A place to discuss the new DJI drone called Neo 
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New drone arriving: DJI Neo
âFollowing the usual 30% rule for DJI drone weight, the estimated weight of the Neo will be 169g. Iâm going to guess itâs something like the Hover drone with a full propeller cage and compact enough to put in your pocket when folded.â
Zhang estimates the batteryâs weight at 52.5g, assuming an energy density of 200 Wh/kg. This leads to a projected flight time of around 15 minutes.
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They really should tweak the name to âNeeeeeeeeooowwww!â
#Onomatopoeic
Looks like an innovative little thing, very much the âflying cameraâ type. I canât see it being much use outdoors with such a low weight, but in sheltered locations and of course indoors it should be fine; Iâll be interested to see the wind rating. I can see the attraction for first responders, and would be surprised if a special edition is not made available for them, perhaps with thermal imaging and even radar/lidar. Iâm not tempted though; happy with the Mini format.
I think a proper âpocketâ drone needs to be even smaller than this, the size of a spectacles case including the RC, and once you get down to that size then there are going to be compromises in terms of VLOS range, wind resistance, camera quality, and gimbal performance. Overcoming those will mean a very expensive item, but the potential is there.
The rate of development at DJI msy or may not have been accellerated by the potential US ban, but it is, one has to admit, phenomenal. In ten yearsâ time, who knows what we will be able to buy; drones with orbital potential, underwater performance, thousand-mile fpv range, operable from home computerâŚ
Hopefully the DJI Neo will have a development kit like the Telo had. Loads of collegeâs used the Telo to code with in Python and Swift. It was more than just a âtoyâ to some for sure and had some great functionality. Better than any Temo / AliExpress drones for sure.
Loved my little Telo and it was the gateway to my love of flying today.
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These people on Twitter are all just recycling the original leak 
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Soon⌠
RC-N2, do we know?
My guess is RC-N1
Oh? 
To keep the price low?
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Would be great if it also worked with the RC or RC 2 tho⌠And they offered a drone-only optionâŚ
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Looks like itâs also going to support direct Wi-Fi connection to your phone, with no remote controller needed.
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