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The price seems to be universally fixed at $999.99. I have not been able to find a single different price (other than some that are much higher.... go figure) Parece un buen precio para un excitante drone. [:-)}

I just bit the bullet and bought a DJI Mavic camera drone. I really like the part where it folds up to the size of a water bottle and you can slip it into a (big) pocket, yet it has camera stability and virtually all of the performance features of its big brother... the"Phantom" drone used to...

Heh, heh. It's a lot cheaper to crash one of those. [:-)} Brushless motors are long lasting and more trouble free, but I would guess they break apart in a crash about as well as other motors. Smart thinkin'. Go for the el cheapo to keep gaining skills and then move up. I like that...

A single cell Li-on battery cell is 3.7 volts. Most cell phones turn off when this cell voltage reaches 3.0 volts, or a 19% voltage drop. A similar drop for the 11.1 volt system would be to 9 volts. The 7.4 volt batteries, even fully charged, are so much lower, I would not expect the them to...

Ohhh! You came down hard! Even my fall from 400? hundred feet high, when I lost control of my quad a few weeks ago didn't result in any damage, but the drone landed in grass. Yours looks like a hard landing on something much harder. Ouch, and sincere sympathies for the experience! :(

It is possible to buy such chargers, but the ones I have seen are relatively cheap, and while I'm guessing, I believe they take 3X longer to charge three batteries, so there would be no gain in time saved. In addition, given the problems with li-ion batteries catching on fire if not charged...

Jackson - That was a VERY HELPFUL pointer, and BTW that video is part of a wonderful series of helpful pointers. I suggest anyone starting to learn to fly take the time to watch this Quadcopter Flight School Basic Training series. It is well worthwhile!!! That rotation suggestion was not...

10-4. Yes, I should have said the "Right" stick (assuming you are in the default Mode 1 control state). With the Headless mode, if you pull the right stick back then no matter what the drone orientation is it will come back towards you. Of course you have to also adjust the left/right...

There is no indication on the Controller Display as to what Mode the Quad is in. To activate "Headless Mode" make sure you are executing the following steps, in the order listed.... Push the Controller ON/OFF power switch up to turn it on, and then turn on the power switch on the bottom of the...

Bostjanc, the "both sticks down-right" is a gyro horizon calibration. In my experience, I have not done it every time, but that could be because my default calibration just happens to work. It probably makes sense to do that calibration routinely with each new flight as part of the...

With the propeller guards on, there is some loss of control power, and if you are flying in the default "L" (low power) mode (tap the left top corner button once to change from L to H [High power] mode), then it can be difficult to fly in winds much above 5 mph. I always fly in H (High power)...

Bostjanc - Out of context I can only guess what the cable was for. While it is possible the dude was looking for more flying time, that seems unlikely as there is not room in most aircraft for multiple batteries, AND further, even if you taped the batteries on, I would expect the added weight...

This week I learned I should read my own manual better! After months of flying practice I finally got my nerve up and put the HD camera on my Quad. In my excitement to get it aloft I messed up two things.... I forgot to put it in High Power mode and also neglected to set the Headless Mode...

LOL indeed and then some! :-( Can't believe I did that. Too often the fingers and brain seem to disconnect! Hopefully I got it right in the Manual.

Let us know how you do. Make sure you have the propellers on the correct locations correctly too!!

Thanks Jackson. Coming from you that means a lot to me. Been a ton of work. I practically rewrote everything. Once I started it was hard to stop, as every time I thought I was done, I discovered some other silly, incorrect, or incomplete statements in the vendor guide. If anyone spots any...

I have just posted a major update to the Manual. For document tracking, it is labeled as "V3" in the lower right corner of the cover page. Jackson - I incorporated the various suggestions you made and added a lot of information about the Modes and batteries. I hope this is a help to others...

The props that came from Syma for the X8G are individually labeled A1, A2, B1, B2 I can see no difference between the "1" and "2" props but assumed there may be a difference since the manual calls them out specifically. But that said, on the X8G itself on the bottom side of the motor mounts...

Haha. I can (and will) add such a disclaimer on those image panels in addition to the Page 7 explanation. I keep finding more and more original document mistakes and confused English so am continuing to work on getting the Manual as clear as possible. Other than the camera area differences...

New and updated Manual posted at... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7tGGHO26FsjNlhqUDJ0Wlp5M1k/view?usp=sharing It incorporated Jackson's suggestions plus a few more cleanups.:cool: