Recent content by mick_mack

The oem unit is a balance charger designed to work with the oem Parrot battery and does the job. It charges at a higher rate than would normally be applied to a Lipo battery and some think this could shorten battery life but I don't think it's been proven. My biggest beef is not with the charger...

Hi There's a good website that has a lot of info about the bebop and battery maintenance in particular. The High Pro Glow Mick

This is a $40 DIY version. uavpal/beboptwo4g

As far as I understand some devices with Android 8.0, and using FFP 5.2.3 (FreeFlightPro latest version), have a problem with GPS switched on. I've had this problem with my Huawei P10 Android 8.0 the app crashes as soon as the Bebop takes off. Trying to restart the app won't work until GPS on my...

Freeflightpro has been crashing with my phone. Bebop takes off ok & hovers then app crashes. I'm using android 8 and I've found switching off phone's GPS and restarting app allows me to regain connection. I think there's maybe issues with android 8 and the current version of FFP. Mick

I forgot to mention, if you're using the SC2, it's vital to turn off WIFI on you phone/tablet as this signal will interfere with the SC2 wifi link to the bebop and reduce range. Mick

The best I got was about 1900m before RTH with the SC2 on a warm summer's day in open countryside with no obstacles. Flying at around 50m altitude. The advertised range is 2000m / 1.2 miles I think. One day I sent the Bebop on a long range flight plan using just my huawei android phone to...