Quads are an intimidating platform to get into if you are a beginner. The worry of crashing your investment is every looming, especially if you are putting that investment into the hands of your little pilots.
Never fear! Dromida has an ultra durable, ultra cheap solution.
This RTF quad is less than $100!
Everything you need, including the battery and this 2.4 GHz transmitter, comes with the quad. They even throw in the AAA batteries needed for the transmitter.
The battery also comes with a little USB adapter so you can charge off any device that accepts USB.
We ended up getting so many of these things we weren't sure if we could fly them all at once. Turns out that we could bind 5 at the same time with no stepping issues. See if you can get more in the air at once and let us know how it goes!
So with 5 quads in the air we had to play some kind of game. This time Alex came up with the "Toy Car Balloon Pop Challenge!"
We tied a balloon to an R/C car and the first person to pop two balloons would be the winner.
Driving the car is our favorite camera man / editor Brian. He is definatley the best looking member of the Flite Test crew. Look at that awesome sweater! What a swell guy.
So who won the balloon pop? Watch the episode to find out!
So if you are wondering what this odd contraption is, this is the Piasecki PA-97, AKA the Helistat.
Designed for the US Forestry Service in 1986, this steampunk looking airship was supposed to carry huge loads more efficiently than other craft at that time.
Unfortunatly, the one and only prototype was completely destroyed during a test flight. The vibrations from the helicopters caused the frame to collapse and the entire thing essentially just fell apart.
Peter wanted to see if this thing could scale down and have a little more success. He built a plywood frame and glued 4 Ominus (Omini?) to it.
If you want to see this thing in action, check out the episode.
What other oddball ships or planes would you want to see us recreate? Let us know in the comments!
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Keep up the good work, and ya, where is Josh Scott?
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It seems to be both. Lots of fun ! My first time flying anything .
I mostly fly inside as it winter now.
Bought an extra battery at the hobbyshop that is 750mah , stock battery is 700.
14 mins , 13 mins fly time with each .
Took it outside , slight wind . Flight time cut in half , ofcourse i was flying it much harder and fighting the wind . Was very fun to fun and decently stable.
Get several batteries for it . Using both batteries back to back motors are barely warm.
Today one of its motors died , after only 3 days and around 20 flights.
I have written support and asked for new motors , it comes with a 30 day warranty i believe .
So hopefully they will help me out .
After reading many reviews on many of these type of quads , apparently the quality of these little brushed motors is hit n miss on all makes and models.
Motors are $10 to $12 dollars . The hobby shop also recommeded this quad for durability and the fact that they carry all the parts for replacement if they get broken in a crash .
All other parts range from $1 to $3.
Motor shafts are soft , some say per design , either way they only $1 .
I recommend getting an extra set of shafts , motor gears and battery or two.
I think its still a great buy and good flyer . Hard to beat for the price and cheap , easy to get parts.
In 3 days ive gotten to fly it , ive had tons of FUN !
Well worth the cost of the unit .
Sad part is I cant fly until i can get a new motor ....
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