BetaFPV Meteor65 Pro 1s Smallest DJI 04 4k 60fps FPV Drone

I already had a BetaFPV Meteor65 Air Analog FPV Drone that I really enjoy flying around outside when it's not too windy, and I also fly it in the house since it is so small and light there is no way it can damage anything. The only problem with such a small Analog based FPV Drone is that you can not get any decent recordings since all you really have is the analog 640x480 DVR recording that you get in your goggles which is not very good. And being that the BetaFPV Meteor65 Air Analog FPV Drone only weighs around 30 grams with the battery, there is no way to mount a decent camera on it, even my 30 gram Insta360 GO2 is the same weight as the drone and mounted to it it would make it pretty much unflyable.

Here is the good news! DJI released their DJI 04 Air Units in both Pro and Light versions. The light version is made specifically for smaller drones as the DJI 04 VTX only weighs in at around 8 grams and can run off of a 1s 3.8 volt battery making it perfect for tiny FPV Drones.

I have a bunch of BetaFPV Drones already (BetaFPV Meteor65 Analog, BetaFPV Meteor75 Pro Analog, BetaFPV Pavo Pico with DJI 04 Air Unit Light, and BetaFPV Meteor85 with DJI 04 Air Unit Light). But I really wanted the smallest FPV drone possible but with the best possible 4k digital video system I can get. Right now that is the DJI 04 Air Unit Light which can record in 4k at 60 frames per second.

What makes the BetaFPV Meteor65 Pro HD perfect for my application is that it has a built in 5 volt regulator on the flight control board which sends 5 volt 3 amp current to the DJI 04 Air Unit Lite so that I don't lose video signal from a brown out, as the DJI 04 Air Unit Light needs at least 3.5 volts and when a 1s drone battery gets close to it's lowest operational point, it can get down to as low as 3 volts before you really need to shut it down or you could damage the battery.

In this video I take the BetaFPV Meteor65 Pro DJO 04 for a little rip at a nearby school to test it out and see what it can do. luckily the wind was not too bad today, it was a bit overcast so the video would be better with more sunlight, but I think it did a good job. I was even able to stabilize the video fairly well using Gyroflow as I record in 4k 4x3 60 fps and then stabilized down to 4k 16x9 60 fps. There is a little bit of vibration when I decelerate and ascend, but for the most part the video is really very smooth. Enjoy the video!

• Buy the BetaFPV Meteor65 Pro DJO 04
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DJI 04 Air Unit Lite Update and Stabilization Issues

To sum up really quickly the difference between the  DJI 04 Air Unit (Lite), and the DJI 04 Air Unit Pro systems, the Lite is a little more than half the price of the Pro system at around $99 US versus $229 US so it does not have all the features or quality of the Pro, but the Lite version does offer a supper compact size perfect for smaller drones which is exactly what I am into.

I have 4 drones that had older DJI Vista Air Units in them, which allowed me the ability to use my DJI Goggles 2 Integras to view camera video in digital 720p which is leaps and bounds over what an analog VTX system looks like. The Vista system "cased" and "de-cased" fits in smaller FPV drones very well and overall I was happy with this setup. That is until DJI came out with the DJI 04 Air Units.

One of my biggest problems is that I had to keep my DJI Goggle 2 Integras in order to use my DJI Vista VTX and cameras. I was not able to use my newer DJI Goggle 3's, so I had to have two sets of rather expensive Goggles on hand to fly all my FPV drones. The logical solution was and is to swap out the Vista setup with the newer DJI 04 Air Units and get rid of my Goggles 2 Integras completely. The sale of my Goggles 2 Integras at around $350 along with the selling of my older DJI Vista Air Units will more than offset the price I pay for the newer DJI 04 Air Units, and I will get a significant upgrade in video quality in not only my Goggles but also the ability to record 4k 60 frame per second video on board the DJI 04 Air Units VTX.

There is one problem with all of this... The DJI 04 Air Unit Lite system has a bit of a flaw in that when you try and use stabilization to the record video, it actually makes the vide worse. I have a few ideas about this I talk about in this video and I am hoping that DJI will implement a firmware update soon and or that the addition of a proper camera mount that insulates the camera from the vibrations of the FPV drone will fix this problem...

DJI NEO Flight Fort Langley December 1st 2024

I love bringing my little DJI Neo along with me when I am out and about going for a dog walk or some sort of other adventure. I can throw it along with my DJI Goggles and FPV RC Controller in a really small backpack and don't even notice it. I may or may not use it but I have the option to...

So today I took it for a quick flight during our Dog Walk as it was a really nice day and I had not flown in a bit. Fort Langley has it all, a beautiful river, mountain views and great walking trails! Enjoy the view from up above, it's even better :)

DJI Neo Tailgate Parking Lot Rip

What do you do when your wife has an appointment you have been dragged along to, and you have 30 minutes to kill? Well you pull out your DJI NEO FPV Drone, pop your tailgate down, and do some parking lot ripping around and exploring...

Recorded in 1080p 60 fps, up-converted for YouTube to 4k 60fps.

DJI Neo Hawk Encounter

I love flying around with my FPV Drones and lately I have been zipping around a lot with my DJI NEO FPV Drone. Not because it is the best FPV drone in my arsenal but it has a good balance of video quality combined with being able to cruise around and get some decent video. The DJI NEO can record in 4k 30 fps but I prefer recording in 1080p 60 as it looks a lot smooth in the goggle, and in the final video output even with the lower resolution, and at least for FPV flying this is the way to go. For more slowed down cinematic stuff, 4k looks good too.

On this DJI Neo adventure, I came across a Red Tailed Hawk and so I decided to take my chances and see if he would allow me to get up a little closer to him. He didn't seem to mind much as I am sure he realized pretty quickly the DJI Neo was no match or threat to him. That said, I bugged out pretty quickly as I did not want to find out what would happen when a Hawk decides you are a predator. Enjoy the video, I think the little NEO does a pretty good job considering its low cost and small size.