Best Camera Drones for Beginners: If you want to find the real best drone for a beginner, then it only makes sense to assign a beginner as a test pilot. That lack of qualifications is exactly how I ended up with my own little fleet of entry level drones to test pilot. And—after many flights but many, many more crashes—I’ve got the verdict on what’s best and worst out there for the beginner drone pilot.
1. DBPower Hawkeye I Quadcopter
Setting this drone up was fiddly, and I didn’t think I was going to like it out-of-the box at all. Once I got it up into the air, though, this was my clear favorite. In the air, it was speedy and quiet. It also had far and away the most thoughtful design of the drones I tried, with plenty of clever details like a plug-in rechargeable battery replacing the on-off switch. Navigation was easy—although when I did crash it (FOR SCIENCE), it quickly showed itself to be durable as well.
2. The Cheerson CX10 Mini Quadcopter
The CX10 looks and feels a little like it came out of cereal box, in an alternate universe where cereal boxes have really great toys. It’s cheap, adorably tiny, requires no out-of-the box assembly, and is a fun, casual way to introduce yourself to the world of drone piloting.
I loved this drone, especially for indoor use. Outdoor use was just a little too rough for it, though, and a strong gust of wind left me with a drone with one unspinnable propeller. (It did replace fairly easily.) The CX10 is not at all as powerful or as easy to navigate as some of the other drones tested. But, those other drones I packed away after using. The CX10 is still chilling on my desk right now—and I could easily see it staking out a permanent spot there.
3. Syma X5SW
The X5SW was, by far, the most powerful of the drones that I tried. In fact, full disclosure, it was a little more powerful than I anticipated and on my first flight I promptly crashed it into a tree and had to hop a fence to retrieve it. Going by the crunch I heard on impact, I’d expected to have at least lost a propeller or two. But when I eventually found it, it was in perfect condition despite having crashed not just into a tree but also having crashed hard on the driveway.
That speed and power comes with a flipside though: Navigation can be a bit of challenge for the true beginner (me)—fortunately, it held up just as beautifully through subsequent crashes (into the ground, the street, a close call with the underside of a patio chair). The longer I used it, the easier navigation became and I can definitely see someone with a little more drone experience loving this right out of the box.
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Best Camera Drones for Beginners
Setting this drone up was fiddly, and I didn’t think I was going to like it out-of-the box at all. Once I got it up into the air, though, this was my clear favorite. In the air, it was speedy and quiet. It also had far and away the most thoughtful design of the drones I tried, with plenty of clever details like a plug-in rechargeable battery replacing the on-off switch. Navigation was easy—although when I did crash it (FOR SCIENCE), it quickly showed itself to be durable as well.
2. The Cheerson CX10 Mini Quadcopter
The CX10 looks and feels a little like it came out of cereal box, in an alternate universe where cereal boxes have really great toys. It’s cheap, adorably tiny, requires no out-of-the box assembly, and is a fun, casual way to introduce yourself to the world of drone piloting.
I loved this drone, especially for indoor use. Outdoor use was just a little too rough for it, though, and a strong gust of wind left me with a drone with one unspinnable propeller. (It did replace fairly easily.) The CX10 is not at all as powerful or as easy to navigate as some of the other drones tested. But, those other drones I packed away after using. The CX10 is still chilling on my desk right now—and I could easily see it staking out a permanent spot there.
3. Syma X5SW
The X5SW was, by far, the most powerful of the drones that I tried. In fact, full disclosure, it was a little more powerful than I anticipated and on my first flight I promptly crashed it into a tree and had to hop a fence to retrieve it. Going by the crunch I heard on impact, I’d expected to have at least lost a propeller or two. But when I eventually found it, it was in perfect condition despite having crashed not just into a tree but also having crashed hard on the driveway.
That speed and power comes with a flipside though: Navigation can be a bit of challenge for the true beginner (me)—fortunately, it held up just as beautifully through subsequent crashes (into the ground, the street, a close call with the underside of a patio chair). The longer I used it, the easier navigation became and I can definitely see someone with a little more drone experience loving this right out of the box.
Tags: Best Camera Drones for Beginners, with, under 100, 200, cheap, most expensive, for sale, for kids, Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-best-drone-for-every-indoor-need-1644579797