a controller with a sim is that all Serial ELRS controllers can work wirelessly as a Bluetooth joystick on your pc. Just use the BLE Joystick option in the ELRS script.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas

[@jaysdub]

I’ve had mine for a couple weeks and really like it. A lot smaller than a boxer and easier to fly with thumbs.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I find the gamer style radios were designed for PINCHERS. I’m a thumber, and find it easy to use but if I were a PINCHER I think I’d be an even better pilot with this radio.

[@willrine8614]

Fun video !😃 Nice review of a cool radio, Thanks Cap !!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Appreciate the support!

[@ColinLeyUK]

Hi Steve, warm start😅but like always, a chilly Flight ❄️👍

[@michaelholmes4808]

Merry Christmas Steve, to you and your family. Safe and happy New Year. Please extend these wishes to Jedi Steve and the rest of the void at the field too. Thanks for the content!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

I like the set up

[@henrytaaffe7058]

love the footage Captain

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you!

[@sumner407]

Man, that is the radio I have been looking for. Looks like I will be buying my own Christmas gift this year. Thanks again for a very useful demo. Steve, you are the best😍👍👍👨‍🦳.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

You are very welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@MichaelBarber-z8f]

Hi Steve 😀👋. Merry Christmas 🎄⛄. 🎁. Hoping you will get a great Christmas present 🎁🙏. A very cool looking Rc control. Thank you so much and God bless 🙏

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@julianmclean3869]

Well Captain, I was going to say "Holy Crap" however thats changed to "Holy Complexity" !!!!; I am glad you know how these things work as I do not have a clue !!!; regardless, the footage from the "Drone" was superb !!!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Once you learn how one works, you can then program any of them as it all makes sense to you. If you ever get an RC Hobby Radio, I do have plenty of videos walking people through how to set them up.

[@julianmclean3869]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thanks Captain

[@lynsmith1096]

Another good review Steve

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks 👍

[@davidjacobs8558]

ELRS modules should have bluetooth joystick feature to connect to PC wirelessly for simulators.

[@bjornce6]

it does

[@andyinottawa651]

Merry Christmas Steve

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas!

[@davidjacobs8558]

6:17 what just flew across from left to right ?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

UFO I believe

[@MrNorthstar50]

When I first glanced at the controllers picture I thought it was going to be a DeWalt controller LOL

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

DeWalt does have the line on YELLOW

[@G-Gds]

Hello Captain Drone! Now it's better for me to watch international videos, since KZbin has made voice translation available. Thanks.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Great! KZbin told me they were doing that to my videos but I had not seen or heard it.

[@REO_212]

Looks soo coool

[@yakacm]

Looking at the listing on BG, just to see if you can add other modules besides crossfire. Looking at the part where it talks about the nano interface, it says, ELRS not included in the package, you can buy the module separately, and underneath is a picture of the back of the radio with an ELRS module connected. Pretty sure this is just a mistake, or badly worded, possibly they are going to make a 4-in-1 version? But I wonder if this would hurt sales of the radio? I mean BG isn't Amazon, were you return stuff no questions, so ppl may see the ELRS not included thing and go elsewhere.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

The back has the standard NANO attachment and since the radio runs on OPEN TX you can add CROSSFIRE, a Different ELRS, or a 4-in-1 Module. Keep in mind that China does the market on the website so it is pretty much a confusing disaster.

[@yakacm]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I know, they can be pretty funny at times. They seem to have this quantity over quantity thing. Like the names and descriptions of products just go on and on, and that's before you get to the listings of items, which are normally about 20 pages long. They do this thing where they show a product, say a nice RC Heli, that you know should be $500+, they'll show a picture of the heli and have $1.99 next to it, until you look closely and see the $1.99 is for so spare part for the heli, like a bag of screws or something. So you need to keep this all in mind when buying from BG or AE. I'm sure there's been plenty of folk who thought they were getting a $500 RC helicopter for $1.99 only to end up with a bag of screws, lol.

[@balajiprasad9046]

Nice...how big it is compared to jumper T-pro

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Slightly bigger

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Enjoy the weekend cool channel

[@user-otzlixr]

THis competes with the RadioMaster Pocket ($54). I think I prefer the Pocket.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I do love my Pocket!

[@user-otzlixr]

@ Thanks for product overview. I love the level of detail.

[@DigitalCruzer]

Darn, I didn't catch the trim button issue, i don't fly planes though, but 2 other issues people should know, the sticks are a little bit on the short side which can be fixed with different stickends, my cnc thumber ends ive had for years made it perfect for me, the second issue is the buttons I use to arm/disarm placement is far from ideal, the pot wheels are a little bit in the way of it. i hope jumper reads this and maybe makes a mod kit so the button sticks out a little more or maybe a cover that has the wheel and button swapped, id buy one in a heartbeat....

[@bjornce6]

Can you explain the problem with the trim buttons to me? 🙂

[@DigitalCruzer]

@bjornce6 I'm sorry I'm not the person that figured it out but normally a radio has a up down or side-to-side for every axis just as trims, this one does not, basically this is just made for a person that is a bummer that doesn't plan on flying wings or planes

[@DigitalCruzer]

Basically this radio is only good for a thumber....

[@bobbylefebvre6298]

Good evening captain always great video nice review

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks, appreciate the support!

[@StumpyPaddler]

I’m pretty sure I need this!.. 😂

[@PixelRacer64]

How about FRSKY ? Does it have 16 channels

[@davidpiper3652]

Looks good. Could you mix the potentiometers to get a trim function? Would this work with a 4 in 1 module? Thanks!

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Yes. On most radios you can program and pentiometer, switch or button to act as a TRIM input/output. I’ve never done it myself.

[@bjornce6]

You have two trim knobs for a total of four axes, what am I missing? 🙂

[@ThePatient1134]

How come I haven’t seen any drone experts speaking on the drone situation as of lately news? Would love to hear a good theory bet it would get millions of views.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

The more respect KZbin channels don’t comment on it in a Video because well… It’s just Silly Stupid. But, viewers do ask me often on here and I give the same answer every time. My theory is that the drones are flown by a small number of US Citizens and NOT by Aliens, the Government or other Countries. The simple reason is because in all the videos, you can see they have blinky lights. Blinky lights means a drone flown by people on the ground that want the drone to be seen, which is something ALIENS, GOVERNMENT and OTHER COUNTRIES would not do. My guess is there are a few idiots flying agricultural drones (those are the size of a small car). They removed the weight of the pesticides so that flight time is quadrupled and they fly them via WAYPOINTS. So basically they run on a timer… Lanuch, flying the pattern, switch on lights, then switch off lights, land in a far away designated landing area.

[@jcastanza]

So no batteries come with it and you need to buy two 18650s is that right?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Correct

[@fabjianmervki1348]

Hi captain drone , which goggles were you using when testing the bumblebee controller? Can you pair a quad with ELRS and DJI goggles? I'm thinking of buying the bumblebee controller but I'm struggling to know if later on I can pair the quad and some DJI goggles. I want to use the DJI goggles because people are saying that the image quality is the best with those goggles. Could you give me some advice regarding the goggles mate ? Much appreciated it 😁

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

I was using the DJI Goggles 2. The DJI Goggles 2 only work with all modern DJI FPV Cameras such as the DJI 03 AIR, the DJI AVATA 2, and the future DJI 04 AIR (coming out in January).

[@fabjianmervki1348]

​@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Thank you for your answer mate. Just one more thing , do you know if the DJI goggles V2 will be compatible with the DJI 04 air unit ?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

@@fabjianmervki1348The Goggles Version 2 are very old (with old transmission system)so my guess is No.

[@fabjianmervki1348]

​@@CAPTAINDRONE798 thank you for your advice mate , I really appreciate it 😁

[@waynewaddingham5313]

thanks Capt Drone ho ho ho 💯💯💯

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas

[@bjornce6]

I don't understand your feedback on trim controls... you need to trim all four stick axes, and since the two trim control knobs are both 2-axed, you have trims for them all... it's just not seperated?! 🙂

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

First, the comment was made ONLY because I had to find something on the radio to pick on. The Trim buttons are not a bad thing but RC Plane pilots (who only fly planes), really hate radios with two TRIM buttons and prefer the standard four TRIM buttons. Certainly you can use TWO as you would FOUR, but when you are flying a plane, you never look at the radio, so if your fingers move the button the wrong way, you mess up a TRIM on the plane.

[@kris-kb4vf]

the small buttons next to the shoulder strap hook are for the trims, they have 5 positions and in any case for the Quadcopters there is nothing to trim... don't get confused or other people who read will get confused

[@bjornce6]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 ah okay, so it's just a different form factor and you don't really miss out on functionality :) I thought maybe I had missed something, thanks for the clarification!

[@vadimus2007]

This coupon can only be used in United Kingdom, United States, Australia. Not in Canada

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Oh Great! I don’t get to control where it is applicable, but I will ask BANGGOOD to add Canada (sometimes they do).

[@noorah385]

Hi Capt Drone, Can I link this remote controller with the GEPRC CineLog35 V2 Analog CineWhoop FPV? Thanks for your support mate

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

You can BIND this controller to ANYTHING in the ENTIRE World, as long as that THING has an ELRS receiver in it…. Makes sense?

[@fabjianmervki1348]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Hi mate , which goggles were you using when testing the bumblebee controller? Can you pair a quad with ELRS and DJI goggles? I'm thinking of buying the bumblebee controller but I'm struggling to know if later on I can pair the quad and some DJI goggles. I want to use the DJI goggles because people are saying that the image quality is the best with those goggles. Could you give me some advice regarding the goggles mate ? Much appreciated it 😁

[@ktrimberger]

Jumper Bumblebee or Radiomaster Boxer? Which one? I fly older quads so a 4n1 module would be good. Thoughts?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Buy the one at the lowest cost with the most features

[@bjornce6]

If you want to use a module, go for the boxer... the bumblebee can connect a module, but cant really "hold" it... theres no real slot...

[@stussyhuff]

Morning ❤

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas

[@stussyhuff]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 merry Christmas my friend..

[@thomas1112002]

Will this work with the fimi mini 3

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Nope. The FIMI MINI 3 (just like DJI Camera drones) comes with a remote because it is a beginner RTF Kit, which means a hobby radio will not work with it.

[@kris-kb4vf]

no because it is a completely different Radio-Drone communication protocol

[@Octavius2040]

Hi Steve, I am a little confuse, what does it better 25mw or 1000mw on a Radio like this? Thank you very much.

[@jaysdub]

Higher power will give you better range and penetration. I think he turns it down to the lowest power to really test how good the connection is.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

25mw is a very low output. Best for indoors and flying outdoors where you have line of sight. This is how I tested the radio, by setting it to the lowest output and expected it to fail, but the antenna on the radio is top notch so when I flew behind me and had trees, house and my body blocking the signal to the drone, it did extremely well. If you wish to fly out 20 miles, then you’d put it at 1000 mw output power (of course, you’d need to be flying on the salt flats with no interference to get that range).

[@Brudwearingbucket]

Can you use it with any fpv drone big or small just in case it has a elrs resiver

[@REO_212]

Ye you can

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

You can use it with any DRONE, HELICOPTER, PLANE, CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, TANK that has an ELRS receiver in it.

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Merry Christmas

[@Brudwearingbucket]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 ok

[@RockFPV]

Are the gimbals full size?

[@kris-kb4vf]

mine was identical to the one in this video, the Gimbals have too short a stroke and cannot be modified, the tension springs even loosening them to the maximum the Gimbals were always excessively hard, flying a Whoop is impossible given how reactive it is as a drone, with 5 inch freestyle drones you need precision in the bid and I don't think this radio can give this, I sent it back to the seller

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

The gimbals are not as large as say those on a RADIOMASTER TX16S But are the normal size for most popular radios today by Team Blacksheep (crossfire), RADIOMASTER (Pocket & Zorro). The gimbals visually appear larger than the very popular DJI FPV Remote. Also The joysticks can be lengthened if desired. In my hands the joysticks feel better than on the DJI FPV remote which to me has the joysticks feeling too close together. You can fly anything with this remote and drones fly super nimble. Of course if you are a beginner and have only ever used one radio in your life, then at first the Bumblebee Game Controller style may feel awkward and if you have poor flying skills, then you will need practice to get comfortable flying.

[@kris-kb4vf]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Captain, we are talking about the travel that these Gimbals have, not their external dimensions, you reviewers see them as small and say that they are Small size, you see them as large as a Boxer or TX16 and say that they are full size, but the manufacturers talk about travel, so much so that all the Gimbals in CNC by Radiomaster, regardless of their external dimensions, all have the same travel, in this new Jumper these original Gimbals have a travel that is even narrower than those of the BetaFPV Lite Radio 3 Pro

[@kris-kb4vf]

Captain, we are talking about the travel that these Gimbals have, not their external dimensions, you reviewers see them as small and say that they are Small size, you see them as large as a Boxer or TX16 and say that they are full size, but the manufacturers talk about travel, so much so that all the Gimbals in CNC by Radiomaster, regardless of their external dimensions, all have the same travel, in this new Jumper these original Gimbals have a travel that is even narrower than those of the BetaFPV Lite Radio 3 Pro

[@bjornce6]

@@kris-kb4vf I think "full size" DOES talk about the external dimensions...

[@Brudlikeyou]

Yo do you have the raminater

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Yes, I have the RAMINATOR

[@Brudlikeyou]

@ is it gas powered or electric

[@tnoutlaw73]

I wish I knew just a 1/4 of what Steve knows about the electronics involved in the R/C world. I want to make my own R/C stuff. Planes, cars, trucks, drones even a small mower. I can weld aluminum cans together. Fab any sheet metal shape. I have a lathe and milling machine. But not smart enough to do the controls 😒

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Thanks… I continue to learn daily because technology keeps advancing and new tech ends up in more and more products at a lower cost. I began with ZERO knowledge, and every time I had a question to learn about something, I just researched it. (That was back in the year 2013). Today people can learn really fast, thanks to KZbin covering almost every topic. Merry Christmas!

[@tnoutlaw73]

@CAPTAINDRONE798 Merry Christmas to you too

[@John-qc8yy]

Only for FPV? What about us Newbies that want to use a screen?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Use a Screen? You mean like a DJI Beginner drone such as a Mavic or Mini? Staring at a screen in your hands normally does not exist in the FPV hobby because then it would not be called the FPV hobby.

[@John-qc8yy]

Yes. Is this controller only good for FPV?

[@waverazor]

this is elrs, you can use this for anything that has elrs. loosk like you can also use it for games too, based on some comments.

[@kuchervano]

Thanks for review. The BG vendor has no love for kenadian residents it seems. Discounts dont apply to us 😅

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

Who are these KENADIANS? 😂

[@waverazor]

this controller is calling me... and i just got a RM poicket....

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

This and the Radio Master Pocket are somewhat similar

[@chiprobertson3094]

Everything you review is good even when it's junk

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

How could you come to such a conclusion? I’ve been reviewing items since the year 2016 and I personally select what I review, and there have only been a handful of times that what I selected and reviewed was JUNK, and I pretty much said that on camera. This new JUMPER radio is certainly not Junk. If you think I review what you call “junk” and pass it off as “great”, then please go and find another KZbin channel to watch.

[@PRODJIGUY]

CHEAP AND LONG DISTANCE RADIO

[@rahulhazarika2572]

Sir I am from India and watching your videos for a very long time and by watching your videos i always have a dream to start a little hobby of mine of areal videography but I can't collect enough money to buy a affordable drone for it sir can u help me to fulfill my dream by borrowing a drone from you sir

[@rahulhazarika2572]

Can u give me a drone sir?? I can pay a sum not 100% i think I can afford 20 to 30% of the price sir you have lots of drone sir help me to fulfill my dream sir

[@driewiel]

What is the best FPV drone when riding a bike? Can you try that out?

[@CAPTAINDRONE798]

You mean, you want a drone to follow you? The lowest cost drone is the DJI NEO, it will follow you on a bike as long as you don’t pedal crazy fast. The BEST drone for this is the DJI Mini 4 Pro, but it is costly because it also can avoid objects while following, but you also need to strap the remote to your bike handles. So I tell everyone to stick with the DJI NEO (no remote required for following).

[@driewiel]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 No I mean FPV with goggles. That's why you need an observer. To see where you are going.

[@driewiel]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 Besides the Neo or Mini 4 Pro won't work in my case. They can't see me behind the panels on my solar trike. I use GPS follow-me or fly manually with the sticks.

[@driewiel]

@@CAPTAINDRONE798 I would buy a Neo if it had a nice small cheap WiFi controller for pure optical flow. People who don't go on bike tours do not understand why it is so important to have a drone you can launch within seconds 20-30 times a day.