Hi Chris, all good points and I regret we didn’t have enough time to include more info before the post went live. We were also getting into winter here and didn’t want to push the Bebop 2 too hard since the weather wasn’t really co-operating.

I’ve flown it twice in the past few days and hope to get out again this weekend or the next to really push the envelope and see what it can all do. Once that’s done I’ll report a few more of my findings.

Off the top of my head I’d say it could use an extra battery since doubling your flight time is never a bad thing however I got 21 minutes of flight time with the stock battery my last flight so that’s pretty decent. Lag didn’t seem bad on the video however I’ll do some more tests as I use it more.

I never experienced any Wifi dropouts or issues (could be due to newer firmware) however I did have an issue with connecting it back to my phone after trying it out with our iPad. Did a 10 second hold on the power button for a hard reboot of the Bebop 2 that fixed the problem though. I’ve also read that people suggest turning off cell data mode on the iPhone before connecting to the Bebop 2’s Wifi so will try that if I run into the issue again.

As for the joysticks, they are used throughout the flight. I’ve fixed that in the review to make it more clear. I’ll also try to add more info on the camera adjustments and exposure settings after playing with them a bit more.

Hope that helps and thanks for the comment.

Hey Smithguy. There are larger, non oem batteries available with extra mAh out there that supposedly give you longer flight times but we haven’t tried any of them. Just make sure they’re from a reputable company otherwise you could be putting your Bebop 2 in jeopardy. I flew ours the other day and managed to get 21 minutes out of it with the stock battery so I guess it depends on flying conditions and what you have it doing.

As to adding extra batteries to get longer flight times I haven’t researched that. The problem with adding extra weight is that sometimes there’s not a good weight to power ratio and you can actually end up shortening your flight time no matter how many extra batteries you use. Typically, when they create drones they look for the right power to battery ratio as well as the cost benefit ratio. The fact that they haven’t marketed their own higher mAh battery leads me to suspect that they’re happy enough with the stock flight times and the Bebop 2 already has longer flight times than most others in it’s class. Up to you of course.

Lastly, maybe a little picky but you stated twice that the joysticks are used to control the drone during take-off and landing. They are used through out the flight, not just for take-off/landing. There are also important features such as an the camera tilt adjustment and exposure settings.