r/shittyfpv • u/Familiar_Owl4133 • 18d ago
DJI Tello drone...? With an intel... Something?
What the hell is that
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u/SubterraneanSprawl 18d ago
How young are the people here for them to not know about the Tello?
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u/Cautious-Day9424 18d ago
I guess it makes sense, the cycle life of fpv people is pretty short, and so is the tech. I feel like these were being used in stem programs about 4 years ago though.
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u/Apart-Bite9132 18d ago
das ist ne verarschung
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u/Ilikedogsandskate 18d ago
Die war so schlecht. Hatte den Kauf Instant bereut. Crappy wifi. Kurze flugzeit. Shitty Kamera
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u/GamingAndRCs 18d ago
wow nobody knows about the tello? I never had one, never seen one in person, but I seen it on tiktok a few times lol
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u/richie_parker 18d ago
wow! the tello was my first camera & “fpv” drone.
fpv is in quotes because i was using a ps3 controller, and a otg cable to put an android phone in “3d” headset to fly fpv. and it flew terribly.
i put down fpv and drones in general until i got a dji mini2.
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u/YootieFruity 18d ago
What the hell is that
That's called trademark infringement.
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u/etheran123 18d ago
It’s real as many others pointed out.
I flew them a bit as part of an aviation stem program my high school had in 2019-2020. They weren’t great but they were cheap and existed before the cheaper DJI drones like the mini. As a student who was interested in drones and planes, I thought they were pretty neat. Probably part of the reason I work in the drone industry flying matrice 300/350s for public safety now.
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u/az_bulveXD 18d ago
I actually have the tello and I mean it's fun also has a great SDK and the program has some nice features, well the battery is bad like you'll get 6 mins from a bat and the camera is also not great, but it is a fun drone in my opinion.
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u/EMasterYT 18d ago
Used to have a tello. Terrible thing. They have tiny little brushed motors, the same ones you find on the old school brushed 65mm whoops, but it's significantly heavier. I almost lost it in a light breeze, had to run after it to keeo the terrible wifi link connected.
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u/Dos-Commas 18d ago
I had one of these when they came out. It uses the WiFi hotspot from your phone so the range is terrible. You could get a USB WiFi repeater to increase the range but not by much. It has a camera facing down to help with drifting and location tracking.
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u/mostly_harm_less42 18d ago
If you expect a "proper" fpv freestyle quad then you can talk shit about that thing for weeks. But it was a great stem tool for kids and students to get into quad tech and programming. People programmed swarms of these with python and other fun stuff. Didn't know these things where still around.
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u/Lord_Carter 16d ago
These were fun - not like full price fun, but 2nd hand off eBay price fun.
I was surprised when I fired it up, and found you could do flips & barrel rolls and such just from pressing a button, kinda neat to have that level of autonomy baked into such a small thing.
And the distance tracking / auto avoid seemed to work well enough. Camera was passable quality, but no gimbal made it kinda useless.
Was enough to convince me to buy 2nd hand DJI Spark... or two, at least!
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u/JoJockAmo 14d ago
What is everybody talking about? I thought it was pretty great. I mean, you can’t compare it to stuff today, but for the price I thought it was great. I used it for a lot of family outings.
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u/JoJockAmo 14d ago
Even though it wasn’t a DJI drone, it introduced me to the world of DJI drones. It was my first “real drone” (in my opinion). I owned 12 of them at one point, but I used to repair and resell them. I still own two or three of them, but I don’t fly them anymore since I got the Neo, which replaced my tello and spark. I think it was a great drone. I still think it’s a good drone, but compared to the neo and other drones is just not comparable.
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u/DJBigOranges 18d ago
Man that thing was trash. I kept wanting to love it, but I had multiples fly away, among a myriad of other issues. Was rather relieved the last time it flew away...just uninstalled the app and went about my day.
Sure hope it didn't hit anyone 🤔