Cheerson CX-10C: A tiny drone with onboard camera
Ten years ago, playing with such a small multi-rotor like this Cheerson CX-10C seemed unimaginable. Now, we can purchase nano and micro quadcopters for $10-$20. These small remote-controlled toys became popular quickly because they are extremely affordable, portable, and easy to fly.
When I purchased my first nano quadcopter, one of my colleagues asked me "OK, that is so small but...
Hawkeye FireFly 5S: A budged GoPro alternative for drone pilots
There are many action cameras like this FireFly 5s on the market, and it is tough to evaluate them only by the specs. Most are very similar, based on the same hardware just sold under different "brand" names. What I have first learned regarding these Chinese GoPro clones is that the number of megapixels does not count too much in...
FPV 2 axis brushless gimbal on a budget
First of all, cheap does not necessarily mean poor quality... OK, not all the time:). The popularity of the FPV 2-axis gimbal is the best proof of this fact.
Lets talk a bit about what means exactly a gimbal and why we need such a device. A "Gimbal" has roughly two main functions: to keep the camera steady and to...
XK DETECT X380: A cheap DJI Phantom alternative
I received some useful critiques on the RC Groups forum regarding my previous quadcopter review and thanks for this. I kindly ask all my readers, in case they find incorrect facts or just some mistyped words in my XK X380 review or in any of my articles to notice me. I never claimed that I'm a professional writer or a quadcopter specialist but I'm...
Syma X5sC-1: Stylish Drone for Beginners
All the kids are now back to school, and the parents (ok probably only the dads :)) will have more time to play with their favorite remote-controlled toys. Yesterday was my 6-year-old son's first school day, he looks very enthusiastic, I'm curious if he will continue this way until he graduates college. We had a few agitated days with...
Syma X8W: Big DJI Phone like drone with WiFi FPV
I tested lately a lot of small and beginner quadcopters and finally, I received a bigger one, the Syma X8W, which is probably one of the best mid-range quadcopters. Small quadcopters are good for indoor fun, beginner pilots, practicing, etc. The mid-sized quadcopters are an intermediate step to professional ones as they can do almost all the tricks and...
Blackview Hero 1: A cheap GoPro alternative
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...
Eachine H8 Mini drone: A true fun for beginners
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...
Tarantula X6 drone: The big flying flying spider
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 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...
EKOO S090 mini quadcopter camera
I have more than five mid sized quadcopters with stock cameras from 0.3 to 5MP, honestly there is not much image quality difference between them. Lots of times it happened to go outside an play with one of my quad and at the end, when I wanted to download the pictures, I realized that I either forgot to put in the...