Drones from $201-500

In this price range you can find pretty versatile quadcopters from well known drone brands. We will take a look at the DJI Spark, Xiaomi Mi, Phantom 3, many professional racing quads and other option under $500.

List of best drones under $500

FUNSNAP DIVA: 4K GPS drone with 2-axis gimbal

Photo of FUNSNAP DIVA drone
Featuring a cool foldable design, up to 30 minutes of flight time, four QuickShot modes (Dronie, Rocket, Circle, and Helix), Vlog modes, and a...

GEPRC Sparrow GEP-MX3: Robust mini FPV racing quad

GEPRC Sparrow GEP-MX3 mini racing quadcopter
Advertised with top speed of 170 Km/h, the GEPRC Sparrow GEP-MX3 is certainly not a learn-to-fly drone. You need serious piloting skills to hold in check...

Diatone Crusader GT2 racing quadcopters in all sizes

Diatone Crusader GT2 racing drones
Diatone Crusader GT2 200, 175 and 150 mm racing drones Diatone just announced their Crusader GT2 racing drone series. The Diatone Crusader GT2 will be...

Xiaomi Mi 4K drone: What we know about it

Xiaomi Mi 4k drone
Based on my good experience with the Yi 2 camera, I decided to accept Flora's guest post about the Xiaomi Mi 4K drone to be published here on FirstQuadcopter. In...

EVERWING X220 professional racing drone

EVERWING X220 racing quadcopter
The EVERWING X220 is a pre-built racing drone requiring minimal setup to get up in the air. It comes with top-notch hardware and attractive...

ImmersionRC Vortex 230 Mojo: Freestyle FPV drone

ImmersionRC Vortex 230 quadcopter
After I watched FinalGlideAus amazing freestyle flight video with the Vortex 230 Mojo drone, I could'n resist to write about it. ImmersionRC claims that, in order to...

Iflight MegaBee HD: 3″ FPV racing drone for GoPro 7

iFlight MegaBee 3i HD
Despite its small size, the newly announced Iflight MegaBee 3i drone has impressive specs, lots of power and pretty cool features. With a wheelbase...

BetaFPV Pavo35: Powerful CineWhoop for GoPro 12

BetaFPV Pavo35
I'm a big fan of BetaFPV's PAVO series; I have already reviewed the Pavo Pivo, Pavo20, and Pavo30. I like the Whoop-style design with...

BrotherHobby Hyperbola 5″ FPV drone under 250g

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The newly announced BrotherHobby Hyperbola is an ultra-lightweight (below 250 grams) 5-inch FPV drone. Its solid true-X carbon fiber frame is matched with an...

Holybro Pixhawk 4 Mini QAV250 DIY GPS FPV drone KIT

Holybro Pixhawk 4 Mini QAV250 drone KIT
After the popular Kopis 2 drone, HolyBro comes back with a new GPS enabled FPV drone DIY KIT. The Holybro Pixhawk 4 Mini QAV250 is...

iFlight TP X5 HD Toothpick FPV Racing Drone

Photo of iFlight TP X5 HD
iFlight's latest 5-inch FPV racing drone features Toothpick style lightweight design. The iFlight TP X5 HD has two power options. While 4S version comes...