DJI Motion Controller Tutorial and LR Flight and RTH

We start with a follow up on the Motion Controller for the DJI FPV, demonstrating the functions and use of the controller and finish with a long send to see how far we can get before I get my signal blocked by the landscape. The return to home functioned perfectly and, while it was slightly windy, it was an enjoyable post-demo flight. I hope you liked it too!

[@mrtwomore]

Great overview thanks for taking the time to go over the long distance stuff!

[@michaelpoczynek]

Thanks. Interesting stuff. Just got one of these controllers with the Avata. Have a great day! 😀

[@deadlazlo]

That’s a great demo of it. Thanks Brandon !

[@BrandonBeans]

I did it for you, Buddy. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@deadlazlo]

@@BrandonBeans it’s an excellent example of using the controller!

[@danmontoya1102]

Love the motion controller, thanks for the review

[@mrrey8937]

Awesome video. great examples of of ut oh modes and how to recover fast and simply. Thank you very much!! it will help me with mine that I just got yesterday. 100 thumbs up!

[@dougbell5160]

I had been looking for a video like yours. I searched “ motion controller” searches and they were all just to generic, no one seemed to get into the details like you did. Good video and helpful! Have fun with yours I’m heading out in a few to fly mine.

[@BrandonBeans]

I'm so glad you liked my demo, I also noticed a lot of the features were glossed over online and several friends were asking me to show them. Check out my recent uploads too!

[@fpvmississippi]

nice job! Just got one will have to try it!

[@mikepi660]

Thanks for the video,, I learned and enjoyed it,,

[@CjemzvlogTv]

Thank you for sharing this sir, how i wish i can own this kind of drone. ❤PH

[@FarfettilLejl]

I bought mine just the other day, can't wait for it to be delivered :)

[@CjemzvlogTv]

Wow nice.

[@screamatthewind]

Started using mine,. Set my regular controller up for Manual Mode, use this one for Sport and Normal Modes, really fun. The record button is in a bad place as you mentioned. For now, I put a large washer over it held in place by tape. My rig is set to record goggles and aircraft full-time. Too easy to turn it off with that button, missed some good shots because of it.

[@BrandonBeans]

Dang that button placement! Fun controller but one of my biggest complaints lol. Glad you figured out way to block your thumb from touching it!

[@foam27]

There is a record button on the goggles as well.

[@TraceurDoc1]

I may not use this to FPV race or anything, but it may help with my lifelong fantasy to fly like Superman 🦸‍♂️

[@dronea.v.t4881]

Esse é um dos melhores DRONE que existe ✈️🙌✈️

[@dennychannel1723]

Nice

[@criticaltinker]

is this in Chico? It is obviously Chico. Upper Bidwell. Anyway, thanks for your video. it's just what I needed, thank you so much. I just bought the Avata and about to do my first flight.

[@BrandonBeans]

Yes it is. You know the area?

[@criticaltinker]

@@BrandonBeans I live in Chico.

[@BrandonBeans]

@@criticaltinker discord.gg/sbP6dDm4 our local fpv discord

[@criticaltinker]

@@BrandonBeans i'm hoping to meet you one day. and hopefully learn from you. i just signed up as zekeAir

[@BrandonBeans]

@@criticaltinker I see that. Welcome!

[@MrPlasmo]

Great video. My DJI Motion Controller only limits me 1500 Ft range for some reason until it reaches max distance. Is there a way to enable further flying (my regular controller works fine) ? Are others getting this same issue with the motion controller?

[@BrandonBeans]

I had to extend the distance in the safety menu at first, as I was limited to 500 meters. I didn't seem to have any issue with the motion controller though, although, I got about 2 km. I have to ask, did it hard limit you like a geo fence, or did you run your range out?

[@MrPlasmo]

@@BrandonBeans It hard limited me like a geofence. The drone just stopped and couldn't fly further. I could still see and turn around fine. I will have to look for the Safety menus to see if there is an option to unlock the distance, but didn't see this for the Motion Controller.

[@MrPlasmo]

@@BrandonBeans I disabled the distance limitation in the Security settings, and it's now FIXED. thanks!

[@BrandonBeans]

Woo-hoo!

[@robertalexander3797]

Great video. do you happen to know if DJI is releasing software for also using this Motion Controller in their Air 2S drones?? Heard that earlier this year, but wondering if you or your followers might have some insight. this thing is GREAT for short exciting flights, that's for sure!

[@BrandonBeans]

They have a new product coming next month that uses it. As for the Air2s I recommend you email their marketing PR, or tag them on social media like Twitter to encourage them ;)

[@AlarmSystemStore]

So I hear the drone in the vid, I take it this one must have a mic on board? Kinda weird, but interesting if so..

[@Arcord10]

Hi guys, great video - I am thinking of getting it myself but have two (maybe stupid) questions - how is the picture in the goggles? Is it really like engaging? (like the video we can see here? Cause I would love that) And can it cause a headache? (because I am pretty sensitive to these especially with for example 3D playstation goggles). Thanks to enyone who can gimme some answers :-)

[@BrandonBeans]

This is literally the highest FPV quality in goggle experience you can buy right now. There's nothing better for in goggle view. If you get dizzy with VR though, you might get dizzy with this. Sitting while flying is the easiest way to start, standing you might get funny feeling just starting.

[@Arcord10]

@@BrandonBeans : Thank you Brandon :-)

[@WutDafox]

what do you think will happen if the motion controller was dropped mid flight?

[@BrandonBeans]

Great question! Nothing serious at all, as soon as you release the trigger it would stop moving and hold position. The abrupt movement of the controller crashing to the ground might cause the drone to yaw and tilt the camera abruptly but the drone would stay put. It doesn't move position unless the trigger is pulled.

[@mikesrcgarage]

I hear the props does this Dji record sound with the video unlike other Dji drones?

[@BrandonBeans]

yes, its an option you can enable in the settings.

[@mikesrcgarage]

@@BrandonBeans Nice! Thanks buddy!

[@VideoLife_FPV_Wild]

What is your opinion, is it better with a motion controller, or RC? What provides better control?

[@BrandonBeans]

The dual stick handset will always give more control. The motion controller is just for ease and convenience.

[@VideoLife_FPV_Wild]

@@BrandonBeans OK bro, very useful tip, you save me a money! :)

[@cameraman2505]

So can the motion controller work with the dji Mini? Sorry if this has already been answered! Thanks.

[@BrandonBeans]

AFAIK it only works with the FPV drone at the moment.

[@cameraman2505]

@@BrandonBeans 👍

[@shippingtons]

Isles the signal go from the motion controller to the drone or does it go from the controller to the goggle antennas to the drone?

[@BrandonBeans]

That's a really good question. The goggles show two separate signal strength meters and they seemed to be independently displaying the HD and RC IIRC

[@foam27]

It only goes to Isle of Gibraltar.

[@cpranger59]

I’ve been out 3km no problem.

[@jhtapping]

How come we can hear the drone while it was 2km away? Do you think the propellers wreck any video?

[@BrandonBeans]

The drone has one board audio recording, but will only capture props and wind pretty much. The props-in-view argument is mute because the distortion correction setting removes the props from final captured footage.

[@tinobabytmsantino5567]

How do you get the audio from the videos I have been trying for so long now

[@BrandonBeans]

Do you not get audio on the drone sd card footage either? This was a pre-release firmware on it and it sent audio to the built in airunit and the goggles, I could even plug in a headphone to hear live drone audio from the goggles.

[@mrrey8937]

30 m/s...............67mph .....boiz, wow!!

[@thehozonachannel1288]

Gimmick like the Yuneec Wizard. Use once put in a drawer.

[@BrandonBeans]

For some, you will be correct., but many others will enjoy this. You can essentially not learn how to fly and use this thing.

[@PhilGerb93]

If it's fun and intuitive, then why is it a gimmick exactly?

[@thehozonachannel1288]

@@PhilGerb93 buy it then, it's your money

[@PhilGerb93]

@@thehozonachannel1288 So you don't have an answer. Got it.

[@danielbutler7985]

I seem to not be able to fly further than 500m with either remote, any ideas?

[@BrandonBeans]

Edit: of course, the safety distance limit setting! That's not right at all. 2km in a straight line is very easy from what I've seen. Try a different spot to check if it's interference and contact DJI Support.

[@danielbutler7985]

@@BrandonBeans Figured out the problem. It was just a simple setting under the safety menu. The maximum distance and altitude was set to 500 out of the box. Great video!

[@BrandonBeans]

OMG I'm so sorry. I totally forgot I had the same issue but it was weeks ago and a simple setting so I had forgotten. Lol. Nice save finding it on your own there!

[@crowszer8566]

@@BrandonBeans I maximized the range but I still lose connection and can’t go past 500 meters. I live in the city that has about three airports and I constantly see boundaries and the geo force on the map, could that be a reason? I searched for firmware updates but I have it on the latest one v01.02.0000.

[@crowszer8566]

@@BrandonBeans i also keep getting calibration errors and I always fix them but I get them again almost instantly, I’d appreciate any tips thanks!

[@mrrey8937]

you can see at night, flying this beast???

[@BrandonBeans]

Not the best for flying at night (some of my tiny quads have better cameras for night, but they're not HD Digital). If you're familiar with the area/obstructions and you have illuminated reference points on the ground, then yeah, you can fly at night. It even has the required lights for visibility at distance + an automatic spot light for landing at night... and you can change the color and flashing pattern of the LEDs too!

[@mrrey8937]

@@BrandonBeans - oh ok, for a moment there i thought it had some sort of night vision capabilities. I have yet to start mine up but your video arrested any fears of pushing the "start" button.

[@joaquinmendoza832]

where is the RTH button? the stop and hold or stop twice, not clear to me. sorry.

[@BrandonBeans]

you just hold it down for RTH

[@joaquinmendoza832]

@@BrandonBeans Hold what? the stop button? once its stopped or at anytime?

[@ChrisParayno]

4:12 is exactly what i expect most normal people do with the specific drone. Fly straight and crooked.

[@BrandonBeans]

Single axis gimbal and I don't turn on the roll stabilization. What you were seeing there was a crosswind.

[@BrandonBeans]

I want to add that in manual mode, you can hold the attitude however you want, but with the motion controller, you are limited in your degrees of freedom and also its kind of like angle mode.

[@ChrisParayno]

@@BrandonBeans yeah, I figured that. Can you decide on the max the bank angle? Thanks for the video.q

[@badkarma2202]

Do u always need line of sight?

[@BrandonBeans]

Not as much if you're close to it, but pretty much, yeah.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

One thing ghat turns me off is you can’t strafe left or right with the joystick

[@BrandonBeans]

Yup, that is true.

[@ChrisParayno]

yet

[@Streetglide2021]

But is it worth 1500.00 with the joystick??

[@BrandonBeans]

It will be for some. Imagine the possibilities for those frustrated with the sticks or even those living with some physical impairment.

[@Cypher81]

Yes it worth for me i cant fly rc stuff since 2015 cause work injury. thanks Brandon for your video

[@americansoldier7776]

Brandon, ***Big issue*** the motion controller may not charge with the battery pack per the manual, LIKE MINE. The only workaround, you’ll need to find an old Apple charging block (the small one) and a USB-A to USB-C cable only to charge it. Nothing else will work, trust me I know. This is a known issue. I spent hours trying to get mine to charge and almost sent it back per the warranty. Please let people know this. Thank you Sir!

[@BrandonBeans]

Yeah the battery only powers the goggles, it can't actually charge anything. I only ever charged with a usb-c power supply that I use for my laptop or the supplier DJI charger.

[@foam27]

Non-apple A-C chargers work fine as well, lol.

[@MD-nt9nv]

Sorry if you mentioned how high you were and I missed it.

[@BrandonBeans]

I'm sure I was under 100m. I don't think I mentioned it during the flight though.

[@MD-nt9nv]

@@BrandonBeans Awesome thank you so much sir. Great videos!

[@paulkazjack]

You cant hover left to right with this controller.

[@BrandonBeans]

You are absolutely correct. I think that they were trying to reduce the number of degrees of freedom the pilot has available to simply flight for new users. I hope that they include a strafe-modifier in a future firmware update though as an option.

[@nerdCopter]

+1👍 can't wait for all the non-FPV pilots to destroy the environment and get us 10,000 more FAA frowns and rules ... but yeah, kinda dreamy in a way -- reminds me of my flight-sim joystick in the 80's

[@tenns]

definitely, sad most of us regular quad fliers won't see this implementation until some time :( But that time you went into sport mode, OMG i gotta get this these goggles

[@TraceurDoc1]

Everyone has to start somewhere right? We’re you born with FPV goggles on your face?

[@HuntressMedia]

This was a nice effort, great attempt, but if you're going to have a how-to video on stuff like this I feel you should have been more prepared and polished. It almost felt like you were just feeling through it for the first time - and live by yourself makes it tough I'm sure but honestly the overall effort wasn't very useful. Well, I should say "useful" as a tutorial. Thanks for the effort!

[@BrandonBeans]

I'm not a pro KZbinr; I only did this for a friend of mine and I got a lot of positive comments from people, so it was worth it and fun for me. Also, at the time of publication this was the only tutorial video on the motion controller, none of the big KZbinrs wanted to focus on it, so the algorithm really liked when I published it.

[@BrandonBeans]

My buddy texted me up and asked if I could reshoot the first video I made for him but with picture - in - picture. I literally just grabbed my tripod and camera and went up to the park and shot it like I was explaining it to him. All you other people are just lurking on our conversation :D

[@HuntressMedia]

@@BrandonBeans that’s awesome! Please know I meant nothing personal or to be offensive or trolling etc. it’s just the fact that it said “tutorial “ in the title and you have enough followers/views etc to monetize so you’re a pro haha! Again great effort and thanks for the hard work 👍

[@HuntressMedia]

Oops! My bad - I said you have "enough subscribers to monetize" and you don't - sorry about that!! Maybe NOW you will hehehe

[@Gaurav21ify]

the fans are noisy like some witch is howling

[@PVivekmca]

Definitely not ergonomical. Pain in the ✋

[@BrandonBeans]

I actually disagree with exception for the record button, which is next to the tilt slider and is annoying ;)

[@ImranHossain-bl1bx]

I didn't like this drone, SKYDIO 2 is better.

[@BrandonBeans]

Wat?! This is First Person View and you're comparing two different things, but enjoy what you have. All drones are cool in my book.

[@shippingtons]

No point comparing it to the Skydio2 it’s a different beast altogether. Skydio2 is a great machine. As is this FPV first attempt by DJI. I think it is likely to encourage the filmers in the drone world to dip their toes into FPV

[@donpodlas5546]

When charging the motion controller, do the lights show the progress of the charge like the other components. When Im charging the motion controller, the first 2 lights will blink then they will go off after a few minutes. How can I tell if the controller is fully charged? thanks1

[@BrandonBeans]

A single press will tell you the current charge value but I can't recall what the charging behavior is

[@donpodlas5546]

Thanks Brandon...I check it out! @@BrandonBeans