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on August 22, 2016
Under powered and unable to even hover properly.
For the price, its actually pretty cool take a few flights has some decent maneuverability and the live camera view through your phone actually works pretty nicely allowing you to see a first person view as you fly around. Though that is about where all my good sides of this device end as the motors are really not powerful enough for the weight of the drone it is like the drone is just 1 motor size too small the video comes off a little pix-elated.
I must say the price of this is actually really in a nice spot for the quality of the device I really think that with all its slightly too cheap parts well this is one of the cheapest drones out there and that FPV added onto it makes it worth it.
Overall if you want a cheap drone to fly around a couple of times its a great device but if your looking at it for more of a tool and want to take pictures and videos this is the wrong device and you need to spend a little more money.
For the price, its actually pretty cool take a few flights has some decent maneuverability and the live camera view through your phone actually works pretty nicely allowing you to see a first person view as you fly around. Though that is about where all my good sides of this device end as the motors are really not powerful enough for the weight of the drone it is like the drone is just 1 motor size too small the video comes off a little pix-elated.
I must say the price of this is actually really in a nice spot for the quality of the device I really think that with all its slightly too cheap parts well this is one of the cheapest drones out there and that FPV added onto it makes it worth it.
Overall if you want a cheap drone to fly around a couple of times its a great device but if your looking at it for more of a tool and want to take pictures and videos this is the wrong device and you need to spend a little more money.
on November 7, 2016
This is a great purchase at such an affordable price! We've had so much fun with it that we are ordering more for Christmas so everyone can have one.
Don't expect to be able to fly it by FPV because there is such a delay in the signal getting to the phone/tablet that it's too late to react to the environment. BUT, that being said you can record some fun videos and get some cool photos with it. My son likes making videos flying around our house and hovering up by the door and windows for our cats to look out at the drone and chase to the next window. It's so funny.
This is what I would recommend getting to get started into drones. Perfect for kids or newbies.
Don't expect to be able to fly it by FPV because there is such a delay in the signal getting to the phone/tablet that it's too late to react to the environment. BUT, that being said you can record some fun videos and get some cool photos with it. My son likes making videos flying around our house and hovering up by the door and windows for our cats to look out at the drone and chase to the next window. It's so funny.
This is what I would recommend getting to get started into drones. Perfect for kids or newbies.
on June 26, 2017
If looking for a cheap entry-level quad copter than this is a perfect fit. This is a great beginner quad-copter, and so far after 5 flights, the unit and remote appear to work/fly perfectly. Can be a bit troublesome in anything other than a SLIGHT breeze, but besides that I can't find another negative. The headless mode feature is a must for those who have never flown one before, and works perfectly. Also, as others have stated, the battery lasts approximately 5 minutes (or less) and takes a good while to charge, so consider picking up a few more spare batteries to have on-hand. The video will lag (due to wireless signal), so don't expect to fly this from using your phone as a view-finder, but for $50.00 who cares - Its just fun to fly, and mess around with until your ready to pony up the serious $$$$ and buy a professional one.
on April 18, 2016
This Quad is the easiest to learn to fly although the camera doesn't work. Keeps telling me the camera isn't plugged in, but it is!! I know how to get the App for Android as I have Quad V686 and works perfectly. This one won't work :( I rate this a 4 because of the camera offside of that great Quad for the price. Update - 15 flights total and one motor goes bad in a hover position on headless speed. Needless to say I got a defective shipment this copter does fly good
on February 17, 2017
This is a great copter all around. It flies really good, especially on high speed, easy to fly. This is a great learning drone, very resilient.
A tough little machine, I have crashed mine multiple times. It went in the lake today and I thought well that's it! When I fished it off the bottom of the lake the lights were still blinking! I disconnected the battery and let it dry out for day and much to my joy it flies like brand new. Very happy with Syma products to date, I have several models. Parts are easy to replace, mods can be made to increase distance, etc. A good tough copter, a good purchase!
A tough little machine, I have crashed mine multiple times. It went in the lake today and I thought well that's it! When I fished it off the bottom of the lake the lights were still blinking! I disconnected the battery and let it dry out for day and much to my joy it flies like brand new. Very happy with Syma products to date, I have several models. Parts are easy to replace, mods can be made to increase distance, etc. A good tough copter, a good purchase!
on June 20, 2017
I'm giving 5 stars because of the customer service that I've received on this purchase. We had some issues with the camera being detected on my Moto X Android phone. Cheerwing even offered to send me another one to test out, but yielded the same result, which I have since sent back to them. It ended up being a version of the software that was on the Google Play store. When I downloaded the app for my phone from the Syma website, it worked the first time. I'm guessing the play store hadn't been updated recently to work with the most recent versions of Android.
As far as the drone itself, its really light weight, so windy days are a challenge. I've read about stalling out in the wind, but my experience has been shifting it to high rates will cut right through the wind. The FPV is not all that great and I would consider it more of a recorder due to the lag in the display. I think you'd be in trouble if you solely relied on the viewing through the phone. It is a fun feature to go up high and record some video, and surprisingly the video is not all that bad for a $50 drone.
Battery time is short, so order yourself the six pack of rechargeable batteries and you'll be able to fly until tired of flying. This was my first drone purchase and a good little drone to learn on.
Cheerwing went above and beyond the expectations on customer service and I would certainly order from them again!!
As far as the drone itself, its really light weight, so windy days are a challenge. I've read about stalling out in the wind, but my experience has been shifting it to high rates will cut right through the wind. The FPV is not all that great and I would consider it more of a recorder due to the lag in the display. I think you'd be in trouble if you solely relied on the viewing through the phone. It is a fun feature to go up high and record some video, and surprisingly the video is not all that bad for a $50 drone.
Battery time is short, so order yourself the six pack of rechargeable batteries and you'll be able to fly until tired of flying. This was my first drone purchase and a good little drone to learn on.
Cheerwing went above and beyond the expectations on customer service and I would certainly order from them again!!
on January 13, 2017
Great fun at a great price. Very cost effective drone purchase. Good for new pilots like me and inexpensive enough that I don't panic or worry about damaging it. Low-speed mode is excellent for warming up or for new pilots. High-speed mode adds more agility and fun once you've warmed up.
FPV camera is pretty useless. Neat gimmick but too cumbersome to use my phone on the camera's built-in WiFi hotspot. Whenever phone is on the camera WiFi, internet connectivity is lost so my phone is completely monopolized by the camera feed. Low framerate and quality round out the trifecta of failure and I just leave the camera off completely. Wish I had purchased the model with SD card camera.
Even with the camera discarded it's tons of fun to fly and the low price eliminates the fear of pushing it to it's limits.
FPV camera is pretty useless. Neat gimmick but too cumbersome to use my phone on the camera's built-in WiFi hotspot. Whenever phone is on the camera WiFi, internet connectivity is lost so my phone is completely monopolized by the camera feed. Low framerate and quality round out the trifecta of failure and I just leave the camera off completely. Wish I had purchased the model with SD card camera.
Even with the camera discarded it's tons of fun to fly and the low price eliminates the fear of pushing it to it's limits.
on March 11, 2016
This quad is a excellent product for the price, but I do recommend 1 thing, that you have at least 3/4 of a acre that's free of all trees, power lines, and any tall obstacles this copter is loads of fun and is pretty fast also you will want to buy the recommended 4 extra batteries with the charger, cause it only Flys 7 mins on one battery, so be safe and have fun. P.S. a quad copter does take practice to correctly fly it
on June 25, 2017
This is a good quad to get some good basic flight time. Very durable and can withstand crashes. It is very light, so susceptible to wind. Parts are very inexpensive and DIY repair is easy. I had a motor go out and replacement was quite easy using YouTube videos.
It's an amazing bang for the buck. I consider it a good trainer or a good quad for a young boy of about 10.
The one thing I don't like is the fact that the controls are not the same as DJI popular quads. The right stick left and right controls yaw and the left stick left and right controls side-wards direction. This is unnatural since in a real plane, the right hand would control pitch and turns and the left hand would be on the throttle (Military aircraft.)
It's an amazing bang for the buck. I consider it a good trainer or a good quad for a young boy of about 10.
The one thing I don't like is the fact that the controls are not the same as DJI popular quads. The right stick left and right controls yaw and the left stick left and right controls side-wards direction. This is unnatural since in a real plane, the right hand would control pitch and turns and the left hand would be on the throttle (Military aircraft.)
