Fimi Mini 3: Tracking 3.0 just released

[@АлександрЛарин-н9ч]

Great video that shows several tracking examples. Thank you!

[@RonaldBrown59]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching my friend.

[@IdahoQuadcopter]

Thank you for sharing Ron! The Fimi does a good job of tracking. You just have to hope you don't lose signal and control of the drone.

[@RonaldBrown59]

Very true! I will avoid using 4k 60fps video, so I won't overload the processor. Thanks for stopping by Marcus.

[@RandyCAstleMPM]

Pretty nice footy coming off that little Fimi! Well done Ron!

[@RonaldBrown59]

It's the first time I have been impressed with video quality from a Fimi drone. Thanks for stopping by Randy.

[@ssb73q]

Hi Ron, nice test of the Fimi Mini 3, thanks for sharing. When doing a precision landing with a Fimi, one should not move the camera when landing with the landing pad detected. Fimi uses the main camera to see and lock on the round pad. Moving the camera when precision landing will always have the drone move off the center of the landing pad. The Fimi Mini 3 never lifts the camera up after doing a precision landing.

[@lezbriddon]

so whats the belly cam for?

[@ssb73q]

@@lezbriddon Hi les, IMO those bottom cameras are used for position stability flying in the alt mode.

[@RonaldBrown59]

Good tip! I don't normally mess with the camera or gimbal during the lands process. I'm not really concerned whether the drone lifts or lowers the camera during the landing process. Thanks for watching Richard.

[@ozstrayapanoramas8610]

Hi Ron, the quality of video imagery from this drone looks impressive

[@fof1353]

I think you can set how close it follows

[@mmancino1982]

I want a drone to do some filming while fishing (boat and kayak). I have never owned a drone and frankly don't want to drop over a grand for a DJI fly more combo until I know if I'm gonna get value out of it. The more affordable DJI drones don't have tracking. I won't need super long flight times over say maybe twenty minutes and I will have the ability to charge and swap batteries on the fly Would you recommend this or a competitor (like a Potensic Atom for example)?

[@RonaldBrown59]

I could recommend this drone based on your needs, and I haven't tested the Potensic Atom or any of other non-DJI drones in this price range. As you said you can't get tracking on DJI budget priced drones, except for the Neo, but it doesn't have the flight time you need. You only downside to the Fimi vs the DJI is support, if anything goes wrong with your Fimi, trying to get it serviced or repaired is not easy, and next to impossible for many owners. DJI has very good support in most cases.

[@ConsciousQuranNetwork]

Your growth is amazing keep it up my friend stay notied ! 15th

[@RonaldBrown59]

Thanks for your support.

[@cafeandfighters]

How it the live video transmission? Another reviewer said the live quality looked like 480p? This is a major concern

[@RonaldBrown59]

The sun was very bright during this flight, I still managed to see the screen well enough to use and change all the functions I needed to access. So if it was only a 480p transmission, I didn't notice it. Thanks for watching.

[@kflip4538]

Did they send you a fimi mini 3 se yet to review?

[@driewiel]

Without follow-me it's junk. I really wish drone manufacturers would understand how things work in real life. The Fimi A3 had the best follow-me feature ever. And what do they do? Replace it with unreliable, unsafe optical tracking. Why why why?

[@juanmf]

@@driewiel what algo did the A3 use?

[@driewiel]

@@juanmf No idea. I'm not a programmer. All I know is that I can put it anywhere I want. It then follows and stays north south east west of you. I call that 'compass type' follow-me. There is also 'string type' which only follows from behind. In follow mode I can still use the sticks anytime to change it's position. What it won't do is adjust altitude together with you. And it won't auto-yaw if I fly it from one side to the other. My F11 and L109 do! The Fimi A3 however is way more responsive and accurate. If I move 1 mm it moves. This is probably due to the (analog screen) controller with build in GPS. The controller also has settings for homepoint-update, and low battery hover or RTH. It was the best GPS follow-me drone ever made. But not even perfect when it comes to possible options and settings! A really cheap drone can in theory do it even better if programmed correctly.

[@driewiel]

@@juanmf Search KZbin for videos of the Fimi A3+follow-me. You will see for yourself how smooth and reliable it is.

[@juanmf]

@@driewiel thanks, been watching reviews nonstop for 2 days. Kinda settled for Fimi Mini 3. Any objection? (Considering price and currently available options) I want it to follow me in a 250mt sprint.

[@driewiel]

@@juanmf No objections. It's a great drone for the money. But it's just unfortunate there aren't third party apps such as you have for some DJI Mini versions that could add GPS follow-me and other extras. At least not that I know of. You're stuck with what Fimi updates bring. Their service also isn't as good as DJI. On the other hand you won't have many of the annoying nanny DJI things either. So to get nice footage of the sprint, whatever that may be, I think it's a matter of preparation. Maybe some sort of trajectory setting, or waypoints will do the trick? It's very different from what I do, riding my bike through Europe. And you can always have someone fly the drone for you. Don't use the drone only. Place other cameras as well. A drone is just one of the tools.