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Review on 🚁 Cheerwing Syma X5SW-V3 Quadcopter RC Drone with WiFi FPV Camera - Ideal for Kids and Beginners, 2.4Ghz by Cassandra Lau

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Many disadvantages, but they can meet the needs of flying and training. Not terrible, just not great.

First the cons: forget about flying outdoors, if there is more than one breeze it will blow away in seconds because it is too light. Also, on a clear day, you can't tell the front from the back or which way it's going more than 50 feet from you. The range is limited to approx. 25 meters because the antenna of the radio transmitter is fake, only a short cable is in it as an antenna. It's impossible to cut it. constantly drifting RL or FB or up and down. The video quality sucks, 320p quality like an OLD webcam from the late 1990's. In addition, the smartphone holder only holds the smallest smartphones, such as the iPhone 4! The clip is also NOT suitable for a 7 inch tablet! The positives: LiPO batteries are cheap, larger mAh batteries are available for flights longer than 5 minutes, and spare propellers are cheap on EBay. It's nice to fly in the yard or outside the house IF there's no wind at all, and it's a good cheap way to learn to fly a quadcopter with video, but the problem is that in the air it's "twitches" and just look at your smartphone to fly. FPV WILL get you in trouble fast. Remember there is a FULL SECOND DELAY on videos over crappy wifi.

Pros
  • Worth the money
Cons
  • too stupid