EDITED*
This is an edited review—upgraded to 4 stars. And I have never given 5 stars. There just has never been a perfect app in my experience.
There is only one thing wrong with this app as far as I can tell—several relevant instructions are missing. The creator needs to ask for help writing an instruction manual. Being experienced in technical writing, I offer my services.
There’s still a couple of important elements missing in my learning of how to operate the VIVITAR, but one main point was remedied by another user—connecting your smart phone’s WiFi to receive the drone’s video feed. In your smart phone’s WiFi settings, treat the drones video feed like any other WiFi connection.
I haven’t seen that mentioned in the manufacturer’s included manual. Maybe there’s a page missing, I don’t know, but that’s a pretty significant miss.
Two issues I have re occurring:
1) The GPS mode seems to fail intermittently. Can’t get the back lights to go blue when they are supposed to. This may be due to my home’s location. We have poor cell phone connection without our house’s WiFi connection which is via satellite. Not knowing how the GPS transmits or receives, I can’t triage the issue. Also, I have no antenna rating gear.
*2) I often cannot get the camera to work. Seeing the live action through the monitor is the main reason I bought this unit. Have owned it for one year and have only flown it 4 times. I would enjoy inspecting the wood stove’s chimney regularly.
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