Runcam Thumb Pro 4k • Lots to like with a few gripes! • GyroFlow Demo

[@RunCamFPV]

USB-C USB-C USB-C😶‍🌫Got that, and thanks for the review and feedback😉

[@RCVideoReviews]

Thanks for checking-in. Some have suggested lack of USB-C is due to cost. Care to comment?

[@RunCamFPV]

@@RCVideoReviews Not cost but limited availablility for design. New products will support USB-C, thanks a lot!

[@zhitaolyu7205]

@@RunCamFPV Lol so it must be the cost. The new RunCam Thumb Pro 4K V2 is still using micro usb.

[@williamcox3852]

Nice review John. Sweet and honest. Looking forward to some video from a plane. Keep up the good work.

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

You mean like putting it on a plane? That's illegal.

[@RCVideoReviews]

It is not illegal to put a camera on a plane--full size, RC, or. otherwise. Is there a reference here I'm not picking up?

[@shaneintegra]

This is the v1 model. They came out with a v2 with a new wide angle lens

[@RCVideoReviews]

This was a black friday special. v2 isn't exactly widely available right now.

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

Yeah, but what about V3?

[@LJ-fr1ze]

Just wondering, would it be appropriate for airsoft?

[@Phil535]

Would it be possible to connect this to a spare channel on a receiver and switch it on from the controller?

[@RizHassan]

@RunCam, how difficult it is to give video out on this camera so I can also use this for FPV? Any plans to upgrade RunCam 2 & 4k with IMU? Also add ND filters on all your cameras to kill jello!

[@graywoulf]

Thanks for the review and demo on this cam. I just bought one for my planes and quads. I look forward to seeing a flight video from you made with this camera.

[@RCVideoReviews]

Yeah, I need to get on it. We have a fly day coming up and I'd like to use this camera for it.

[@honeybeedrones5510]

The thing I don't care for is that it saves the video files in short versions so if you have a long flight you have to stitch together all the small files post flight to process them

[@RCVideoReviews]

The configuration shows an option to turn loop recording off. I haven't tested it, but I did upgrade to 1.2.8.

[@plop386]

problem 3 wich is the most annoying. heat up and cut after 3 min in 4K on a fpv drone. 8 min on a hot summer evenning at 2K :) i had to drill hole in the case to get air flow on the cpu

[@RCVideoReviews]

You are poking the bear right now. I am *really* tired of "action" cameras that turn off due to heat. GoPro keeps releasing gadgets that are amusing, but when the platform itself is a failure due to its inability to operate under daily conditions in a populated geography (i.e. not space, not Antartica, not the middle of a desert) they can keep it. I'm with you on this.

[@plop386]

@@RCVideoReviews yeah it bother me as well i got that cam and i have to drill hoel in front of the cpu to make the air flow. otherwise i cant reccord more than 3 min in 4K flying with a 5 inch drone, and it's on lucky day. yesterday i gave a try at 2K on a 7 inch cruiser and it cut at 8 min mark of a 20 min flight. and there literaly none saying that in review :/ so here i am drilling holes :D

[@RCVideoReviews]

Usually if it's not mentioned in a review it's because the scenario wasn't encountered. I pretty much call it like I see it. So if I had one shut off on me when I did my testing--believe me--I would have said something. I'm not one to pull punches.

[@plop386]

@@RCVideoReviews yeah i was not targeting you mate, sorry if it sounded like that. im not a nativ speaker sometime my english is broken :)

[@8poundquark]

Good review! I am not really a fan of the stabilizer cropping the videos. I'll.keel.that in mind.

[@RCVideoReviews]

Thanks!

[@carterdavis5176]

I bought the Hawkeye thumb 4k instead of this because it has USB type C, variable input voltage, and is $20 cheaper. Absolutely a no brainer.

[@neilfpv]

Do you prefer v1 over v2?

[@RCVideoReviews]

I haven't tested a v2.

[@neilfpv]

@@RCVideoReviews I just watched v2 video, it looks like it's overly sharpened

[@RCVideoReviews]

Good to know. I still haven't flown with the v1 yet.

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

Can we just make something that when I crash into concrete it survives 100% of the time. as it stands anything cam wise survives about 1% of the time...which is like 1 night. DEPRESSING

[@RCVideoReviews]

That's a pretty tough requirement.

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

@@RCVideoReviews 💯% crash resistant...heck I don't even care if it has some hard-core whatever to protect it that weighs 100 grams more.

[@F96-t6s]

The day USB Type-C socket parts get as cheap (or cheaper) than Micro USB's, is the day we'll see it happen. They are rediculously expensive for a seemingly small/simple part :-) That's coming from a person who build mass IOT solutions for customers. Great video !

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

USB D BRO

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

D STANDS FOR DICK

[@afilos]

Why don't they make a camera long and narrow with the camera in the front to make it more aerodynamic?

[@RCVideoReviews]

Dunno...

[@brianchambers1515]

I was waiting for a cussing spree at the end of the video can't wait for the airplane video that's the way I'll use this camera thanks👍🤠

[@RCVideoReviews]

I need to work out a landing gear setup with wiring to a battery for planes.

[@NOT_ANOTHER_FPV]

You have won a free vacation to nowhere. Please contact ME for more info.

[@Sk8WineMedia]

RunCam are crap! I had 2 units, inwhich RunCam made me pay cost for the replacement, both died within a week of having them... RunCam just blame it on crashed even though the unit was fine. AVOID