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C**O
Highly Recommended
This is my first ‘proper’ drone and I got off to a pretty inauspicious start. Eager to take to the air, I forgot to notice that it was set to ‘expert’ mode (or whatever it is) with super-sensitive controls. It took off at a rate that NASA would have been proud of and headed west (I’d given it some right stick too). In no time it was out of sight leaving me in the back garden in a state of panic about it crash landing into a greenhouse or something. After about five minutes, just as I was thinking about what to tell the wife and how to organise a search, a faint sound like a distant swarm of bees could be heard. It grew louder. Eventually it could be seen again, heading for home. The automatic Return to Home mode had worked a treat. Unfortunately it didn’t negotiate our trees all that well and crashed landed onto the shed roof following a brief argument with a eucalyptus tree. The tree won.No lasting damage though. One replacement propellor and battery charge later (and I used the battery charge time to do what I should have done in the first place - read the manual CAREFULLY) I was ready again.It’s had near-constant use over the bank holiday weekend. This drone is a LOT of fun. It’s very stable, very manoeuvrable and it takes really good video and still shots. On that note let me tell prospective purchasers something that the manual isn’t clear about - the memory card situation. This drone requires a mini SD memory card of no more than 32GB. I originally purchased a ‘big’ memory card with 128GB capacity and realised that was a waste of money as soon as I looked at the drone (the manual doesn’t state that it needs a mini memory card by the way). I then dashed off to buy a 64GB mini card and spent two hours wondering why it wouldn’t capture anything. After another 30 minutes internet searching I finally came to a forum post confirming that 32GB is as much as this drone will accept. I bought a 16GB card and it’s been hunky dory ever since.I couldn’t recommend this drone highly enough. Absolutely perfect for my requirements - fun to fly and great for capturing photo and video moments. Robust too - as illustrated by my first ‘flight’.I’m now looking forward to the arrival of the spare batteries so that I can increase the available flying time - which on the supplied battery is about 20 mins.A great piece of kit.
B**N
This is my first drone and MY GOD IT'S SO MUCH FUN! (EDIT: WAS so much fun - it flew away)
EDIT: ORIGINALLY 5-STARS - Downgraded--ORIGINAL REVIEWI got this about 3 weeks ago and have clocked up about 2 or 3 hours flying time. It's my first drone and MY GOD IT'S SO MUCH FUN!Flying around my (biggish) backyard I've needed multiple replacement propellers after crashing into trees, walls, bird-bath etc. At ~£6 a pop I'm just clocking that up to learning experience.It's just amazing technology - the GPS and gyros / sensors on-board means on a still day with no wind, it will basically just hover wherever you left it. The "return to home" switch has been useful - I've had it fly to at least 300m away and basically lost sight of it. Push "up" to make sure it's clear of trees etc and tell it to come home and a minute or two later ... here it comes home (well to directly above you).The "Follow me" function could be interesting. It doesn't appear to be able to keep the camera pointing at you, but if you aim it, then, for example, ride your bike away holding the controller it will maintain whatever distance between you when it was set.(Mandatory caveat: "In an unpopulated area away from any airport") I've had the thing fly to a height of 250m.As I'm getting the hang of the controls over time - just flying around the yard or down at the playing fields, I can begin to get a feel for it and be able to naturally zoom along and turn left/right or do u-turns around a pole. I'm thinking of looking up a drone club now to see if they do racing or anything like that.The camera is "only" 1080p but still produces decent video. It's fixed looking forward which sometimes means you need to fly the drone forward, tilting it forward, to see what you want to see below you. A drone with a controllable camera is a lot more expensive.IMPORTANT: If you get a MicroSD card it only handles a 32Gb MAX size. I wish that was more prominently stated somewhere as a new 128Gb card I bought is now looking for a purpose.It's a big-boy's toy, but some really cool technology - with satellite / GPS lock on of the controller and drone so each knows where the other is (and it displays the drone's distance and altitude on screen). It needs calibrating of the internal compass every time you put a fresh battery in - this is perhaps the only gripe I've got, but only takes a few seconds and is understandable considering how accurate it needs to be.So much fun. Really happy with this purchase.(Photos from when I ACCIDENTALLY let it fly over my suburb ;)-- EDIT 2018-08-20This drone WAS a lot of fun and quite impressive for the money. But a week or two ago it lost connection with the controller and simply flew away over the suburbs never to be seen again. That's a lot of money to watch flying away.I will admit that this drone had had a number of crashes during it's brief 3 month life so maybe I'd done some damage.TAKEAWAY: Drones like this are sensitive and expensive so don't expect to treat it badly and not have it cost you money.
R**G
Brilliant sub £300 drone
The drone came today two weeks early , thank you JZY ,it’s the up rated 501 s-s version and what a fantastic piece of kit it is ,nice quality plastics and looks really well made .So why did I pick this one?, well after checking out various drones on U tube I decided that this was the best sub £300 drone about , it had just about all the features I needed and there were lots off add ons , like landing gear and up rated antennas available on Amazon .update...been flying the drone for a week or so and it’s brilliant , one thing I have discovered though , you must be on level ground to plug the battery in as it initialises everything . You can then do the hubsan dance to initialise the compass after that it flies as steady as a rock , so easy a five year old could fly the thing in gps and headless modes .
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