What is the best tablet to use with DJI Air 2s?

tokertm · Dec 16, 2022

I got the Samsung A7 lite because it was extremely highly rated for it.
Just for general flight use it works fine. But try and screen record or live stream and it's dang awful, tablet is so slow and juddery, wish I didn't waste £120 on it. Only got 3 gig of ram which is pretty naff compared to 12gig in my phone but screen size to dang small

karlblessing · Dec 16, 2022

irrelevantmonkey said:
But try and screen record or live stream and it's dang awful

It doesn't have the power or ram to do that simultaneously on top of everything else as expected for a budget tablet. That's also not the majority of target users there either.

pati0furniture · Dec 17, 2022

karlblessing said:
And the nice thing about the Active3 ... it's waterproof, won't blank out in the cold, and the screen is reactive to touch quite precisely even with water droplets on it.

Used it again tonight in such a condition and the only prompt that came up was that the tablet automatically stops charging from the RC-N1 due to temperature "Charging stopped due to cold temperature", but the data connection keeps going.

What mount/holder do you use? My Active 3 showed up the other day and I'm liking it a lot except now see I need a better mount, just have one of those cheap clip-on types. I'm leaning towards the Mavmount Scout.

karlblessing · Dec 17, 2022

pati0furniture said:
What mount/holder do you use? My Active 3 showed up the other day and I'm liking it a lot except now see I need a better mount, just have one of those cheap clip-on types. I'm leaning towards the Mavmount Scout.

This is the one I'm using https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B095Y9F751/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00

karlblessing · Dec 19, 2022

Wreckhunter said:
Using the same one , its a good one.

I took the exterior hard case off my Active3 and use the mount landscape wise across the tablet (ie: it's not squeezing on what would have been the pen in the holder). Otherwise if I try to use the mount across the short side, I'd need the external case just to have enough width for tension, but I would need to carefully line up the edges as not to long press the power button.

RGS2010 · Dec 20, 2022

IPad Mini 5 using my iPhone to broadcast wifi. Works great.

Chartmarker · Dec 20, 2022

I use this mount from Amazon, I like having it stay on the controller in my case, and the tablet fits on top of the controller cover I made.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08S3WXN3K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

tokertm · Dec 26, 2022

karlblessing said:
It doesn't have the power or ram to do that simultaneously on top of everything else as expected for a budget tablet. That's also not the majority of target users there either.

True. Just a shame for me as I always screen recorded on the phone (just in case I never see the drone again and get my final flight recording) but that has 12gig of ram so it's much better.

Oman · Jan 8, 2023

Chartmarker said:
I use this mount from Amazon, I like having it stay on the controller in my case, and the tablet fits on top of the controller cover I made.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08S3WXN3K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Love the green!
Oman

shawgod · Mar 22, 2023

I use the iPad mini 6 which gets to 520 nits I believe, and if the sun is too bright I use the sunshade and I have no issues. I will also pull out my iPhone 14 Pro Max which will get to 2000 nits in the sun. I have also used my iPad Pro 12.9" Fifth Generation with the M1 and that gets to 1600 nits.

Sledman · Mar 22, 2023

I use my iPad Pro with an inexpensive adapter bracket. It works great and the larger screen is very nice!

Wreckhunter · Mar 22, 2023

shawgod said:
I use the iPad mini 6 which gets to 520 nits I believe, and if the sun is too bright I use the sunshade and I have no issues. I will also pull out my iPhone 14 Pro Max which will get to 2000 nits in the sun. I have also used my iPad Pro 12.9" Fifth Generation with the M1 and that gets to 1600 nits.

On the iphone 14 pro max ,and the ipad those figures are for peak brightness and not sustained.
When both of those displays on the iphone & on the ipad heat up in the bright sunlight they will both dim.
To almost dark as the internal components heat up. Both are not designed to sustain that type of nit value.

shawgod · Mar 23, 2023

Hobbynumberone said:
On the iphone 14 pro max ,and the ipad those figures are for peak brightness and not sustained.
When both of those displays on the iphone & on the ipad heat up in the bright sunlight they will both dim.
To almost dark as the internal components heat up. Both are not designed to sustain that type of nit value.

They will sustain that value until it no longer needs to be at brightness. It isn't always at that brightness no, only when it is needed.

Wreckhunter · Mar 23, 2023

shawgod said:
They will sustain that value until it no longer needs to be at brightness. It isn't always at that brightness no, only when it is needed.

Kinda what I mentioned above,I know I used to fly with my iphone.not anymore.
I use a tablet that sustains its brightness level regardless of conditions.

shawgod · Mar 24, 2023

Hobbynumberone said:
Kinda what I mentioned above,I know I used to fly with my iphone.not anymore.
I use a tablet that sustains its brightness level regardless of conditions.

What do you use for a tablet?

Wreckhunter · Mar 24, 2023

shawgod said:
Whsat do you use for a tablet?

I use a Tripltek 7 pro android based tablet 1200nit sustained.
But they stopped making the 7' version,and now have The
Tripltek 8" and a new 9" model.Great tablet, no issues at all.
Only minor problem is it is kinda on the thick side and heavy.

astrohip · Apr 2, 2023

I want to get a tablet to use with my Air 2S, my P6 is too small, and not bright enough. Questions:

* Do I need cell connectivity? Or is wi-fi enough?

* Assuming wi-fi is enough, what happens if as I walk around, I lose my wi-fi connection?

* Even if cell/LTE isn't necessary, does it offer any advantages to have it? I can add a cell tablet for $10/month on Verizon.

As many of you have done, I'm looking into the Tripltek.

Thanks for putting up with my newbie questions!

Deleted member 170519 · Apr 2, 2023

I use the iPad mini 6 just because I have one. If I were to use a dedicated tablet for my drone, it would be the tripltek 8"

Platoon · Apr 2, 2023

astrohip said:
I want to get a tablet to use with my Air 2S, my P6 is too small, and not bright enough. Questions:

* Do I need cell connectivity? Or is wi-fi enough?

* Assuming wi-fi is enough, what happens if as I walk around, I lose my wi-fi connection?

* Even if cell/LTE isn't necessary, does it offer any advantages to have it? I can add a cell tablet for $10/month on Verizon.

As many of you have done, I'm looking into the Tripltek.

Thanks for putting up with my newbie questions!

WIFI is enough, you can always use your phone Hotspot. You do not need WIFI connected to fly in fact it is better to turn off the WIFI before you take off. The advantage of cellular is you do not need to worry about downloading the map information, you can always share your photo videos directly on internet or live feed while flying to youtube or instagram account