RC Drones for Kids

The media could not be loaded. I got this drone about a week ago. So I've been getting used to it. It has a nice rubberized feel to the transmitter. The only problem I have with the drone is minor. Sometimes when turning on the Tx and the drone they did not bind. When you turn the drone on the lights flash fast. When you bind it they stop flashing and stay on steady. But when it doesn't bind the red and green flash slowly and alternately. So I had to do it a few times to get it to bind together.As for the way it flies, it's great. There are 3 speeds and the fastest is best. I didn't even bother with the slower speeds. It's got good response and handling. It does quick flips too. The landing supports illuminate from the red and green LEDs. Red is the front as in most drones. I don't know why, it seems red should be in the rear. It has a big battery, it's a triple pack that is 2000 mAH for a 26 min. flight time. The connector it has isn't the common flat white connector many other drones use but it is not a proprietary connector. I do have another drone that uses them so I can use my smaller 800 mAH packs from that drone in this drone too. Anyway, this is a good drone for beginners to have. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 stars was just due to the binding not alway working, but it will bind.Edit: I've had this drone for a few months and it always did make a little grinding noise. Well the right rear no longer will spin because the gears have stripped. I have sent an email to the "help" address on the box two weeks ago and have had no response. So maybe you should stay away from this drone.New Edit: Well, I finally got in touch with them. They responding by telling me that they can send me a drone that has been returned that I can use for the parts so I could repair it myself. I was happy with that. Well I got the drone yesterday and it was a brand new unused drone for free! So now I can use my old drone for parts. Plus this gives me a 2nd charger, battery pack, transmitter, more props and blade guards. I don't use the blade guards anyway. So anyway, I updated my rating back to 5 stars too.

We bought this for our son’s 10th birthday. He was getting pretty frustrated with his previous drone’s 6 minute flight after charging it all day. This drone is amazing and literally flies forever! He loves staying outside and doing tricks for almost a half an hour. That flight time is for real! We did have a problem with the back end of the drone preventing it from lifting off the ground just after one month of playing with it. The two rear propeller motors quit when the drone is asked to elevate. Bummer! We contacted customer service and they were great; getting us a replacement drone quickly. We can’t say enough about awesome people who help when it really counts. We no longer have a disappointed birthday boy and he’s back to being outside flying his drone!

The first thing that I noticed about this drone once I removed it from the box is how solid it felt. The handheld controller in particular has some heft and it feels great to hold. Some drones we have purchased in the past here have a controller that feels like it could break at any bump. This controller also has a nice rubberized feel to it, makes it easy to hold and it does not slip in your hands.The package comes with everything you need for great long flights. Included in the package are of course the drone and remote, also a spare set of props for those of us that are prone to accidents or have kids that are, There are a set of prop guards to protect the little people around me, and a nice feature that I thought was just a great touch is a small Philips head screwdriver to enable easy opening and battery placement in the remote.I had a little trouble figuring out the flying. I am not sure if I was pushing the liftoff button before I had moved the left hand lever up and down to connect to the quad or what I was doing wrong. Once I got things working the first time though I have had no trouble making it work as soon as I turn it on now.The flying is solid. Drone is amazingly responsive. The flight time is amazing. I am not certain what the actual time is but would guess it pretty close to or even greater than the claimed flight time. I spent the first several minutes of flight time fine tuning the trim to keep the quad level and not moving when no controller is touched. and then flew it up around the house several times to get a feel for it. It takes very little time to get a handle on this thing, it is super responsive and exceptionally stable. Even my daughter came out and was moving it around the yard with zero help from me and we all of us flew for a while without ever charging the battery.If you like to fly at night, there is even a headlight, not going to light your path for you but gives enough light to keep track of the drone and to give you a pretty good idea of where you are going.If you are searching for an easy to fly quad that is great for learning and you like to fly more than you enjoy charging the battery you really may want to take a look at this drone.

At first we could not get it off the ground at all, but now it seems like the forward and backwards control don't work at all the drone goes where it wants and how fast it wont. the remote control seems like the only thing it is good for is getting it off the ground, and turning the blades on besides that none of the buttons we cant seem to get it to control how we want to control it so idk, not easy to learn to me definitely not for beginners and the remote control buttons don't control the drone. If I could get some type of help on how to get it just to go forward and backward that would be freaking AWESOME