First Quadcopter

Every year large numbers of Southern Right Whales travel from the Antarctic to the warmer Walker Bay off the coast of South Africa to calve and mate. Located about an hour and a half out of Cape Town, Hermanus is one of the best whale watching spots in the world, welcoming dozens of these gentle ocean creatures each year. As...

Honestly, about the "Drocon" brand I heard for the first time one week ago. Besides the Bugs 6, they have couple of other nice drones. The following weeks I want to introduce you the most exciting ones in our news section. At first look, the DROCON Bugs 6 quadcopter is an intermediate step for those who want to migrate from toy drones to...

After a long absence, Wingsland returns with their first wannabe racing drone called X1. Honestly, adopting WiFi FPV, the WINGSLAND X1 is far away to be a real FPV racing quadcopter. In order to allow perfectly stable indoor flights, the Wingsland X1 features, besides the barometric air-pressure sensor, an optical flow sensor. Under the belly of the fuselage is locate an extension...

Measuring about only 4.9 x 6.2 x 3 cm, the S9W drone is one of the smallest foldable drone. The small size is paired with an attractive design and all the latest features. Thanks to the built-in air-pressure sensor, the aircraft is capable to autonomously maintain its flight altitude. This feature is very handy for first-time pilots. In front of the...

Like me, probably everyone wants to be the "cool guy" which offers the best Christmas gifts. These days, toy drones became affordable and widely available, also very popular among the kids. Honestly, being a parent, I prefer to give my child a drone with which he can play outside rather than a video game that keeps him in the...

DIY does not necessarily mean cheap. For the price of Fighter 220 you can find really nice ready-to-fly (RTF) racing quadcopters. Anyway, in my opinion, building your own drone doubles the fun and also makes you understand how these flying machines work. Like most of the modern racing drones, the Fighter 220 is also based on the versatile F4 flight controller....

As autumn is already knocking at the door, micro racing drones like this AWESOME MINI BOBI X115 are just perfect for some indoor practice. Based on the versatile Omnibus F3 Flight controller, the AWESOME MINI BOBI X115 can be configured with multiple flight modes. While newbies can accommodate with the basic flight movements on Angle mode, experienced pilots can have fun on...

Built from eye-catching purple carbon fiber, the FuriBee Nebula 230 is not just beautiful but also very durable. Although FuriBee is a relatively new drone brand, they announced only this year at least eight brush-less quad-copters and couple of other brushed toy drones. Based on the versatile Omnibus F4 flight controller, the FuriBee Nebula 230 drone features multiple flight modes. While self-level modes...

Personally, I have mixed fillings regarding brushed GPS drones like this X183GPS. I'm not sure that it would worth thickening so much technologies into quad-copters with a weak point like brushed motors. Anyway, for only $150, the X183GPS quadcopter with complete FPV system seems to be a great deal. Thanks to the GPS positioning system, the X183GPS features precise hovering and orbit...

These days, everyone has at least one smartphone in their pocket which could be used as 5.8G FPV monitor among this Eachine R051 android FPV receiver. Of course if latency is not critical. Because in my opinion these smartphone FPV receivers are not fast as dedicated 5.8G displays. Eachine R051 is compatible with both popular mobile operating systems. There is...