The best cheap drone deals in March 2018

A great cheap drone deal can be hard to find with so many fake "deals" around. Being a dedicated deal hunter, I daily check most of the reputable retailers for genuine discounts. For March, I want to share with you the best drone deal under $100. In my opinion, this is the maximum budget that a newbie should spend on...

XINLIN SHIYE X198 GPS drone for less than $200

XINLIN SHIYE X198 drone
If you are looking for a good GPS enabled drone for a nice price offer, then you should check this XINLIN SHIYE X198. In addition to the powerful brush-less motors and full HD camera, it comes with many nice features (like Follow me mode). The brushless motors are more reliable than the coreless motors. They are also comparatively more efficient and...

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 design. It is available with or without a FrSky receiver, no other bundle radio options. All the 3-leaf propellers are transparent. Maybe they look cool, but I would rather prefer some vibrant colors. Unfortunately blades are not self...

Eachine QX90C Pro: Best Micro FPV drone under $100?

Eachine QX90C Pro Micro FPV drone
This new Eachine QX90C Pro was completely redesigned compared to its predecessor (the QX95). In order to protect the electronic parts, as well as the VTX camera, during crashes, Eachine equipped the QX90C Pro with a cool plastic canopy. Based on the versatile F3 flight controller, the QX90C Pro drone can be configured with multiple flight modes. While "Angle" mode is suitable...

SYMA Z1: An Affordable Selfie Drone

Syma Z1 drone
In the close future, affordable drones like SYMA Z1 will completely change the way of taking selfies. Holding up your phone to take selfies is not fun anymore. Drones allows to take not just close-up selfies, but also from a bird's vision. The Z1 connects to your phone via a WiFi signal and will stream a live video from the on-board...

LiDi RC L15W cheap drone for beginners

LiDi RC L15W quadcopter
Following the epic design of the X5C, LiDi RC recently announced their own version called L15W. In addition to its attractive price tag, LiDi RC L15W comes with lots of beginner orientated features. While the altitude hold feature ensures easy take-off and landing process, enabling headless mode helps newbies to easily control their drone in all directions since this feature tracks the...

Syma X25 Pro drone: Dual GPS and intelligent flight modes

Syma X25Pro drone
After long absence, finally Syma strikes back with a nice GPS enabled drone called X25Pro. In addition to the precise GPS positioning system, the Syma X25 Pro features intelligent flight modes like Surround flight and Waypoint missions. According to the manufacturer's specs, the 7.4V - 1000mAh allows up to 12 minutes of flight. In case of low battery voltage, the drone will...

Happymodel Snapper7 aka Crazybee: 75mm sized FPV drone

Happymodel Snapper7 Crazybee drone
Equipped with powerful brushless motors, the Happymodel Snapper7 seems to be one of the best Tiny Whoop alternative for 2018. Thanks to the circular propeller protectors and compact size, the Crazybee can be safely used for indoor practice as well as for outdoor fun. Thanks to the protective canopy, all electronic parts (AIO camera and flight controller) are well protected during...

Diatone 2018 GT-M530 and GT-R530 FPV drones

Diatone 2018 GT-M530 and GT-R530 drones
Chinese New Year comes with two new drones from Diatone, the GT-M530 and the GT-R530. At first look both drones share same hardware (flight controller, camera, VTX, motors and ESCs) and the only visual difference between them seems to be the design of the canopy. Both quadcopters will have Normal X and Stretch X versions. As usually the number in the...

Calibrating the VISUO XS809HW: Step by step guide

How to calibrate the VISUO XS809HW?
Based on my experience, after a few crashes, drones start to fly abnormally even if there are no visible damage. Performing gyro-calibration can solve sideward flying or other flight disorders of your VISUO XS809HW. Lately, I have received many emails regarding how to calibrate the VISUO XS809HW drone, so I thought it would be helpful to make a step-by-step tutorial...