"another" probably dumb question from a new Classic owner.....

[Whisky]

reference SD Cards/slots - 1st flights today and installed a micro sd card into the slot above the Drone's battery - question is, "what is purpose of the sd slot on the RC Controller ?..................thank you, Bill

 

[Meta4]

reference SD Cards/slots - 1st flights today and installed a micro sd card into the slot above the Drone's battery - question is, "what is purpose of the sd slot on the RC Controller ?..................thank you, Bill

Nothing important .. the one that matters is the one in the drone.

 

[Whisky]

ok thanks for the quick reply (but now curious as to "why" it's there")

 

[rwilliam99]

reference SD Cards/slots - 1st flights today and installed a micro sd card into the slot above the Drone's battery - question is, "what is purpose of the sd slot on the RC Controller ?..................thank you, Bill

It is my understanding that the SD card in the controller will be used for 2 things:

1. Screen recordings taken on the controller
2. A copy of the video from the drone is cached on the card when the "Cache when recording" option is turned on in the DJI Fly app. This video can be used if you lose the drone - it won't be as good quality as what is on the drone's SD card but it is better than nothing.

 

[Whisky]

thank you.....so, is there a card already installed in the controller ? I couldn't tell and there's no getting one into the slot.....hmmmmm.....Bill

 

[rwilliam99]

thank you.....so, is there a card already installed in the controller ? I couldn't tell and there's no getting one into the slot.....hmmmmm.....Bill

The controller does not come with a card. You should be able to insert a card into the slot underneath the little door on the bottom of the controller. I've found both the drone and the controller to be a little stiff the first few times you insert a card.

 

[akdrone]

All true as above. The resulting video will be a in the small hundred of MB as opposed to 2-3GB file for a longer high res flight. It's only real purpose is for easy low res sharing of the screen and or documentation after an accident or some such thing. Most folks completely ignore its' use if any of my friends are "most folks".

 

[Whisky]

thank you, I've found that inserting a card into the Drone is the opposite way of inserting as the Autel EVO - the contacts are on the "up-side" (vs being down for the EVO) - and an attempt to insert a card into the controller never did get accomplished (I didn't want to screw-up the card nor the controller) - so I think I'll just "go without a card in the controller).....Bill

 

[RoosArt]

When loading maps onto the controller you will require memory. Also as mentioned earlier for taking screen shots.

 

[Anthony Ivory]

WAIT WAIT
You forgot an important reason to have a sad card in your controller.
WHEN YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE DRONE SD CARD OR IT GETS FULL It’s a great back up

 

[WV. Rootman]

WAIT WAIT
You forgot an important reason to have a sad card in your controller.
WHEN YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE DRONE SD CARD OR IT GETS FULL It’s a great back up

That better than having to take the ones out of the car camera.