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2/10/2016 6:44:09 AM EDT
So I was playing with the idea of getting an FPV camera drone (assuming funding allows) and I remembered one that was recommended to me for about $450, a little outside my budget, but I figured, what the hell, I'll see if I can find it, I didn't, but I found something else, it's even smaller and has twice the flight time as the other one (if I recall correctly), and it's significantly cheaper, what are your opinions?  I found a couple more smaller and cheaper still, with one fitting in the palm of your hand, but those ones seemed to require WiFi to work, this (I think) does not.  And one of them was not real time, this one is.  I like the auto return feature, does that mean that if I fly it out of range it automatically flies back?

http://www.everbuying.net/product1138802.html
2/10/2016 7:37:32 AM EDT
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2mp camera is not very high resolution and it doesn't say you can shoot video, only stills are mentioned.
2/10/2016 7:44:01 AM EDT
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Crappy camera, crappy flying time, crappy control range, so small/light that it won't be usable outside unless there is no wind.
2/10/2016 7:48:29 AM EDT
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I like the auto return feature, does that mean that if I fly it out of range it automatically flies back?
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It's not clear exactly how that works from the product description - it says if it gets out of range just push the return button and it will fly back, but if it is out of range how will it know the button has been pressed?

Also for sensors it only has a 6 axis gyro, no GPS, so it won't be very accurate in knowing where to return home to.
2/10/2016 3:58:48 PM EDT
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Any suggestions for a more capable alternative?
2/13/2016 11:39:42 PM EDT
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Anyone?
2/14/2016 9:25:00 AM EDT
[#6]
Hubsan H501s, not a miniature but a good quad.

$219.00 at Bangood or Gearbest.
2/14/2016 9:38:45 AM EDT
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Hubsan H501s, not a miniature but a good quad.

$219.00 at Bangood or Gearbest.
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the "arfcom" of r/c.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2522182

get informed before you buy.

just about any quad made will be heavily reviewed on rcgroups. just google the model and look for rcgroups link.