but the tradeoff is the controller weighs like 40 pounds, because it's a quite powerful wireless access point. Every other drone i've owned that supported video

but the tradeoff is the controller weighs like 40 pounds, because it's a quite powerful wireless access point. Every other drone i've owned that supported video used an android or ios device to connect to the drone via wifi (drone presents as a WAP). That is not accurate. The modified wi-fi some DJI drones use is not reliant on the smartphone/tablet attached to the controller. It's strictly between the drone and the controller, which passes data on to the phone via USB. The drones can be switched into AP mode for faster media downloads, but at that point they lose connection with the controller. Ocusync controllers weigh 390 grams, and that isn't that much considering their build quality and the fact they have two 18650 cells inside.