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Bottom line. If you're not a licensed business operator and go through the process for certification, trying to pick up some extra spending money "under the table" will cost you a whole lot more than you earned, if you get caught.

Maybe it's because of my actual flightcrew experience in the Air Force. But looking at FPV crash footage from the vantage point of "being in the cockpit" and it being so realistic, it's a bit unnerving. I know that I'm not in a full-sized aircraft viewing what's about to happen. But having...

I have some of that pipe insulation at home, left over from insulating basement copper pipes.

Are they the manufacturer of the Syma drones?

And I think that non-functioning button on the controller may have been meant for the "One key return" listed in the Gearbest ad, but there's no mention of in the instruction manual.

I think the one you thinking about is a similar one on the Gearbest webpage, priced at $82.95, is red in color, and has the batteries that mine had. That one is Model H25G. By the way, I ditched the prop guards after the first two practice flights. They bent easily, and fouled the props.

Not the same. I've seen that one. It's identical in appearance, but closer to the size of the Syma X5 series. It also uses a different propeller, and oval LED lenses on the underside. Mine is the same size as the Syma X8's, has rectangular LED lenses, uses the same motors, propellers, hardware...

I'm thinking about adding a thin strip of lightweight sheet metal beneath each pair of landing struts with the leading end curved up similar to those on full-sized copters, to reduce the potential for tipping over forward on landing. An alternate option I looked at, is a pair of Yuneec Typhoon G...

I'm well into making significant changes to my Ai Freedom II, which is essentially a rebodied Syma X8-series quad. Being an Air Force vet, I use similar classifications for evolutionary changes. 'A' model being the original configuration from the manufacturer. 'B' model is where I swapped the...

Impressive. Looks like it could also be used for an aerial searchlight or spotlight.

Try eBay, and query "Syma X8 drone parts". Just about everything except the body itself is available. Sometimes with free shipping. I completed the antenna mod on my throttle controller last weekend, using a 2 dbi wifi antenna that I got two of from an eBay seller for less than $5.00. The other...

Took my Ai Freedom II (mechanically a Syma X8-series) out to a nearby high school soccer field to fly last Sunday. Clear, sunny, very little breeze. Wanted to test extended flight time with a 7.4v 2500 mAh onboard battery, and a 3.7v 1200 mAh battery in the throttle controller. Launch went...

I've noticed that on the X8G, there are three wires connected to the camera. A black one ehich I presume to be a neutral or ground, and two other wires, which I presume activate video and photo functions. I've been thinking about installing a SPDT toggle switch wired to the "hot" lead for the...

I have the Ai Freedom II, which is a Syma X8-series clone, as it uses many of the same parts. My first mods were to replace the 1800 mAh drone battery and 550 mAh throttle controller battery, with 2500, and 1200 mAh batteries respectively. The drone battery required a change of connectors, to...

I have an Ai Freedom II drone, that appears to use the same propellers as the Syma X8 series drones. Is there a three blade propeller available for the larger Syma drones? I'm not going to be racing or flips with this drone, but plan some modifications to extend it's maximum flight time, and...