DJI NEO 2 vs HoverAir X1 Pro Max: Skiing Mode Test & Comparison!

[music] So, this is the DJI Neo2 and

this is the Hover Air X1 Pro Max. And

this is a head-to-head ski comparison to

see how well these two drones work in

ski tracking backto-back on the exact

same run in the exact same conditions,

both in the respective ski modes with

the latest firmware updates. So, first

up is the Hover Air Pro Max. We'll go

ahead and put it into the ski mode. Now,

I've chosen this run here for a reason.

Number one, it is desolate empty. Number

two, yeah, it's empty. Um, also, it

makes it really easy in case his drone

stops following me to hike back up and

get the drone. Uh, which I expect will

probably happen between one of these two

units. Oh, and don't worry, we're going

to step it up to more interesting,

exciting runs in just a second. Okay,

we've locked into ski mode here. Just

going to go quick little jaunt forward

to make sure it's following me.

There we go. Pretty straightforward.

Start off nice and easy, nice and slow.

You can see it's going ahead and

following my track back and forth, left

and right.

It's gaining altitude, which is fine.

I'm doing right now about uh 30 km an

hour, so pretty easy.

I'm going to go ahead here and just move

a little faster around this corner.

See how it handled that? So, you can see

it instantly kind of fell back, which

isn't super ideal, but it is catching

up. So, good job there, little buddy.

And now this is where a difference

between if I was on like a nice powder

day where I could basically going slower

and straighter versus right now you're

seeing kind of this meandering back and

forth

which is fine but I think it'd be nice

if the camera just sort of stayed put to

be honest or drone stayed put and just

sort of follow me on the tracks.

I'm going to go ahead and zip around

these folks here.

So, right now I'm doing about 45 to 50

and it's definitely starting to kind of

slow down behind me. Get a little

nervous it's not going to keep up. And

this is sort of the issue is that right

now for me this is painfully slow to be

totally honest. I grew up ski racing so

like I can easily hit 80 90 km an hour

in a matter of a couple seconds without

even thinking about it and clear over

100 too as well. Um so this is kind of a

bit boring. Um but I think if I was

again tree skiing um or powder or

something off piece where I had a little

more flexibility in my speed but still

looking cool, it'd be kind of fun. Now,

I'm going to go ahead and uh park it

over here, if you will, out of the way

of people.

Here we go.

It kind of caught up. So, overall, that

wasn't too bad. It followed. We'll go

ahead and get the uh Neo up here. Oh,

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Here we go. We got one person here, but

it's not too bad. Start off kind of slow

again, just like last time.

Very similar turns to last time. I'll

kick it up around this corner for fun.

And we lost it. Did it crash? I thought

I saw something crash at the last

second, which was strange.

Hiking back up. I see it there. Please

don't switch my drone, dude.

It's not.

>> Yeah.

Weird.

What

>> the hell? Is that how it bro?

>> Yeah. Yeah.

>> Yours?

>> Yeah.

>> Supposed to mold on you?

>> Sorry. Supposed to,

>> but it didn't.

>> It did until it crashed for some reason.

>> How many battery?

>> Yeah. It's weird. I've got the snow, I

think, mostly cleaned off of it. So, we

will give it a whirl and see if that

happens again. Round two.

>> Rear skiing. Follow. Unable to take off.

connect to app to see why.

>> Well, that's not good. Uh, my guess here

is there might be snow like jammed

inside there somehow. So, I'm just going

to go to lunch and I'm going to let it

melt out hopefully. I don't really know

what to say there. Not sure. Like, yeah,

it's unfortunate.

>> 3 hours later.

>> So, I think we are back in business

after lunch and sitting at the lodge

there for a little while, letting

everything just melt to warm up or

whatever the case is and then a couple

gondola rides. I just tried turning it

on and it seems happy. So, let's give

this a roll. Here we go.

Little buddy, are we good? Can you like

stay up? Okay, here we go. Put this on

my helmet. I a skiing fall should be

from behind

you.

There.

No up.

Well, just see what happens here. Okay,

it's doing a little bit of wandering

here. It's not quite ideal,

but it's definitely like following more

my track. So, as I go across this hill,

it follows it. Doing the exact same

thing I did last time. Getting awfully

low.

No, no, no.

Look at this thing. It's just like

bouncy bouncy like a rabbit. Well, at

least it's clearing itself out. Can you

Can you find me? I am here. How about

that? No, you don't see me. Okay, let's

get you out of this pickle.

[screaming]

Yo.

Well,

I've never seen him do something like

this.

Okay, this is a pickle.

So, I'm thinking it's IMU. I have to

pull the battery.

>> Collision detected. Aircraft landing

automatically.

>> I am making sure the sensors are all

cleared off here. So, we're going to get

those all cleared off of my shirt. Rear

skiing. Follow. 3 2 1.

>> We got props.

[screaming]

Okay, little buddy. All you got to do is

not crash. Like, this really isn't that

difficult. I'm just going to hold the

camera this time because that way I can

capture its wonkiness. Okay, we'll start

off here. Here we go.

Nice and easy. What are you doing?

No, that is the ground.

[snorts]

Again, my friend

>> follow unable to take off. Connect to

app to see why.

>> To see why. Yeah, you killed yourself

three times in a row. So, now at this

point, a lot of you are like, "Hey,

you're probably above 2,000 meters.

That's why it's having such a problem."

And so, I wonder if that was the case.

And the reason why you might be asking

that is because the DJI Neo2 has a

maximum takeoff height of 2,000 m or

whatever the feet is down the bottom

there. Compared to the Hover X1 Pro Max,

which has like 5,000 m or something

crazy high, it just doesn't simply

matter for most skiing scenarios. But in

most skiing areas, at least here in

Europe, you are going to be at roughly

2,000 m at the top of many of those

lists. In my case, I was just barely

below 2,000 m at like 1980 m. So that

could have been a factor, but I don't

think so. And so I brought it up here at

22 2300 meters in altitude to try manual

control. In particular, one thing I

would change the speed and as I kept the

altitude exactly the same. So you can

see going along the rocks here, both in

normal mode as well as sport mode, the