Propel Maximum X15 Hybrid Stunt Drone

[MJW]

Morning all, anybody got one of these or know anything about them?
Pro's & con's?

I've watched a few YT reviews, looks like a fun drone, read some negative reviews,

There's one on CL and I'm looking for an active drone for my son, he has a lot of interest in them and I don't think my camera ship will pacify the need for speed,,,,,,

 

[Dugdog47]

Looks like a good beginner drone.

 

[MJW]

Well I guess it's a good thing the seller is such a flake, I don't like buying or selling on Cragslist,
The drone has been listed for weeks, that should have been my first clue, never responded to email's, gave a text number, I texted, still no reply, but,,,,

In the mean time I've been reading even more about it and found a few reviews about it that were just as negative as my review of the CL seller.

My son really would rather have a freestyle/racer drone so I'm going to start my research in that direction, most likely I'll let him buy his own rather than me try to figure what's going to be best for him.

I might end up learning something ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[wafflejock]

If he hasn't flown before would suggest getting an AR1 from airhogs or something similar (holystone or others around the $40-60 mark) that won't break the bank but will give him a chance to try it out with something better than those super micro $20 ones. Once you get into hobby grade stuff everything gets significantly more expensive and it becomes a matter of how serious are you and how long term are you going to stick with this hobby, would be a shame to spend near a thousand on equipment that gets used once or twice and then left to collect dust or sold at half the cost. Also no flight experience means very likely to be crashing, best bet is get a simulator and a decent transmitter/joystick (suggest jumper T16 for wide compatibility, but spektrum or frsky are both quality as well in general). If he can learn to fly acro in the simulator then worth getting whatever high end racing machine for real life, if he can't master the simulator he won't be any better in real life.

 

[MJW]

The only real downside to the entire thing is that there's no organized competition in our area, so once mastered what then?

 

[wafflejock]

The only real downside to the entire thing is that there's no organized competition in our area, so once mastered what then?

What's your area? There are multi-gp chapters or whatever they call them all over the place. Personally got into this with interest in the technology and how it can be used for autonomous tasks but also just awesome seeing the acrobatic flight and fun thing to share with friends and family when visiting people and different places. There is always some online competition in velocidrone albeit spotty but I think multi-gp events are the way to get head to head and meet more experienced race pilots.

 

[MJW]

NW Washington state,

Just did a goggle of RC friendly places, surprised myself, gonna check into some local fields.