Need Advice new to quadcopters

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Blackhawk

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Hi all I am wanting to buy a Quadcopter with a camera that you can use outside but not sure what to go for, I haven't flown Quadcopters before but I am use to flying gyro helicopters, so many Quadcopters on the market with camera I just don't know where to turn to, I don't want to spend a lot on one around maybe £40-50 on one, please could you advise also are GearBest a reputable company they look like it.

thanks.
 
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Blackhawk said:
also are GearBest a reputable company they look like it.
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Yes but I prefer BangGood. The reviews (which you need to read) are usually more comprehensive and informative. Prices are all about the same.

This is a solid choice, many on this forum like it.
http://www.banggood.com/Syma-X5C-Explorers-2_4G-4CH-RC-Quadcopter-Mode-2-With-Camera-p-913827.html

Do grab a couple of these too.
http://www.banggood.com/JJRC-H9D-H9D-10-3_7V-650mAh-Battery-p-969410.html

I'd also grab 4 spare motors and props. As a new guy you will be crashing a lot, you can up the ante after you mastered the basics.
 
Thanks for your help, the quadcopter you mentioned I have been looking at getting so will go for that one. Im from uk so will have to see if I can get a good deal over here.
 
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You have to be careful with quads that look similar. Many of these mini/micros these days are way too twitchy for new fliers.
 
+1 on the Syma. great starter unit.
purists mock the pics but I think they're pretty good
 

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I have been learning to fly with a Syma X5c-1 and its a tough little thing for the money, I have crashed it into every surface around me and the other day it hit our bungalow and fell about twelve feet onto concrete and yet it still flew perfectly after.
I'm also still on my first set of props.
 
i have been learning with the syma x5sc, fantastic quadcopter, i have never flown anything before but after three days i was getting the hang of it quite well. the only thing i have found out is when flying in the slightest breeze its hard to keep steady.
 
I would keep away from the mini-quadcopters if you are new to it all, as someone else has said, they can be a little twitchy.

It's always tough starting something new and you will probably have a few crashes to begin with, but hang on in there! You surely won't mess up as much as me, I ended up losing my first one on the sea.
 
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I would keep away from the mini-quadcopters if you are new to it all, as someone else has said, they can be a little twitchy.

It's always tough starting something new and you will probably have a few crashes to begin with, but hang on in there! You surely won't mess up as much as me, I ended up losing my first one on the sea.
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Hahaha, that would be terrible. One guy on a smaller Facebook group I'm in found his that was lost at sea two years later covered in barnacles haha.
 
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