first hover air x1 test flight in manual mode

The beauty of the hover air x1 autonomous selfie cam/drone is that it’s designed to fly itself at the push of a button-ideal if you’re a solo creator like me without anyone to fly the drone for you and you don’t want to have to faff around with flying it yourself. However, there is also a manual mode you can unlock in the hover app that will let you go manual to get those shots that aren’t meant to have you as the center of attention.
I slapped this short video together to get more editing practice and because I thought it gave a good peek at how simple flying in manual mode is. Enjoy!

[@PhilTParker]

Fantastic demonstration. I love mine and am looking forward to enjoying some manual mode flying with the little controller that I bought for $20!

[@somekatontheinternet]

Nice work on the manual mode - not many have covered that -

[@dpkworldwide]

Thanks! I wasn’t really doing a “review” per se, but just flew it around to see what it’s like. You may have noticed the rotation and gimbal movements seemed way too fast and I can’t find a way to slow them down. Love the drone, though-I use it all the time with its regular flight modes.

[@HighlandFace94]

So that means the hover can use in viewing air background not only yourself. So your using your phone as remote control sir?

[@dpkworldwide]

@@HighlandFace94 Yes. In manual mode, the Hover app provides a simple controller screen on your phone that lets you control it like a basic drone. Nothing particularly fancy, but it seems to work okay up to maybe 50 feet away maximum.

[@bourdon845]

Cool

[@samuelcasilla2325]

Why doesn't it let me use free mode without WiFi? I can only use it at home with WiFi, why? any solution? thank you!

[@dpkworldwide]

Hmm. I know that you have to fly in regular modes a certain number of times before it “unlocks” manual mode-have you done that? Also, you have to be connected to the Hover’s WiFi network to control it and see the preview. I never had any trouble myself and I’m no tech guru, so I’d have to suggest you contact their tech support.