Congrats Ryan, I know you have been saying you needed to review the aerial photography/ cinematography platforms with the altitude hold and gps. Great review and nice to see you have one for yourself now.. if any1 deserves one, it's you..It will open you eyes to a whole new world of Multirotoring, and once you get a gimbal aerial footage will never be the same for you ( you won't want anymore 2mp footage soon).. soooo happy 4 my boi Ryan!!!!
Gimbal Guy I have never wanted 2MP footage. lol Wait till you see my review this Friday... my first 2-axis gimbal quad. I think I took some pretty cool footage with it too. :)
Excellent review Ryan, your best to date. Great information, explanations and demonstration. Also Mom & Pop's farm looks like a great place to hang and an awesome RC venue for flyin' and rollin'.
cookieman0916 I was thinking that same thing man! Thanks for calling it out. If I put on my "CSI" hat, I'm guessing "whoever" drove over it right after the seeding, hence nothing came up there.
Ryan, I'll make a long story short. I've been a commercial photographer for 25 years. What I'm looking to now is to take it to the sky. I've been training with 2 different toy quad copters and feel it's time to move up to something a little more stable and will get me closer to the Typhoon Q500 4K for aerial photography work that a few of my clients have inquired about. I've been doing a lot of research on this. Do's and don'ts, where you can fly. I got the 2nd CX-20 working the way it should be right out of the box. It fly's great, GPS took about 8 minutes to connect. After that I did the binding with the transmitter as instructed. Just seemed funny with all the video's out there I really couldn't find one other then a Russian guy who had one up. So anyway now that I have that part done I plane on practicing slower maneuvers rather than the sport type flying than a lot of the video's out there. Thanks for your input on this model. You should do a test on the XK Detect 380 sometime if you haven't already. Sounds like one I'll be making a jump to with camera before the Q500.
+R Lee Sounds like a good plan, and I'm glad your replacement model is working! I have been trying to get my hands on a Detect 380, but none of my sponsors seem to want to give me one to review, and it's a bit too expensive for me to buy just to review. :/ I think once you get a feel for the CX-20, you should be able to safely move up to the Q500 after that. I've heard it is really easy to fly. :)
Hi Ryan, I finally picked the Ausi version called Twister quatro_x. I paid euro250 for it and I cannot believe how nice this machine is for the price. The only problem I've had is trying to assemble the camera mount. Also every part came in it's own box inside the main case which was nice to see. Compared to that troublesome Parrot machine which I forked out 800 for last year it's amazingly user friendly😀 The GPS is rock solid once it kick's in...thakes a while to Warm up but handy to have. So easy to set up and calibration is really easy too...flick the right toggle switch a few times then rotate twice horizontal then the same nose down clockwise of course. Flick both toggles to 0 and off we go in manual until we get the required 6 sat lock. Real bargain I recon✌
Mine should arrive tomorrow. There are more than enough mounts with the SJ4000 to put the camera in a better position. I had a problem mounting the sjcam to my x101 but sorted it by adapting one of the standard mounts.
Great video. I just ordered the Cx-20 this morning and got that same camera (minus wifi) for it. By far the best explanation on how to use this baby by far. I love the fly to home features so you have that as a backup for landings or if there is a control/power issue. The video was pretty stable considering the mounting. I technically have a go pro black+ but don't want to throw that in my first outdoor quad in case there's an oops plus I own go pro scuba attachments and not worth the risk since they are custom to only that go pro. Buying a cheap $60 camera was a no brainier and video quality is great. Maybe down the road I'll go fpv but have mixed feelings about taking my eyes off the quad. They just announced a cx-22 and wingsland quad so they are getting cheaper every year.
Adam Burns Thanks, glad you found the video helpful. :) And yeah, these GoPro knock-offs are great for when you want similar quality, but not risk hurting your more expensive GoPro. I have my eye on the CX-22, and I think it looks great for what it offers for the price. :) The Wingsland looks good too, but the FPV monitor is tiny. I hear they will be releasing a big screen for it, so I may wait and see if that happens before I consider reviewing it.
Just bought for 209.99 dollars with coupon code: CX20 www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_113550.html?wid=21&lkid=10742075 I hope this will help you th-cam.com/video/Am5vFPIrXPs/w-d-xo.html
Good to see Gearbest and Banggood starting to give away their higher dollar quads to their testers. I wish you had shown the receiver and quad calibration also. You can change the pitch in Mission Planner but as an aerial quad I did not see much of a need for myself. Thanks and I hope to see more on this bird.
dheller777 Well, I didn't want to get too in detail about basic stuff that is covered in the manual, like calibration. And, yeah, I know you can change the pitch, but I wanted to review it as it comes, and I also can't use that software since I use a Mac. :(
Great review as always! I find that I no longer gravitate to my toy quads anymore since I got the CX-20. The CX-20 just seems to fly sooo much better than a brushed motor quad. I like the flight characteristics tuned for an aerial photography quad even if not filming.
Dennis Coonich For just fun flying I would much prefer the Blade 200 QX or even the brushed LaTrax Alias. It also has a lot to do with flying area, as I don't feel comfortable flying something like this in town around my house, whereas I feel completely safe flying my 200 QX there. :) I wish Cheerson would make a 200-250 size sporty brushless quad. Seems that most of these Chinese brands are keeping the brushless stuff for aerial video, and no one is really thinking about the sport flyer. The Hubsan H109 looks like it could be a killer brushless sport flyer though. :)
Nice review on the Cheerson. I recently bought this quad myself and I think it's a good deal for $225 considering its size and the fact that it has GPS. On another note I think there are several things that could use a big upgrade on this quad. All in all I guess it's a good learner quad for this size category I just wish it was a bit more durable. Oh yeah, I have also seen it mentioned that the GPS mast is prone to breakage so heads up.
There appears to be no sort of damage to the flight controller. The motors are fine. At first I thought that it was a gyro issue, but when I flew high, the wobble slowed or even stopped. The gps lock made it very stable, no wobbling at all. I don't know what to do since there are so many sensors on this thing.
Comment on durability: I have a CX20, and recommend purchasing spare landing legs immediately after receiving one. The landing gear seems to snap easily. I added some packing foam to the latest replacement legs - that seems to have helped. I am not the best operator btw...so practice helps a lot!
Great review Ryan I got this quad and same sj4000 make sure wifi is off on the camera it causes flyways! And also I have a bunch of camera holders with the sj and there is one with no cover its much lighter and the camera won't be upside down like it is with the water proof cover ! Take care bro!👍
Camshaft Shaft Yeah, I talked about not using WiFi in the video. And, ah, you know what I didn't even think to check all my mounts to see if there was another option! Doh! >.
Ellis Malave I don't think it's faulty... I think the beeping is intended, to let you know you are at half throttle, but I think that's a weird design decision.
Strange because I recall QuadCopter101 reviewed the CX-20 and his didn't beep. I'll have to check out his channel again to confirm. Very nice review though!
The Cheerson CX-20 Vs the DJI Phantom tested in GPS position hold vimeo.com/96928699 About the TX beeping, I found this on RC Groups: "The TX beep is to let you know that the throttle is in the middle and the aircraft should hold position, if no beep then throttle is too low or high meaning you should be descending or climbing."
Hi Ryan, I am having an issue with the CX-20. After the crash, the motors would arm(on command) in a slow idle. I throttle up but they don't go to full power, the drone can't get enough lift to fly. I've tried several calibrations( ESC, transmitter, gyro, compass) and I've even tried a factory firmware installation. It still arms into the low idle. What should I do to fix that
I am not really sure. You may have a damaged motor somewhere, so the 6-axis stabilization system is bringing all the motors down to match its top speed, in order to keep the quad level, but then not giving enough power for lift.
Hey Ryan :) Nice well done video! Good for comparing to my CX-20. Like your style of documentation/presentation in your reviews. Do you have try out the 9450 self locking props? Very good lift and acuracy on my CX-20. They are available in Carbon and white good material plastics. And you`re right, the constant beep from TX is a info that the throttle stick is in center - means the quad in GPS mode holds his position/and height. Thank you, and nice weekend to you and family! Frank
You want gps hold if your flying long distances you might need to update the firmware it will probably help with the drifting issue I put mine in some pretty high winds and it's pretty solid in the air
Ryan, Got my CX-20 today 01/10/15 and when I took the transmitter out of the box I had a Green Important printed label on it saying the following: Before flying you must calibrate the Quad Copter. #1. Connect a charged battery which I did. #2. Switch on the transmitter and allow it to bind. (Which I assume it did) #3. Flick the Switch SWA back and forth until the Red LED flashes yellow quickly. Then Rotate the Quad Copter clockwise 2 times. #4. Now point the quad copter down towards the ground and rotate about it's roll axis another 2 times. #5. Calibration is complete when the Red and Green LED's flash together. Please see the Instruction Manual for full calibration information. I did all this and could not get the Red & Green LED's to flash together. No where on any You Tube videos has anyone talked about this. I have not been able to get a solid green light for any satellites. I have been able to start it but I don't want to fly it till I know for sure I have the satellites. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. You can email if you have any input on this rather then using the thread if you like. Rlee.harley@gmail.com Thanks!
+R Lee Here is a video that shows it, and they are doing it indoors, which I'm not sure is the suggested method since buildings can block the satellite signals. I also think they may be doing the rotations incorrectly. th-cam.com/video/KdVTOXGOlQ0/w-d-xo.html
Awesome Video Flyin' Ryan... I'm gonna get me one of these in the near future. Right now I'm learning to fly, using the SYMA X8G & X8W... I know when going from one quadcopter to another, I'll have to get the feel for it. I'm willing to bet that all transmitters toggle switches feel different form one another... Anyway, Awesome Video, Thanks for sharing with everyone... Thumbs Up, and I've Subscribed to yer channel.... Safe Flying buddy....
Yeah, the transmitters do feel a bit different, and the flying characteristics of the quad itself are different too. But, it shouldn't be so different that you can't get the feel for it in a flight or two. :)
Well, I bit the bullet and am now the owner of a new CX-20... I'm trying to figure out all this stuff out... The user manual is not user friendly, it's a mess and hard to understand what they are talking about. I wish they would get their @%*(& together and start publishing user manuals that make sense, and people can understand. Anyway, I'm trying to figure all the steps to calibrating the CX-20 and binding the transmitter... Guess I'm going to be watching a lot of videos...... I'm thinking about getting me one the SJ400 cams, buy not the WiFi model.... I hear the WiFi messes with the CX-20 electronics, and I dont want to cause any mishaps.... Sure looking forward to getting this up and havin some fun.....
+Goodolboy One don't waste your money on the crap buy a phantom 3 or 4 yeah there way more but worth the price, haven't had one problem with my phantom
hy ryan, thanks for the great video here, I was confuse to choose the version of cx-20, there is opensource, big fat shark, and zero version, what the difference of all? and in the box thats version have 6-axis and 4-axis, may you explain me about that?
+Iman Subarkah I am not familiar with what the difference versions are... mine is Opensource. 4-axis and 6-axis are two different ways of saying the same thing, as far as I know. 3-axis gyro + accelerometer.
Hello Ryan , I was thinking this morning to request you to do a review on cheerson cx 20 and what do you know , couple hours later you had the video uploaded , keep up the good work , and please please please review some brushless rc boats before summer ends.
Ryan, If you log onto mission planner via the usb on bottom. You can adjust max pitch for quad. Check it out the software is free. You can also do full calibrations as well as autonomous flights using gps!! Can't wait to get mine flying!!! Tom
Hey thanks, I have four batteries now so I have at least 45 minutes of flying time. Can I fly it on all four batteries without messing up the motors or do I need to put some down time in between the two batteries for cooling.
+R Lee Well, brushless motors can take a lot more heat than brushed motors, so you might be okay, though it's always good to let the motors cool, if you can, just to be safe.
What are the two AUX pots for? Also, the GPS antenna is usually inside that round thingy on top - the antennas at the bottom are most likely from the Rx (diversity)...
hey man i recently got a cx-20 i love it the only thing is the part you were talking about to put prop guard 2 of the screws on 1 moter came stripped. would you happened to know how to remove the stripped screws?
Hi, Maybe the " beeping " is when u flying on Manual Mode and its for find the quads if you lost him? I have the same beeping with my CX20. Nice videos and review, i just update and set some stuff with the APM Planner 2.0 for mac. Cheers.
Nate Grillz Well, the beeping is from the transmitter, so that wouldn't help find the quad at all. It's to indicate that the throttle is at 50%, which is needed to the GPS position hold. But I find it weird that it beeps constantly while flying in manual mode. It should beep only when I turn on GPS hold.
I tried the firmware update and that helped a lot. It still was a bit unstable when making turns and hovering and transitioning to forward flight. The gyroscope calibration works too. I don't see any damage on the props. I tried doing a DJI Phantom 3 prop upgrade, but that made it worse. How do you get the app back to factory settings?
Hey Ryan, happy 4th. I can arm my CX-20 but then the motors rotate once and then stop and then the quad disarms. I dont know what is causing the motors to rotate. The throttle is at 0. Maybe its the ESCs, but I've done the ESC calibration and it still does that. What should I do?
Ryan, I own a cx 20 and I was wondering when you put the props on did they go on hard for you? One of my props won't go on far enough to put the screw back on. Also I wish someone had said in their review that the two black screws are threaded backwards I spent I don how long before I figured that out. Thanks for your reviews they are great and very helpful!
James Shipley I don't recall having any issues getting the props on. Maybe one of yours isn't quite molded right? I also can't recall, but there may be a flat spot inside the prop that you need to line up with the flat spot on the motor shaft. And yeah, since two motors turn CC and two motors turn CCC, the props screw on differently depending on which way the motors rotates. These are called self-tightening props, because as they rotate, the force of the air pushing against them actually screws them onto the motor shaft even tighter. :)
im planning to buy this soon.. is this ok for aerial videos and photographs for beginners? i want to buy with the walkera g2d gimbal for stable capture. what your suggestion?
+ely8985 No, beginners should absolutely not start with a model this big, powerful, and dangerous. You need to learn how to fly on something smaller and safer first, and then work your way up to something like this.
Hi Ryan which is better the cx-20 or the xk detect x380. The cx-20 worries me about the range (they advertise about 300 meters) but i Like it because it has manual mode. (the xk detect x380 advertise about 1000m).you can help me?
+RC infamous I have no experience with the X380, so I can't really say. In general though, I don't really pay much attention to the advertised range, flight times, etc, as they are often wrong, exaggerated, or simply guesses. 1000M seems unlikely, and I don't see any reason to fly that far anyway.
+Alan Savage The camera I used in my video is the SJCAM SJ4000 WiFi. It is a good GoPro alternative, for a fraction of the price. The only problems I've had with it is bad white balance... works best in good bright daylight, which shouldn't be an issue for aerial videography. And poor sound, which again isn't an issue for aerial videography. And, don't use the WiFi while mounted on the quad because it WILL interfere with the radio signal!
Would should make to videos for each quad, one like initial thoughts, features, etc. Then one later on once you have flowed it, so like durability, etc.
Jason Hacker I simply don't have the time, nor do I fly most of these that much after the review, to do that. I do put several test flights in before my review though, so I do have a good bit of actual experience with everything I review before filming the review.
Ryan, I have been meaning to ask you and I forgot since I got CX-20 working. Everything seems fine the one question I have is the trasmitter keeps beeping the whole time I'm flying the different modes, what is the story behind that. Thanks!
+R Lee Yeah, mine did that too, and I talked about that in my review. I think that is just an indication that the throttle is at the mid-level, meaning the quad is ready to be put into GPS hold if you want. It's pretty annoying.
hey Ryan trying figure out my next quadcopter....I'm rocking the hubsan x4 right love that thing....would like a bigger outdoor copter possibly with live video feed but not a concern on that.....any recommendations for a good copter to buy next
My CX-20 observations: * The green LED goes solid on with 4 satellites. With only 4, GPS drift an be 50-100 ft (or way more if 1 drops out). * What the manual should recommend is to attempt to arm in loiter (GPS hold). That will confirm enough satellites to keep GPS drift under ~5 ft. You can arm in manual and hope to acquire more satellites with altitude, but that's a gamble. * The beep signal from the transmitter is just to confirm you are at mid throttle.
Bill Branning Thanks for the info! I read the manual in full before ever flying this thing, but I don't recall reading anything about it going solid after only 4 satellites. I could've sworn it was 8, or maybe even more.
Flyin' Ryan RC My manual doesn't say anything about the quality of the GPS lock. I see yours does mention 6 satellites. That's probably why you saw some drift at the start of your flight. A good GPS position hold is more likely with 8-10. I have the open source version so I could observe the satellite counts reported in the Mavlink telemetry stream. The sat count usually goes up with time & altitude.
How far can it get? I've flown it far away (in comparission to my former-best quad, tarantula x6) but i still have no idea how far can it fly safe, also i wanted to know if the quad loses the transmiter signal, what does it do? does it returns home when this happens?
+camilo villada I believe it should return to home, but I seriously suggest not finding out. I don't condone long-range flying, as that is not a safe practice and can lead to injury or damage of property.
Ok, I will try that. Also, the CX-20 is being really unstable. I am going to try an APM reset, then if that doesn't work, a firmware update. I am going to Galveston this weekend for July 4th and would like to take my drone to film the fireworks with and I want to be able to fly it without any problems. Any ideas on what to do?
Hello Ryan, its Seth. My CX-20 just had a crash. It was in manual mode. I was bringing it in to land and the drone cut out and flipped front over and crashed. It was about 3-5 meters off the ground. The stopwatch had 11:28 on the battery and It was flying slowly. I do have a 2.4 ghz/ 5.8 ghz wifi router, but I flew over the house several times and nothing happened. The transmitter was still on. I punched the throttle to full hopping that it would start up and level out. Nothing. Any ideas?
The mount for the gopro, does it seem connected on really well? Any chance that the Cheerson is in flight and for some reason the mount just disconnects from the drone?
+Reggie Andaya I think it's highly unlikely that would happen. If you were really concerned about that happening, you could connect a piece of fishing line from the camera to the body of the quad, as a backup. :)
Ryan, well I did what you suggested and I actually waited almost 30 minutes no satellite connection whatsoever. So needless to say I boxed it up took it back to Fry's Electronics and I've got another one coming in tomorrow. If you wouldn't mind I could sure use some one on one self tutoring on this particular quadcopter. All of the TH-cam videos make it look so simple mainly because I think you've been doing it for quite a while. I have some particular questions I would like to ask once I take this out of box and get it ready to fly. Email works best for me if you don't mind. Thanks!
+R Lee I am just not sure I can really commit a lot of time... I have a full time job as well as doing this RC thing. :) If this is your first quadcopter, and first flying RC vehicle, I absolutely would NOT suggest starting with this!! This is a very serious quad, and you should be well familiar with flying and the hobby by the time you fly something like this. So, maybe that is the reason you are feeling a bit out of the loop? You need to start with something smaller, safer, and cheaper first, because it is hard to learn how to fly and you absolutely will be crashing while you learn... and this is not a model you want to crash.
my first flight. took off in manual mode, it went up 10 ' then took off. RTH used, shut tx off. it just kept going going gone. did the calibration of the compass and the dance, etc... several times. no MP. never found it! got another, put that on MP, and un-flown, RTH was 90000 from my current location. reset the max angle to 3500! other important settings reset, plus revision of the firmware. never did it before in my life. Super easy! Glad I did though! it is used just like they link up their Indy Cars to trick them out. it checks to make sure settings are correct, GPS and compass settings are dialed in. fly them out of the box, and your taking a big expensive chance!!!
+philip dangelo Oh, I see, you just mean using the software for settings, but not actually setting up a flight plan. Yeah, that makes sense. No idea why you had fly away problems though, especially in manual mode.
I really want the Cheerson CX 20 but it has a Chinese wall adapter I have a go pro hero 3 and really want to use it what is that charger type called so I can get a hobby grade charger but I already went to banggood eBay and gearbest
TomsDroneLife It will come with an adapter for the plug type for whatever country it is shipped to. Or, if it doesn't, you should be able to buy one for very cheap.
+finnjamin1991 Everything I showed in the review, other than the camera itself, came with the quad. And, I'm not sure what you mean about the landing leg.... it's *always* visible.
Hello.... Hey, I'm wondering just how your feelings are on the cx20?.. I'm thinking about moving up from my x8c's(two of them),. I've been reading reviews, comments both pro and con, I'm still on the fence.. With so much talk about software this and software for that is really concerning and puzzling to me.. Are you happy with your cx20?.. Would you recommend one for a more advanced quadcopter flyer?... Thanks Greg...
+Gregory Johnson I didn't do any software tweaks on mine, and I'm happy with it for the type of flying I do with it. I'm not concerned with waypoint flying or anything like that. It's an aerial video quad, so keep that in mind. It's not for sport flying or anything like that.
Hi Ryan, it's Seth again. I am wondering how to bind the CX-20 with the transmitter. I have been having some troubles with that for about 2-3 days. Is there a certain order that you do it in, or a certain time limit that the transmitter needs to be turned on in? What do I do?
Turn on the transmitter first, and then the quad. You may need to press some buttons in order to put them in bind mode, if for some reason they have lost their bind. I don't know the details of that though, so you would have to check the manual for info about how to do that.
Ok. Thanks much. I found an SJ4000 without the WiFi & was wondering if that would be better to buy since the one with it causes interference to the quad like u mentioned? Sorry to keep bugging you :)
+Alan Savage I like having the WiFi for other uses... it makes it convenient to line up your camera angle, and even start/stop recording, without having to actually be at the camera. And, you can turn it off, so it doesn't interfere with the quad when it is turned off. It really depends on whether or not you think you'd ever have use for the feature. :)
Is the no pro manual control only? If it is why not just use a Mobius? Very nice review Ryan this I think will be my last purchase since I have more then 50 quads now. I just got the MJX X-600 hex and really like it.
L4foto Well, it can be controlled from WiFi too, but not while mounted on a quad. And the video quality is better than a Mobius (though not by a whole lot). It also fits into GoPro mounts, whereas I'd have to make my own mount for the Mobius. And, lastly, I'm using my Mobius for my hatcam, so I can't have it on my hat and on the quad at the same time. :)~
I have watched most of your videos and was wondering if you could simply give me a suggestion on which quad to buy. What is the best bang for the buck. I have looked for hours on Gearbest and just get more and more confused! I want to be in the $150-250 range and like the features of GPS, return to home, low voltage protection, position hold, gimble. I have had several quads, including the x5c. I am ready to step up but with so many choices I can't decide. I am not willing to invest in a $1000 quad yet but like a lot of the features the x8, cx-20 x6 plus offer for the price.
+Jeremy Rock I am not sure there are any GPS quads for that cheap, especially with a gimbal. And RTH and position hold only work well with GPS... any of the non-GPS quads that offer those features simply don't work well enough to use, yet rely on.
Hey ryan very good flight and rewiew you are so good your camera yor voice and you say bad and good witch is excellent if you only said the good we would buy bad quads and other rc s keep up the brill work!
Your parents have a beautiful farm!
I always love your reviews as you do not hold any criticism out and point out every bad and good things about it!
Thanks! :D
Congrats Ryan, I know you have been saying you needed to review the aerial photography/ cinematography platforms with the altitude hold and gps. Great review and nice to see you have one for yourself now.. if any1 deserves one, it's you..It will open you eyes to a whole new world of Multirotoring, and once you get a gimbal aerial footage will never be the same for you ( you won't want anymore 2mp footage soon).. soooo happy 4 my boi Ryan!!!!
Gimbal Guy I have never wanted 2MP footage. lol Wait till you see my review this Friday... my first 2-axis gimbal quad. I think I took some pretty cool footage with it too. :)
That's awesome, Ryan!
Wow that is LOTS of room to fly!
I have to look into one of those cameras.
Great stuff, enjoy!
Hi Ryan. Excellent review! I'm so glad you've done a GPS quad! That was really cool!
Brian Evans Thanks! :)
Excellent review Ryan, your best to date. Great information, explanations and demonstration.
Also Mom & Pop's farm looks like a great place to hang and an awesome RC venue for flyin' and rollin'.
The farm looked awesome!! Only question is who drove a car in the rows of crops? It's right next to road.
cookieman0916 I was thinking that same thing man! Thanks for calling it out. If I put on my "CSI" hat, I'm guessing "whoever" drove over it right after the seeding, hence nothing came up there.
cookieman0916 That was probably done by farm equipment, when seeding or tilling, or something like that.
I just pull the trigger on this quad, can't wait to fly it!!
Nice video I bought mine about 2 mo.ago and I love it too.the beeping drove NE nuts also but now I
Don't even hear it... keep flying...thanks again
just bought this quad yesterday.. so much fun,and so much power....
Ryan, I'll make a long story short. I've been a commercial photographer for 25 years. What I'm looking to now is to take it to the sky. I've been training with 2 different toy quad copters and feel it's time to move up to something a little more stable and will get me closer to the Typhoon Q500 4K for aerial photography work that a few of my clients have inquired about. I've been doing a lot of research on this. Do's and don'ts, where you can fly.
I got the 2nd CX-20 working the way it should be right out of the box. It fly's great, GPS took about 8 minutes to connect. After that I did the binding with the transmitter as instructed. Just seemed funny with all the video's out there I really couldn't find one other then a Russian guy who had one up. So anyway now that I have that part done I plane on practicing slower maneuvers rather than the sport type flying than a lot of the video's out there. Thanks for your input on this model. You should do a test on the XK Detect 380 sometime if you haven't already. Sounds like one I'll be making a jump to with camera before the Q500.
+R Lee Sounds like a good plan, and I'm glad your replacement model is working! I have been trying to get my hands on a Detect 380, but none of my sponsors seem to want to give me one to review, and it's a bit too expensive for me to buy just to review. :/ I think once you get a feel for the CX-20, you should be able to safely move up to the Q500 after that. I've heard it is really easy to fly. :)
Hi Ryan,
I finally picked the Ausi version called Twister quatro_x.
I paid euro250 for it and I cannot believe how nice this machine is for the price.
The only problem I've had is trying to assemble the camera mount.
Also every part came in it's own box inside the main case which was nice to see.
Compared to that troublesome Parrot machine which I forked out 800 for last year it's amazingly user friendly😀
The GPS is rock solid once it kick's in...thakes a while to Warm up but handy to have.
So easy to set up and calibration is really easy too...flick the right toggle switch a few times then rotate twice horizontal then the same nose down clockwise of course.
Flick both toggles to 0 and off we go in manual until we get the required 6 sat lock.
Real bargain I recon✌
Mine should arrive tomorrow. There are more than enough mounts with the SJ4000 to put the camera in a better position. I had a problem mounting the sjcam to my x101 but sorted it by adapting one of the standard mounts.
I have been eying that quad some time now! Great review!
TOJO RC Thanks bud! :)
Great video. I just ordered the Cx-20 this morning and got that same camera (minus wifi) for it. By far the best explanation on how to use this baby by far. I love the fly to home features so you have that as a backup for landings or if there is a control/power issue. The video was pretty stable considering the mounting. I technically have a go pro black+ but don't want to throw that in my first outdoor quad in case there's an oops plus I own go pro scuba attachments and not worth the risk since they are custom to only that go pro. Buying a cheap $60 camera was a no brainier and video quality is great. Maybe down the road I'll go fpv but have mixed feelings about taking my eyes off the quad. They just announced a cx-22 and wingsland quad so they are getting cheaper every year.
Adam Burns Thanks, glad you found the video helpful. :) And yeah, these GoPro knock-offs are great for when you want similar quality, but not risk hurting your more expensive GoPro. I have my eye on the CX-22, and I think it looks great for what it offers for the price. :) The Wingsland looks good too, but the FPV monitor is tiny. I hear they will be releasing a big screen for it, so I may wait and see if that happens before I consider reviewing it.
It seems like a pretty dependable quad and a nice flyer. Thanks for sharing.
+Flyin' Ryan RC Best reviewer ever!
Just bought for 209.99 dollars with coupon code: CX20
www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_113550.html?wid=21&lkid=10742075
I hope this will help you
th-cam.com/video/Am5vFPIrXPs/w-d-xo.html
Look what I just found. It's for 189.99 USD, www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_113550.html?lkid=11414124, I bought one！
+Flyin' Ryan RC awesome review, i was waiting for your review of this one. Thanks for posting, now i am gonna get one.
nice review Ryan... just got mine 2day !
Wow, it's a great quad!
awesome looking quad and great review !!
RC Johnny Thanks! :)
Flyin' Ryan RC just to tell you the ecx torment is a really good car. Much similar to the ruckus but more fast on off-road terrain
Nice video Ryan!
***** Thanks! :)
forget the quad, your parents property is awesome...someday i hope to have some land like that!!
+TwasButNowAint Thanks! It is a nice spot indeed. :)
great review , on my cx20 the esc where failng had to replace all
Thanks for the info I am so exited to get this
Good to see Gearbest and Banggood starting to give away their higher dollar quads to their testers. I wish you had shown the receiver and quad calibration also. You can change the pitch in Mission Planner but as an aerial quad I did not see much of a need for myself. Thanks and I hope to see more on this bird.
dheller777 Well, I didn't want to get too in detail about basic stuff that is covered in the manual, like calibration. And, yeah, I know you can change the pitch, but I wanted to review it as it comes, and I also can't use that software since I use a Mac. :(
Great review as always! I find that I no longer gravitate to my toy quads anymore since I got the CX-20. The CX-20 just seems to fly sooo much better than a brushed motor quad. I like the flight characteristics tuned for an aerial photography quad even if not filming.
Dennis Coonich For just fun flying I would much prefer the Blade 200 QX or even the brushed LaTrax Alias. It also has a lot to do with flying area, as I don't feel comfortable flying something like this in town around my house, whereas I feel completely safe flying my 200 QX there. :) I wish Cheerson would make a 200-250 size sporty brushless quad. Seems that most of these Chinese brands are keeping the brushless stuff for aerial video, and no one is really thinking about the sport flyer. The Hubsan H109 looks like it could be a killer brushless sport flyer though. :)
Thanks for that info...
Awesome video!
Nice review on the Cheerson. I recently bought this quad myself and I think it's a good deal for $225 considering its size and the fact that it has GPS. On another note I think there are several things that could use a big upgrade on this quad. All in all I guess it's a good learner quad for this size category I just wish it was a bit more durable. Oh yeah, I have also seen it mentioned that the GPS mast is prone to breakage so heads up.
Great review bro 😃
thafactor24 Thanks bud! :)
Thanks for the review, how big is this compared to Syma X8C , I am looking for one smaller than X8C but can be stable in the winds
I just want to know where my plane is and what video it's taking while I'm flying it
There appears to be no sort of damage to the flight controller. The motors are fine. At first I thought that it was a gyro issue, but when I flew high, the wobble slowed or even stopped. The gps lock made it very stable, no wobbling at all. I don't know what to do since there are so many sensors on this thing.
My first test, very short flights (
Great looking, perfectly manicured farm. Those are some folks who take care of their place.
Thanks! Sadly my parents recently sold the farm and moved to New Mexico. :(
Comment on durability: I have a CX20, and recommend purchasing spare landing legs immediately after receiving one. The landing gear seems to snap easily. I added some packing foam to the latest replacement legs - that seems to have helped. I am not the best operator btw...so practice helps a lot!
I buy it in Amazon.de but was not possible configure properly the compass.
I found this video very useful for me thanks for the video mate much appreciate
+Elliesse Kaaouachi Glad it was helpful! :)
Great review Ryan I got this quad and same sj4000 make sure wifi is off on the camera it causes flyways! And also I have a bunch of camera holders with the sj and there is one with no cover its much lighter and the camera won't be upside down like it is with the water proof cover ! Take care bro!👍
Camshaft Shaft Yeah, I talked about not using WiFi in the video. And, ah, you know what I didn't even think to check all my mounts to see if there was another option! Doh! >.
That was pretty smooth flying Ryan! Awesome review as always :P
Frequent Flyer RC Thanks bud! :D
Did you ever get the beeping to stop or is it just a faulty transmitter?
Ellis Malave I don't think it's faulty... I think the beeping is intended, to let you know you are at half throttle, but I think that's a weird design decision.
Strange because I recall QuadCopter101 reviewed the CX-20 and his didn't beep. I'll have to check out his channel again to confirm.
Very nice review though!
Would like to see you compare this to Wltoys v303 seeker. I would like to have one of these.
The Cheerson CX-20 Vs the DJI Phantom tested in GPS position hold
vimeo.com/96928699
About the TX beeping, I found this on RC Groups: "The TX beep is to let you know that the throttle is in the middle and the aircraft should hold position, if no beep then throttle is too low or high meaning you should be descending or climbing."
I just got this quad but why does the transmitter beep all the time
Does the one in the link below come with a USA wall adapter
+Flyin Ryan RC have you tried not using the waterproof mount? It will give you much better flight times!
The opensource version is very nice as you can set way-points through mission planner!
Hi Ryan, I am having an issue with the CX-20. After the crash, the motors would arm(on command) in a slow idle. I throttle up but they don't go to full power, the drone can't get enough lift to fly. I've tried several calibrations( ESC, transmitter, gyro, compass) and I've even tried a factory firmware installation. It still arms into the low idle. What should I do to fix that
I am not really sure. You may have a damaged motor somewhere, so the 6-axis stabilization system is bringing all the motors down to match its top speed, in order to keep the quad level, but then not giving enough power for lift.
Hey Ryan :)
Nice well done video!
Good for comparing to my CX-20.
Like your style of documentation/presentation in your reviews.
Do you have try out the 9450 self locking props? Very good lift and acuracy on my CX-20.
They are available in Carbon and white good material plastics.
And you`re right, the constant beep from TX is a info that the throttle stick is in center - means the quad in GPS mode holds his position/and height.
Thank you, and nice weekend to you and family!
Frank
+Frank Mende Thanks bud! :D
You want gps hold if your flying long distances you might need to update the firmware it will probably help with the drifting issue I put mine in some pretty high winds and it's pretty solid in the air
Ryan, Got my CX-20 today 01/10/15 and when I took the transmitter out of the box I had a Green Important printed label on it saying the following:
Before flying you must calibrate the Quad Copter. #1. Connect a charged battery which I did. #2. Switch on the transmitter and allow it to bind. (Which I assume it did) #3. Flick the Switch SWA back and forth until the Red LED flashes yellow quickly. Then Rotate the Quad Copter clockwise 2 times. #4. Now point the quad copter down towards the ground and rotate about it's roll axis another 2 times. #5. Calibration is complete when the Red and Green LED's flash together. Please see the Instruction Manual for full calibration information.
I did all this and could not get the Red & Green LED's to flash together. No where on any You Tube videos has anyone talked about this. I have not been able to get a solid green light for any satellites. I have been able to start it but I don't want to fly it till I know for sure I have the satellites. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. You can email if you have any input on this rather then using the thread if you like. Rlee.harley@gmail.com Thanks!
+R Lee Are you trying that outdoors, away from any sort of large metal buildings, etc?
+R Lee Here is a video that shows it, and they are doing it indoors, which I'm not sure is the suggested method since buildings can block the satellite signals. I also think they may be doing the rotations incorrectly. th-cam.com/video/KdVTOXGOlQ0/w-d-xo.html
Awesome Video Flyin' Ryan... I'm gonna get me one of these in the near future. Right now I'm learning to fly, using the SYMA X8G & X8W... I know when going from one quadcopter to another, I'll have to get the feel for it. I'm willing to bet that all transmitters toggle switches feel different form one another... Anyway, Awesome Video, Thanks for sharing with everyone... Thumbs Up, and I've Subscribed to yer channel.... Safe Flying buddy....
Yeah, the transmitters do feel a bit different, and the flying characteristics of the quad itself are different too. But, it shouldn't be so different that you can't get the feel for it in a flight or two. :)
Well, I bit the bullet and am now the owner of a new CX-20... I'm trying to figure out all this stuff out... The user manual is not user friendly, it's a mess and hard to understand what they are talking about. I wish they would get their @%*(& together and start publishing user manuals that make sense, and people can understand. Anyway, I'm trying to figure all the steps to calibrating the CX-20 and binding the transmitter... Guess I'm going to be watching a lot of videos...... I'm thinking about getting me one the SJ400 cams, buy not the WiFi model.... I hear the WiFi messes with the CX-20 electronics, and I dont want to cause any mishaps.... Sure looking forward to getting this up and havin some fun.....
+Goodolboy One don't waste your money on the crap buy a phantom 3 or 4 yeah there way more but worth the price, haven't had one problem with my phantom
Goodolboy One Yeah, WiFi messes with control, but it's fine if you just don' turn on the WiFi. :)
hy ryan, thanks for the great video here, I was confuse to choose the version of cx-20, there is opensource, big fat shark, and zero version, what the difference of all? and in the box thats version have 6-axis and 4-axis, may you explain me about that?
+Iman Subarkah I am not familiar with what the difference versions are... mine is Opensource. 4-axis and 6-axis are two different ways of saying the same thing, as far as I know. 3-axis gyro + accelerometer.
Can u do a build or just review of a picnic quad frame it would be pretty cool
Hello Ryan , I was thinking this morning to request you to do a review on cheerson cx 20 and what do you know , couple hours later you had the video uploaded , keep up the good work , and please please please review some brushless rc boats before summer ends.
vicsaggu I've got a couple brushless boats in the testing process, for review soon. :)
Ryan,
If you log onto mission planner via the usb on bottom. You can adjust max pitch for quad. Check it out the software is free. You can also do full calibrations as well as autonomous flights using gps!! Can't wait to get mine flying!!!
Tom
cookieman0916 I don't think I can use that on my Mac though. :(
Very true. But if you got a friend with a pc, try it out. Don't update firmware. Many great videos here on you tube. Tom
You can connect it to mission planner and change the pitch setting,etc.
Hey thanks, I have four batteries now so I have at least 45 minutes of flying time. Can I fly it on all four batteries without messing up the motors or do I need to put some down time in between the two batteries for cooling.
+R Lee Well, brushless motors can take a lot more heat than brushed motors, so you might be okay, though it's always good to let the motors cool, if you can, just to be safe.
What are the two AUX pots for?
Also, the GPS antenna is usually inside that round thingy on top - the antennas at the bottom are most likely from the Rx (diversity)...
I don't have one, but the aux ports for if you buy a motored gimbal you can control the camera from the the transmitter (the angle the cameras angle)
hey man i recently got a cx-20 i love it the only thing is the part you were talking about to put prop guard 2 of the screws on 1 moter came stripped. would you happened to know how to remove the stripped screws?
Rudolph Smith Not really, but I'm sure there are plenty of tips and videos out there about removing stripped screws.
Hi,
Maybe the " beeping " is when u flying on Manual Mode and its for find the quads if you lost him? I have the same beeping with my CX20.
Nice videos and review, i just update and set some stuff with the APM Planner 2.0 for mac.
Cheers.
Nate Grillz Well, the beeping is from the transmitter, so that wouldn't help find the quad at all. It's to indicate that the throttle is at 50%, which is needed to the GPS position hold. But I find it weird that it beeps constantly while flying in manual mode. It should beep only when I turn on GPS hold.
And, to fix the 2 blades with the black cap, i had some trouble.! so hard for fix it. i dont know if you had the same problem.
Nate Grillz I had no issues with my props.
BTW you are my most favorite youtuber
TomsDroneLife Thanks! :)
I tried the firmware update and that helped a lot. It still was a bit unstable when making turns and hovering and transitioning to forward flight. The gyroscope calibration works too. I don't see any damage on the props. I tried doing a DJI Phantom 3 prop upgrade, but that made it worse. How do you get the app back to factory settings?
I am not sure about that. I have never messed with the programming or firmware on mine.
Hey Ryan, happy 4th. I can arm my CX-20 but then the motors rotate once and then stop and then the quad disarms. I dont know what is causing the motors to rotate. The throttle is at 0. Maybe its the ESCs, but I've done the ESC calibration and it still does that. What should I do?
Man, you are having nothing but problems, eh!? I have no idea what the problem could be now... sounds like some sort of ESC issue. Maybe it's blown?
Ryan, I own a cx 20 and I was wondering when you put the props on did they go on hard for you? One of my props won't go on far enough to put the screw back on. Also I wish someone had said in their review that the two black screws are threaded backwards I spent I don how long before I figured that out. Thanks for your reviews they are great and very helpful!
James Shipley I don't recall having any issues getting the props on. Maybe one of yours isn't quite molded right? I also can't recall, but there may be a flat spot inside the prop that you need to line up with the flat spot on the motor shaft. And yeah, since two motors turn CC and two motors turn CCC, the props screw on differently depending on which way the motors rotates. These are called self-tightening props, because as they rotate, the force of the air pushing against them actually screws them onto the motor shaft even tighter. :)
your parents have a beautiful place. Does your cheerson cx 20 still work right? i had a defected one had to send it back.
+Ian Rice Thanks! :) Yeah, my CX-20 works fine, though I haven't used it much at all since the review.
I have this quad and it beeps at half throttle good review
im planning to buy this soon.. is this ok for aerial videos and photographs for beginners? i want to buy with the walkera g2d gimbal for stable capture. what your suggestion?
+ely8985 No, beginners should absolutely not start with a model this big, powerful, and dangerous. You need to learn how to fly on something smaller and safer first, and then work your way up to something like this.
Ryan can you do a review on the ecx torment please
Hi Ryan which is better the cx-20 or the xk detect x380. The cx-20 worries me about the range (they advertise about 300 meters) but i Like it because it has manual mode. (the xk detect x380 advertise about 1000m).you can help me?
+RC infamous I have no experience with the X380, so I can't really say. In general though, I don't really pay much attention to the advertised range, flight times, etc, as they are often wrong, exaggerated, or simply guesses. 1000M seems unlikely, and I don't see any reason to fly that far anyway.
Hello Flyin Ryan. I'm considering on buying this model & was wondering what type of GoPro camera that I can get that does photo & video? Thanks much
+Alan Savage The camera I used in my video is the SJCAM SJ4000 WiFi. It is a good GoPro alternative, for a fraction of the price. The only problems I've had with it is bad white balance... works best in good bright daylight, which shouldn't be an issue for aerial videography. And poor sound, which again isn't an issue for aerial videography. And, don't use the WiFi while mounted on the quad because it WILL interfere with the radio signal!
Would should make to videos for each quad, one like initial thoughts, features, etc. Then one later on once you have flowed it, so like durability, etc.
Jason Hacker I simply don't have the time, nor do I fly most of these that much after the review, to do that. I do put several test flights in before my review though, so I do have a good bit of actual experience with everything I review before filming the review.
Awesome dude..
Ryan, I have been meaning to ask you and I forgot since I got CX-20 working. Everything seems fine the one question I have is the trasmitter keeps beeping the whole time I'm flying the different modes, what is the story behind that. Thanks!
+R Lee Yeah, mine did that too, and I talked about that in my review. I think that is just an indication that the throttle is at the mid-level, meaning the quad is ready to be put into GPS hold if you want. It's pretty annoying.
hey Ryan trying figure out my next quadcopter....I'm rocking the hubsan x4 right love that thing....would like a bigger outdoor copter possibly with live video feed but not a concern on that.....any recommendations for a good copter to buy next
+wsy480 Maybe something like the WLtoys V686G?
My CX-20 observations:
* The green LED goes solid on with 4 satellites. With only 4, GPS drift an be 50-100 ft (or way more if 1 drops out).
* What the manual should recommend is to attempt to arm in loiter (GPS hold). That will confirm enough satellites to keep GPS drift under ~5 ft. You can arm in manual and hope to acquire more satellites with altitude, but that's a gamble.
* The beep signal from the transmitter is just to confirm you are at mid throttle.
Bill Branning Thanks for the info! I read the manual in full before ever flying this thing, but I don't recall reading anything about it going solid after only 4 satellites. I could've sworn it was 8, or maybe even more.
Flyin' Ryan RC My manual doesn't say anything about the quality of the GPS lock. I see yours does mention 6 satellites. That's probably why you saw some drift at the start of your flight. A good GPS position hold is more likely with 8-10.
I have the open source version so I could observe the satellite counts reported in the Mavlink telemetry stream.
The sat count usually goes up with time & altitude.
How far can it get?
I've flown it far away (in comparission to my former-best quad, tarantula x6) but i still have no idea how far can it fly safe, also i wanted to know if the quad loses the transmiter signal, what does it do? does it returns home when this happens?
+camilo villada I believe it should return to home, but I seriously suggest not finding out. I don't condone long-range flying, as that is not a safe practice and can lead to injury or damage of property.
Ok, I will try that. Also, the CX-20 is being really unstable. I am going to try an APM reset, then if that doesn't work, a firmware update. I am going to Galveston this weekend for July 4th and would like to take my drone to film the fireworks with and I want to be able to fly it without any problems. Any ideas on what to do?
Do whatever calibration processes you can, and check the blades for any sort of damage or bends.
Hello Ryan, its Seth. My CX-20 just had a crash. It was in manual mode. I was bringing it in to land and the drone cut out and flipped front over and crashed. It was about 3-5 meters off the ground. The stopwatch had 11:28 on the battery and It was flying slowly. I do have a 2.4 ghz/ 5.8 ghz wifi router, but I flew over the house several times and nothing happened. The transmitter was still on. I punched the throttle to full hopping that it would start up and level out. Nothing. Any ideas?
Are you carrying a camera with WiFi on it?
The mount for the gopro, does it seem connected on really well? Any chance that the Cheerson is in flight and for some reason the mount just disconnects from the drone?
+Reggie Andaya I think it's highly unlikely that would happen. If you were really concerned about that happening, you could connect a piece of fishing line from the camera to the body of the quad, as a backup. :)
Ryan, well I did what you suggested and I actually waited almost 30 minutes no satellite connection whatsoever. So needless to say I boxed it up took it back to Fry's Electronics and I've got another one coming in tomorrow. If you wouldn't mind I could sure use some one on one self tutoring on this particular quadcopter. All of the TH-cam videos make it look so simple mainly because I think you've been doing it for quite a while. I have some particular questions I would like to ask once I take this out of box and get it ready to fly. Email works best for me if you don't mind. Thanks!
+R Lee I am just not sure I can really commit a lot of time... I have a full time job as well as doing this RC thing. :) If this is your first quadcopter, and first flying RC vehicle, I absolutely would NOT suggest starting with this!! This is a very serious quad, and you should be well familiar with flying and the hobby by the time you fly something like this. So, maybe that is the reason you are feeling a bit out of the loop? You need to start with something smaller, safer, and cheaper first, because it is hard to learn how to fly and you absolutely will be crashing while you learn... and this is not a model you want to crash.
does the cx20 need to be calibrated every time b4 flight? was having GPS alt hold issues. thanks.
Not unless you fly in a location far away from wherever you last calibrated it.
my first flight. took off in manual mode, it went up 10 ' then took off. RTH used, shut tx off. it just kept going going gone. did the calibration of the compass and the dance, etc... several times. no MP. never found it! got another, put that on MP, and un-flown, RTH was 90000 from my current location. reset the max angle to 3500! other important settings reset, plus revision of the firmware. never did it before in my life. Super easy! Glad I did though! it is used just like they link up their Indy Cars to trick them out. it checks to make sure settings are correct, GPS and compass settings are dialed in. fly them out of the box, and your taking a big expensive chance!!!
+philip dangelo Oh, I see, you just mean using the software for settings, but not actually setting up a flight plan. Yeah, that makes sense. No idea why you had fly away problems though, especially in manual mode.
I really want the Cheerson CX 20 but it has a Chinese wall adapter I have a go pro hero 3 and really want to use it what is that charger type called so I can get a hobby grade charger but I already went to banggood eBay and gearbest
TomsDroneLife It will come with an adapter for the plug type for whatever country it is shipped to. Or, if it doesn't, you should be able to buy one for very cheap.
Does the quad come with the rubber dampener? And also why is the landing stand sometime in view on the gopro and sometimes not?
+finnjamin1991 Everything I showed in the review, other than the camera itself, came with the quad. And, I'm not sure what you mean about the landing leg.... it's *always* visible.
Hey Ryan,Do you believe that the CX-20 is still a great deal and buy for a first GPS quad? I like the idea of it being open source and flexible.
Please do a review on the maisto coyote xs
cant wait to pick this up. if you have the open source cx-20 you can change the pitch rate.
Hello.... Hey, I'm wondering just how your feelings are on the cx20?.. I'm thinking about moving up from my x8c's(two of them),. I've been reading reviews, comments both pro and con, I'm still on the fence..
With so much talk about software this and software for that is really concerning and puzzling to me..
Are you happy with your cx20?.. Would you recommend one for a more advanced quadcopter flyer?...
Thanks
Greg...
+Gregory Johnson I didn't do any software tweaks on mine, and I'm happy with it for the type of flying I do with it. I'm not concerned with waypoint flying or anything like that. It's an aerial video quad, so keep that in mind. It's not for sport flying or anything like that.
Is there any thing to set so one does not get a fly away or is it automatically set for the area.
Willie Walley There is a calibration process to make sure the magnetic compass is set for the area.
Hi Ryan, it's Seth again. I am wondering how to bind the CX-20 with the transmitter. I have been having some troubles with that for about 2-3 days. Is there a certain order that you do it in, or a certain time limit that the transmitter needs to be turned on in? What do I do?
Turn on the transmitter first, and then the quad. You may need to press some buttons in order to put them in bind mode, if for some reason they have lost their bind. I don't know the details of that though, so you would have to check the manual for info about how to do that.
Ok. Thanks much. I found an SJ4000 without the WiFi & was wondering if that would be better to buy since the one with it causes interference to the quad like u mentioned? Sorry to keep bugging you :)
+Alan Savage I like having the WiFi for other uses... it makes it convenient to line up your camera angle, and even start/stop recording, without having to actually be at the camera. And, you can turn it off, so it doesn't interfere with the quad when it is turned off. It really depends on whether or not you think you'd ever have use for the feature. :)
Well it looks pretty damn good with just the anti vibration stabilizer!!!!
Ryan I was wondering if your going to review the WLtoys Q202 Carrier Aeroamphibious it's really interesting looking but I wonder how it really handles
rayikaikin Absolutely! That is way too unique for me to pass up. :) It's not actually available for purchase yet though.
Flyin' Ryan RC It is on gearbest now! $60 but with $20 shipping :(
Was hoping you'd do a "Star Wars" type trench run between the corn rows. That camera takes some pretty good video, and no jello-ing
John Rivett Haha, wait till you see my review this Friday... I did some filming that was sort of like the speeder bike runs through the forest. :D
Is the no pro manual control only? If it is why not just use a Mobius? Very nice review Ryan this I think will be my last purchase since I have more then 50 quads now. I just got the MJX X-600 hex and really like it.
L4foto Well, it can be controlled from WiFi too, but not while mounted on a quad. And the video quality is better than a Mobius (though not by a whole lot). It also fits into GoPro mounts, whereas I'd have to make my own mount for the Mobius. And, lastly, I'm using my Mobius for my hatcam, so I can't have it on my hat and on the quad at the same time. :)~
Have you seen the revell hexagon? Please review it! Looks awesome
zunar2784 Yep, I plan on reviewing it. :)
I have watched most of your videos and was wondering if you could simply give me a suggestion on which quad to buy.
What is the best bang for the buck. I have looked for hours on Gearbest and just get more and more confused!
I want to be in the $150-250 range and like the features of GPS, return to home, low voltage protection, position hold, gimble.
I have had several quads, including the x5c. I am ready to step up but with so many choices I can't decide. I am not willing to invest in a $1000 quad yet but like a lot of the features the x8, cx-20 x6 plus offer for the price.
+Jeremy Rock I am not sure there are any GPS quads for that cheap, especially with a gimbal. And RTH and position hold only work well with GPS... any of the non-GPS quads that offer those features simply don't work well enough to use, yet rely on.
I have the sj400... how does it do with vibrations on this quad? I am thinking about purchasing it.
+C Bruhs That is the camera I used in my review, so you can see first-hand how it does.
Hey ryan very good flight and rewiew you are so good your camera yor voice and you say bad and good witch is excellent if you only said the good we would buy bad quads and other rc s keep up the brill work!
Daniel Jadoenathmisier Thanks! :D
+Flyin' Ryan RC does this quad come with everything needed to mount a go pro and other cameras?
+Kyle Raney I showed everything it comes with in the review. It comes with a static mount, which you can connect the GoPro's waterproof case to.
Great review! Did you said how much it weights with battery and camera?
Multirotor Go No, I didn't weight it.