Crystal sky monitor hood

[Aerial West]

Would it not have been easier/quicker/cheaper to just Dremel the plastic hood instead mate?

As far as modding the plate vs the plastic, (as the guy who did it), and who owns both a dremel and a $20 harbor freight angle grinder, i think the mod of the plate was much easier.

plastic tends to ball up, melt, and nice edges are hard to come by. In contrast, the metal edge is almost perfect. Took about 3 minutes total.

Edit,,
also, in this case, when open, you would not see a notch cut into the shade, which i think is important.

 

[Schnauzergeek]

Is this possible? I don't know the design of the hood but i'm sure it would be an easy thing to do with the dremmel. Can someone take a pic of the hood to see what I would have to dremmel? Unfortunately, I'm not comfortable to take an angle grinder to the mount.

 

[nutsnbolts]

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Thanks Schnauzergeek! It seems like taking a dremmel to the plastic and how thin it is on the bottom may not be the best idea. Sigh..

 

[nutsnbolts]

As far as modding the plate vs the plastic, (as the guy who did it), and who owns both a dremel and a $20 harbor freight angle grinder, i think the mod of the plate was much easier.

plastic tends to ball up, melt, and nice edges are hard to come by. In contrast, the metal edge is almost perfect. Took about 3 minutes total.

Edit,,
also, in this case, when open, you would not see a notch cut into the shade, which i think is important.

Here is a tall order Would you mind if you can come up with a Youtube video?? hehehe..

 

[Aerial West]

Here is a tall order Would you mind if you can come up with a Youtube video?? hehehe..

sorry, cant go back in time. it's pretty easy though. we put it in a vice, cut off the end, and then grinded it down to flat. that's all.

 

[Schnauzergeek]

sorry, cant go back in time. it's pretty easy though. we put it in a vice, cut off the end, and then grinded it down to flat. that's all.

 

[Dave A]

My CS and hood setup.

 

[kalex1114]

It's very good, fits well, just a press on for install

well built using good plastics and importantly light and not too thick

Probably don't need one for the UB given it's so bright

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How do you hold it when you fly ?

 

[Aerial West]

Yeah, that looks like it's in the way of holding the controller comfortably, with the weight all in the back rather than centered.

 

[whouven]

Yes, the hood can be place in any orientation to suit something like a mav mount as opposed to the upside down DJI Mavic Pro CS mount

Thanks , i watched some additional reviews and buyed the hood already. fits nice and smooth . thanks for your answer.

 

[Anthony]

Just ordered the 5. 5 hood to use as a protective cover when packed away.

 

[Anthony]

Ok my 5.5 hood arrived and I'm very happy with the build quality and it fits perfectly. Big thumbs up to DJI for this one.

 

[OZPILOT]

Nobody has mentioned what I consider to be the most important point, does it interfere with your access to the sticks. When I hold my crystal sky 5.5” the edge of my palms cross over the top outer edges of the monitor to safely hold it and access the sticks. Looking at the photos with the hood on I am now wondering if it will be in the way of comfortably using the sticks?? Probably too late now as I went ahead and ordered one before I thought of this! Duh!!

 

[Dave A]

Nobody has mentioned what I consider to be the most important point, does it interfere with your access to the sticks. When I hold my crystal sky 5.5” the edge of my palms cross over the top outer edges of the monitor to safely hold it and access the sticks. Looking at the photos with the hood on I am now wondering if it will be in the way of comfortably using the sticks?? Probably too late now as I went ahead and ordered one before I thought of this! Duh!!

Depends on what method you are using to mount the CS. I am now using the DJI CS mount for Mavic Pro and I find it comfortable to use.

 

[Aerial West]

Nobody has mentioned what I consider to be the most important point, does it interfere with your access to the sticks. When I hold my crystal sky 5.5” the edge of my palms cross over the top outer edges of the monitor to safely hold it and access the sticks. Looking at the photos with the hood on I am now wondering if it will be in the way of comfortably using the sticks?? Probably too late now as I went ahead and ordered one before I thought of this! Duh!!

yeah, it absolutely does. It's way off balance, and your hands come in from the side instead of the ergonomic way traditional controllers work.

On top of that, it doesn't block most light, and of course your face is still lit up and reflects unless you have the screen not facing you, but off to a side so the reflection goes elsewhere.