Goggles - 2nd operator.

[Peregrine]

The goggles thing has got me thinking....... If I buy a much longer lead, say a couple of metres, with which to connect the phone/tablet to the controller, then I can farm out a lot of the duties to my partner. With the goggles and controller, I can concentrate on flying smoothly, and getting the shot. Meanwhile, my partner, holding the phone/tablet, can select various modes, and make camera setting adjustments etc. This way, I won't keep on having to "let it hover" while I sort things out. I think the whole sequence will be a lot smoother. I wonder if there is a maximum lead length to avoid problems?

 

[GerdS]

Yes, USB cables should not exceed a max. length of 5m. If you want more, there are cable offers up to maybe 15m which include an active repeater build into the USB socket. Usually these cables have type A plugs and sockets, so their plugs will fit into the remote's rear USB port. At the phone side you will need a standard USB type A to e.g. micro-USB cable, such as the charging cable for your mobile device.

It would be try & error, as there is no guarantee that it will work with the Mavic remote and your mobile device running the GO4 app, but at least such repeater cables are not that expensive.

 

[Peregrine]

Thanks for that I think 2, maybe 3 metres would be more than sufficient.