I had researched wind issues and found the X5 and X5-C had issues with wind. Well breeze if you want to be technical. Yet, found nothing on the X5SM but when out flying today noticed my drone had a serious issue fighting the breeze to return or move backwards for that matter. Wind was no more than 3 knots so does Syma just not know how to counteract this issue?
X5SW is a good learning toy but now I am looking at some newer models and using this latest experience to do better research on my next drone.
I have lost many a toy to the wind. Make sure the settings (rate) are more aggressive so you can fight the wind better.
I had a Syma X5C and I lost it once to the wind. I found it in a tree a couple hundred feet into the woods. One of the motors quit working a few weeks later and so I returned it. I then bought a Syma X8G. On the second flight, I lost it to the wind. Little did I know that I could have switched it to High rate and the gentle 5mph breeze would not have taken it from me. Luckly, I found it the next morning 1/4 mile from where I launched, unscathed! I'll post the video if I can figure out how. It bounced when it landed and has made many flights since.
