J.ME Follow Me quadcopter with WiFi FPV
J.ME Follow Me selfie drone from Feima Robotics
Feima Robotics, an unknown multi-rotor manufacturer, just announced their first selfie drone, called J.Me Follow Me.
Like most of the selfie drones, the J.Me comes without a physical remote control. The aircraft can be controlled in three ways trough your smartphone. While I'm already accustomed with virtual sticks and gyro control, I would be interested to test the voice...
RunCam Swift Mini FPV camera
RunCam Swift Mini camera for FPV racing quadcopters
Although the RunCam Swift Mini is much smaller than its predecessor, it has the same weight (12g). In my opinion RC should also focus to reduce the weight of their FPV cameras. Currently there are on the market AIO VTX cameras that weight only 4 grams.
Thanks to the wide input voltage range, this RC...
Huanqi H899C cheapest GPS quadcopter for GoPro
Huanqi H899C drone with headless mode and GPS return to home
Surely, biggest advantage of this Huanqi H899C over the Syma X8 series is the GPS assisted return to home. When the flight battery is near empty, the quadcopter will automatically return to the take-off point.
While the H899C drone comes without a camera, it is promoted that is capable to carry GoPro...
Eachine Aurora 100 micro brushless FPV drone
Eachine Aurora100 FPV quadcopter with F3 flight controller
It looks like 2017 will be a very busy year for Eachine because they just announced another new FPV drone called Aurora 100.
While the Aurora 90 has a ducted fan design, its "bigger" brother has a much sporty design. The 600TVL camera is located in front of the carbon fiber frame.
In order to be able to easily...
WLtoys Q383 safe drone for beginners
WL Toys Q383A hexa-copter with protective frame and 5.8G FPV camera
Recently WLToys announced two new hexa-copters, the Q383 with WiFi FPV and the Q383A with WiFi FPV. Basically these two models are identical excepting the onboard camera and the remote controller.
While the WLtoys Q383A comes with a nice combo FPV transmitter, the Q383 comes with a cheap plastic "toy-ish" radio.
Thanks to the...
Eachine Vtail QX110 micro FPV quad
Eachine Vtail QX110 - brushed drone with OSD and 600TVL
Over the time Eachine became one of the most active player on the brushed drone market. They announce new modes like this Eachine Vtail QX110 almost every week. It seems they have abandoned the ducted propeller design and now they want to try something new. The QX110 comes with an unique "V" shaped tail design.
Thanks to the...
JJPRO X2 brushless quad for newbies
JJPRO JJRC X2 - cheap drone with brushless motors
Following the success of their first brushless quadcopter, JJRC announced this weekend a new model called JJPRO X2. Compared to its predecessor, this X2 drone comes with headless flight mode but still doesn't feature altitude hold.
The JJRC X1 was the first brushless quadcopter under $100. I reviewed that model by myself and I...
Star Wars Jedi training drone
Mixed reality Star Wars Jedi training quadcopter
Michael Moon and Stephen Dodds at Juuk Inc., are making the first real-life Star Wars Jedi Training Drone. Their smart quadcopter uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to locate, track, and decide when to shoot the player. The drone even knows when you blocked the light beam with the light saber! They removed the remote...
ASUAV RS220 Awesome FPV Racer
Permeants ASUAV RS220 racing quadcopter with FPV camera
As we are in late winter, it is time to switch from indoor drones to outdoor FPV racing drones like this Awesome ASUAV RS220.
When it comes to first-time pilots, speed is not everything, they need durable drones. Based on my experience, carbon-fiber frames has better chance to survive nasty crashes than nylon ones. Thanks...
Eachine Flyingfrog Q90 FPV quadcopter
Eachine Q90 drone with F3 flight controller and 1000TVL FPV camera
After the invasion of ducted drones, Eachine returned to the classic propeller protectors. The Eachine FlyingFrog Q90 adopts a nice frog alike design.
According to your existing transmitter, you can opt between 3 RX/TX protocols (FrSky, Flysky or DSM2). The RX module is advertised with small size, so it is not integrated...
Yuneec H920 Plus professional hexa-copter
Yuneec Tornad o H920 Plus drone for unmatched aerial filming
After the HT520, Yuneec announced a more professional hexa-copter called Tornado H920 Plus. This new drone is suitable for industrial applications and professional aerial filming.
In order to allow easy transportation, the Yuneec H920 Plus features foldable arms. The landing gears are retractable, which is a must have for professional aerial videos.
The...