I want to film over water . Is this drone super easy to fly ? I assume if it gets wet . It's over correct?
1355687
This drones very easy to fly. As for flights over water the range of the Drone is approximately 50 meters (without modifying the Drone or setting up a router) so be careful. If you send a command to the Drone and loose your control connection it may fly away.If the Drone gets wet all of its electrical components will die, but on another note it is pretty easy to repair.
1355688
Yes. The drone is super easly to fly but just be careful over water because the wind can make flying it hard.
1092346
I made great effort to undestand the entire user manual and all the led indicator signals prior to first flight. I performed all upgrades according to nazam software and watched a lot of utube instruction videos. After all was said and done, and to anwser your question, you could fly the copter as soon as you charge the battries. It is very easy to fly and to perfect your flying technique. I have bought two so far and will probably buy another one.. get a gopro too. It takes great aerial photos. I think amazon has great gopro pricing. Good luck and have fun. I cant recommend it enough. Being from boston, i have to say its pissa. That means real good. Lou
1876792
I have a DJI phantom drone + a GoPro black edition and this FPV kit and works perfect!! i have filmed above 200 feet high with good transmition!, however, i wouldn´t recommend using the goPro wi-fi for long or high distances!
1817321
The Quad is really easy to fly. It will stay in the same spot tell you tell it to move. You have to fly it into trouble. Start where you have open area. Go slow. You well be comfortable flying it right away.
1567754
I am a novice, but I do recommend this heli, very easy to fly. I did go out on utube and made some changes they recommended to the tail rotor, better battery, lighter balance bar. I reversed the rotors to give more clearance but stripped out the screws and had problems after that. Very durable and fun to fly.
2059197
I live on a lake and fly mine off water all the time. In the first week I burned up the receiver and motor when it got very wet. Replaced the parts and treated the receiver/esc and motor with CorrosionX. That stuff is amazing. It will waterproof the components and is a good lubricant for the motor. goes on like a thin oil. Just squirt it on (try and work onto both sides of the receiver/esc board). With this treatment the plane has survived dozens of "not so good" landings on water. Re-apply every 20-30 water landings. Google the stuff, modelers swear by it.
881626
I always launch from the bay or inlet when I fish. I launch other times from the beach so I know what you mean by very wet. I am not sure it would hold up to that kind of use/abuse. There are some more open connections like the battery that I would be concerned with. It is a good unit and I am sure there is a way to make it more water/ wave proof. It depends on your yak.
1002893
No. This thing is small and light. I couldn't figure out how to fly it. No matter what I did it just went where it wanted to. If you put your go Pro on it you might never see it again. My Walkure is still up in the tree somewhere.
2116658
I think there are much better cameras for the money, unless waterproof is really important to you. And at this point, if I had it to do over, I'd buy the new inexpensive go-pro model instead. I find the photos to be meh at best. And the video performance is only okay. The underwater is good, but only so useful.
941375
it was new and i made a waterproof case for it because i heard that it wasn't waterproof in the ocean and so i didn't want to take any chances. It was an ok camera, low definition but i lost it in the ocean while surfing so it didn't turn out well. I ended up just getting a go pro. there are many other cameras out there, wait a little longer and buy the best product and make sure you don't drop it in the ocean. haha.
1513660
I've never really flown it outside, the most I flew it in was in an underground garage with little wind. But I have had a few of these things ranging from the $19 to the $100 variety and this one was the easiest one I flew, it was really responsive and did what I wanted. Happy flying
557414
Summing up from the others as well as with my own additions. * Two on-board video cameras, one is 720p with "photo" ability. * Video sharing on YouTube. * A community of users. * Flight data graphics. * Due to streaming video, I can fly virtually, as if from the pilots seat-- I can see what the Drone sees, in real time. * Multiple flight control options. * I can set up the control range from tame to wild, such as for indoor or outdoor flight, or my own preferences. * It is tough, but easy, cheap, and quick to repair. * "Augmented Reality" games. * Open source software-- e.g., I can use the 60Beat Game Controller besides my touchscreen (iPad, iPhone, Android, etc). * Open source software-- e.g., The AR.Drone can autonomously track an object. * It flies "large" not like a gnat-- something experienced r/c pilots appreciate. * I can pre-program flights so the AR.Drone flies itself. * Indoor and Outdoor shell. * I average just over 11 minutes per battery charge. * Lasting fun: there is whole industry of customizing these because the owners use their drone a lot more often than the $50.00 quadrocopters. * If I run low on battery, it informs me and lands itself if I do not respond. * If I fly out of range, it hovers, and waits for me to move closer to reconnect. * If I take my hand off the controls, it station-keeps at altitude. * It knows its altitude, and ground speed and transmits that in real time as well as records it. * Because of the above, there is one last important point the AR.Drone has over the others: The users all wish their friends had one, because with two or more flying, games just happen.
221890
As for this not being a good " 1st time helicopter". I disagree 100%. It's the toughest I have ever seen. If you fly it over grass, you will not break it in a crash.
1268598
This thing can only fly for 5 to 10 minutes before the battery issues a warning at 20% and it automatically comes down to the ground. Therefore any video would stop after a few minutes, as well. If you only took video and never flew it, it would go for much longer!
507984
While you technically *can* fly it outdoors, it is VERY difficult. Flying indoors is a blast. In fact, I think this is hands down the best indoor heli. However, if you take it outside, fly it only with 0mph wind on an open grass field. Trust me, you are going to want 20 or more crashless indoor flights before taking it outside.
925783
Very easy! I have not had a problem! I have even done underwater video with mine in this case
885007
I was thinking about buying this camera before Christmas, and I viewed a test report video online. The reviewer actually went out on a lake in a rowboat, talked about the waterproofing feature, and then actually dunked the camera and lens under water. He then immediately lifted the Pentax out of the water and proceeded to take pictures with it and it worked!! So perhaps the answer is you should not try to swim under water with it, but it does survive a quick dunk underwater if you happen to drop the camera into water.