UDI U818A Crash Resistant Camera Drone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Beginners will have a hard time breaking this well protected quadcopter in a crash. Watch me crash it into a rock and keep on flying :)
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for anyone doubting about getting this, I have this drone and after 2 days of being stuck in a tree with rain and wind, all functions were fine. this quad copter is amazingly durable.
Yep it is, same thing happened to me and I shot it down with a paintball gun, it still worked.
+Zzzzzz... haha I can't believe u shot it XD
+ChewyProductions#2 Yep it got stuck on a tree that was hanging over a small creek so a ladder does not help. I tried a football but only to discover that I am not Aaron Rodgers and got it stuck in the tree too. I tried throwing a baseball up there but that did not work so well because I missed the first through and it bounced back into the creek which was ice but had a small hole in it. I no longer have a baseball. So I got mad and um ya, that happened.
+Zzzzzz... oh actually, that makes sense. R.I.P your dreams to be a pro football player! XD
+ChewyProductions#2 Ok, that is creepy, replied after like 20 seconds. Yes, my dreams of becoming a football player is out the door.
If you apply a red filter to this video you will be the first man to ever fly a quadcopter on Mars ;-) Thanks for your amazing videos!
+Gilles Bonaparte How do you know this wasn't Mars? Don't you know I live near Area 51?
+Quadcopter 101 ah ah yes I know. This area is indeed interesting especially since this mysterious balloon came down from outer space. Anything can happen in your videos :))
+Quadcopter 101 I thought you live in california :D
drago Yep, near the border with Nevada.
+Quadcopter 101 how long it flies? I like it but it seems like it has a short life battery
Just got one unboxed tonight. I'm excited to try this out. Thanks for the video and the super cool area that you have to fly around.
I always enjoy your reviews. When I'm interested in a quad, I look it up in youtube and when you have a review in that particular quad, I click on your review first. Thanks! Fry's electronics has this UDI 818A quad for $39 and will be getting it thanks to your review.
I am a beginner with quadcopters and have witnessed the durability of the UDI 818A. I smack, bang and thud and it doesn't have a scratch on it yet. I got 3 Nanotech 950mah Lipos which make it fly much longet even with the video rolling.
Great video and very helpful! My first flight was right after this video and I was amazed at how well it went. I have the newer version 818A HD+. I haven't used the newly added homeless feature but I did find out quickly that in wind you need high reaction speed (mode 2 on mine).
Thanks for taking the time to do this!
Thanks for the review. Just unboxed mine after leaving it in the storage for like 2 years. Will have some fun in the backyard now we're all staying home and going nowhere.
Ah the good old days when actual range exceeded advertised range!
I've had this quadcopter for about a year, and this baby is great, flies exceptionally well if you remove the protective plastic, although a couple rough crashes will bust the arms, that being said, replacement arms cost 7.00 and arrived in 2 days. It also spent 3 weeks stuck in a tree during the month of December in the northeast, falling out on Christmas morning... I still fly it everyday lol. worth EVERY penny :-)
PS your reviews are very well made and informative, I recently purchased the syma x8w and love that as well. thanks man!
Thanks for doing the review. Would have loved to see you test the different functions & rates, High/Low, Headless, Return Home, etc.
The best part about this video is the terrain. Beautiful!
Great review. I'm certainly picking this drone up.
that is an amazing little drone,thanks for the review .
I picked up a couple of these, with the 720p camera but no wifi, at Christmas for a little fun at the park. We crashed them into each other and into trees etc. and they just kept on flying. Absolutely great for anyone to fly because they're so tough and flexible.
I have one of these too. It was my first quadcopter. :D It has survived a lot of crashes in to trees, bushes, the ground, my car, the side of the house, the roof, the garage door...etc. :D Still fun to fly and is great to learn on.
Glad you reviewed this little quadcopter. I have this one and the Syma X5C-1 that I am learning on. Both are great learner quadcopters. What I really like about this one is the warning that I get before the quad shuts down. Didn't notice that in yours, but mine will start flashing the lights, and in a few seconds there is a warning beep that comes through the controller and I have around 25 to 30 seconds to land. I wish that all quads had that feature. The Syma just drops out of the sky with little to no warning. Anyway, I would recommend both highly as tough little fliers and great for the beginner! Love your videos.
Sure have come a ways in this hobby as far as mass production and tech and quality
I just got quadcopter for christmas and this is a big help!!!!!
That camera is actually really good for a .3 MP! Nice video!
just bought one on amazon. should have it in a few days. Thanks for the review
I have one of these and without the plastic frame, it is my smoothest flyer. The controller gives me great distance and the camera isn't bad for a built in one. I used a plastic yogurt cup as a replacement for the huge, wind prone, stock canopy. Probably the easiest quad for a beginner to learn on, if you remove the plastic frame. Highly recommended. If you don't want to wait for a shipment from China, the Fry's electronic stores have these in stock.
Just got one of these for Xmas. Wasn't expecting much, assuming it was a Chinese knock off or something of the sort, but I was blown away after my first flight. Very intuitive controls, and just like in the video at least 100 yard range. Video quality is excellent, but the photo's are a little grainy. Really nice that it comes with 2 batteries, a battery bank (for charging when away from an outlet), a dual charger that can charge 2 batteries simultaneously, a 4GB Micro SD Card, an SD Card/USB adapter, so you can access the SD card from any computer with a USB port, a micro usb cable for charging the battery bank, 4 replacement gears, and 8 replacement rotor blades. Only thing it doesn't come with is the wall outlet USB adapter deal that the battery charger needs to plug into, so you are going to have to use the one for your cell phone or just charge off a computer's USB port, but I bet that would be really slow.
What's also really cool is the advanced features it has. It has headless mode that will keep track of orientation changes and automatically adjust the user controls so that pushing forward always makes the drone fly away from you, and backward toward you, regardless of which direction the drone is actually facing. Good for beginners who have trouble controlling the drone in different orientations. Also it has a return to home feature, where it will fly back towards the remote's location. It won't land or anything but useful if you get too far away to tell which way its facing and need to reel it back in.
One final thing I found hand was that it can recover from a mid air tumble 100% of the time. If I get mine up too high or it starts heading towards a dangerous area like the forest or a body of water I just kill the throttle completely and let it fall to the earth (usually upside down) and when it gets about 10 to 20 meters from the ground I hit the throttle and it will immediately flip back right side up and start to hover. However when it falls the air catches the propellers causing them to spin and it makes the drone kind of slowly glide down toward the ground instead of straight falling, so if there is heavy wind it could still move quite a ways laterally during the fall.
The only thing I am not so crazy about is those hoops around the rotor blades, I live near a lot of trees and if I crash into one the drone is going to get stuck in the tree because of those round hoops, where it may otherwise just fall through the limbs to the ground. I am more worried about getting stuck in a tree than I am of damaging one of the rotor blades I have 8 replacements for, lol.
The camera on that is surprisingly good. Nice video.
Amazing how good camera is ~ thx!
crashed mine into Tree, House, My Car , my snowbank full of ice.
Guess what? Still works and not broken.
The only problem with mine? Is the wind and flight time.
Still worth the 50$, I would Say I am a Happy owner.
Me tooo
Thanks for sharing! Seems quite cool and cheap now.
HI 101 Very interesting little Quad. the area you flew in took my eye, when you look at those rocks sticking up there must have been a lot of water over thousands if not millions of years to wash all that earth away, makes you wonder where it all went, keep up the great flights and the new views. Regards Geoff.
+SuperGoofa These are "tufa" pinnacles. I discuss how these were made in the following video th-cam.com/video/Yk4p_9oEAb0/w-d-xo.html
Great review of a great little unit. The UDI 818 should be called the gateway drug of q-copters. My wife gave me one for Xmas: now I'm looking at building a Flame Wheel variation. Thanks for putting this review together...btw, fwiw the 40m range is a bunch of hooey, I've maintained control at well over 150m.
Been watching your videos for a couple years now, good stuff. Have a question though. On your review I bought the Jumper T8SG Jumper transmitter. How do I figure out which protocol to bind with UDI or for that matter, other quads? Thanks in advance.
my first quad and still love her...replaced just about every motor and have had alot of crashes and still the frame is good. I don't fly with the canopy anymore. I get about 9 minutes out of it without running camera and about 7 with a camera
Stopping by to say hello. TTYS God bless
A bit late with my comment as this video just popped up in my files today? Like others - this was my first quad for a Xmas present a few years back. To this day still flies great and is simple & reliable as compared to some of the junk out now. It does have a bit harder time with winds as it is very light weight. Good pics & videos. All around fun and reliable starter quad.
I just bought this cheap online for like $34 recently. I will say it is tough. dropped out of the sky 30 plus feet and still worked ok. just trim it out and take off. girlfriend cartwheeled it into ground and no problem. take off again. I have never had a drone before but this thing was a good learner.
After this great review, I just went and ordered this. I'm so excited!!!!
I have also orderd
Wow what a throw back vid.. do u miss az?
I seen another review of this and it is truly a nice quad, only problem is the canopy becomes a sail in the wind. When recording if I remember correctly it slows down the pitch and roll on it and the yaw making it a true filming platform.
Hi what is the brand of this one? When i searched the model there's alot of maker that comes out. Is the hero rc u818a hd good? Hoping for your reply please newbie here.
I bought this one on amazon for so cheap, and it is a top of the line toy that is indestructible relatively of course. I am now abusing it and it lives on, this is a great prop protection design but this thing is light as a frisbee. Great wind trainer. LOL
My grandma got me this for Christmas and now i'm obsessed with Drones i'm getting a Syma X8C and mounting a gopro on it :)
+TheAwesomesmoke Lol, i've just lost u818a in the ocean few hours ago and waiting for x8a now. Same way. And yes, obsessed now too ;)
+TheAwesomesmoke Im obsessed now too. ;-;
What type of batteries does this use? I noticed 2 and 4 prong batteries on Amazon and would like to purchase a few extra before mine arrives.
I've had one of these giving to me as a gift. It sat in the basement in the box for six months. I thought to it was a just a cheepy knock off not thinking much of it. Man I was wrong after researching this video and others. So I'm charging up the battery now..
You tested a lot of quadcopter, do you have a ranking list?
How do you look at the video while you record?
I have the WiFi model of this drone, and later on upgraded to the Phantom 4. While the P4 is undoubtedly a far better tool, I have to say that the A818A is _much_ more fun to fly. I imagine it must be like the difference between flying a gyrocopter vs flying a 747. My only gripe is that I wish battery life was longer. Overall it's an excellent practice flyer.
MrSwanley hey there...
I’m trying to fix the same model of drone so if you have any ideas regarding this model then please I’d be very grateful to owe your help...
Hehe quadcopters 101. I had this one to start and it survived for so long. Eventually I cut off the prop protectors or whatever they are called and gained some more ability to fly in wind. One day I accidentally left it outside on a golf course and left it there for days and never got it back lol. Wish I was more careful
hey I'm thinking of getting this drone. Can you connect this with your smartphone? And does it have gravity induction feature?
wich drone its better x101 or this? i crash the x101 he thought with the air and crashed with a tree
i wish i had a dessert like you but i think your dessert is larger then Antwerp in Belgium :)
I like your videos, keep up the good work
+Dirk Cleiren Actually, my desert is more than twice the size Belgium ;-)
Belgium = 30,528 km2, Mojave Desert = 64,749 km2
+Quadcopter 101 lol
I have this quad. It is very well protected. I have flown mine into brick walls, ceilings, desk, etc. no damage yet. Very durable however; the frame is hollow underneath so it is like a sail in medium low winds. It doesn't perform well on windy days at all. Nice little drone for learning though. Just basic, no GPS, but it does have a headless mode if you want to cheat.
HI really like your videos. I bought 2 based on your videos(low end ) good stuff. I have watched many of the rc quad videos and the video is bad or poor with all the quads except this one lol. Can you tell me why? Thanks Joe
Is it possible to add a fpv cam on it.does it lift the batteries came with it?
I hate horseflies! I remember as a kid, I was in Canada and one landed on my leg and bit me ... drew quite a bit of blood ... never forgot that (since then, I've more than leveled the score against horseflies!). Thanks for the review. Cheers!
+Bill Somrak It's from dirt bikers peeing at this viewpoint stop (eeeeeew ;)
That was great thanks for the movie short, have you done a review of the syma 107 helicopter ,the reason I ask is I just ordered it ,and I like your reviews ,
No sorry. I'm not very proficient with helicopters, hence no reviews.
I have this one and was wondering where can u buy a usb charger that I can use in my car for the battery
How do you know when the quad battery is running low and you need to land?
One more thing is this camera just a better one at .03mp than all the 2.0mp you have shown.? I just was interested in swapping out cameras .
i got this in 2019 christmas, just a smaller, red, version. yay!
you sound a bit like Jeff Daniels 😁 awesome video thank you!
is syma x5c better or the udi u818a hd+?
Recently bought it for about 19$ MSRP on a sale, used 5$ toy store credit I got from choosing normal shipping once on a prime account. So, basically paid 15$ for this.
Crashed it from a height of about 70 meters the other day. It fell on a concrete roof upside down. was easily able to locate it using the signal strength on the remote and flew it back home. One thing I really dislike about this is the way the signal strength is shown on the remote. It doesn't reduce the no of points beside the tower, just simply starts blinking like 5 meters before it goes out of range. Which is pretty frustrating and what's worse is that when I loose signal even momentarily, the video stops recording. Is it possible to improve it's range by bringing the receiver antenna inside the drone outside by using any metal extension?
Hello there mate,
I was wondering about it’s internal part. I’ve the same drone but in very brutal stage and I wanna fix that. And I don’t have much knowledge regarding technical issues of Udi R/C drone. So please help me and give me some idea so that I can do something productive in this quarantine period. It’ll be very helpful and I’d be very grateful. PEACE ✌️
this has in-time video transmission?
Is the motor crash resistant?
My first quad
Seems to me that the video quality on this one is quite a bit better than most in that range.
try the hd new version
I purchased one of these from Walmart. Very expensive for what you get but if you remove the outer cover which includes all the prop guards and the center part with the logo (it's all one piece and comes off by pulling it off the 4 legs the motors are mounted on) it turns into a very quick flyer. Still you can get a bugs 3 for about 30 dollars more which will run double circles around this when flying. This is a lower end model for a beginner drone.
This is a $43 quadcopter on Amazon amzn.to/2gg3PCi Much cheaper than Bugs 3. And yes I agree, this is a drone for new fliers.
good stuff
i just got this drone but when i try to open the Image and video files on my mac they do not work.
Images say they cant open because they are empty and videos only play audio after converting.
Anyone know what i need to do to fix this?
this was my first quadcopter. very user friendly until the wind picks up. crashed it at least 30+ times before I had to replace a motor and shorted out the flight control due to the dental floss gauge wiring. that aside I may get another just for the worry free fun.
I think all beginners ,like me should look for crash resistant ,altitude hold,and GPS if its in your budget,and price ,I don't think anyone who is a beginner should start out with a 800.00 dollar drone ,I had one company try to tell me this 800.00 drone was beginners,wow joint I will be crashing at some point.I watch your videos to learn from ,you are a amazing flyer.
can u tell me how to reset the controller so it will be like it came from the factor please tx u
1) maximum run time only 5 mins?
2) has anybody got a manual pdf for this? Mine hasn’t come with one at all
You should do one for the 3DR Solo Drone
Most ppl show ppl what time do you start the drone
Can I see live video on phone while recording with this drone through help of any application.,.
Unfortunately no. This drone only records video to an onboard micro SD card. It is incapable of transmitting live video.
i bought one today after watching that video lets see:)
Nice!
this was my first ever quadcopter
4 years later im buying a dji f450
Dorito Cat same
I'm buying a ktm 450 :)
Dorito Cat what's this quad like. Ik looking to get my 6 year old his first outdoor quad i want to get him something half decent tho not something he will be disappointed with
Lol lucky
Same but I’m getting a phantom 3
crazy have fhe same one and my remote doesn't have the same features
I still have this but the top right motor is broken
Is there a newer version of this drone?
Yes there is, the U818A Plus th-cam.com/video/2zGfrgr-1Oo/w-d-xo.html
I want to use this drone to inspect my rain gutters. Can it be angled to do so? Looks like it only films straight out and my guess is the camera can't change angles during flight but can can the camera be angled downward pre-flight?
No it can not. But the following can. The following has a much better camera also th-cam.com/video/S1ELTZfT0XE/w-d-xo.html
Quadcopter, thank you for the response. The Visuo XS809HW does look more appropriate for my purpose. Do you know if the Visuo you mentioned has a better camera than the updated version of the UDI U818A, the UD U818A-1
Yes it does.
Nice :)
Does it follow you? Or do you have to control it the whole time??
It needs to be controlled the whole time.
I need something that will follow me as I hike. At least for a few minutes. Any suggestions?
great review from the mars surface. thanks
mine doesn't rotate very well......help
3:40 what is that black mass at the center of the sun?
That's the sun overpowering the cheap image sensor of the camera.
If you want the thing to overcome the wind and go faster switch it over to mode 2
Fly time ?
How do you make the camera go up and down., I can't figure out how to point the camera down
I don't think that you can.
its actually 100 meters (about 300 feet)..
Review the Hiro fro Game of Drones!
I also have one in my collection ...
for someone planning to get a pro drone, will this beginners drone help me not crash the next pro drone ? I mean is controlling them similar ?
+abdumka Yes, it is a very good idea to learn the basics of flight with a toy drone first. It will save you money and frustration. Let a cheap beginner's quadcopter take the inevitable crashes and bangs of a beginner flier. Later as your flying skills improve and you're not crashing as much, then consider something better/more expensive.
+Quadcopter 101 thanks, What do you advise for a second step after this drone, phantom ? its early to say but I like to know
abdumka No, I recommend an intermediate step with a larger intermediate drone to get a better feel for flying larger quadcopters. Any of the following can carry an action camera. But they are not suitable for beginners as "learn to fly" drones because of their larger size and weight. As they are bigger/heavier, they may break more easily in a crash or hurt someone or damage property. Yet they are still inexpensive and won't hurt your pocketbook too much if they are damaged or lost. Consider these only after you learn how to fly well first with your beginner drone.
th-cam.com/video/5j7To4rplaY/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/i32czqkycQM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/7dzTKzV7U1w/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/kfo5aOCXLtM/w-d-xo.html
thanks man ,,really appreciate your help
how do you rotate ? and how do you hover ???
quadcopter101.blogspot.com/2013/10/hover.html
What is the name of the App for this drone?
Thank you.
Read the manual :)
i have ths drone great thanks
How would you export the videos from the drone to a pc??
With a USB card reader s.click.aliexpress.com/e/wg5pKDS
Quadcopter 101 thank you:)
your a pro ..
I just got this :D