Hubsan X4 - Comments

Conclusions: When or if it works it's great, but unfortunately if you do some research. The stock motors will not last an hour fly time before you start having issues. The motors will either lock up and or burn out very quickly. I'm very familiar with drones and rc helicopters with the required maintenance and issues that arise. If you don't mind upgrading the motors out of the box for $20 you'll have a great product. Otherwise DO NOT BUY

Conclusions: I' been flying quads for a couple of years and thought this would be a good starter drone for my son. After 4 flights I have determined this bird is junk. In even very slow winds, 3-5 mph, it cannot hold its altitude and fluctuates 10 to 20 feet. It also acts eratically when you try to use both sticks at the same time. For example when you go full speed ahead it dives down a ton and if you try to pull ip by increasing throtthe it will not respond and dive to the ground unless you release the right stick and then apply throttle. Lastly the motors are WAY UNDERPOWERED. Even light winds toss this around like a paper airplane. The reputation this drone has is very accurate, this is the cheapest gps drone, cheap, cheap cheap. Dont waste your money. For 120 bucks more you can get the Hubsan h109s. Brushless motors, 20 minute flight time and I have taken a mile away. Dissapointed. If I had not thrown the box out it would be going back.

Conclusions: Charge battery was imposible, no charge at all battery was dead, YouTube show the cable is one of the problem, but in my case the battery was defective

Conclusions: Well im extremely disappointed on my 3rd flight i made sure that i did compass calibration correct next made sure that i had atleast 8 satellites on both the quad and the controller before arming the motors i sent it up flew around for a little bit then hit return to home and its all of a sudden sky rocketed and took off fast as it could in opposite direction of where it should have returned home. I have just contacted hubsan and am praying that they make this right it was obviously a manufacturer issue not the pilot i followed hubsans directions step by step and it had a mind of its own.

Conclusions: Got 2 of these motor burn up after 5 flights Hubsan doesn't care. No Support Just Sales Its like throwing money away.

Conclusions: I have had this model for several months now. I exercised every instruction in the manual and cannot get the motors to arm. It is grounded sad to say.

Conclusions: delivered to wrong adress

Conclusions: Wish I would have gotten something a little more powerful. It's not as responsive as I would like and if the gps calibration is done perfectly the things goes all over the place.

Conclusions: Too slow. Smokeout after 3 weeks. Returned

Conclusions: The quads gps and altitude hold have something to be desired. It's up- it's down. Felt more like a toy quad then my Phantom, with GPS. Also, the screws holding the Propellers down easily are stripped. I have a quad with a broken barometer ( I had it looked at by my Phantom mechanic) and a broken prop- which I can't replace... . !?!?

Conclusions: This quad is advertised as toy grade and it is as advertised. Each time the quad is used the compass must be calibrated. Also it is slow to pick up satellites so there is little battery left by the time it is in the air. The battery that came with the quad will not take a full charge,so the extra battery I purchased saved the day. The headless mode does not function, but the return to home seems to be working. The quad bounces around a lot during maneuvers so the camera is limited. As the cheapest GPS quad out there it is still not worth the money

Conclusions: Do Not buy this Drone. My friend and I each bought one and they lasted maybe a half hour before a motor burned out on both Oh yes GPS is fun but lasting for a few minutes is so wrong. We bought these because of a you Tube demo. Don't do it. So you get a hundred dollar piece of junk.

Conclusions: Very light, not reliable flight stability with more than 5mph winds.

Conclusions: The main thing that I'm dissatisfied with is you can't turn the GPS off and it seems to interface with everything. Most of the time it just goes where it wants. It'd be nice if you could turn the GPS off when you aren't at extremely wide open areas.

Conclusions: I guess you can't expect to much from a quad in this price range but you can find better for $100, but here are some pros and cons. Pros: cheap, has camera, decent range, good battery life. Cons: very cheap plastic, horrible camera quality, handles like a boat, need to buy sd card, if you bring it down fast at all it sways and tips really really bad. I've only had an 3DR Iris+ before this $550+ so I may be a little spoiled with the capabilities of a better drone.

Conclusions: Nice little drone for the mone y. Battery went out after one flight.

Conclusions: So, the motors burn out in these..I got about 50 4 minute flights out of it. most fun i've had with a drone. Ended up with a mavic pro after this broke so I guess skip this drone and get your real drone first. than again, I got 50 dollars of valuable flight experience....up to you.

Conclusions:  This product probably has more sophisticated technology than the vehicle that landed on the moon. Why only 3 stars? The first product I received had a good camera but the transmitter was faulty and made it impossible to control properly. The second flew beautifully but the camera didn't work. The third had a great camera but the transmitter made controlling it too jerky so I used the transmitter from the second one and all was well, really well. I have several complaints about the user manual. First, many steps are out of order including putting the propellers on before the guards. Also, be aware that the camera card you will need to purchase can be max 16G.

Conclusions: This review is the not the one I wanted to be giving. I received this drone (hubsan h502e) with high expectations. I have had two x4 with and without the camera, and loved them. When I decided to buy again I went with a different manufacturer and regreted it on the first flight. It was defective and was returned. I orders this 502e and found what others had found. Three of the motors were dead before it got off the ground the first time. I haven't decided if I should just order new motors or return the product but disapointed either way.

Conclusions: Smaller than expected. Don't recommend flying in wind. Also has weird behavior when pressing the Home button. It goes straight up and then drops out of the sky.