Bought and Tested the DJI RC Plus on Ebay that claims to work with the Mavic series of Drones. Guess What? IT DOES WORK! I'll tell you why.

[rexster1505]

For those that have recently purchased one of these controllers for your Mavic 3, This might be a dumb question: you say the R1, R2, R3, C3 buttons don’t work, but what about the L1, L2, L3 and other scroll wheel?
The top buttons are for the Matrice models. You can't reassign them as you are correct. It's just a huge RC Pro. The extra scroll wheel doesn't work for the same reason.
I feel like the answer is that it doesn’t work as this controller is essentially a RC pro controller, but I just wanted to confirm.
Confirmed
I ordered one, but mainly because I heard it works with air 2s and DroneLink and it’s got a bigger screen and better battery life. It’s essentially an RC Pro with a lower price tag and a bigger body.

Exactly

 

[DroneFarmerLLC]

Exactly

Thank you for that confirmation.

 

[arfrahmanhakim]

I have a DJI RC Plus RM700B Agriculture. Can anyone help me to change to RC Pro RM510 firmware?

 

[Teddy1702]

You need the firmware 03.01.0600 you can download this from drone-hack, to install that i think you must go to System, go to Android Version No, click 10 times there and than open a news directory, Developer option. I think there you must adjust that it is allow to goto bootsection. But i'm not sure how to adjust and load the firmware. Maybe same body now the Android 10 System and can help? Sorry for my english

 

[walt@classic]

I don't know why you people are messing around with all those dji remotes when there is a simple way. Use the dji rc-n1 controller with the ipad mini 6 that works just great. Buy a 256gb with wi/fi and cellular, you don't have to hook up the cellular part but you still get GPS and who wants some calling you in the middle of your flight. Tablet mount is only $10 on amazon thats works just as great as you cell phone just alot bigger screen.

 

[wrybread]

Been there done that!



12.9" iPad Pro with the NS1 controller. I was an evangelist for that method for a long time. Super love the giant screen as you say. But it has its issues:

- the screen is waaaay less bright than the Plus controller. No comparison, I was constantly having to shade the iPad. With the Plus I can see the screen perfectly in full sun. And I don't know if Apple games their screen brightness ratings but for some reason even a 1000 nit rated iPad screen is just terrible in full sun. And I disabled all the screen dimming settings that I could find.

- the iPad is one more thing to keep charged. I don't know what's up with DJI Fly but if I don't force close it, it kills the battery on my iPad. That's maybe fixable through some settings but I never found it. There were so many times that I had to cut flying short or switch to my RC because of a dead iPad. The Plus has basically infinite flight time since it has hot swappable $60 batteries.

- The wire is annoying and one more thing to stress about not forgetting

- You can't see the controls while you're flying. I got used to that and practiced to make it easier, but still, it's nice to see the controls.

- if I need a bigger screen with the Plus I can use the HDMI out or connect a USB C monitor. Neither of which are options with the NS1.

- and the NS1 controller only has one dial, so you can't simultaneously control both camera tilt and zoom. It's nice to be able to work those at the same time.

- the sticks are waaaay better on the Plus than the NS1. Everything about the NS1 feels like a toy compared to the Plus.

- the Plus is waterproof... That means dust proof and generally super tough.

- transporting the NS1 and the tablet holder is annoying. It's doable, but sometimes I wouldn't disassemble everything, and it broke on me I think twice. I went through 3 of the tablet holders, $25 each.

- with the Plus there's no assembly or disassembly time. I just open the clamshell cover and fire it up. When I'm done I close the clamshell and stick it in a bag. I don't even need to remove the joysticks.



That's my Plus controller on the left and my Mavic 3 Pro on the right.

- and at $600 the Plus is super cheap anyway

And really the screen size of the Plus is fine for me, and I'm a big screen evangelist. But of course if I need to I can always fire up that NS1 and the iPad Pro, takes just a few seconds to switch over. But honestly I cringe just contemplating it. The Plus has been absolutely amazing for me.