{"id":68,"date":"2020-08-17T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T03:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecaptainslog.co.nz\/?p=68"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:31:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:31:40","slug":"rc-quadcopter-drone-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaptainslog.co.nz\/index.php\/2020\/08\/17\/rc-quadcopter-drone-review\/","title":{"rendered":"RC Quadcopter Drone review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a review of the LAUMOX SG907 GPS Drone with 4K HD Adjustment Camera Wide Angle 5G WIFI FPV RC Quadcopter Professional Foldable Drones E520S E58 <\/a>sold by Aliexpress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a low-cost drone which features a 4k camera and GPS, which I thought wasn’t bad for the princely sum of NZD$207, and that included 3 batteries and a bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, what do you get?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the bag, you have the drone, the controller, 3 batteries, a spare set of rotor blades, a charger for the batteries and the manuals. The drone itself is quite compact and the arms fold out with the rotors on them, likewise, the controller has a spring clip in arms that fold out above it to hold your mobile phone, so you can see video and pictures in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The app for the iphone is reasonably good, I was pretty impressed to be honest, it has a lot of functionality for the price of it, including the ability to set GPS waypoints and a follow me function. You can even use gestures for it to take photos! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flight controller feels reasonably intuitive once you get the hang of it, the manual isn’t the best, as you can probably guess from a cheap Chinese bit of kit, reading the manuals completely a couple of times over is helpful. The main issue with the supplied controller is the batteries, it takes 4 AA batteries – I’m using rechargeables because it was starting to add up, but they drain pretty fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The app is where the thing really shines, it’s really good and I actually prefer it over the controller, plus the iPhone 11 Max battery works for a lot longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drone itself is quite good, the batteries last about 10-15 minutes each and it feels quite stable when it’s hovering, and can even cope with a bit of wind. One annoying this is the camera doesn’t seem to rotate 90 degrees anymore This could be because I crashed it a couple of times, but it’s disappointing nonetheless. I can manually adjust it before taking off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drone reaches a really high altitude – an advantage to my location is that I have 3.5 acres to fly around and I’m not that close to an airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I flew it over Missy Moo (our cow) and her pet Ram (they are inseparable). She didn’t get to upset by it, but she did moo at it a lot. I gave her a carrot to apologise after, and she’s all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a great low-cost introduction to drone technology. You can’t argue with the price of it – a lot cheaper than the DJI drones. It’s not perfect, but a good ‘starter’ drone that’s for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mate Paul liked it, and he’s played around with a few drones and RC devices over the years, so I bought him one to play with as a thank you for all the cabling work for me. I think he’s crashed it and broke one of the landing feet off, but hey… that’s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I recommend it? For a first ‘starter drone’ absolutely – it does a lot more than anything I’ve seen locally. If you are experienced with drones and what to do some ‘real’ video work and photography – it’s probably better to spend the money and get the DJI drone from PBTech but it’s going to cost more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring new worlds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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