Friend has asked me about a drone. I know nothing about them, but figure this is the place to ask. Any suggestions for $300-$400? Thanks
Anyone Recommend a Drone under $400?
tunzafun001 on 30/11/2016 - 23:09
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You don't have to try and find a park at Bunnings.
lol
I haven't used any drones before, but you might want to look at Aldi for $149 if you want to try one before you go for the better ones.
I think that is a winner..if she can get one. Cheers
Make a reaper body and put it on the Aldi unit…
Hmm, at a guess a general fly above and film. Pretty sure they already have a gopro if it's cheaper to get a drone with a gimble only. From my 20mins of research the XIAOMI UAV 1080 looked good, but just outside budget.
Xiaomi is still new to the game, if your friend is just starting out, I recommend a Phantom, they are pretty much idiot proof. A P3 Standard should do the job and I think those were listed around $500 recently.
Whirlpool or a more drone centred forum would be better than ozb. Spending $400 seems unwise to me unless the person has money to burn. I'd recommend getting a smaller unit to practice with and then upgrading to a bigger unit. That's the route I was going down. I bought a hubsan x4 and haven't really bothered with it since I got the hang of flying it around.
What's the "poor mans" Lily Drone these days?
I think something on those lines were posted recently, it should be alright for images but expect the videos to be pretty shitty!
PS: Here's the recent post I was referring to
It all depends on what you intend to use it for - camera drones are great but compared to an FPV / racing drone you don't really have a lot of control as the pilot, that's why I went for one of these: http://www.banggood.com/Eachine-Racer-250-FPV-Drone-w-Eachin…
Whatever you spend on the drone itself, you'll spend again on spares and accessories such as extra battery packs, FPV headsets and so on.
yeah that's a good fpv racing quad.
what's the use of the drone?