Channel: Quadcopter 101

Category: Science & Technology

Description: This lightweight drone includes obstacle avoidance, and does not require registration in most countries. Find it here bit.ly/BLH-S1-Max Pros - Small folding drone for portability. - Has three IR obstacle avoidance sensors on front and sides. These help beginners fly indoors, lessening the chance of crashes into household objects. - Very light at only 105 grams with battery. It does not require registration in most countries. - Uses very common and inexpensive 0716 brushed motors. You should be able to easily find replacements if needed. - 7.6V 1000 mah battery. - Includes 6G stabilization, altitude hold, headless mode, and flip capabilities. - Camera records to your phone interpolated 1080p video at 20 fps, and interpolated still photos at 4096 x 2160 pixels (video frame grabs). - WiFi_Cam app provides real time in-flight video viewed on your phone (uses common 2.4Ghz WiFi available on most phones). The WiFi_cam app can be found on Google Play here bit.ly/WiFi_Cam_Google and the Apple App Store here bit.ly/WiFi_Cam_Apple Cons - Brushed motor drone. The motors will eventually require replacement. - There is no SD card recording capability. You can only record to your phone using WiFi, with inherent WiFi video problems of frozen frames and frame dropping. - Video and stills are interpolated to 1080p video and 4K stills from a much lower resolution image sensor. - Short flight times of around 7 minutes. - The optical flow system did not work very well. - Short FPV and control range of around 60 meters due to 2.4 Ghz interference between the drone's WiFi signal and controller. Affiliate links: At no cost to you, I do receive a small commission for sales resulting from these links. This video along with every video of the Quadcopter 101 channel was produced and edited with VSDC Free Video Editor. You may download this excellent, and no kidding "free" video editor here videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor MUSIC LICENSE "Awel" by stefsax ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785 is licensed under a Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5 music was shortened to fit length of video.