This large GPS camera drone includes a 720HD camera with remote control of lens angle. Find it here https://goo.gl/Z6c8xW and spare motors here https://goo.gl/rn52Lw
Pros
– GPS positioning, altitude hold, headless mode, and one key takeoff and landing.
– Automatic return to home on lost signal, manual selection, or low battery status.
– 720p HD camera with WiFi FPV
– Camera can record video and images to camera’s microSD card to minimize WiFi lag.
– Drone’s in flight FPV video can also be recorded or viewed on your phone via the Syma FPV app available on Play here https://goo.gl/ZArZM9 or iTunes here https://goo.gl/w8ENtx
Cons
– GPS stability is an issue. If the drone is left to hover, it may start to wobble in an ever increasing toilet bowl circling. Applying pitch or yaw control can temporarily stop but not eliminate the wobbling.
– When activated, return to home did not return to takeoff point. Return to home had to be turned off to prevent flyaway.
– As this is a brushed motor drone, motor replacement will eventually be required. Redesigned X8 Pro makes such motor changes very difficult as compared to the original Syma X8C.
– Syma FPV app is very basic and does not include any telemetry.
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Not worth the money at all! Thanks for the honest review.
Huge fail by syma, I have fond memories of my x8c, such a shame they seem to have dropped the ball with this one.
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This one is dear compared to sjrc. previous
Maybe Syma is starting to rest on their prior success. Very disappointing because I had been waiting for a GPS version of the X8. I guess I’ll just keep flying my X8G.
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Very very cool
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Darn – it looks a lot like the 70 series drones Promark Shadow, Holystone100, and SJRC 70, so I was hoping they had similar batteries and just maybe cheaper. But it looks more like they stripped everything good out of it, and made the battery even more proprietary than its predecessors. Oh well – I guess I’ll go with the rubberband ideas a few other owners are using.
For the money it should have 1080p and telemetry. I have yet to see a review where it worked. It would seem that they would of fixed it by now or at least address the issues on their website, but they are just ignoring the situation. They may of had a few good quads out there, but I guess they don’t mind a black eye.
Looks like another piece of crap from Syma..Too bad they wont get their act togethor
Syma produce bad quality drones
Syma should remove this quads from the market. This bird is really dangerous.
*Find it here* https://goo.gl/Z6c8xW and *spare motors here* https://goo.gl/rn52Lw
Syma started out reasonable, now they’re churning out junk.
These budget Chinese drone factories get comfortable, then they take their eye off the ball.
#Fail
Wow! That’s terrible! So after doing the GPS dance, which shouldn’t be necessary anyway, and calibrating the Gyro it performs a Cyclone Maneuver all on it’s own? Hehehehehe….this must be an undocumented feature 😉 I’d stay way from this one. Thanks for the video and Happy Flying!
I just ordered one from ebay,,,,trying to cancle this sucks
Wow – That is not normal for Syma – They usually produce a great quad… They need to provide all owners of this quad a new receiver board or exchange for a properly fixed quad…
I love my Syma X8HG, but this thing is a lemon. With all that gyrating around, they should call this one the Elvis model.
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Syma should have never let this one be released in this form. I hope it doesn’t hurt the company long term. Good honest review Quadcopter101.
Syma has fallen so far. The X8 Pro may be the worst GPS drone ever made 🙁
Thanks for the vid
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I think the 1080p version of the last quad you reviewed will be the way to go
Guess I am about the 1000 viewer nice Drone
It seems like a PITA at every corner… why would anyone buy this when there are much better values to be had these days?
I wonder how much the camera is affecting this by the wifi signal, no rf shield doesnt help. I want to sort this out and let syma know how to fix there poor design.
This bird is an utter disaster. Its a shame, because syma makes some decent quads. I was excited when I originally caught wind of this coming out, but seeing the toilet bowling, and the quad taking off in gps mode, I went with the bugs 2w instead.
It’s not pretty enough for an ornament and it’s not safe to fly
That thing looks like a pile of shite mate
HUGE setbacks in motor design/access. Shame on Syma. They can keep it.
H216a FTW
Looks like they were happy making the motor change the same as the old X5C. Always ended up losing some screws. I have the old X8C and she is still going and operates perfectly. Looks like they tried to go cheap on a bunch of new options. To bad. Thanks for sharing.
Loved my syme x5c. Was my first drone I learned to fly on before I upgraded to DJI.
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This aircraft does not record the place where it started as a home point
Record the place where the power is turned on as the home point
need to be carefulIt is better to wait about one minute for flight even if the LED lights up in green
It is because it will not stabilize unless this aircraft grips enough GPS
Nice video,syma needs to get in the time machine and press 2018,they been with brushed motors forever they need to get with the program or get out the quad game.Cheap brushed motors with a phantom shell,that’s like putting big wheel wheels on a harley,smh.
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That was my first and the last drone from Syma. Now im a MJX fan. Thats so much more fun
Rattle rattle thunder clatter boom boom boom, another review by the cheap drone man.
lol, So its crap basically, just come out and say it lol.
I really don’t understand what happened with this model, Syma spend years building a great reputation and then flush it all down the crapper with their first GPS model? Bizarre!
Thanks for confirming that they haven’t fixed it yet 101, they need to recall and refund anyone who bought one of these lemons IMO.
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