PARROT DISCO Review - [Flight/Crash/Range Test!, Pros & Cons]

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[@DustinDunnill]

Hi all, looks like there's an over $400 HUGE PRICE DROP just in time for Christmas on the DISCO here: amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@vestigearchive]

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[@serge470]

Dustin Dunnill Yeah, thanks for the link, I also read so many negative reviews, which is I never seen on any other products.

[@michaelrodriguez5431]

Dustin Dunnill the drone is so coooool!!!!

[@wyattsutton563]

Hey Dustin the video quality looks friggin amazing.

[@DustinDunnill]

It's pretty good for all digital stabilization on Disco 👍

[@DustinDunnill]

Hi everyone, hope your enjoying my review. I recently did a 20 Mile autopilot mission on the north shore of Maui if your interested here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hae0ZamJnNqYppY

[@senseidekkers5618]

Douche*

[@leosurname6993]

It's

[@senseidekkers5618]

***** Lmao calm down its all just a joke...

[@embassy933]

Yemir Pizano lol where's the * to correct him?

[@padenvotaw6105]

Dustin Dunnill do you have to have a faa license for this drone

[@travisprince7770]

This drone would be absolutely perfect for Search and Rescue operations. I am a Civil Air Patrol cadet and work with the Colorado Wing on SAR exercises, and can attest to mountainous terrain being difficult to work in. This would solve that with no trouble at all!

[@didactylos4diddy474]

Was I the only one watching the flight video and saying "pull up PULL UP!" as the trees approached? It all seemed to go pear-shaped after you hit pause.... Really like the location systems Great review

[@DustinDunnill]

+didactylos4 diddy4 lol...I know. You could probably tell I was having a silent "oh shiatsu" moment and didn't realize it was probably n manual mode until the last moment. At least you all got to see me crash it :)

[@OcciDam]

The Disco is super fun to fly. The great thing is that it fell down and did not get stuck in the tree. I was not that lucky with some of my crashes (I crashed so many times that I made a compilation of them lol).

[@hectichive889]

You went about 1760 feet! That's amazing! This video is so beautiful! Going above the clouds and stuff! I NEED ONE OF THESE!

[@americanhindi]

Great review! When it crashed in the trees, I thought we will never see the landing, but then Dustin went to another location and landed it twice. Thanks!

[@WarbirdPylonRacer]

Me thinks your analysis are always done so well because of the interconnection of your career habits mixing with the hobby. Nice review as usual Dustin!

[@DustinDunnill]

+WarbirdPylonRacer Thank you. Glad you think so

[@cow1969]

Looks like crash was due to operator error. When you hit "pause" on the pre-planned flight, it simply continued flying in the direction and altitude when paused (it was off-track from planned flight path). You should have either taken control immediately or manually put it into hover mode.

[@bizarreaudio]

Beautiful footage! No jelly distortion, saturation is optimum. Section above the clouds and cloud layering is fantastic! Will experiment away from quadcopters. Thank you.

[@DustinDunnill]

+bizarreaudio Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@troy9er]

Pretty cool, I have been flying RC Airplanes, Helicopters and such for almost 20 years. Looks pretty easy to master. I’m thinking about getting a drone this summer. I have a mini parrot to fly in my house during the winter but I don’t have a large one for outside yet.

[@MrDaddynomates]

Omg! I want it. I fly a Phantom 3 quad. I never thought a fixed wing drone could be so cool. That is definitely my next sky toy. Great video.

[@cvassilakis]

That Stormtrooper is creating the best drone previews!!

[@boytechnichian]

Currently for sale at a massively reduced price. Just bought a disco FPV pack for £349. Can't wait to pick it up.

[@flagship1701e]

Brother, even though its years later, it crashed because you paused the mission. Once you paused, you can see it left the track, but you didn't see it in that Maui sun (I guess). But it just continued straight after you paused it and by the time you started turning, it was already in the trees. A good lesson and great review as usual. Mahalo

[@DustinDunnill]

Sounds right. Good observation 🍻

[@urbanx3922]

I know this was done a couple years ago but it is still a great video. Thanks.

[@franklee90]

Review with crash test included 😂

[@Meps_LIVE_Service]

Such an excellent pilot😍

[@ethanglazed3204]

The flying over the clouds scene is very satisfying, really cool!

[@cypress9735]

On October 3, 2016, the FAA changed the rules regarding drones/RC aircraft - what he's doing in this video is very illegal. He's in controlled airspace.

[@gigachad-jh1dh]

Cypress fuck the FAA

[@ChandlerTingle]

Cypress fuck the FAA and fuck off

[@tillswitch570]

Dustin You Inspired me to finally Start doing something about my passion for aircraft, Now I am Flying Discos almost everyday, Building my own Spitfire from scratch and even created this youtube channel to post my footage progress tutorials and of course crashes.... XD

[@RuudyL]

Personally I think the crash was pilot error, you could see it was moving off track way back, you just did not react. Also how can you push a button, not knowing what it does. Maybe that pause button was too get out of GPS ?

[@DustinDunnill]

+Ruudy L I'd have to probably agree with you. While I was editing and saw the whole picture it did cross my mind. I'd I had manually controlled it sooner I'm sure I could have avoided the crash..but I'm kind of glad it did crash and we all saw how it held up.

[@RuudyL]

So what does the pause button do, should it start circling. in the spot where it was when you pushed it ? Also saw when it collided with a Phantom and lost a wing at high altitude, and it had a few scuff marks, slid the wing on and continued flying, very durable. Only things I do not like about it is the Wifi, that should be 5.8Mh and that Tablet over your controles. Think there will be a upgraded version soon with better antennas too, will wait for that :-)

[@RobinMalmberg72]

The pause button on flightplan will for my parrot bebop which uses the same app just stops the flightplan. For a bebop drone it stays in the same place. For a plane the same action would be to fly straight ahead. And that was exactly what it did. I think it was pilot error and that it didn´t loose GPS at all. If it looses GPS it will be very easy to see in the flight academy history as well. But a very nice flight and demonstration of it.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Robin Malmberg Thanks. And sounds right. Maybe PARROT should make DISCO do a tight loiter circle when pause or stop is pressed to prevent this type of crash instance IMO

[@RobinMalmberg72]

Yes, I think they should. Tell the parrot support that, they are really good. If you tell them I think the feature will come in a new version of the software. And you can buy the foam parts directly from Parrot and change them yourself without voiding the warranty, that is also a good thing about parrot.

[@tjken33]

Wow this thing is pretty awesome. Especially for surveillance.

[@younghex9577]

Props to parrot man I thought their products were crap. But that plane drone thing seems really cool

[@Dextuh-x9p]

younghex they want $1,300 and the foam is fragile. Easy to break it should be cheaper.

[@younghex9577]

Jake The dog very true but at least the quality in the rest of the drone is there

[@qatronano]

younghex its a 1300 dollar ripoff of a 480 dollar profuct

[@younghex9577]

QuantuMlapZiz oh shit.. where can I get one of those

[@qatronano]

younghex type in yt search bar parrot disco a 1300 dollar 483 dollar ripoff

[@alexctk]

Do you manage to find out the max stall speed and pitch angle? Also maximum structural speed would be great :)

[@DustinDunnill]

+alexandre leiria not yet but if I do I'll post it.

[@Dave64track]

Its a great flying drone which is more like a plane but easier to fly by the looks of it and even when it crashed into the tress it has minimal damage. If that had have been a plane it would have been fire wood so yeh looks good. I like the flight time much more that a quad drone of only 25 min at best.

[@c3l3x87]

Interesting video. FYI, the dial at 06:38 is for exposure, not white balance

[@marygameworld]

Wow, awesome review. Well done! I think i'm gonna buy this thingy.😊

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks. It is a pretty awesome drone plane :) I've made a few more videos of it showing it's long autonomous mission capabilities.

[@amaan8918]

Dustin Dunnill Out of all of the drone vids you have made which one do you think is the best.

[@sushiacid]

@@DustinDunnill you was asked a question.

[@kanu3331]

@@sushiacid unfortunatley it has been discontinued

[@EmilioMalice]

This has got to be the best review for whoever is going to buy the Disco.....Awesome Job

[@TheSalazars]

The clouds look amazing!!

[@DiskChordDian]

I remember a 10+ year old show that featured pretty much this but for military usage. Pretty neat but at the same time depressing how long it takes for technology to trickle down to civilian usage.

[@NERV0USMONKEYS]

I think this is impressive!!! Parrot did a great drone.

[@FirstAmericaFirst]

I crashed mine on the first try too Dustin! You're in good company!

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Nice review Justin just purchased one and it arrived with a bent wing,cannot wait to get my replacement looks like a blast

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Edit I got a replacement the disco is as awesome in person as it looks in your review,did you ever have problems with video stream on tablet goes black and doesn’t come back until landing and restarting the disco? While in manual flight not flight plan Any fix for this Dustin? Thanks again for the awesome reviews

[@DustinDunnill]

Never had that issue. It always has connection up to around a mile. I lost my first one and my second one now seems fine

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Dustin Dunnill I think I figured it out I wasn’t aiming the controller to the disco and then it goes black and fuzzy until I aim towards the disco..,I also would like to ask,after a flight do your servos stay in same position on poweroff,and stay the same then next time you boot it up? Is there anyway to level out the flaps before the next flight? Thanks again man I appreciate you replying

[@DustinDunnill]

I see. Yes, do a level calibration in the app on a perfectly level surface. Don’t pay attention to the flaps as long as you calibrate level.

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Dustin Dunnill thanks man so when you say do a level calibration in the app do you mean a normal calibration which involves doing the xyz axis because I only see calibration and flat trim in the app settings,or am I missing something?

[@parmorama]

Thanks, nice review. Most stable footage I've seen from a fixed wing non gimbal RC plane.

[@Didjeridoolove]

Well... I placed my order today🙀🙀🙀.. very very good review!!👍

[@MichailVolochtchouk]

You bought it 9 month ago - are you happy with it? Thinking about it to buy one for myself

[@MrBerett315]

Yeah. And now you can mount machine guns to it for Ultimate dog fights with your friends

[@splitchest9566]

Love the height and range tests to see the views of the great state.

[@ThornyPlatypus]

The flight characteristics, 1080p/30 camera and foam construction all screams a $300 drone, not $1300.

[@maxchilla732]

John Lipski Well the Technik is quite impressive. but yeah 1300 is Way to much.

[@ThornyPlatypus]

+mPky1 Thanks for your reply, I learned a bit there. I was going for an offhand remark and simply took off the "1" from the $1300 price to arrive at $300. I was just trying to say that the disco feels like a very overpriced item to me. Let me explain where I'm coming from with my original comment...I'm not a drone guy, I'm a video and photo guy. Drones are a tool to me, not unlike a tripod or a light kit. I tend to compare these things at face value, out of the box, based on what they will do for me from a purely functional perspective. As such, I cannot help but compare what you get with the Disco as opposed to something else in this ~$1300 range, such as the DJI Phantom 4. For my purposes, the Phantom gives me a lot more for my money. The Disco does for me, functionality-wise, about the same as what a Parrot Bebop does for around $400 (yes, I'm aware of the signal range discrepancy between those two, still not sure it's worth that much more money...to me). I personally wouldn't spend that much on something made out of styrofoam parts on principle, but I guess based on my initial statement, I might spend a few hundred, if it at least did better than 1080p video.

[@joshuamanring2706]

And you're not going to get HD FPV without a $300+ Tx Rx setup. Not to mention the OSD. Foam is a common material used for pro grade mapping drones that cost much more than this.

[@pagrichard]

Look for a camera like this for less than 300 with integrated gimbal. People only see the frame but not the engineering and electronics.

[@DustinDunnill]

They dropped the price by $440 bucks amzn.to/2exsf4u I think it's some pretty amazing tech packed into that C.H.U.C.K :)

[@phildawe7172]

Excellent review, Dustin. It was the best review on the Disco that I've seen! some great features. id really like one

[@davefolts1566]

A realistic flight test to say the least. Love the three synched videos. Nice location....Oregon? Watch the clouds tho...need to stay VFR under them. Above clouds = beyond VLOS. Need an exemption, permit and license to do that.

[@phildawe7172]

Dave Folts this was Hawaii.

[@davefolts1566]

Hawaii...nice...a damn awesome view/location.

[@endangereddangerous8102]

I don't say this much. Good video. Very clear. Understood everything you said. I'm gonna buy one

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks. Means a lot. Much appreciated :) !

[@michaellaroche5462]

great video this was probably the best video I could find! you explained all of the details very well and taught me a lot about the Parrot Disco, I love flying drones, RC planes, and helicopters. I DEFINITELY will be asking for this for chrismas!! Keep up the great work!!

[@DustinDunnill]

+Michael LaRoche Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@monique-ik5ru]

HI, I found that flight amazing,,, New tek. way back when I flew R/C Aircraft on 27.095 & 72.069 those days u r range was as far as u can see it with no return too home or u returned home with just the X-MATTER only,,,XXX

[@Tonythemann5150]

You had mentioned that when it went into "return to home" mode that it started steering for the mountains. Basically the wrong way. If you point your finger North, and walk east, your still pointing your finger north. most of the cheaper models dont have a very good GPS. as i say "pointing north walking east". The wind will push you. Its called CROSSTRACKING. The GPS in the Parrot products could be used to navigate a cruise ship with the type of GPS and crosstrack directional re-mapping. Its a great feature. Plus its instantanious. The GPS capabilities in DJI products give it a 30% margin for error.

[@steveghanbari]

Helicopter it has much more flexibility in term of landing taking off then Air plane

[@gtes7898]

steveghanbari rff

[@kerbalairforce8802]

This has double the flight time of a quad copter.

[@damonschouw3931]

Klint Izwudd Google "helicopter autorotate" i can land my helicopters with very low voltage..?hmmm.

[@mathewtaylor2007]

great video and probably the calmest reaction to a crash I've ever seen! Well done.

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks. Had a lot of fun with this review :)

[@NathanTubeUrlife]

I watched the whole video.. and I really want have one!!

[@DustinDunnill]

+Nathan TubeUrlife 👍 it is an amazing drone plane. Check out my 20 mile autopilot mission with the DISCO on my channel. Pretty darn amazing :)

[@hermanportoreal7526]

Nathan TubeUrlife dude what are you talking about the parrot disco is $1000

[@DustinDunnill]

They dropped the price by $440 bucks amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@pentiumradeon]

its 499 now, totally worth it imo

[@Outsourcer]

In Germany now 350!...285 Euro!..bargain..

[@justinwiden]

The folding prop is also for gliding to produce less drag I believe.

[@casualteengamer3054]

i like the concept, but the polystyrene (sorry for bad spelling) is a huge turnoff.

[@GadgetInspector]

Now that thing is AMAZING. Amazing technology.

[@DustinDunnill]

I agree. It's pretty cool

[@SickocrowAU]

For that money. It needs to be 100% foolproof. It's not. Great review as always. ☺

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

The inspire is $2,000 people have had endless problems with it

[@DustinDunnill]

They dropped the price by $440 bucks amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@juniorisclean]

Wow that was some long ass flying bro, this thing is sweet, I loved it, I own the MAVIC pro, this thing I can really have some serious fun with in my island Puerto Rico, I enjoyed this review and video brother, good dam job. Keep them coming and keep having fun bud.❤😊

[@theimacman]

Wow, flying in the clouds! What a view! I'd be so incredibly nervous to try that though. hahaha Have you tried the Parrot Swing? Such a cool little VTOL. :)

[@DustinDunnill]

+Flyin' Ryan RC I've heard it's cool. I'd like to check it out :)

[@batfirewaf123]

HI, didnt read comments but when you hit pause is when it started straight ahead on that heading and just flew until hit trees. The pause caused the crash, ha.....pilot error. Great video btw so much so I just ordered one... and subscribed to you blog.

[@DustinDunnill]

Your right 👍

[@batfirewaf123]

So after watching all your vids on the Parrot Disco fpv what is your final verdict? Is it a real usable drone, and do you have to purchase apps so you can use map mode shown or maps themselves? Or can you just download maps to the free app? This is the confusion factor I see with Disco. Other than that it seems to be a good unit other than a lot of kickback I have heard that the repair or help service sucks. I find that with all drones. I am looking to add a flying wing to my collection. I am a big yuneec fan own them all and very happy with them. Thanks for you vids and any comments would be appreciated.

[@valveman12]

Nice plane. Lots of tech in this one. Video looks great and no jello.

[@RobbyRCPROBE]

Pretty awesome and cool video Dustin. I was never been amazed by an other video on tube before. Watched the entire flight and never had the intention to getting bored, this for a MJX BUGS3 flyer. Keep up the good work man and a big LIKE 5K + (+5114).

[@DustinDunnill]

+Robby BUGS3 Channel Thanks Robby ✌🍻

[@TheKetsa]

1300$ fragile foam, great...

[@ponyboyfpv3552]

No Doubt, what an amazing piece of shit for a ridiculous amount of money. How many retards run Parrot? I was thinking I bet these guys want $799 for this piece(which would have been WAY TOO MUCH) then I clicked on the link and was like WOW. How do dumbass companies like this stay in business?

[@AlexisJacobs]

its ridiculous that it only comes as a full kit. i already have a skycontroller 2 i´d like just the drone instead of 1.2k for another propietary controller and goggle kit. Even considering it comes with all that its way overpriced compared to the bebop 2 ... same controller, same goggles, same camera, same gps, same logic, 1/4 th the engines (heh) just in a larger foam body ... WHAM 2X Price. WTF

[@gtasandman]

i was expecting like 500 since it was foam, for that price they should have use carbon fiber

[@ponyboyfpv3552]

That doesn't explain the cost...

[@theman6760]

If only DJI came out with a wing.

[@starsandsandproductions1592]

just off the top of the head... I think it would be cool if you set up a portable soccer net, or any kind of net to land in areas where you don't have grass. Do you think that would work?

[@DustinDunnill]

I do think that is an option if it was soft enough not to break the wings.

[@BmW13294]

Didn't you hit the pause button??? it really seemed like when you hit pause it just curzed straight.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Brandon Watkins Yes, you may be right. They should have it circle when pause is pressed I think.

[@BmW13294]

You probably couldn't have seen that at the time but with the video after it sure looked that way. Yeah I'm not a big fan of there UI on any of there drones.

[@MrEye4get]

Thank you for the review! Fun FPV aircraft. Definitely needs large open spaces. The battery life and flight planning features are nice. Too expensive for what is does.

[@JonnyPink65]

I love the toy flying aspect, but there does not seems to be as much usable footage, especially at that price. It is cool though! Great video

[@JonnyPink65]

I like that!! LOL Thanks for the reply.

[@stringsattached67]

I keep seeing post stating that there's no usable Footage. ok why ? the video is fine for what it's meant for no it's not good enough for full featured film but it's also not ten Grand either. the Dji phantoms have nice video but still not up to film level not even the mavic . im' just saying for flying around having fun it's fine.

[@sptrader6316]

Great flight test video, the crash makes it more realistic..Glad you didn't edit out that part.. What would you do, if it had landed in the top of a 40 foot tree ?

[@Rambalac]

Please study basic photo and video terms like "white balance"

[@hentaigod1963]

Rambalac Racist. Why not black balance as well?

[@saltypandas1012]

nigga shut the fuck up and let this man do his job god he's showing us a drone and reviewing it for us so we know if we should make an expensive purchase or not so we're not surprised or disappointed with the product that we may or may not purchase like damn no one gives a single fuck about your stupid fucking photography terms.

[@DB-rc9ln]

slalty pandas 101 People like you contribute to cultural and societal problems.

[@4funrc11]

Hey! I want one, so I know that it won't be cheap! Champagne taste and a beer bank account...

[@DustinDunnill]

lol

[@dseednorwayn47]

great review, anyone else seen a competitor to the disco? And what did actually happen on the last landing flight? Lost gps signal to many times in one flight so the gps signal moved or something?

[@manfrombkk]

For what this cost, it's overall size when the wings are even taken off and trying to transport it, the limited range value, and the overall size of the controller setup, it seems clear a DJI Mavic is a much better value. Also if the proposed, EASA regulations, in the EU go into affect, Parrot (a French co.) is pretty much toast selling this product. Of course the Mavic would have a similar dilemma as well. :-(

[@JoergWessels]

You're saying drones get banned?

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

DJI has horrible customer service. And the mavic really isn't available to masses we don't know what the post production problems will be.

[@eval_is_evil]

Brian Bunce that's old news.DJI have stepped up in the customer service.They regularly honour the warranty now. what do you mean post production problems? That's pretty vague.You mean spare parts ? QC ? The Mavic can be bought normally .It will soon be available on most markets ...and the price is pretty good too.Unless you compare it to cheap knockoffs then ofcourse it looks like it isn't available for mass market. But that's not a good criterion I think. for all the shit DJI pulled they made some very good moves in the last two years.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

+Tomi if you look on Amazon you will see as recent as yesterday someone is complaining about DJI customer service being horrible. My suspicion is that when all the Mavics go into the wild 20 percent of them are going to fall out of the sky for yet undiscovered defects.

[@manfrombkk]

Agreed. I think the Mavic, the Disco, and the Karma are all going to give people second thoghts as these products all seemed liked they were rushed out for the Xmas season. Plus a whole army of nubbies are gonna make things even worse.

[@Greatermans]

Great review,Can it fly out of range when using automated flight ?

[@TEXHO3OHA]

What a view

[@DroneCrashes]

This would have to be one of the most complete full reviews of the Parrot Disco so a "Well Done" is definitely well deserved from us, in closing i would like to ask if i could post part of the video into our facebook group with obvious link back to this video for our members to watch the complete and obvious educational video of how to fly the Parrot Disco.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Drone Crashes Thanks. I would be OK with it as long as you reference and provide a click-able link to my full original review on KZbin. What is the Facebook site?

[@DroneCrashes]

Hi Dustin, facebook.com/DronesCrashing is the intended location of the edited version (for time reasons) and obviously the full version of the video will be linked to this particular video for all to ask and view anything they might want to ask and learn based on your review.

[@renzevenir4853]

Do you know the biggest cons of Parrot Disco? Price

[@DustinDunnill]

I honestly don't think the new pricing is outrageous. If you've seen my other flights it has some amazing autonomous capabilities. I flew it in 25+ mph winds, with battery upgrades will fly for 100+ minutes and is very easy to control and setup. It's the only ready to fly package at this price I know of with all of the capabilities included.

[@itsskat3]

you can build your own for like 100-200 dollars without any knowledge

[@DustinDunnill]

No you can't. It won't do close to what the DISCO can do out of the box.

[@livefreeorfight598]

@@itsskat3 There is NO way you can put together an FPV fixed wing airplane/controller/camera/tx/rx/battery, etc, for $100-200, let alone one with the disco capabilities. And with 4G mod unlimited range, it puts it in another league.. Still, I would not have paid $1200 either : )

[@caltain]

First off, great video! As for the crash and its causes, I have a pretty good guess about what happened, though I'm only guessing and have no experience whatsoever with the Disco. From what I could see on the screen, the problem happened when you paused your flight plan. From that point it basically continued straight and started bypassing waypoints. From what I recall of the audio I don't remember hearing that you ever actually resumed the flight plan by tapping play again. Since you also didn't provide any stick and rudder input, it just flew straight. When it bypassed the terminal point of the flight plan and you, ground level quickly rose to the point where the trees obscured the Wi-Fi signal. It then initiated a right turn Return To Home, but not before the upper portions of the tree canopy rose to flight level. At that point you attempted to climb up by manually applying back stick. Unfortunately, because Wi-Fi communication was down your manual input had no effect and that nasty tree swatted your pretty toy out of the sky. Besides the loss of signal, this is one of the classic problems with automated flight in the absence of environmental sensors. It appears that the Disco's flight control software flies relative to its starting home location, including its originating elevation, and does not take terrain into account. That also explains how you are able to achieve an apparent altitude of 500 to 600 m above ground level by launching at high elevation and flying over the descending terrain. At any rate, that's my deconstruction of what happened on the flight. I could be completely wrong on any or every point, but I offer it for what it's worth in helping to explain the crash. I did notice one comment about breathing on the mic. You can eliminate that by moving it to a position about 1 inch directly to the left or right outside of the corner of your mouth and no further in the direction you are facing then the forward most portion of your lips. That will let it clearly pick up your voice at low gain levels while keeping the mic well outside of the flow of air from either your mouth or nose. Just my two cents. Your actual mileage may vary. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. Do not eat.

[@DustinDunnill]

+caltain Great analysis :). I believe your mostly spot on. When I pushed pause it would not allow me to resume as the buttons were grayed out and I tried pressing them. The aircraft does not have any terrain elevation reference and only accounts for the launch point altitude and the ground sensors which only work at 30 or so feet above ground. I don't believe it went into RTH at the last moment but it did respond to manual input as seen before it crashed. I tried to pull up too late and the climb rate was not steep enough to get out of the trees. I think it would be best for the software to initiate a loiter wherever pause is pushed and perhaps a loiter or RTH when stop is pushed during waypoint missions. In parrot's manual it does state to plan and execute your waypoint mission from the ground but I did it while loitering in flight so perhaps that also caused some issues :)

[@billsomrak]

I think you exceeded the FAA max altitude of 121m (400ft) quite a bit of the time during your flight. I'm surprised it let you fly that high without giving you an on screen warning. I can see some uses for this for, say, farmers who want to cruise their acreage for inspection purposes, but with a range of less than a mile, it might not cut it for large farms. When you did your flight plan, there should be an option as to what the craft is suppose to do when it finishes: loiter, land or something .. which would have likely prevented you flying into the trees. The 'auto land' function was (as SeBy DocKy would say) "Not Amazing". Overall, an interesting review .. thanks for sharing. Mahalo ...

[@MrTUBER408]

The 400' ceiling has been waved for AMA members. Go to www.modelaircraft.org/gov scroll down to "FAA acknowledges AMA as a CBO and our safety program". The 400' rule is addressed. ;-)

[@haveric24]

the way point settings can go far beyond control

[@MrTUBER408]

That makes the Disco a "truly" autonomous "DRONE". It can loiter, change altitude, to get a closer look, and take pictures at every way point as pre-programed, then return home without any operator input. OUTSTANDING!

[@davefolts1566]

DBS MODS has been able to get out past VLOS with a powerful signal, so the key is keeping the antenna pointed at the Disco. I did some experimenting with mine in the yard and when pointed away from the Disco, you can see signal drop once you are out about 20-30 meters...otherwise its rock steady and I reckon the 2km range in free space away from houses is attainable.

[@MrTUBER408]

Also larger batteries have been mounted with some cutting out of the battery cutout. I read somewhere that flight time increased to over sixty minutes.

[@herbieraven7335]

wow, thats just amazing where you could cruise above the clouds.

[@connorleblanc4579]

so you cant fly this in the house?

[@isaac1998]

U got me on the floor

[@larjkok1184]

Sure you can. It just doesn’t last long.

[@YourFriendlyTrader]

Yea but if u try ur backyard idk were the hell ur gonna land

[@MrBerett315]

Sure but flight time will significantly decrease.. Wink

[@jacobz5379]

go back to school

[@cikame]

The range on this thing is incredible.

[@zemekiel]

Sounds like someone needs a workout.

[@whatajoke5437]

considering he just most likely climb a hill in a forest give him a break I would most likely be out of breath as well.

[@Reephio]

LuL Hehe XD why he sounds like nervous at the end?

[@bryan6259]

zemekiel hihihihihihi u are totally right

[@thataccount1765]

Ikr

[@DrydenTomkow]

Fax.... *wheezes

[@iandutterskateboarding8408]

Excellent review. I saw an incredible deal on the disco fpv pack for 500 dollars. I really enjoy your videos!

[@SheaR6]

Far 2 expensive

[@torstrup97gaming25]

not realy

[@torstrup97gaming25]

13 000 kr (valuta in norway) this is wat i get a week?

[@DustinDunnill]

They just dropped the price by $440 bucks! amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@torstrup97gaming25]

nice

[@EgonSpengler1977]

SheaProdigy ñ

[@Pareslancien]

THE very best Disco Review !

[@chrisdebie5930]

not going to pay all that $$$ if it can't even land close to me and I have to go run after it praying it didn't break and I lost all my $$$ no thx..

[@phoenixtech2009]

Chris DeBie. you couldve just said money

[@DustinDunnill]

They dropped the price by $440 bucks amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@mmmgamer1132]

this is a pointless drone but still quite cool. I agree Chris DeBie, u r wasting $$$

[@lolollilol2655]

Chris DeBie build your own, look up FT spear

[@CroKaYo]

uh usually you can land it pretty safe and close though...

[@tangoseal1]

How did you get it to fly so high? Really curious. I really want to buy this drone this month. Are they not GPS limited in altitude?

[@mnico239]

you really need to get to the point much faster...

[@S-MotoAdventure]

Milan Stuhlsatz exactly mate

[@briansutton3511]

Thanks for the review, I'm picking one up in the morning. Should be a great companion to my phantom 3 Pro!

[@DustinDunnill]

+Brian Sutton 👍

[@iRoNiiC_H3R0]

funny how everyone is saying it's awesome etc you no one is willing to pay for it XD. better of just buying a skywalker x series and slap some fpv on it

[@iRoNiiC_H3R0]

Then get a skywalker x6. Either way it's still better than this

[@nexofpv9588]

you never flew an skywlaker *lol* there are very durable

[@eval_is_evil]

Ironiic zero yeah ,parrot doesn't really inspire confidence imo.

[@iRoNiiC_H3R0]

Pjotr Johansson it is still over £1000 dummy. not really much of a discount. it's still not worth it.i would rather spend that money building my own plane (which I have)

[@DustinDunnill]

Hi all, looks like there's an over $400 HUGE PRICE DROP just in time for Christmas on the DISCO amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@dano4572]

when i want to learn to fly , i,ll find you! your a good instructor! on the top ,the locator light was also a good help for finding the plane. what a great plane!

[@DustinDunnill]

Thanks dano!

[@TheMezaFamily]

I think it's cool but the phantom 4 seems better as far as equipment and camera.

[@DustinDunnill]

This cannot really be compared to a multirotor drone. This will give you much more flight time and is a different plane design it just depends if you want it for better video or longer flights.

[@TheMezaFamily]

4k really!

[@MrBerett315]

Apples and oranges.... Plus this has a new attachment where you can drop mini explosives or impact grenades...

[@theroc495]

Dustin, I just went and flew the disco on its first flight but I have another question... When you do a flat trim calibration, what does the app say while it's being done? I set the disco flat and level with the horizon and hit the calibration button on the screen but nothing happened after that, I also noticed when I flew and let the sticks go, the disco was drifting to the right slightly...and I dont see a way of trimming it out... Can you help on this or is it something with the disco itself? Other than that, I just flew for about 10 minutes and the video was ok, but I need to fly further with flight planner on next flight to see if its flying good

[@javieruriel]

To expensive, I can make some like that with more more less money.

[@DustinDunnill]

They dropped the price by $440 bucks amzn.to/2exsf4u

[@MrTUBER408]

Dustin: It looked like the waypoints canceled when you pushed PAUSE. The track looked like it deviated off coerce. It started flying straight at the 11th way point. It flew to the right and past the final weigh point. It looked like it was descending as it passed the home point. That seemed to be why it hit the trees. Marvelous video. ;-)

[@DustinDunnill]

+Don Fish Jr. (The Flying Fish) probably pilot error yes. Glad to see how it held up in the crash though.

[@MrTUBER408]

Dustin: A part of the learning curve! Now you know not to do that again. Glad the wing suffered minimal damage. Demunseed landed his on a street head on into a curb. Screwed up the camera focus and scratched up the lens. There should be a guard to protect the nose mounted camera. May be a 3/8" eyebrow protruding above the 1/8" protruding lens! ;-)

[@DustinDunnill]

+Don Fish Jr. (The Flying Fish) yikes, grass or some sort of net (unless hand catch skill is acquired) are the only ways I would land it. I think a guard may interfere with the fisheye unfortunately otherwise it seems they would have implemented it.

[@Ste30h]

typical parrot...my bebop did it all the time! they need to get back in the game. Very unreliable.

[@amirkakakhani9182]

It is perfect. I was hypnotized against the monitor.

[@Dan-vu3vt]

stop breathing so hard, so annoying

[@j.hoodldn3514]

Yeah just hold your breath till you pass out. Infact just don't breath. come on guys we all have to breath

[@timr3682]

Maybe he is obese

[@jos0981]

Obrigado por um excelente vídeo e revisão. e demostração de voo, Brazil.

[@MikeMike91103]

The Circle, that you described is called a holding pattern (aviation term)

[@assar212]

Great review Dustin, thanks for that!

[@DustinDunnill]

:)

[@BOKI797]

Dustin that was a nice Parrot Disco Flight review ! Thanks !

[@DustinDunnill]

I see you've found the flight :)

[@eoincollins1883]

I'm in Ireland, just bought one from Germany for €319 including shipping €335. Can't wait for it.

[@DustinDunnill]

Yes, it uses data on both sims. One in plane and one in your phone tethered to the controller

[@xLu7VaTiiCx]

Just ordered the DJI Mavic, can't wait to fly it

[@ihatefatpeople5409]

Grant McGuire Damn, those are nice

[@Rhxtyle]

Air or Pro?

[@KenKneknaneek]

Great demo! That is quite a flying machine and you show its characteristics so well. "Pull up pull up!" lol... glad you came out of that incident well. Was a surprise ending to the video for sure, as everything else went great. Good job! Happy Flying. GrampaKenCanada

[@DustinDunnill]

+Ken K. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@walk4348]

Great video and review. I'm definitely getting myself one of these.

[@DustinDunnill]

+Chris Walker Thanks. You will be amazed at it's capabilities :)

[@walk4348]

Dustin Dunnill I just wish it had the ADS-B detection. But you're video sold me on buying one.

[@davidkerr4103]

I’m seriously thinking about getting one. They were £1300 which is a joke price for a polystyrene aircraft with WiFi connection and 1080 res. However you can pick them up at £350 now, which is much more like it and very tempting....

[@spencerboaz2385]

Thats nice . The cloud shots were awesome .