Hot Rod your Quadcopter

Mould King Quadcopter Hot Rod mod
Part 2 - Evaluation and Dis-assembly I received my X5C clones in about 2 weeks from the order date. So now I have to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses to determine which one to “ HOT ROD “. I'm going to pick one before I disassemble the lucky winner. We'll start with the Mould King 33034. PROS: Cost less, faster than the...

Blackview Hero 1: A cheap GoPro alternative

Blackview Hero 1 camera
These kinds of action cameras, like the Blackview Hero 1 are beneficial also for everyday activities as well as for outdoor sports. As they are very lightweight, they can be suitable for installing on a quadcopter for capturing amazing aerial videos and photos. Everything started with GoPro cameras which were the first to have very good image quality and enough...

Syma X5C Hot Rod

X5C Hot Rod Mod
Hot Rod your quadcopter - Transform your X5C or one of the many clones into a Hot Rod!!! In a series of articles I will be taking a brand new Syma X5 clone from a beginner level flier, that anyone can fly, to a High Performance screamer that will still be very stable and inexpensive to modify. First of all you...

Eachine H8 Mini drone: A true fun for beginners

Eachine H8 Mini
As I remember, I paid $60 for my first multi-rotor. I never thought a quadcopter could be much cheaper until I learned about this Eachine H8 Mini that costs only $13.99. Yes, I didn't mistype the price, and yes, the prices include free shipping. If you don't believe me you can check by yourself on Banggood's website. Before the H8...

Request for flying testimonials

First quadcopter-testinonial
TO: Site Monitor I would like to post some still pictures along with my comments. Can I do this? If so, how would I do it? If not I certainly understand. I don’t want to start my own web site and I think this site may grow with more content. I really love messing with these inexpensive Quads. I have...

Summer’s quadcopter reviews

Summer's quadcopter reviews on www.firstquadcopter.com Being a Syma fan, I could not skip to test at least one model of the latest X8 series. Banggood already sent it to me and probably will arrive within two weeks. As soon as I get it and test it few times I will write my review. I want to compare it side by side with the Tarantula X6, that I...

PiPo QW 350 GPS FPV quadcopter

QW GPS FPV quadcopter
QW GPS first person view quadcopter Chinese guys are pretty good to clone quad-copters and other electronic devices, but they have a big issue in naming the products. For example, this new quadcopter looks very good and it has some decent features, but frankly what chances they have to make a successful promotion for a product with names like: "QW quadcopter" or "PiPo QW quadcopter"? The design of...

MJX X101 big quadcopter

MJX X101 quadcopter
Initially, I started my journey with small and mid-sized drones because they were affordable and bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. As the price of full sized (350mm) quadcopters is decreasing, they become popular and accessible to everyone. This new MJX X101 quadcopter looks like a direct competitor to the Tarantula X6 (the flying spider) which was my first big-sized quad and I...

Tarantula X6 drone: The big flying flying spider

Tarantula X6
I got this new quadcopter last Friday, but only today I had the time and the proper mood to write about it and make my Tarantula X6 review. Hearing the word "Tarantula", my thoughts immediately go to a spooky hairy spider. The engineers from JJRC tried to imitate the face of a spider in the cockpit design, and I think...

FQ777-124 Pocket quadcopter

FQ777-124 Pocket quadcopter
FQ777-124 the ultimate micro quadcopter Micro quadcopters like this FQ777-124 are appreciated because they are affordable and very portable. For newbies I always recommend to buy something not expensive and easy to fly. Crashes always happen and it's not a good idea to hit the ground with a $999 DJI Phantom 3. There are many small quadcopters on the market that are sold very well because they are accesible to every one, they...