I was just beginning to read the FAQs here & shop for a drone when a monkey threw a wrench at me. I unintentionally got a free drone - go figure. It flies OK (short range, choppy video link), but the scant instruction booklet (which is smaller than a large cookie) doesn't have an address to buy any of the replacement parts it recommends, including a second BATTERY. Just by looking at the shape of the drone, it's very similar to a Syma, but mine has a unique battery with shove-in terminals. It has a number on the battery label, but Google only finds Chinese technical reports for sale that include the number - no sellers of the actual battery. The software to link to the FPV camera is only labelled "SJRC", which has no website or store, either. Does anyone recognize this thing, or know where to find parts for it? The thumbnails below are clickable for a medium-size view, and those images are clickable again for a supersize view. But some phone apps for discussion forums don't recognize their links, so I've added them in plain text below each thumb. Box top https://www.supermotors.net/registry/media/1125710 (for phone apps) Battery well https://www.supermotors.net/registry/media/1125711 Battery https://www.supermotors.net/registry/media/1125712
Well the body, motor pods and prop guards look like a Syma X8. Looks like it uses the same brushed motors which is a con, some spares are a good idea.. https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Stone-Modular-Charging-Quadcopter/dp/B075W8ZMF4/ref=pd_sim_21_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=51XY9SNVC6FNP626NEHH https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Stone-HS100-Quadcopter-Accessories/dp/B075W8RZ6X/ref=pd_bxgy_21_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XC4ZE79CCE9J0FY9KHVG
Thanks RG - it looks like you nailed it. Other than the black shell, that's exactly what I've got. BTW, just FYI... After just about 6 flights, it's already misbehaving. The camera keeps jerking up & down, and then swivelling fully down past where it will go when I try to tilt it down. It doesn't respond to the tilt control, but it keeps sending video back to my phone. Then it flew itself into a tree (I was flying it on the other side of the tree I was walking past, it apparently lost signal from no more than 30 feet away, and lunged back into the tree), but it was a really low tree, so I got it out easily.
I found it by Googling "Honda Drone". It comes up with a video review. It is weird that it is Honda branded..
Yeah, but that didn't help me find batteries. And the thing is freaking out more & more. The camera tilt doesn't respond to the control, and sometimes it creates a virtual wall for itself that it won't fly past. It has crashed itself a few times now by flying into trees.
