Parrot Bebop 2 FPV Pack Review inc. the new sky controller 2

Review and test of the Parrot Bebop 2 FPV Pack, comparisons between the sky controller and sky controller 2, comparisons between the new cock pit glasses and the Sony Cinemizers and giving our final verdict. Hope you like Jon and Jamie :-)

[chriscraigable]

Great review, went out bought one, with FPV bundle. LOVE IT!!!! My range is 2km, no issues. My son has a dji standard 3 and I wouldn't trade mine for his for any reason !

[slyplaymike]

best review I've ever seen on these goodies. thank you guys

[DroneSkinz]

Great video gentlemen. Thanks for sharing. I can truly appreciate all it takes to do a review like this. I have a Skycontroller and a Bebop 1 as well as a Bebop 2. I cannot get the Skycontroller to connect to my BBop 2 for some reason. I see that you have the Black Skycontrollers which tells me that they are deff. compatible to your BBop 2. Any suggestions? Thanks again.

[Cezarguitar]

Fantastic vid gents! I bought a sky controller 1 off gumtree and realised when i got home that the cables between the controller and ariel are missing! I have no idea how or where to get them. I was thinking of selling it as spares or repair and getting the sky controller 2

[snoozinglion]

Very helpful review guys... thanks for sharing!

Cheers!

[myspectacularjourney]

Hey Jamie, John, Great flying. I have been studying this drone and the many videos that go with it. i originally was turned off by the drone by the GIANT controller, I see Parrot improved that finally. I am writing to ask if you would recommend this drone for use in the filming of a TV series that we begin principal photography on in March. The series will be filmed in Central America and the crew will be travelling overland through countries. We need to keep the portability in mind. The productions cameras will be shooting in 1080P so we do not need a 4k drone. We mainly want the drone for opening aerial shots of a location from a wide angle (like sliding along the coast of an island at sunrise) for the opening of segments. the drone will not be used all day every day. We have 35 locations so it will get some good use. I like how it appears the drone is stabilized without the use of an external gimbal, but I also noticed in a couple videos what looks like a wavy shimmering effect. Would you recommend this drone for our production. We looked at higher end drones but the truth is we do not need all the features and we have spent a lot of money on this production already. Shooting with a drone was an added idea to improve the cinematography of our episodes! It would appear the wind doesnt seem to push this thing around alot either. Curious of your thoughts.

[michaelfromthedarksideofth]

Just the review I needed thank you guys kind regards

[joebiddy]

Well when I bought my Bebop 2 I found that not only would the battery in the Sky Controlled 2 not hold a charge, but had an obsolete battery in it which could not be replaced. Parrot told me they would replace the controller with one that had the new style battery. That was over a month ago. Finally they told me to send them my old controller and they would replace it, that was two weeks and two phone calls ago, and I still have heard nothing and I have no controller at all. Might be a good drone as long as you don't trouble with it.

[bernardb]

Have you ever loss one or more of your propellers on your bebop 2 drone? I HAVE SEVERAL TIME! Usually on a hard landing. It is frustrating and shouldn't happen but it does. Well here is the product that is a solution to preventing that from happening again. These Bebop 2 Propeller Plugs are easy to install and works great. Just using your figures, mainly your tum, press Bebop 2 Propeller Plugs into the larger propeller holes. They lock the propellers in place and will not let them unlock. I haven't loss a propeller since installing the Bebop 2 Propeller Plugs. You can find them on ebay, just search for “bebop 2 propeller plug”.

[davehafner]

Thanks very much wonderful truthful video . Happy new year

[orbistopia]

Saludos amigos ...

Mi experiencia con el parrot bebop 2 son las siguientes:

1- Controlado con un iphone 5s y un control Nimbus va terrible la señal se corta a 10 mts, todo lo contrario cuando lo controlas con un ipad y el Nimbus lo he volado a una distancia de 200 mts sin obstáculos, y una altitud maxima algo mas de 200 pies, 60 mts.

2- Con el control de Nimbus conectado al bluetooth del ipad tienes un control de maravilla, sin retraso alguno, y la duración de la bateria es mas o menos de 3 horas. (los puntos negativos a mi parecer : 1- Si te alejas 10 mts del ipad pierde la conexión del bluetooth, y es algo incomodo tomar el control y el ipad porque no tiene base para sostenerlo.)

3- Manejarlo solo con el iphone o el ipad no tiene comparación a realizarlo con un control, sea este el de parrot o uno como el Nimbus. Es demasiado incomodo manejarlo directo desde la pantalla.

4- De resto y sobre todo con la ultima actualización del FreeFlightPro con el follow me, la buena imagen a 1080 que te da, la estabilidad que tiene, para mi es uno de los mejores drones de gama media del mercado. Comprare pronto el Mavic de DJI por su autonomia de vuelo y su tecnologia, pero me quedare con el bebop 2.

[jackrathert]

exactly what I needed to know! Merci beaucoup!

[KINGSISQO]

really need to know if the controller works wirelessly just using the controller and phone together like the original skycontroller.  be a shame if the wire is needed. but fair enough for the fpv glasses

[iValorant]

I bought the Bebop 2 with the FPV Pack, and am thinking of getting some different goggles to go with the drone instead of the parrot supplied one. I noticed on the new Skycontroller 2 there is no HDMI port, just USB. If I were to get an hdmi to udb cable and get, say, a pair of fatshark goggles, would it work? I have no idea why in their new upgraded controller they would remove the HDMI port

[kevinlee]

My oh my was this a useful comparison. I just saw parrot having some serious black Friday deals on their site.... deal on bebop 2 with fpv and sky controller 2 package for $499 cad and also bebop 2 and black edition sky controller for $449. Without the option for opening a contender, which package would u opt for?

[dupleix]

Nice video!I did buy this pack but hasn t tried it yet. It will replace my old AR 2.0...A question for you: Looking at many videos on Youtube, it seems that with the Skycontroller 1, it was possible  to control the camera on the vertical axis AND on the horizontal axis with the right joystick. The little Wheel on the back left of the Skycontroller 2 allows only to modify the camera pointing direction on the vertical axis... Did we lose the horizontal axis capability with the Skycontroller 2??Cheers!

[frettchenman]

Hello Guys,
Thanks for your points on the Bebop 2, I will be getting myself the 2 with the FPV Pack in Dec. my question is please which program do you use on you Pads/Phones which would you recommend? I have downloaded the free flight Pro but also am looking at the AR.Pro3 but which is good or better??

[tylodunn]

Any luck getting the cinemizers connected to the skycontroller 2?

[emorej]

Does the skycontroller 2 give the same range/distance as the original skycontroller?
Also is there any lag with the video feed to the smartphone when the drone reaches further distances?

[RuthHarripersaud]

HI Guys, I wanted to know if you could recommend FPV goggles for the Parrot - Bebop Drone ? Am not sure what features i should be looking for so hoping you could give a bit of advice? Thanks!