My 12-yr old son bought this drone the first part of Nov with an Amazon gift card and I gotta say, this thing is awesome and here's why. On it's maiden voyage first weekend in Nov, he lifted it, the wind caught it and it went across the street and got stuck in a tree. Had to be 70-75' in the air so there was no way we were
getting it. After nearly 4 mos of being stuck in a tree in NE OH (which means cold, rain, snow, sleet &
BUY NOWwind), it fell out of the tree ...... AND IT STILL WORKS! I thought for sure it was gonna be shot but no, he cleaned it up, charged the battery and it runs like a champ ... camera too! Go figure ... 5 stars just cause it survived 4 mos of a NE OH winter
Great First Drone for your kids
Great Beginner Drone! Got each of my kids one of these for Christmas and they immediately took to them. Great flying indoors and out and they loved the FPV capabilities. Not as fast as what you see on DRL or anything like that, but for under $100.00 what do you expect? The kids flew them around the house, up the stairs, and in the back yard with video captures.
Does not have Return home function.
I bought this Syma X5SW for my son's 11th bday. It certainly was a hit and the controls were easy. The camera was clear and took good pictures ans videos.
Now the bad part. This drone does not come with a Return Home function. After about 5 flys the blades were spinning mid flight and it kept going higher and higher. We tried to control it back and even turned off the controller hoping it would lose connection and stop flying. It didnt stop. We chased it until we couldnt see it anymore. Have looked for it a few days now and was not able to find it.
UPDATE* The company has contacted and informed me it could have been radio interference. Cheerwing is making up for the faulty drone. Great customer service!
DH crashed it on to the roof of our house on its maiden flight and it lived!
On its maiden voyage my DH crashed this on the roof of our house, it landed upside down and his method of getting it down was to spin the blades to make it jump around until if fell the 30 or so feet to the ground. While it was happening I was thinking that this was a pricey way for me to get a good laugh but when he recovered it, all was fine! And he is still crashing it, into trees, walls, ponds, and of course, our roof. So, all in all a great durable quadcopter at a reasonable price. Oh, he has taken a couple photos, but the quality is only soso.
Awesome Quad-copter for 1st time flyers!
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.
But is fun to use in tandem
This Quadcopter is absolutely worth more than what you pay for. I recently returned a more expensive quadcopter made by a different company and bought this one. The returned model was much lower quality in both performance and ascetics. The Cheerwing Syma is well constructed and handles excellently right out of the box. I consider my self an especially "average" pilot but I fly mine both inside and out with few problems. The video is mediocre and don't expect to pilot this thing with live video display on your phone. The image will be grainy and lags a bit. But is fun to use in tandem. Their is a reason I didn't give this 4 stars. I read into the description and comments and realized this before I bought it. That was more than what I was looking for anyway. If you are looking to fly using only video you can attach different cameras though. The camera just clips into the bottom of the drone.
Noobe- this is the drone you are looking for! Also- you ATTI Noobes.
NOOBE this is the drone you are looking for. You can read the many reviews here, you will learn that this thing is a tank! It can take what you dish out and come back for more. I have leant it to 5 friends and their kids to see if they liked flying drones and to learn to fly. The worst damage has been one of the prop guards got broken - easily replaced. The other benefit from having a cheap drone like this is- you don't care if you beat it up. And you will actually be able to FLY- not just rely on software to do all the work. Your 1K Mavic Pro- yeah, your going to be sad if you learn to fly manually (ATTI Mode) on that and auger it in, or things go wrong and it drops into ATTI and you have to fly it back or you crash. I recommend this drone to anyone who is thinking about getting serious in drones and wants to test the water, or experienced operators that want to have fun or learn to fly without the HAL 9000's help.
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