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!

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My Doctor Fired Me

I originally had three doctors, my MD (Family Doctor), my Endocrinology (TRT) Doctor, and my Cardiologist (Heart Doctor), now I have two doctors, my MD (Family Doctor) and my Cardiologist (Heart Doctor). For a bit there, I only had my Cardiologist (Heart Doctor).

It all started with me firing my Endocrinology (TRT) doctor as I felt he was not the right fit for me, mainly as he seemed to be mostly concerned with my slightly elevated PSA, and not all that concerned with my low Testosterone symptoms I was still having being on only 60mg of Testosterone per week. For me I felt it was too low.

In this video I explain all the drama that took place after I fired my Endocrinology (TRT) and how ultimately that led to my MD (Family Doctor) firing me. It's all OK now as I have a new MD (Family Doctor) that I think is a much better fir for me and to be honest I don't really think my Endocrinology (TRT) Doctor was really offering me much other than a Testosterone prescription that was so low to the point that it was not really worth taking. Basically just enough to suppress my already low natural Testosterone levels but not enough to help with my low Testosterone symptoms.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery while I talk and ride my EUC and later fly my FPV Pavo Pico Drone a bit on this beautiful sunny day. 

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...

What Was I Thinking - Dangers of AI Not What You Think

If you are a Terminator fan, then you may believe that someday AI may overtake humanity, and we all may find ourselves in a post apocalyptic war with AI robots. That may happen one day, but I think the biggest problem with AI, at least right now is that we just don't know what is real anymore and I am not as concerned that we are being fooled into believing an AI created video, but rather that we now disbelieve the actual truth right before us. This is very dangerous as even with actual proof in the from of a video, a person can now say it is AI and not real. What do you think is the most dangerous part of AI?

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 :)