Drone and Quadcopter Aerial Photography and Video (APV) on a budget. A large percentage of of the new hobbyists taking up this pursuit have interest in the photography and video aspects of quadcopters. People are often impressed when you show them amatuer pics such as the one below – and they want to know how […]
Why are there so few negative reviews on drones and quadcopters?
I’ve delved far enough into this endeavor to notice something which I have seen in MANY industries. That is, a lack of truly critical, negative and accurate reviews of many of the products! Understanding the Issue I could tell endless stories about this same tendency in other fields – for instance, I was in the […]
JXD 388 Aerocraft Quadcopter – First Look and Review
The JXD is made by the Chinese JinXingDa Plastic Toys Factory and is sold, in most cases, complete with a matching TX. However, I was attracted to this quadcopter based on it being available without the TX – Banggood’s (and others) web sites declared that it would work fine with an existing WL Toys v2x2 […]
WL Toys v262 Quadcopter – First look and review
WL Toys are well known for their inexpensive line of mini and micro Quadcopters – these include the v929, 939, 949 and v959. Newer models are called v202, 212 and 222 which feature additional stabilization. The new (July, 2013) v262 quadcopter is a step up in size from mini-quads, making it capable of carrying larger […]
Mobius Sport, Dashboard and Aerial Cam – First look and review
Quadcopter pilots are quite familiar with very small cameras, especially the “keychain cams”, which are very lightweight (20-30 grams) and take video up to 720p. These are capable of being flown by smaller quads than heavier cams like the GoPro, Sony Actioncam, etc. However, even the top-dog keychain cam (the 808 #16) lacks many of […]
FPV for Beginners
First Person View is introduced in our earlier article. As mentioned there, it can be quite a technical endeavor, although some newer machines may come already set up and ready to go. For those who want to understand the systems, we provide the following diagram and descriptions. First Person View gear for drones work differently […]
The Zen of Quadcopters – How Drones can put you in touch with nature!
Am I going a bit too far in saying that quadcopters can lead to enlightenment, inner peace and a better world? I don’t think so! It goes without saying these days – the subject of Drones come up, and some ill informed citizen will “drone” on about them being used for evil purposes. Having a […]
HK Micro Q-Bot HiSky FF120 – First Look and Review
HiSky is made by Chinese R/C helicopter company Chiyuan ELectronics and is sold in two forms which appear to be identical other than the color. One version is the HiSky FF120 and the other is the Hobbyking (HK) Micro Q-Bot. We will use the term “Micro Q-bot” throughout this review to avoid confusion. Appeal to […]
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 as your first drone?
In many ways, the Parrot AR Drone, released in 2010, foresaw the current boom in consumer quadcopters. Although there had been an active geek culture building and programming quads prior to that date (2005 on), the AR Drone fired up the fancy of many and was well covered in the press. Brookstone was the initial […]
Turnigy Accucell 6 Balancing Battery Charger basics
Your first foray into quadcopters may be with a mini or micro – most of which use a single cell LiPo battery and come standard with a USB or plug-in charger. However, once you step up in size to larger and heavier drones, you will find that most of them use batteries which are MUCH […]
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