Video quality is on a par with Spark, I beleive. The only thing bad of this drone, it does not have low-power RTH which is important for safety of the drone and people.
Hi buddy a lot of drones don’t but it does tell you on the screen and vibrates and tells you to hit the return to home it’s a bargain at the price I see the x8 on banggood has changed from pre order to alert me
I got some footage from this drone to test in editing and it's waaaaaaay ahead of the low bitrate footage from the spark. At this price, it's an incredible image to colour. It's not camera quality, but it's high-end mobile phone quality.
Bloody ellllll Colin you've done 5 vids already lol, I'll have to catch up, it's a good Job that I Love your Channel 😍 fantastic test , this drone is Awesome, the video looks great, fantastic Video again my mate 👍🤪👍
I knew you’d be impressed, excellent pictures, I think the camera is a version of the Y1 as it shares some Sony and Ambrella internals, the Xiaomi store (Mi) opened in London just before Christmas selling their phones and electronics, I wonder if they will begin selling drones? Good products.
Flies like an awesome drone, and I really like it. Ive have the SkyRC Imax B6 mini for about a year and it has been a great charger, but can't charge 1s lipos (Not sure if that's possible) just watch out for the clone SkyRC models..... thanks for sharing!
Very well done. This drone has an awesome camera. Seems to fly rather smooth. However the price for what you get is really a bit much. Here in the states its over $360.00. For that money I would go with the XIAOMI FIMI X8... Thanks and be safe.
@@longboardlouie5816 You can still buy it on Ebay for 650. I really don't think this drone is worth that. Maybe with optical avoidance. But,for that kind of money, there are now many new drones on the market, built by good companies, that can come close or match this performance.
Hallo.. I just bought drones xiaomi fimi A3, and there was a bit of a problem, I don’t know there where? Every drones take off, only a moment just haven’t even is being promoted, drones immediately lost signal and immediately RTH. Please your help, what should I do?
Hi Its a totally different drone this is for flying FPV with goggles with zero latency which you cant get with any app driven drone that uses a form of wifi The X8se is an excellent drone though
Caught mine on sale for around $210 and it's GREAT for that price, plus the goggles totally changes the game, only thing I'd change is maybe a little better camera, but the one it has is great, and getting telemetry in goggles would be nice. Awesome for the price and if you just wanna make some decent videos, not necessarily pro, this is great
Hi mate this is the link www.banggood.com/URUAV-2-3S-HV-Lipo-Battery-Charger-Compatible-for-Xiaomi-FIMI-A3-RC-Quadcopter-p-1419171.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=C
Hi again Colski from the prairies here in Saskatchewan where it's warming up nicely finally. I have the IMAX b6AC v2 professional balance charger, I have made the adaptor to charge the Fimi battery now do I just plug it in and set it to the specs of the battery and it will charge to 4.35 V?
Your riggt i wont use their charger i use a hobby grade charger directly with their led wire. I do love it i have almost all of their drones 1080. 4k a3. Mitu drone i like this because of no cell phone ! I dont like the update procedure. the mi drone has the same noise. Through all their drones have the same i like it to be honest!
@@longboardlouie5816 providing the charger can charge LIHV batteries not all hobby grade chargers can and also the early b6 charger can't charge LIHV either you would need to check the charger
Colski Drones thanks for replying Mr. Colski, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the charger I ordered SKYRC iMAX B6AC V2 Professional Balance, and it doesn't say it charges LIHV. 😞
Nice Video, congrats ! so you don´t recommend this drone ? did I hear you right? sorry I'm from Argentina and my English is not that good. What do you recommend in this range of price with this features? thanks
Great and very informative video :) Question : Re ~ Charging hand held RC .... The micro USB cable supplied by Fimi has a reg. USB connector on the other end. I believe you charge the RC by the micro USB cable , but , what do you plug the reg. USB end into ? I've watched , asked and e-mailed many, plenty video's FB sites as well as Fimi but no one has answered this question. Forgive my ignorance as I am an old (55yr old) beginner that has never run one before. I'm not very tech savvy and I don't know how any of them usually work :( Thank you for your generous consideration, Sincerely ....................................
@@longboardlouie5816 Hi I ordered it from Banggood on the 31st of Jan and it got shipped on the 12 of Feb and they have shipped it through singapore post and it is not updating. I think it has got lost in transit. It shouldn't take this long to get to Singapore.
@@mandaverakhrao7648 oh no!! that doesn't sound good. Although Ive always eventually recieved my orders from them. Did you apply for refund? I'm thinking of doing that.
@@longboardlouie5816 I have always received my parcels from them but if it doesn't arrive I will get a refund from my card company. I have seen another one in spain which will arrive next week. Cost is £235. Have a look its on market phone .com they have them in stock
Hello Colski, just a quick question. I just got the Fimi A3 & the battery is 50%, should I run it down or can i charge it immediately before I fly it? Thank you
Nice looking but that squeal hurts my ears,worse then my hubsan h502s, I'm gonna try to lubricate the gears/driveshaft although it could be that the ecs boards are out of tune? My eachine e58 has grinding noises but I did mod it for light rain ,fog, and snow
It’s a different drone it’s made to fly fpv with no latency it’s certainly the best true fpv camera drone the image through the goggles is amazing also it’s quite a bit cheaper
DO NOT BUY. FOGGING ISSUE continues as of May 2019. ie. Xiaomi did not fix it as promised. I got my a3 last week and I flew it today (May 17) for the first time and I got FOG within 2 minutes. When I looked at the lens it was covered with condensation on the inside. D’Oh!
Colski Drones So far just banggood. Will contact fimi tonight. Others been having this problem recently. In at least one case fimi offered a satisfactory resolution.
![Xiaomi FIMI A3 Review - Part 1 - [Unboxing, Inspection, Setup, Pros & Cons]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9mAMvNZ0y70/mqdefault.jpg)
Video quality is on a par with Spark, I beleive. The only thing bad of this drone, it does not have low-power RTH which is important for safety of the drone and people.
Hi buddy a lot of drones don’t but it does tell you on the screen and vibrates and tells you to hit the return to home it’s a bargain at the price
I see the x8 on banggood has changed from pre order to alert me
@@CKone41 I will get this drone for sure, no matter what I said. It means X8 is shipping...
Hi mate just spoke to Banggood customer services won’t be shipping now till April
@@CKone41 it is too long. Look like I will cancel the X8 order and go for dji/autel. I need a better camera drone.
@@CKone41 The last time, I chatted with banggod they said the end of Feb, start shipping.
I got some footage from this drone to test in editing and it's waaaaaaay ahead of the low bitrate footage from the spark. At this price, it's an incredible image to colour. It's not camera quality, but it's high-end mobile phone quality.
Bloody ellllll Colin you've done 5 vids already lol, I'll have to catch up, it's a good Job that I Love your Channel 😍 fantastic test , this drone is Awesome, the video looks great, fantastic Video again my mate 👍🤪👍
I knew you’d be impressed, excellent pictures, I think the camera is a version of the Y1 as it shares some Sony and Ambrella internals, the Xiaomi store (Mi) opened in London just before Christmas selling their phones and electronics, I wonder if they will begin selling drones? Good products.
Mate I absolutely love it it’s an absolute bargain at the price
Flies like an awesome drone, and I really like it. Ive have the SkyRC Imax B6 mini for about a year and it has been a great charger, but can't charge 1s lipos (Not sure if that's possible) just watch out for the clone SkyRC models..... thanks for sharing!
Cheers buddy it’s awesome with my aomway goggles
How can you tell the clone SkyRC from the legit ones, please.
The first flight went ok, really impressed with the video. Just wondering how imperative it is to update the firmware there were a few glitches
Video looks great in my opinion! Nice job! As always! 🤙🤙
Cheers buddy
Very well done. This drone has an awesome camera. Seems to fly rather smooth. However the price for what you get is really a bit much. Here in the states its over $360.00. For that money I would go with the XIAOMI FIMI X8... Thanks and be safe.
Thanks mate
The x8 is over 1000.00 bucks On Amazon, may get it cheaper from China.
@@longboardlouie5816 You can still buy it on Ebay for 650. I really don't think this drone is worth that. Maybe with optical avoidance. But,for that kind of money, there are now many new drones on the market, built by good companies, that can come close or match this performance.
Hallo..
I just bought drones xiaomi fimi A3, and there was a bit of a problem, I don’t know there where? Every drones take off, only a moment just haven’t even is being promoted, drones immediately lost signal and immediately RTH. Please your help, what should I do?
Sorry for not much more the x8 is loads better the a3 is outclassed
Hi Its a totally different drone this is for flying FPV with goggles with zero latency which you cant get with any app driven drone that uses a form of wifi
The X8se is an excellent drone though
And quite a bit more money
Caught mine on sale for around $210 and it's GREAT for that price, plus the goggles totally changes the game, only thing I'd change is maybe a little better camera, but the one it has is great, and getting telemetry in goggles would be nice. Awesome for the price and if you just wanna make some decent videos, not necessarily pro, this is great
Hi mate, have you got the link to the bang banggood charger that charges to full capacity please? Thank you.
Hi mate this is the link www.banggood.com/URUAV-2-3S-HV-Lipo-Battery-Charger-Compatible-for-Xiaomi-FIMI-A3-RC-Quadcopter-p-1419171.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=C
Hi again Colski from the prairies here in Saskatchewan where it's warming up nicely finally. I have the IMAX b6AC v2 professional balance charger, I have made the adaptor to charge the Fimi battery now do I just plug it in and set it to the specs of the battery and it will charge to 4.35 V?
Hi you need to select lihv on your charger instead of LiPo
@@CKone41 thx again, I was afraid I didn't have that option for charging available, but I do.
You're very helpful and reliable I appreciate it.👍💙
Could you please post a link to the balance lead connector. I want to make sure i get the proper one.
Thankyou sir
Hi mate you need to make your own cable but Banggood sell a charger for the fimi which will charge it to full capacity
Colski Drones yes I understand that now, but unfortunately I've got IMAX B6 on the way, so I thought I would make an adopter like you have.
super video beautiful presentation of the drone and movie super good thank you
Thanks Patrick
Your riggt i wont use their charger i use a hobby grade charger directly with their led wire. I do love it i have almost all of their drones 1080. 4k a3. Mitu drone i like this because of no cell phone ! I dont like the update procedure. the mi drone has the same noise. Through all their drones have the same i like it to be honest!
Yes my 4k makes the same noise
You say you can charge to full capacity using only lead connector? With a IMAX b6 charger?
Or other hobby grade charger?
@@longboardlouie5816 providing the charger can charge LIHV batteries not all hobby grade chargers can and also the early b6 charger can't charge LIHV either you would need to check the charger
Colski Drones thanks for replying Mr. Colski, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the charger I ordered SKYRC iMAX B6AC V2 Professional Balance, and it doesn't say it charges LIHV. 😞
First beautiful day out here in Texas, I need to get me one of those, keep up the good work
James Breedlove yeah it’s an awesome drone
Colski Drones I’ve got my eyes on it, just may order mine Friday, thanks for the review
Really nice vids I do like that,is that a tennis court and rugby field
Hi mate it’s tennis courts and a cricket pitch
@@CKone41 i forgot thats played there
Nice Video, congrats ! so you don´t recommend this drone ? did I hear you right? sorry I'm from Argentina and my English is not that good. What do you recommend in this range of price with this features? thanks
Hi I really do recommend this drone I think it’s great
@@CKone41 ohh thanks, I thought you said you DIDN¨T recommend it. Thanks a lot, Im thinking of buy one. Take care
Great and very informative video :)
Question : Re ~ Charging hand held RC ....
The micro USB cable supplied by Fimi has a reg. USB connector on the other end. I believe you charge the RC by the micro USB cable , but , what do you plug the reg. USB end into ?
I've watched , asked and e-mailed many, plenty video's FB sites as well as Fimi but no one has answered this question. Forgive my ignorance as I am an old (55yr old) beginner that has never run one before. I'm not very tech savvy and I don't know how any of them usually work :(
Thank you for your generous consideration,
Sincerely ....................................
Hi the other end plugs into a pc or usb wall socket to charge the controller
Hello there, I was just wondering what the voltage to store the fimi A3 battery at please? Is it 3.7?
Longboard Louie Hi yes 3.7 will be perfect for storage
@@CKone41 Thank you 👍
Good video Colin. I have one order can't wait to get my hands on it
Mandave Rakhrao cheers mate
Where did you order it from & how long have you been waiting ?
Thanks😎
Mine has been on backorder for a month from Bangood🙄
@@longboardlouie5816 Hi I ordered it from Banggood on the 31st of Jan and it got shipped on the 12 of Feb and they have shipped it through singapore post and it is not updating. I think it has got lost in transit. It shouldn't take this long to get to Singapore.
@@mandaverakhrao7648 oh no!! that doesn't sound good. Although Ive always eventually recieved my orders from them. Did you apply for refund? I'm thinking of doing that.
@@longboardlouie5816 I have always received my parcels from them but if it doesn't arrive I will get a refund from my card company. I have seen another one in spain which will arrive next week. Cost is £235. Have a look its on market phone .com they have them in stock
I have just ordered one of these
Nice one mate it’s great apart from the screen I fly mine with fpv goggles
I am almost new to drones so i will start off slowly. I would like some goggles at some point though
Nice one mate keep it gre .review on it mate g flying mate don👍👍👍👍👍🤠🇬🇧
Thanks Don it was a joy to review unfortunately a lot aren’t lol
Hi Colski, Good vid, Like the music...
Vosper385 cheers mate
Hello Colski, just a quick question. I just got the Fimi A3 & the battery is 50%, should I run it down or can i charge it immediately before I fly it?
Thank you
Longboard Louie Hi mate just charge it up and go fly let me know what you think
@@CKone41 thanks 👍 I will let you know. Its only -1 celcius right now, but warming to about plus 5 by flying time!
On the prairies of Saskatchewan 😎
Great overview and flight
Thanks Ray
00:09 what drone is that please???
Hi
The 2 drones about that time are the holy stone s700 and the eMax tiny hawk I have already review the holy stone
@@CKone41 Thanks muchmate.
What country are you in??
Hi mate im in England
Looks good! Ian :-)
Cheers mate
Nice looking but that squeal hurts my ears,worse then my hubsan h502s, I'm gonna try to lubricate the gears/driveshaft although it could be that the ecs boards are out of tune? My eachine e58 has grinding noises but I did mod it for light rain ,fog, and snow
Awesome ,you think its better than the Zino.
Apart from its only 1080p but flies a lot better and is around £100 less
Loce your videos!!!!
what is that noise ??
What noise?
U think the video looks as good or better than the spark, im not at home so im watching on my phone
Hi mate i dont think its as good as the spark
@@CKone41 Except for the flight time huh , other tan that i dont think it is either.
It’s a different drone it’s made to fly fpv with no latency it’s certainly the best true fpv camera drone the image through the goggles is amazing also it’s quite a bit cheaper
@@CKone41 Cool
I wanted this drone but instead I got mantis q such a bad decision !!
Yes i have the mantis Q also not a great drone but it does fly well
Thanks
Thats Canadian $$ though
I such word as “electronical” 🤷🏼♂️
1063.00 is the lowest ive seen on ebay
DO NOT BUY. FOGGING ISSUE continues as of May 2019. ie. Xiaomi did not fix it as promised. I got my a3 last week and I flew it today (May 17) for the first time and I got FOG within 2 minutes. When I looked at the lens it was covered with condensation on the inside. D’Oh!
Gimp Man mine has been absolutely fine have you contacted fimi?
Colski Drones So far just banggood. Will contact fimi tonight. Others been having this problem recently. In at least one case fimi offered a satisfactory resolution.
Xaomi FIMI 👎👎👎👎👎👎