However, why “useless in the household”? In the new film "Poltergeist", a small quadrocopter with a camera was sent not somewhere, but to hell - to see where the child was playing. Found and returned, it's time to have supper. Well, you might want to search for mushrooms with the help of your four-winged bird. Quite an occupation!
By the way, we called it four-winged because "quad" means four in Latin, according to the number of screws. And the size of these flyers are not only the size of an eagle, but also the size of a tropical butterfly. Let's find out which drone to buy for a beginner.
If you need an analogue of good old helicopters for the entertainment of children, then choose a small drone without a camera. Firstly, it is difficult to “kill” it: due to its low weight, it will not crumble during a hard landing. Secondly, it is not a pity to "kill" him because of the low price. Third, it is easy to maintain.
If you are burning with the idea of shooting beautiful high-altitude panoramas, looking into the vents of volcanoes and sometimes moving a can of beer around the site, then you will need a large, beautiful, powerful drone.
Quadcopter parameters
After selecting several applicants for purchase, decide which drone is better considering the following:
- Ready to go. Some drones are sold almost fully assembled. Attached the screws, adjusted - and flew. Others are a constructor that you need to build yourself. This option will appeal to people with an engineering mindset who are interested in constantly improving their "toy".
- Dimensions and weight. Small and lightweight drones are easy to carry, but they are not at all stable in the wind. Large quadcopters have good flight stability and decent lifting power, so you can attach a quality camera to them.
- Battery capacity. The higher it is, the longer the copter will fly. It's good when the device can be equipped with additional batteries or re-equipped with a battery with a larger capacity.
- Camcorder quality. Beware of the combination of "expensive drone and bad camera". On some devices with a native camera, it is impossible to install another one.
- Protection. The propellers are the most delicate part of the drone. In simple models, they are protected by rims, and in expensive ones - by a motor overload protection system. If such a copter falls on its side and rests the propeller on the ground, its motors will turn off.
How to fly a quadcopter
The question of which to buy a quadcopter is significantly influenced by another: how to learn how to operate a quadrocopter. There are two types of drone control: from a tablet, a smartphone, and using a remote control. The first way is easier; to implement it, you need to install a special application on your smartphone, with which you can adjust the speed, altitude, flight trajectory. "Minus" - limiting the flight range by the range of the Wi-Fi signal from the phone.
The remote control has more functionality than a tablet and phone, so you will have to spend more time mastering it. Remotes can be 4-, 6-, 7- and 10-channel. The more channels, the wider the functionality of the transmitter (for example, additional channels are used to control the camera of the drone). Usually, the remotes are combined with smartphones, which display the image from the copter's camera.
Now you are ready to start choosing a good quadcopter efficiently and with arrangement. In the section "Quadrocopters" on F.ua you will find both simple models and devices, thanks to which you will feel yourself at the top of technological progress!
Read: "How to fly a quadrocopter: instructions for beginners"
Video review of a handsome copter of the latest generation
