Product Review Category: Toy Class When it comes to budget drones under £30 you are usually looking at toy level or entry beginner kits to get started with flying drones, one such quadcopter we found under the £30 mark was the VN5 Harrier drone from Hawkin’s Bazaar. Out of the box The VN5 Harrier comes near enough ready to fly out of the box complete with a controller, attachable leg stands, camera and four spare…
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While testing out the Mavic Air the decade of drone engineering experience behind DJI becomes evident, this is a drone designed not just for industry enthusiasts but people worldwide, it has been engineered for modern life, designed for living, and styled to fit easily within a backpack or large pocket, a 4K drone perfected for travelling or for those adventures you need to be carrying light for. Ok so we had the Mavic Pro and…
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Hyperlow Unibody Freestyle Frame Build: This Unibody frame is an inventive way to tailor your build to your own particular fly style and COG preferences. There are two build configurations with this frame, the traditional top mount or the mid mount. For this edition of the build series we have gone for the more traditional top mount set up. Purely for practical reasons. Build set up: DYS F4 DYS 4in1 30a esc Foxeer 2206 2700kv…
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Taking Parrot’s new minidrone for a dance If you are a subscriber to the magazine you may remember the featured review of the Parrot Swing, which we took out for some test flights, using the RTF VTOL (vertical take off and landing) drone form the minidrone series. On a cold British morning, we took the Parrot Swing to one of our isolated flying spots, a spot that happens to be in the forest, so lots of…
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First Impressions On opening up the creative packaging we were very impressed with the finish on the frame, the material used is HDPE plastic which looks smooth with the two coloured layers and the CNC cutting has been precise. On overall impressions of the style and materials used, this whoop frame gets a 10/10. With the two colour styling you can easily tell this is the creation of Thomas Ashley, the driving force and designer…
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The new Blade Torrent 110 has just landed, we take a look and review the features! The past year micro quads have quite literally taken off, providing that itching relief of getting your drone fix whether its on your lunch break or just practice indoors on a rainy day. As the hype train gains speed so does the need of the racers, and Blade have answered that call. The evolution of the Torrent was an…
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The carbon fiber frame has been gel dipped in white to make it truly stand out on any track, and works very well with the LEDs and polycarbonate skirts. An advanced F4 flight controller specially engineered for the Riot, with a fully integrated PDB this makes changing or upgrading parts easy for even the newest of pilots. One of the most unique features about the Riot is the 52 integrated LED’S which are…
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Good or Bad? Justin takes the Turnigy Evolution through its paces A few things I forgot to cover in the video: RSSI – I did notice when I chopped the antennas off that the controller beeped, but I didn’t get the beeping when I did the range test letting me know I was running out of range. It just got sketchy and then dropped. Battery Voltage monitoring – you can (with the stock RX that comes…
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The September Launch Soars the Parrot Disco Drone Into The Hands of The Consumer By Kathleen Smith French software engineer Henri Seydoux has successfully re – sculptured drone flying into simplicity with its 2nd September launch of the Parrot Disco. A fix wing drone unique to other fix wings due to its light weight design, super easy fly-ability, and boxed ready to fly. The design has been driven by Henri passion to create a drone…
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