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The first thing I became aware of when the package arrived was how small this quad copter is. The central pod containing the camera and battery is only about two inches long. Each rotor is about two inches in diameter, and the entire copter is about a six inch square. Red lights indicate the rear of the copter. The remote is actually bigger than the copter, and feels very natural and comfortable in two hands.

Charge the battery and put batteries in the remote. Insert a micro SD card. The remote must be turned on first, with the throttle in the off position, or the copter will not sync to the controller. Then plug in the battery to power up the copter. Push the one button on the copter to turn on the camera. The instructions will show which lights indicate which functions as well as show alternate set-ups for many features. It pays to read the manual, especially if you’re new to flying model helicopters.

The remote comes set up with the controls mimicking a real helicopter control layout. The throttle, which acts as collective pitch for all four rotors, is set up as the up-down on the left stick. This raises and lowers the altitude of the copter. The left-right on the left stick controls the yaw, or in other words, allows the copter to spin around in place.

The right stick is the cyclic pitch controller. Moving the right stick varies the rotor speeds one at a time according to the stick direction. To go forward, push the stick forward and to go backward, pull the stick back. Left and right movement of the stick of course makes the copter fly left and right. You can change which stick performs which function, but then you go against normal flight control convention.

The controls are quite sensitive, but they are very linear and proportional. This means it’s easy to dial in the exact amount of throttle or directional control quite precisely. But you must be very gentle on the controls, because it’s very easy to over react and send the copter off in a mad dash across the room.

The package includes a rotor guard which should be installed. Believe me, you’ll be glad you did. But just in case, there are four extra props in the box. Props come in left hand rotation and right hand rotation versions, so be sure you put the correct prop on the correct motor. The copter won’t take off if you make a mistake. It is advisable to practice flying indoors in as large and clear a room as is available. Begin by lifting off a foot or two and trying to keep the copter in one place. Use the trim controls to get it to hover steady. Once you do this, the copter will be much easier to fly.

Previous helicopter flight instruction allows me to understand the flight controls quite easily, but what I find most difficult is flying when the copter is oriented in reverse, meaning when the front of the copter faces toward me. Then the controls appear to operate backwards. Of course, in a real helicopter, you as the pilot always face in the forward direction of the copter and your perspective is always the same. Not so with this or any other remote control copter. It tales lots of flight practice to overcome this.

The camera quality is merely adequate for fun videos. It is SD quality, and quite grainy indoors. It’s about as good as an old VHS camcorder. My only complaint with this copter is that they didn’t use a better camera. You can not tilt the camera down, but in forward flight, the front of the copter points slightly down as a natural process of forward flight. The included battery runs about eight to ten minutes before needing a charge.

In short, this quad copter is fairly well made for something this inexpensive. With the rotor guard installed, it can withstand mild bumps into objects with no damage to the rotors. Can’t say the same for small chochkies on the shelve you try to land on. To include a camera at this price point is amazing. Take the time to practice learning to fly this, and you will be rewarded with smooth and precise flights time after time.

Shipping took some time but was on time, first flight small bump ruined a motor, I ordered 4 motors, installed myself, works fine now, the range is less than my small drone, so don’t go to far. Video is good until low light then it’s not so good. I thought this would be easier to hover but it’s the same as cheaper models. Watch the wind,
I would not recommend this drone to anyone it’s a POS! At 50 feet it looses WiFi and crashes. And it can’t take a small crash. POS I’m throwing it away! Cheap China BS.

Item was 3 weeks early. No problems with functioning or controls. It is durable and responds nicely. Came with 2 controllers, one with a video scream. My husband’s loves this video game look and control. Best of all I did not have to purchase the second controller seperatly.
I can’t believe we received such a great product with so many features for this price.

Thank you “Making Way” for Making Our Way possible 🙂