HOLY STONE HS720E 4k Drone - Max Range Test | Can I beat 1000M / 3280ft?
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- I complete a Max Range Test with the transmitter flying the Holy Stone HS720E 4k EIS Drone (links below). Can I break the Transmitter max stats of 900m? Well I did. Will Return TO Home (RTH) Work? watch to find out!
In this video, as I'm a noob!!!, I fly my HOLYSTONE HS720E (amzn.to/3fgv3p... EIS in 4k near the River Stour in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, UK, I try to see if I can beat my personal best of 300M in distance (this is due to me being scared of it not coming back LOL, not the drone)…..
Filming in 4k @ 30fps, I took 3 test flights and this was the best.
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Nice flying & footage,my first drone was a low budget holy stone,perfect beginner's drone. Since I've upgraded 2 the bugs 3.....& boi did that take a lot of practice.
Happy flying 🤙🏾
Thankyou.
Nice! I was worried If I made a good purchase or not. Cyber Monday deal
Budget drones are ok for beginners, the picture quality in my opinion is awful but you can’t expect much more from budget drones. But I would highly recommend going budget for your first drone to anyone planning to buy , great video explaining well.
Hi Steve,
I'm new to this but learning quick & enjoying it. Great videos, thank you.
I've just bought a Hollystone 720..... not e. Perhaps I got it wrong but inexperience...
Enjoying flying it but videos are a bit rubbish. Anything I can do to stop the jerkyness? Thanks.
John
Hi and thankyou,
Unfortunately the 720 does not have image stabilisation like the e version, if you csn send it back to amazon?? And get the e version then do so. Otherwise just keep practicing smooth flying
wow thats nice one of my option when buying affordable drone
I wanted to start a good vlog channel but the only thing I decided to spare cash on equipment was the drone. So did my research and found I can buy the HS720 HolyStone and attach my Hero8 on the bottom of it. My aim was to capture racecars so I didn't need it to be fast etc. So got the drone, started flying and immediately noticed how unstable it was compared to the DJI ones, next thing I noticed that it couldn't really carry the GoPro Hero8 like many of the reviewers falsely claimed. Thankfully it crashed really slow on the grass fields. Last time I used it (on it's own without the camera) it threw itself in a tree during a go home mode when battery was running out. Drone was 30 m ahead of me flying 10m high. It started rising and spinning as I was trying to make it go down and pick it up myself on foot. It wasn't taking any commands, went 25+m high and crashed into a tree. Broken arm and HolyStone didn't want to hear about me as I am in Bulgaria, my bad experience wouldn't make an impact so scre* me , right ? Drone was 6 weeks old then. I am so disappointed and so mad at this money pot that I just went and bought a DJI Mavic Air 2 that does it all for me plus it allows me to have control 100 % of the time... I wouldn't recommend HolyStone to anyone ever.
Thankyou for sharing. Yes, i agree you cany generally go wrong with a DJI. Uou get what you pay for. There are some people that dont have any issues.
I love your personality mate!
Ahh thankyou Diego. Hope you will consider subscribing for further videos. Much appreciated
My brother and I both have the 720e and are new to flying. I am working on accuracy in flying (still training) and do not worry so much about how far it will go. I do see the attraction in distance, and understand that perhaps some folks are planning to do things that require distance. My brother was able to do a few tweeks to his and extended the range remarkably. Your videos are great and you are capturing some great footage too, I appreciate your efforts.
Thanks Kevin, I am glad you find them useful. Hope your brother has subscribed too lol. Keep me updated as to how you get on
@@2CatMedia I am going to try and get some practice in this morning. I forgot to sub to your channel, just did. Have a great day.
Welcome to the community Kevin
@@ExperienceKevsworld Would you be willing to share what tweaks he made? I also want to mod the app so I can go above 400 ft lol I run a weather page and want to get up to at least the cloud deck for some great footage of cumulonimbus storm clouds
I just got the 720g, can't get more than a 100 feet out of it and it loose the trans meter connections.
Hi Steve .. Great Video footage on you Distance Flight test. Nice clear video and colours . Cheers Tommy Yorkshire 🙂👍🛰✨
Many thanks Tommy
Sweet! Thanks for the upload.
Thankyou Jack
Wow - nice video. Just bought the HS720E cant wait to try it out. Where is that in England your shooting the video - its beautiful !!!
It was near Stourbridge in West Midlands
Thanks lad for all the info I have one of these 720e and I cannot get it to fly stable it’s all over the place bro it’s got to the point we’re I won’t even fly it anymore it keeps drifting off and I have no control lost it twice but found it 😀maybe the mrc pro app will work !! I bought an 8k evo 2 wat a difference 👍I would love to give the Holystone to my nephew but not if it’s not stable I tried everything.. if you no anything more let me no pal ?? And thanks for all the info I subscribed to your channel great stuff there cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍👍👍
I'm so new to this hobby. I bought this same drone and have only flown in a few times for just a few minutes. I panic thinking it will take off on me or the wind will take it. Hopefully next summer I'll get over my fears.
I get it, baby steps in your own time.
Hiya Steve, thanks for the great vids very informative, is possible to purchase direct from HOLYSTONE or do you have to bye from Amazon regards Dave (Netherton.
I think you can purchase directly. Just look on their website. But, you prob covered more if you go via amazon. Thankyou for kind words
Was the picture quality adjusted in any way? It looks pretty decent, I just received the HS720 4K but unable to fly yet due to extremely cold weather and snow.
Just a little adjustment in post editing
Great video! I have one of these drones and I plan to conduct a similar range test. Thanks for posting.
Your welcome Pete
Just got my HS720E today from amazon,nice drone just not crazy about the charger,has l.e.d. lights which are great for evening flying,not many drones have them.
What’s the top speed of 720E? I fly drones and I’m considering the 720E to be my next purchase
Wow hs 720e😍😍
It was between this or the dgi mini se for me. I'm glad I chose the latter. I don't need more range than 2 miles, 1000 meters just isn't enough for me.
I agree
@@2CatMedia you got the mini se ? Downloading the app was truly a fucking nightmare but I got it figured out.
Noni don't have the SE but I think it is a good value drone made by a good company
@@brandoctgWhat was the issue ?I was getting a mini 2 se.
Great test video!
Thankyou papin
Just order mind since my sky hawk broke coming in tomorrow holystone
Fantastic news Micheal
Good job! Thank you
Thankyou Dave
Hi I have this drone also only flown it once and crashed ! Need to fly it more often like my other holystone drone too !
Great you have the drone, sad you crashed it. Is it ok?
@@2CatMedia ye its good not flown it since
Good content
Thankyou life
Hi Steve! I've been enjoying all of your HS720e vids! (I have the same drone. It's my first and I have made over a dozen flights. I have flown RC planes for over 40 years.) A couple of questions....did I understand that the drone did an automatic RTH when your signal level hit one bar, or did you initiate the RTH at 1 bar? How the heck do you move the camera angle so smoothly? When I move the control wheel I always get a big jerky movement. Same question when you turn the camera view left or right -- how do you make it so smooth? Is it the way you use your controls or does your post flight editing smooth everything out? You might be interested to hear about a crash I had recently which destroyed my drone. I was to flying very high for the first time (100 meters) and was out about 300 meters). I hit RTH and the drone started coming back but just overflew my home position and continued. I then lost sight of it in the sunlight and it landed around 500 meters away. Unfortunately I was flying along the beach and it landed in the salt water. A witness told me it was smoking as it landed. They retrieved it from the water and called me. My drone was out of warranty. I conversed several times with Holy Stone Customer Service via email. And after sending several photos of the drone to them, they surprised me by sending me a free replacement! They really are a great company.
Hi and Thankyou, firstly the controls are me, not the editing, those flights are only edited at a basic cut and paste and maybe odd filter for colour but I still find the camera jerky but firstly you can help minimise jerkyness by flying in speed 1 or if not just gently manovere the sticks. I tend to use pincer type grip on the controller with thumb and forefinger rather than the thumb only on top of the stick. It takes alot of practice and I guess experience but other drones are easier to manuvre with camera. Just mover In small increments and know where you flying and what the plan is.
@@2CatMedia Thanks for the info.
You were probably flying in too high of wind.. Fly aways are 90% operator error
You got your new drone under warranty. 😳 Lucky. Mine fell in the lake. I had different brand drone . I Made it Only 20 feet. $100 drone. 🥴
Hi bob, I have type 2 diabetes and can get diabetic shakes. Really annoying to smooth flight and camera work. As a tip I tend to rest side of thumbs on control arms and gently increase pressure by rolling thumb against sticks. That way there is minimal surge given from controller, it helps massively to a smooth video and flight. Same for upward or forward motion, just rest tip of thumbs and roll forward slightly. Try it, should help you. Happy flights!
Good stuff. I'm sold on this drone. But another TH-cam video shows a guy that could not get one out past 300 meters.. ' wonder if his controller batterers were low maybe?
Hmmm, that could be an issue you are right. Low batteries at 2 bars limits you to 300m distance. But that is with drone batteries. But controller batteries then selves shoukd not limit you but you never know
Yeah, mine no more than 209 meters... and I tried the Ophelia app and drone went crazy, I am calling HS customer service...
Altitude and distance are 2 completely different
I'm gonna get this drone for the distance is nice.
Glad you enjoyed video Philip
Nice , Really
Nice one. :) Cool nature
Many thanks! very kind.
Beautiful! When I get up that high I loose camera picture. Can you help me out? Must be some settings somewhere that I missed. Txs for all the great information and Beaty shots!
Thankyou nick, no settings just depends on the signal between the phone and the drone.
I got max 140m away then the controller app reading no signal for video feed and controls
Sometimes depending on updates or interference, antenna potion etc you will get that. Other times you will get further.
Thank you. Planning to get this. Is the sudden swerving issue I often read been fixed in the app update?
Tyson Fury out here flying drones
Of course lol
Hi cool video but how are you able to make such smooth camera movements? Did you attach a gimbal? If not can you give me some tips, thanks!
Hi and thankyou, I normally move using the pinching technique rather than thumbs. No gimbal is used. You can also put it in tripod mode.
@@2CatMedia thanks, but I have one more question and is it possible to go past 120m in height? If so, how?
There is no need to go that high. I guess you can just turn off the parameters so it's unlimited but most laws are at or around 120m. Due to manned aircraft. Last thing you want is to hit a helicopter etc and be jailed for it.
@@2CatMedia very true, but, in curiosity how do you turn off the parameters? If what ur talking about means putting the limits to default, I already tried that.
Then that's all unfortunately. There must be a geofence on place for safety
There must be no interference at all there. Where I am at, I flew the drone in a golf course and it lost signal at about 70 meters. Instead of the drone hovering in the air as I attempted to get closer to it, it landed itself right on the lake.
In that particular direction I was lucky I also tried about 90 degrees to the left and only got 300m max
You probably had GPS turned off. If GPS is off then it will land if it loses connection.
@@SixDroneFlying I promise you it was on. Here is the issue after speaking with support, the drone has to have more than 7 satellites otherwise the Return to Home feature won’t work. It lost signal and it landed. Luckily they sent me a new one. I have been flying it for hours with no issues. I have lost signal but if more than 7 satellites it comes back on its own if it loses signal.
@@MrMariog2681 Jesus, do your research before destroying perfectly good drones..
Love your videos.
Question how do get over the mental state of mind to send your drone out that far?
Thankyou rugger. I guess you can call is overly confident lol
It's also about confidence in the product. With current state of app I would not got too far but the first part of confidence if going past the live feed when it cuts out and travelling a little further and further.
That’s a great question
Hi I have a HonyStone HS720 that is grate works well and I have a HS720E I got 3 days ago and it will NOT connected to the phone app ? can you help me
Is the phone a compatible one? Needs to be able to connect to 5.8ghz WiFi. Try MRC Pro app
Video quality in this is awesome. Did you do any setting adjustments to get such nice saturation etc?
I did do a little in post editing for the greens mostly but just a touch
Nice flight, I got to 1,100m with my HS720e
Thankyou,
I feel I possible could do little better than my max if I myself was more on a hill which I'll test soon. I saw a video of one going 1.7km (a mile). I thinking of trying a signal booster for antenna if you got any suggestions
@@2CatMedia holy stone only has one antenna wire running up the left antenna so what I would do would get a high gain 2.4ghz wifi antenna if you can find the 2.4 Yagi's that may work
Really?? so you saying only the left antenna really works? I will look at the yagis! TY
@@2CatMedia yes, I did an antenna mod but I broke the screen on the controller I'm trying to get my back up running so I can try again but make sure you get the 2.4ghz on the yagi
That's Amazing , but your probably a pro pilot unlike us beginners lol
Hiya Steve, what would you say are the differences betwween the Holystone HS720 AND THE 720E are and is it worth it.REGARDS Dave Netherton.
The camera stability is alot better on the 720e. But the 720 can go almost double the distance. If you have the 720 already I'd prob go for the 700e which is basically the 720E on legs but some say is more stable.
But if you able the DJI mini SE is about the same price as 720e when it's not discounted and its a lot better too, not as good as the mini 2 but still really good
It says Netherton on your message is that in UK, near Dudley?
@@2CatMedia yea near Mar Pardoes👍
Ah cool. Yes I know the place
I got 720e and I noticed that you said in one of your videos that you've crash that 720e was it because of a defect in the drone because I had a similar experience or was it something to do with the settings?
Hi Marese, the crash was due to the app I believe. Since a certain update the app and hence the drone has played up.
How do you control this drone ?
With the transmitter
Nice footage, I can't get mine to pass 117 m.
Thankyou
You need to adjust Settings from beginner to expert mode.
Hi Nice, is it the live feed that stops at that distance? Double check your settings on distance to make sure your not limited. It could be interference depending on were you flying etc.
Me too....how come your range is super Uber bud?
It was but it been less lately lol.
I've gone 1900 meters with HS720. My camera isn't this stable for sure
Is that one way? Was that with amplifier booster? That's amazing! Any tips are appreciated. Oh is that with hs720 or 720e, the 720e camera is supposed to be alot better but I do belive the range has been reduced as us the battery time.
@@2CatMedia 1870 meters and I turned around. It could have gone further. I was flying blind of course but recording for later. Yes one way.and using the HS720. Don't know if the E has the range limited or not. No boosters
I don't have any tips except take off and go. I usually fly on speed 1 on a very low wind day and then use RTH to return and it usually flies faster back home. Usually have > 50% battery even on a 1.2 mile trip (2.4 round trip)
@@2CatMedia facebook.com/john.helwig.92/videos/3725311654155280
wow that's amazing, yes i feel they have limited the range somewhat for sure. its a pity really
@@2CatMedia instead of the 720e I think I'll go Mavic mini 2 next time. My problem is that the DJI app won't load on my latest phone
How can I restore to factory the drone and if is possible. I want to resell the drone but I see that all the flights records, and to my the privacity is important
Hi I think it may be the fact that the flight data is stored to the app. To restore app settings to default there should be individual options in the settings
Hi Steve I have had my Holystone hs720e for about 2 years now, but I haven't used it for around 9 months so I blew the dust off it and was surprised that for some reason it will not fly past 200 meters. I use the ophelia go app and it always went alot further than that almost to 900 meters. Have they done something to the app where its restricted now? Or is there a better app to use? Any help would be appreciated 🙏 Jim
Hi Jim, check in the app it is not in beginners mode as it restricts distance and height etc
@2CatMedia ok mate thankyou for getting back to me so quickly. Hope to see you uploading more drone video's soon. ATB
tengo uno recien comprado y se me descontrola y vuela hacia cualquier lado pierde coneccion aveces a los 30 metros ,no se que hacer,gracias.
Lo estás calibrando? Tienes que calibrar calibrarlo vertical y horizontal y tener más de 7 satélites, por lo menos 10 o 11. Cual application estas usando, Ophelia?
Can i ask if the drone will match to 4g cellphone or in my huawei y6pro
Hi, the 4G is just related to the mobile internet speed a mobile phone is capable of. The drone does not connect to the internet but, needs 5ghz WiFi to connect the camera to the mobile app. I looked and don't think the phone you mentioned is 5ghz WiFi comparable.
Just check that the mobile device WiFi network is 802.11ac comparable by looking up the specifications online.
lovely!
Thankyou, more to come! subscribe if you not already.
I have this drone.. Can someone tell me how you do a follow me without it returning to a home point..? I just dont see the point of getting a drone to follow me on a bike then it naffs off back to where it started when the battery gets low. How can i do follow me on a friends speed boat..?
i would have to look but unless you can update home point whilst flying then it will always go back to home point when battery is low.
@@2CatMedia So why have a follow me then.. I rode a bike along a river bank for about a mile with it following me then without warning it naffed off back to the home point with me in a panic chasing it.. and like I said how can you use it from a boat following a skier.
I get what you saying but if your looking for longer range follow me drones you will need to pay more. The follow me feature actually follows your device not you and I guess I used for shorter times periods. You should be able to do a 10 minute follow me before battery gets low.
thanks for your video! i just bought that drone and when the battery was half full, i couldn't control the drone any more. I could go up and down but that's all. is that normal? thanks!
Hi Roxane, In general you should be able too. I know when It gets to two bars it limits the height to 30m I think and distance to 300 metres just so you can get back in time. Was you in beginners mode?
@@2CatMedia thanks a lot for your reply! I’m not sure about the mode, how can I check that? If definitely stayed within the range you said, but I also couldn’t make it fly left and right weirdly enough. I’m charging the batteries fully now and I’ll give it another go. I saw your video where the batteries suddenly go from a few bars to none and that’s kinda what happened today for me.
Beginners mode is limited to 15-20 metres. To check go in the app and click the small cog icon (settings) in top right corner. There you should see the beginners mode option with a slide button. If the button is on it will be blue.
@@2CatMedia ah you’re a genius!! It was on beginners mode indeed! I’ll give it another go and let you know 😀 thanks a million 🙏
You are more than welcome. Let me know how you get on.
Im a novice can you please tell me what you put the settings too , i know there is a beginners mode but im afraid it might be to low for when i return home it wont be high enough to avoid any wires or trees , thanks
Then take it out of beginners mode and move sliders for hieght and distance to what you need and I usually put return to Home to 50 metres which is generally high enough to go over mode trees. Best way to check us send drone upwards to say 50 metres then turn around using the left stuck to survey your surroundings and head a way that seems better for that height. But I usually don't have issues with 50 metres. You do have to take into account inclines etc of the land before you.
@@2CatMedia Thanks Steve . i took it out yesterday for my first flight heart in my throat but at least i didnt crash it lol
Great stuff Welsh. It's always nerve wracking for first few flights but you get more braver as you progress
@@welshdude4291 ok
So It stills records up to 900ft on the SD card tho?
Feet or metres? Once the lu e feed stops on mobile device it will continue to record on the sd card if you have one installed
@@2CatMedia So do you then hit return to home or fly it back? I just bought one of these and I intend to keep it within my sight during the initial flights. Thank you for this video. The scenery is magnificent.
Yes once it disconnects from the transmitter it will auto return to Home or you can press it yourself whilst you have connection
@@2CatMedia Thank you very much for your response. I just completed the registration process with the FAA. Now I need to stick the registration number up on its nose.
Fantastic well done
Video transmission goes around 500 to 800 metres unfortunately
Yes most I got for video feed is about 550 so that disappointing but you get what you pay for I guess. Still a great drone
@@2CatMedia you can still rely upon the remote control to give you the distance and height if you want to carry on going further
@@Stuffit657 of course
Yeah I’ve been getting even less than that. If it gets to 300 meters without losing video connection with my phone. Do you have any ideas why this is? And how I could make it better
You can try making sure that antennas are pointing towards drone on transmitter. It also depends if there is near by interference from WiFi etc. I would suggest also turning on airplane mode.
What configurations do you use? I have one and I can't fly much thanksss
Can't fly much? Do you mean in distance?
If I mean distance, I don't know if in ophelia Go I have to change something or not
Distance will depend on many factors, such as interference and trees, hills etc. As long as you have the distance in setting at either 999m or just leave it at default which is then unlimited, you will go as far as the drones limits that day.
thanksss
@@2CatMedia 😃 thanks bro
Ok thanks because it just happened to me.
What happened to you Marese
@@2CatMedia Holy stone replace my drone, but when I turn it on it just went super fast across thee street almost hit a car hit and hit a big hill and just trash it. But I'm hoping that this not going to happen again. I hear a lot of people saying this happened to them
Thanks for replying
Personally I would try it in a biggggg open space away from people just in case. I eoukd make sure it fully calibrated away from large metal objects. You can try the MRC PRO APP too.
I had mine for a while now, 3 times it went crazy on me and almost hit a car, I dont trust it anymore, last time I was out in the mountains I dont know if the power lines near to me made him react crazy. I tired the MC PRo and Ophelia and the Ophelia dsnt work at all less distance. I calibrate it and had 13 satalliers and still same thing, it does not do it too often but I lost trust already. Thinking on getting a DJI MINI...
Hi.
I cant get passed 200m, like the drone hits a wall at 200m but they advertise 900m. Does the maximum flight distance in the app affect this? How did you do it?
There was a limit put in the previous app version for some reason. But if you left the slider for distance or altitude alone and just turned off beginners mode it would then be unlimited as far as the range of the drone itself. If you watched my video on this you will see what I mean. But there has been updates again yesterday and the 18th and if you watch my latest video you will see they have changed the distance to 999m
@@2CatMedia ok thank you.
@@2CatMedia so previously before this app update the app took preference over the controller in terms of the telemetry of the drone or this is how it is in general ?
Yes but if you didn't have app connected then it would fly as normal but blind
@@2CatMedia ok thanks man
Hi i have a question about the HS720E. I have the Ophelia Go app to go along with my drone but i tried to go to 1000m with it but when i got to around 160m or so, it said lost signal, "please return to home". Is there any reason for this? I have turned the cap off in the Ophelia go app settings.
Well the video part on device will normally cut out about 400+ metres. I not used the new updated app yet as mine keeps closing. Be mindful of how you positioning the antennas. Remember the left antenna as you look at it is the o e that is real. The left antenna should either be pointing straight out like Holystone suggest or pointing down as that works for me. Make sure you pointing controller towards drone when flying.
@@2CatMedia okay I will try again and let you know what happens, thanks
I ool forward to hearing from you
@@2CatMedia every time I turn the drone on, do I need to compass calibrate it? Even in a new location? Or does it only need to be calibrated once?
I would always calibrate it both compass a gyro before first flight on any given day.
*_Camera no too sharp_*
I think it is quite good for a £300 drone that comes as a bundle with 4k video. There are better drones with 4k but you pay more.
Pacifically 😂😂😂😂
Yes I saw that when editing but though I'd leave it in 😁 the words I say sometimes on camera make me cringe 😆
I’m just giving you a hard time haha, thanks for the great video!
Thankyou for watching. Appreciate the comments.