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Blade 350 QX and QX2 Quadcopter – Review, Rating and more…

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First introduced in September of 2013 (one year after the DJI Phantom), the Blade 350 QX had some initial quality control problems. Some of those, as well as a mini-review of the early model, can be found at our forum thread here: https://www.droneflyers.com/talk/threads/blade-350-qx-review.241/ We recently got our hands on a newer (2.0 firmware, manufactured 6/2014) […]

Parrot Rolling Spider Mini drone quadcopter- first look, review and rating

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Parrot was the first company to market a consumer drone – the AR Drone 1.0 – which was followed up by the more reliable and advanced AR Drone 2.0. They are currently in the process of releasing 3 new products: The BeBop – this is a HD camera equipped advanced quadcopter…the successor to the AR […]

Blade 200 QX Quadcopter – First look, review and rating

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Introduction Blade is the brand name given to R/C Helicopter and Multirotors (Quadcopters, etc.) by Horizon Hobby, an American company which has been in business since the mid-1980’s. They have offices and manufacturing around the globe and, in this sense, differ greatly from many of the current “toy grade” vendors. Horizon Hobby products are sold […]

DJI PHANTOM 2 VISION PLUS + First Look and Review & Rating – Part 1

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Note – if you are looking for an article on the differences between the DJI Phantom models, click this link. DJI is well known as a leader in the RTF Quadcopter market. The first Phantom, released at the end of 2012, provided a new standard and value in a mid-sized GPS quadcopter. In the time […]

DJI PHANTOM 2 VISION PLUS + First Look and Review & Rating – Part 2

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Note: you can follow this link to part #1 of this review. (This article is still in draft status with more information added each day) P2+ will sometimes be used below as an abbreviation for Phantom 2 Vision+ The DJI Vision App and Extended Features Unlike most other quadcopters, the Phantom 2 Vision+ uses a […]

JXD 388 Aerocraft Quadcopter – First Look and Review

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The JXD is made by the Chinese JinXingDa Plastic Toys Factory and is sold, in most cases, complete with a matching TX. However, I was attracted to this quadcopter based on it being available without the TX – Banggood’s (and others) web sites declared that it would work fine with an existing WL Toys v2x2 […]

WL Toys v262 Quadcopter – First look and review

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WL Toys are well known for their inexpensive line of mini and micro Quadcopters – these include the v929, 939, 949 and v959. Newer models are called v202, 212 and 222 which feature additional stabilization. The new (July, 2013) v262 quadcopter is a step up in size from mini-quads, making it capable of carrying larger […]

Mobius Sport, Dashboard and Aerial Cam – First look and review

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Quadcopter pilots are quite familiar with very small cameras, especially the “keychain cams”, which are very lightweight (20-30 grams) and take video up to 720p. These are capable of being flown by smaller quads than heavier cams like the GoPro, Sony Actioncam, etc. However, even the top-dog keychain cam (the 808 #16) lacks many of […]

HK Micro Q-Bot HiSky FF120 – First Look and Review

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HiSky is made by Chinese R/C helicopter company Chiyuan ELectronics and is sold in two forms which appear to be identical other than the color. One version is the HiSky FF120 and the other is the Hobbyking (HK) Micro Q-Bot. We will use the term “Micro Q-bot” throughout this review to avoid confusion. Appeal to […]