DJI Neo - EXTREME Wind Test

[@DannyThompson54]

Thanks for showing us how the little Neo does in such winds. I was more fixated on the gimbal meter bottom left of the screen most of the time. The Neo was doing all it could to maintain a stable camera position and, I don't care what anyone says, it did the job admirably. I truly did not expect it to do so well at all. In those winds I would be only sending up one of my larger and much older DJI Drones. Regardless of complaints about image quality, which I thought looked just fine, I do wonder how many of these we will be seeing in use by the Professionals out in the field of work they do.

[@GAVINHR]

To be honest- I should of made more of a deal of that you are right, it was getting blown all over but considering all that the footage was pretty steady can’t complain at all, yeah image quality isn’t as good as something more expensive but it’s £169 and absolutely packed with features it’s a bargain and unless you blow the footage up in big screens it’s just fine for social media use

[@Actbuff]

Really impressed with how steady the footage is versus how much it was tossed around.

[@elliot330]

I thought the same. Is the software in the camera helping steady the footage?

[@GAVINHR]

Both, the gimbal and the rocksteady software :)

[@sakdipatlimtong3621]

The little guy is fighting for what he is made for. How awesome!

[@GAVINHR]

Incredible little machine

[@EricGibaud]

The image stability is still amazing! thank you for your test!

[@leedobson7731]

Better than I expected. Thanks for putting it through its paces.

[@UKBUBBLERS]

😂😂😂 I crashed mine in my kitchen twice tonight with no wind. I was rushing to get a flight in because I was busy, so I didn't really know what I was doing, but it's still here in one piece, lol I could get it to connect to my rc2 though. Will definitely have a play with tomorrow. I also like to say most people on here who have reviewed it saying the video quality is not all that well. I thought for the money it was good, so I'm not disappointed what so ever. I'm looking forward to seeing some more videos gavin I'll definitely say you were brave enough to do that 😂😂 thanks for sharing 😁👌👍 🇬🇧

[@GAVINHR]

Video quality isn’t the best as can be seen on the footage example - but then it’s not designed to be some sort of cinematic drone as you know, we really do need to consider the price point and it’s an utter bargain for what it delivers in terms of features. It will be a tough cookie I imagine and won’t break easily it’s pretty solid !

[@CKEEXTREMEATV]

Did same😂😂

[@RaymundTrojillo]

Wow! I did not expect that! I was too afraid to use mine yesterday at 22-23kph winds. So I hid between trees and buildings and not bad for a maiden flight! Aiming for the hoverair pro max initially but it's just the price that made the deal for me! Thanks for the test. Now I won't be worried enough with winds just around 20kph.

[@alanrobson705]

It's doing amazing in horrendous conditions, and the video is so stable. Got mine today. Won't try in those conditions, but this video gives me confidence.

[@stevedawson3863]

That's insane!!!! I enjoyed the video!! Very entertaining!!

[@GAVINHR]

Thank you !

[@areldcookie5581]

Can't wait for more tests! Like the battery life and more

[@Ariefpokto]

Really struggling yet The footage is actually good. I think this video shows The good quality of Neo. Thanks

[@juanvalera7272]

The stability of this litlle terminator is awsome,and it handles that srong wind is amazing

[@paraveterinary]

Thank you for this video! I live in a windy area near the Wadden Sea so will not be able to use it too often but far more confident to buy it now I have seen which wind it can and cannot handle.

[@nadunlochana2956]

I think it’s undeniable at this point that DJi just builds much higher quality drones than the competition, specially at these lower price ranges

[@carlsberxithub3711]

How on hell the video still look horizontally levelled knowing the drone itself is slanted by wind? Awesome!!! ❤❤❤

[@OnlyDronesFPV]

Gimble cam sir

[@carlsberxithub3711]

@@OnlyDronesFPV yeah sir my thought too. Ordered mine now im excited to play this tiny awesome toy 😍😍😍

[@ebsbx]

Pitch is a corrected by a physical gimbal, roll and yaw are done in software - which shows how good stabilization software is these days. I believe the drone does this in real-time as it records the footage.

[@lowiebejo08]

There’s a setting for horizontal balance. Your welcome in advance

[@leventeagas]

That is top quality image!!! Amazing. Ordering it ASAP

[@budni-frilansera]

не торопись. у него низкое качество видео.

[@Henrik_Olsen]

Wow this is taking it to the max and beyond x2 - thanks for sharing

[@wvideoyahoodk]

Love my Neo even more now 🥰 Great video

[@ALTN8NRG]

Good test! I hope people watch this before attempting to fly in high winds.

[@woodydroneson]

From what I have seen, it looks like a great addition to the drone bag, even for Mini 2 or higher owners. Great Test Gavin it performed remarkably well. I like that it can be safely used around family for tracking and other fun shots if there are a few more people around, it will be less offensive to the general public than menacing exposed blades!

[@GAVINHR]

Bingo, it’s not designed to be an amazing cinematic drone but for capturing shots with the family or the odd holiday snap free od the fear that it’s not going to hurt anybody is fantastic, for context i absolutely love stuff like this, the hover X1 is such a great piece of kit also but the Neo at half the price is crazy !

[@nirupamsinhaa]

Thank you so much for this video ❤ you cleared my lots of doubts

[@247SH]

Nice video and thanks for the heads up on Windfinder. I live near the coast so it’s always pretty windy here but DJI Mini drone seem to cope well in the wind. The Humber can be extreme. I tend to motorcycle to the Barton viewing point and have sailed the Humber estuary, which was a white knuckle experience but never flown my drone there. I might try that providing I can avoid protected nature areas.

[@GAVINHR]

Indeed, they are pretty good I’ve had numerous conversations with them and outside of breeding season they don’t have much of an issue, oh wind finder is great I use it a lot for work (shipping) and it’s very accurate

[@andrewlennie8243]

Gavin that is amazing, get mine tomorrow looking forward to trying it with phone microphone. Dji have just done the unbelievable at an unbelievable price, like you I will probably need another battery

[@GAVINHR]

Congrats on your new purchase ! I hope you have fun with it, I’m yet to try that, trouble with working full time and not getting the drone pre launch I’m playing a bit of catch up so thinking outside the box but I’m excited to explore more, leave me a comment tomorrow when it comes how you’re finding it. Happy flying

[@DreamPrashant]

Thank you for the effort! But I would’ve loved to see is what it would do for its main intended purpose, which is to press the button. Let it go up spin around you and come back. I wish you had tested it for that.

[@ebsbx]

You can really see aerodynamics in action. Its cross-sectional area is smaller from the front rather than the side so is less affected by wind. The Minis are the same. Front into the wind uses way less battery than side into the wind (or even just flying forwards compared to flying sideways in still air - watch time remaining drop when you do that.) Also, do you think the flips are actually gyroscopic forces in action? Do you remember the Avata 1 flipping out if you did a quick turn. Is it the same here? - a gust of wind might be turning (yawing it) so quickly that the gyroscopic forces generated by the props do that perpendicular force thing pitching it rapidly?

[@Avidiy]

3:27 this is awesome to see that it still recovers and this slow mo, shot is great too, 3:15 is real time and you can really aprciate the stability of it.

[@Avidiy]

5:52 even when it flipped the footage is till stable! Incredible. I don’t have any drone so I will plan to build one but anyway.

[@the4dudleys]

Great video Gavin! Nice stress test to show how tough this little guy is. It’s perfect for drowners who want to have lots of fun and do things they wouldn’t normally do with their expensive kit, and you don’t have to worry about losing lots of money 😃

[@Markabblett]

Fantastic little drone, your a brave man though, thought that was flying to the south bank! Will wait for your other reviews Gavin, might have to invest !

[@GAVINHR]

So did I when it first lifted off ! Typical drone they are better facing the wind and side on they usually struggle, I’ve flown in some crazy winds but this was a squeaky bum moment taking off. Picture quality isn’t the greatest but it’s fun and at the price point you can’t go wrong

[@eyeabove_mx]

Impressive piece of technology. Nice video 👌

[@_gelon]

The wind performance is amazing, considering the speed and the weight. But the recovery performance from crashes and flippings is science fiction.

[@john_woto]

Great video Gavin - very impressed - didn't think it would handle the wind like that - wouldn't even take my mini 4 out in that wind

[@sbfox4795]

HiGavin, thank you for the wonderful test on the Neo, however if buying this kind of drone in the UK, do i need to register or pay for licence ? thank you again for your video.

[@psoon04286]

The video recorded looks like a walk in the park - rock steady 👍👍

[@DreamPrashant]

Did you try out the various automatic modes?

[@martinzingoni9099]

I live in a windy beach, 15 to 20 knots practically every day. This would be my first drone. I want to fly indoors for building surveys like restaurants and shops and also outdoors. Will fly at the beach for shorter shooting time. I’m in a budget would you recommend this or the mini 2 SE? Which is pretty old already but still more expensive than the neo

[@kennethrich2107]

Nicely done sir

[@GAVINHR]

Thank you kindly my friend!

[@markknight2768]

Video was very smooth from the drone considering how much it was blowing around. Did you do any post enhancement or is it stock?

[@DigitalJunior2003]

Incredible drone at its very limit 😳😳

[@GAVINHR]

Impressive eh!

[@DroneShowLive]

Cheers Gavin fantastic information ℹ️ as always and enjoyable content 👌🏻ℹ️👌🏻😎

[@chainlearn]

Why doesn’t avata 2 have built in stabilisation too??

[@MrTicker7]

I think the aerodynamic shape of it helped but it also as you almost found will be subject to flipping if it gets caught in the right wind. Good video though 👍🇦🇺

[@Bob_Betty]

waw! Thankfully you did catch that on video, great upload, much appreciated :) shared, so hopefully more views.

[@GAVINHR]

Thank you :)

[@CoasttoCoastDrones]

wild ride ...thank you for doing this !!

[@Stuart-Taylor]

i also got one today! Mostly for when on my runs, it'll be a great addition.

[@GAVINHR]

Perfect for things like that 👍 happy flying !

[@jojo-dn7qb]

still performs damn good. i’m sold

[@carlsberxithub3711]

@@jojo-dn7qb me too just ordered mine

[@ScottPC]

Exactly the video I was looking for with the state of UK weather haha

[@GAVINHR]

Happy to help !

[@How-to-by-Lou]

Bummer - most folks here in the US won't get theirs till mid October, when it's really windy.. Great video..

[@stst8301]

In Europe you get it the same day.Everywhere is in stock.

[@Mcivstx]

Reminds me alot of the original mini 1 which had fairly underpower motors and would get carried away by gusts of wind. Highly impressed by the neo though, its 100 grams less but honestly seems to handle wind the same if not better.

[@MrGroovyHouse-fe4cw]

The steadiness of the footage is amazing considering the wibbly-wobbliness of the actual drone.

[@GreenGabanX1]

really2 impressive. jsut by watching i almost had heart attack. damn cool Neo. 🤣🤣🤣

[@RCsbyRich]

Quality thanks Gavin.

[@craigdavo]

Wow 😅 to be fair it did better than I thought. Got one arriving tomorrow. Great test. Does it have RTH? I've seen one possible flaw in another video, the youtuber sent the Neo up and then into track mode, the drone lost the subject and just stayed where it was. He lost sight of the drone and had a panic. He had to then get his phone out and take control of the drone.

[@GAVINHR]

That is correct from the other KZbinr I have heard this can be an issue when using palm mode, RTH is only active when using the controller, if that occurs indeed you get your phone out and connect via WiFi (hopefully in range) and fit back. I don’t think it will be a common occurrence though. Let me know how you find it tomorrow!

[@craigdavo]

@@GAVINHR OK mate, thanks for the info, will carry the RC2 just in case. Will let you know fella. 👍 Thanks for the testing 😜

[@GAVINHR]

@@craigdavo you’re very welcome! Have fun with yours tomorrow

[@Tom_Foolery007]

What maximum wind speed to you recommend flying in safely? ( MPH) please, not KPH.

[@vloggersanjeev001]

I love dji ❤ respect button ✅

[@clementchu1898]

thats Awesome.... today i test it on a wharf in Sydney. and wind speed around 35km/h and its not wise .... i almost crash and lost it....>_< its extremely hard to land it on a wharf in strong wind... i lower it and i catch it with my hand.....

[@RobnDob]

I done the nc500 using the DJI mini 2se. Winds were crazy but I got some great shots. This would have blown away in the sea

[@GAVINHR]

So jealous, one day I will get to do it, managed the Nurburgring last year what an experience but the NC500 is on my list - yeah no substitute for the bigger drones when it comes to handling wind - the air 3 is crazy powerful !

[@RobnDob]

@@GAVINHR nice the Nurburgring would be a great visit. Yeah the nc500 was amazing, bit windy though but doable. The air 3 would have been stationary the whole time 😂

[@andychang7137]

it looks like it shakes like crazy but the footage looks damn stable….

[@AMDronephotography]

You’re a brave man Gavin, when you sent it out towards the Humber. I’m not going to lie, I thought, ‘well that’s off to Immingham’ 😂

[@GAVINHR]

Haha I thought that myself at one point !

[@zerjpc]

Brother the drone is like crying for being drag by the wind hahaha

[@paulChing789]

Thank you these what cheap buyer want to can It's come home at level 5..thank you you. Are the Best...

[@nirjharbiswas5793]

Camera has no gimble but its stable enough

[@DanielFoo]

Amazing what this little guy can do in those conditions! 😅

[@abadakoor7018]

Hi ! Real question that I have difficulty understanding since I have the Neo, they indicate 18 minutes of maximum autonomy but why even with a 100% charged battery, the screen never indicates more than 8 minutes of autonomy remaining? 2:03

[@sanjaydamodaran3219]

Is the motor on the Neo same as Avata 2 ?

[@cheekyoscar1353]

❤ well done . I think this video is brilliant this will send valuable message to everyone just be really careful , this drone has limits being so small compared to other . Specially to people who are new to the hobby . this wind situation is not recommended for someone who is new into the hobby . but the drone in itself is great fun I've had no issues with my One either ✔️✔️🍺🙏

[@quicknswiftscope9846]

This will be good for real estate especially with the cancellation noise of the propellers when talking through your phone live

[@carlsberxithub3711]

Why theres a hotdog at the back of the teower? 😂😂😂

[@GAVINHR]

There is a few things on the back of it 😂

[@JeanPH1L]

Range test next 😎

[@jarin8464]

at wind speed 0, how fast can neo fly ? saw a review that push it at 17.3m/s

[@haikalalong2004]

best drone dji neo 😁

[@sekoak9257]

Strong dji neo 💪🏻

[@airbornemail]

It's impressive how the flying time is reduced to 7 min from 15-17 min

[@skyhawk21]

Video quality looks like 1080p or 2k up scaled to 4k

[@enricooliva8762]

what app you used to check the wind gusts.

[@swim3030]

Very daring. Haha. Love it.

[@DronesWithJosh]

nice video dude

[@fishdiaries]

Mines arriving Monday now grhh. I wasn’t expecting much from it in high wind like the avata 2 I own. I won’t be flying it in high winds for sure but thought it did well

[@walker1583]

`You have a avata 2 and also ordered the NEO? Why if I may ask. I'm currently really into my Mini 4 Pro andd thinking of upgrading to the Avata 2 but not going to downgrade to the Neo. I feel it's a awesome drone for those doing some vlogs. But seen it's weight and know how my M4Pro does with wind which is pretty incredible but not thinking a 135 gram drone would be good especially in windy situation. Just curious 😉

[@fishdiaries]

@@walker1583 just a fun chuck up and record drone for me I have all the controllers so just drone for me which is Cheap, not a mini not a avata 2 no way it will compete against wind and vid quality like these. It will be fun and cheap

[@GAVINHR]

Yeah can’t grumble for the price vs performance, it’s not going to be the best in terms of picture quality but it’s going to do decent job at the price point !

[@walker1583]

@@fishdiaries fair enough, have fun!

[@fishdiaries]

@@walker1583 mate you say upgrade from a mini 4 to an avata 2 it’s not a upgrade they are two different beasts different jobs. The mini 4 is an epic drone for cine stuff avata 2 can’t compete with its quality but avata 2 is still pretty good but you can fly it in a totally different way def worth owning both.

[@ptaylor5014]

Wow that is awesome, i wouldn't even try that with my Mini 3!

[@AutoBudz]

Pretty crazy a 135g drone survived that much wind and had pretty damn stable image.

[@johnnymac26]

Its a game wee thing lol cool test mate thought it was defo going in the drink at one point lol

[@GAVINHR]

You and me both! It was like, yeah sod the wind I’m doing acro! 😂

[@elliot330]

How stable is that image...

[@willwill5595]

That thing is wicked kool

[@everythingprotrz7449]

For Only 299.00$ This tiny drone is just totally worth it 😊

[@Lev.com123]

Nice video! Can you do a range test next time please.

[@GAVINHR]

If I can find a way I’ll give it a go!

[@jimskyboy2]

BRO yes... Curious how this would fare on a yacht

[@GAVINHR]

If you use the controller so it’s using GPS can’t see it being an issue in all honesty

[@TonyHolmes-z9r]

Don’t do it 😮

[@kcchiok]

very nice to put Neo under torturing mode haha

[@pedallayanbilir]

Good video

[@ViagensGyn]

Proposta interessante 🎉

[@adrianbaldwin8832]

That's incredible 😅

[@Danny_Roman.]

Perfectly done hahaha poor neo😊😂

[@GAVINHR]

I did feel a bit mean, I didn’t manage to capture all of it but at times it was banked at angles I didn’t think possible

[@Danny_Roman.]

@GAVINHR I may get one of these fancied the avata 2 but these seem fun

[@gerd2213]

😆 Great Show!!! 👏👍Thanks! 🫶

[@fedsvlog6060]

😂😂😂 haha nice start neo

[@IestynLloyd]

So you can define objects to be the focus - 4:40 - other than people?

[@GAVINHR]

When using the full controller it works as a normal ship drone would yes

[@skycamvideo]

you are a bad man for putting that lovely little toy drone up in that wind....I wouldnt fly my mini 2 or 3 pro in that...The footage from it is still good though....LOL only you lol

[@CivilChristoph]

Did anyone praise the excellent image stabilization performance?

[@vladimiralaverdov5489]

Does it's need registration in UK?

[@GAVINHR]

Yep

[@stefw0200]

Really clever to fly a drone in windy conditions with wind speed faster than the drone (officially) can fly and wind going straight towards the sea.

[@GAVINHR]

Thanks.. I thought so too 👍

[@creativecarveciteclimb5684]

He wanted to get this video out really quickly, so he didn't have time to wait until the wind was blowing in the opposite direction.

[@chainbenwa2713]

@@GAVINHRsame here I was just doing an extreme wind test with my mini 4.. it’s surprisingly good.. wind was 17 mph gusting to 24.. I didn’t feel like it was struggling too hard. Nice to know the real max envelope of what they’re capable of.

[@GAVINHR]

@@creativecarveciteclimb5684 according to wind finder I have a 1 hour window on Sunday where the wind is blowing towards shore, let’s hope I’m free otherwise that’s it until Tuesday 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@GAVINHR]

@@chainbenwa2713 exactly, been flying long enough and used enough drones to know they have plenty in reserve just in case but still incredibly impressive

[@dekta4]

your video is as impressive the as the NEO. me subscribing now....

[@WillEDC]

The cage around the props really don’t help either.

[@BrandonBeans]

@8:00 the back of the lighthouse 😂

[@GAVINHR]

Been a while since I flew here I thought it would have been removed by now .. 😂

[@BrandonBeans]

@@GAVINHR the best part is it's basically the highlight of the orbit. Well done 👍

[@RustyLid]

@@BrandonBeans It's the climax of the video!