Jonbonshawy
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I'm new to quads after picking up a cheap h107c and decided to buy a couple of nano drones for inside.
I went to my local red5 store hoping for a Q4 but they were out if stock so I got what appears to be a clone. Same colour scheme but slightly different frame. 'flyhero' in text. 25 pounds for the nano
The Propel Atom was slightly more at 39:99 but looked much better in the packaging and was from a known brand.
The Propel wins hands down. It comes with tri-blades which I'm sure adds to it stability and it's controller is perfect despite being tiny. All in all a perfect in house quad. Only issue is you can't swap out batteries so you need around 6 of them to fly for any period.
The red5 promised a lot. I read in reviews that it was basically a hubsan q4 with a naff controller that locked out a lot of features. I have a spare x4 rx and in the same reviews I read you could bind the x4 rx to this red5 nano.
I could not. The red5 nano is a fast beast. The controller features usual trim and flip switch us has 2 speed modes and a headless mode I can't get to grips with. It should win but it's awful rx let's it down. The sticks are unresponsive and every flight is spent over steering to compensate. With such an agile quick quad this makes control impossible.
If I could find a way to bind it to my spare x4 rx I'm sure it would be amazing but as it is the quad engineering gets 5/5 rx gets 1/5
Propel Atom gets 5/5 across the board. Well made. Easy to fly. Super stable and very robust props. I've had it two days and flew it into many walls and props are like new. Red5 is down 2 already.
Hubsan x4 still rules budget learner piloting.
Next for me fpv. Build my own or buy hubsan...brushless is expensive but seem 107d is cheap and modable.....
Also what dremel mods can I make to x4 do you think? I'm thinking if cutting off weight if possible.
Can you make x4 fpv? Slowly upgrade?
Think I will build from scratch or get black widow kit.
I went to my local red5 store hoping for a Q4 but they were out if stock so I got what appears to be a clone. Same colour scheme but slightly different frame. 'flyhero' in text. 25 pounds for the nano
The Propel Atom was slightly more at 39:99 but looked much better in the packaging and was from a known brand.
The Propel wins hands down. It comes with tri-blades which I'm sure adds to it stability and it's controller is perfect despite being tiny. All in all a perfect in house quad. Only issue is you can't swap out batteries so you need around 6 of them to fly for any period.
The red5 promised a lot. I read in reviews that it was basically a hubsan q4 with a naff controller that locked out a lot of features. I have a spare x4 rx and in the same reviews I read you could bind the x4 rx to this red5 nano.
I could not. The red5 nano is a fast beast. The controller features usual trim and flip switch us has 2 speed modes and a headless mode I can't get to grips with. It should win but it's awful rx let's it down. The sticks are unresponsive and every flight is spent over steering to compensate. With such an agile quick quad this makes control impossible.
If I could find a way to bind it to my spare x4 rx I'm sure it would be amazing but as it is the quad engineering gets 5/5 rx gets 1/5
Propel Atom gets 5/5 across the board. Well made. Easy to fly. Super stable and very robust props. I've had it two days and flew it into many walls and props are like new. Red5 is down 2 already.
Hubsan x4 still rules budget learner piloting.
Next for me fpv. Build my own or buy hubsan...brushless is expensive but seem 107d is cheap and modable.....
Also what dremel mods can I make to x4 do you think? I'm thinking if cutting off weight if possible.
Can you make x4 fpv? Slowly upgrade?
Think I will build from scratch or get black widow kit.