Coming soon: FIMI Manta VTOL Fixed Wing
Yesterday, FIMI announced an upcoming VTOL on their official Facebook page, which will be their first fixed-wing drone. The release is scheduled for July 31st.
In a nutshell, a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) fixed-wing aircraft is a type of UAV that can take off, hover, and land vertically like a helicopter or a multirotor drone, but also has the...
FIMI X8 MINI V2: Upgraded in almost every way!
Yesterday, I was contacted by FIMI regarding the possibility of reviewing their upcoming X8 MINI V2 sub-250g drone. They sent me a complete list of features and some product photos. While in terms of design, there is not much change from the original X8 MINI under the shell, most of the hardware has been improved.
The FIMI X8 MINI V2...
FIMI Mini 4K drone is here!!!
Starting with December 28, a new drone APP, named FIMI NAVI MINI, is available on the Goggle play store. This application was the first clue that predicts a new Xiaomi drone is coming in 2021. Shortly, new rumours appeared about the upcoming FiMI Mini drone, including a photo of it. According to the leaked specs, its design looks very...
FIMI A3 GPS drone with 2-axis Gimbal & 1080P Camera
Back in 2016, FiMI in collaboration with Xiaomi announced the Mi 4K drone. Now, FiMI Technologies comes up with another quadcopter called FIMI A3. Unfortunately, in terms of video rigs, it seems to be worst equipped compared to its processor. It has 2-axis gimbal vs 3-axis gimbal, also only Full HD camera vs Ultra HD camera.
According to the advertised specs,...
Xiaomi FiMI A3 review: Is it worth it?
The FiMI A3 will be the first Xiaomi drone reviewed at FirstQuadcopter.com. From its announcement day I wanted to test it personally. I liked the idea that adopts analogue 5.8G FPV instead of WiFi FPV. We are proud being between the first drone blogs selected to make an in-depth review of the FiMI A3 quadcopter. My plan is to record...
Coming soon: Xiaomi FIMI X8 SE (Black edition)
Long time ago, the famous Henry Ford said that 'Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black'. Based on this principle, after many rumors and lots of speculation, Xiaomi officially revealed the Black Edition of their popular FIMI X8 SE drone. Unfortunately, besides the higher price tag and black...
Xiaomi Mi 4K drone: What we know about it
Based on my good experience with the Yi 2 camera, I decided to accept Flora's guest post about the Xiaomi Mi 4K drone to be published here on FirstQuadcopter.
In March, Xiaomi released the 4k version drone, there’s a HD camera on it. And I just fly it just several days ago, and I will let you know what my feelings.
It’s easy to fly, with...
FIMI X8SE 2022 V2 with extension port: Shy upgrades!
In the last few days, lots of teaser photos appeared of the upcoming second-generation FIMI X8SE 2022 V2 drone. While the company's slogan for the X8 series is 'Keep evolving', over the last 4-5 years, they made only shy updates of the original model. The design of both drone and controller remains about the same.
Apparently, V2's only upgraded compared...
FIMI TX10 remote controller with built-in screen
Together with the FIMI X8 2022, the company introduced an optional smart controller with a built-in screen. Now, 7 months later they truly revealed the TX10, and at first sight, it looks good!
The FIMI TX10 has an ergonomic design, a 5.5" high-brightness 1080P LCD screen, HDMI out, and an Android operating system. The TX10 features 3rd generation low-latency RokLink...
FIMI X8 SE 2022: Features, Specs, and price
The third generation of FIMI X8 SE 2022 comes with some significant upgrades and a higher price as well. Xiaomi replaced the 1/2.6" CMOS sensor with a larger 1/2" one that provides better low-light sensitivity.
In terms of design, all the X8 SE family models look the same. With folded arms measures 204 x 106 x 72.6mm and weighs 765...
FIMI X8 MINI review: Is It Worth The Money?
FIMI's X8 MINI, as the name suggests, is the shrunk version of the company's best-selling drone. It comes with a similar set of features to its bigger brother but in a much smaller and lighter body. The question that people are asking since its release date is whether it is the true alternative for DJI MINI 2 in terms...