Hubsan H501S X4 1080P HD Camera RC Drone with GPS Follow Me CF Mode Automatic Return Function

Wow. I love this drone. When I first received it, I experienced a few issues with it, some of which were resolved by reading the instructions again and one other after receiving support from Hubsan directly.The unit is very easy to put together and includes a 2 x piece charger with a 3 pin UK plug, 2 sets of blades, a blade spanner, 2 x Li-po batteries (one for the drone and one for the controller) and a cover to put around the screen so you can see it better in the sunlight.It is very stable when flying and the return to home function works brilliantly, with the drone landing within a few feet of where it took off. I've not yet tried the follow me function nor whether the return to home function works when it loses connection with the controller so I will update this when I have tried these also.The main issue I had was with the camera recordings. The photos taken were excellent but the video footage was jumpy and only seemed to take a burst of film every 10 - 15 seconds resulting in a 10 minute video being compressed into a 2 minute time lapse type video. I had read a previous review saying this was a fault and to send it back but I contacted Hubsan support first and after sending them some footage they sent me some instructions which I followed which resolved the issue. Essentially how the SD card is formatted affects the recording.What I was told was; there are two versions of this drone, an H501S and an H501S-S. It seems the that SD card formatting process is slightly different for each. I thought I had bought the S but it seems I have the S-S. They recommend a 16GB class 10 SD card althought it will take a 32GB card. I am using a 32GB but when formatting you should enter anything into the volume label and you must set the unit allocation to 32kb. You also need to format the card to FAT32 for the S-S model or exFAT for the S model.When I did this and tried again, the issue was resolved and it recorded good quality footage to play back.

I bought one for my girlfriend for Xmas 2017. I've never been able to get it to work, it won't go past compass collaboration 2!Therefore can't get the prepellors working!The tips online don't work, having to send video files to the manafacturer.Not happy with product.

Hubsan H501s - Geniune item. Fast dispatch from seller. Perfect Drone before you step up to a Mavic or Phantom! Improve your drone flying skills for under £200Good packaging and well built drone, solid and sturdy. Ideal for those moving up from cheaper toy like drones. Responsive flight controls, and very close to specified flight time of 20min. Reasonable 1080 video footage during playback on PC or laptop, very clear FPV. Stable GPS lock. Excellent Return to home function. (Follow me mode works but more of a gimmick). I received the newer batch so received a lipo battery for the standard TX controller.Drone has no gimbal so do not buy if you want stablised footage This is purely for learning to fly with good flight time, solid build, reasonable camera, clear FPV and excellent range with the option to range modify the TX controller for longer range. Don't bother with the cheaper 502e or 502s models, they aren't brushless and are poorly built with unstable flight. The Hubsan H501s is Great buy!

Very pleased

Nice drone, easy to control and not a lot of messing around to get it flying like some other drones. The new batch of H501s have the new compass module which is self calabrating. So that means put it on a level surface outside, get gps lock, about 10 sats on the drone and afew on the controller and your off! Very happy with mine, rock solid even in a breeze. 1080p camera footage which is good. Brought mine from Amazon warehouse as a return for just under £90 so a bargin.

Firstly I would mention that it is strong and can cause damage so ONLY use outdoors and away from people and kids especially. It operates really well long as its close/in range. It don’t have much functionality like most modern drones now a days like you can’t draw a map for it to follow. Picture quality is ok not the best

This product is very good for the novice drone user.Flies well and is easy to control. It has good features, like return to home and follow me mode..I certainly recommend it

Looses GPS after it’s switched off