Best Drones 2014 (Archive)

[Willie0]

Find the best drones for aerial videography and photography as well as our quadcopter recommendations for beginners and buyers on a budget.


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whats your price range?

 

[jillo745]

zuzo drone is better than all of them lol. had mine for awhile flight time is more than all of them and is made by an american made company. heres link- http/www.amazon.com/Drone-Camera-Quadcopter-Quality-Updated/dp/B00XPWXYDK

 

[Francis Betts 41138]

To keep the drones fly longer one has to make a small Alternator hooked up to the battery keeping it charged,just like a car. Will this help?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

To keep the drones fly longer one has to make a small Alternator hooked up to the battery keeping it charged,just like a car. Will this help?

If the drone has a combustion engine, yes (but why use a battery instead of just the engine). If not, what's going to turn the alternator?

PS: Don't answer 'the motors' or 'wind'. You get into perpetual motion issues there.

 

[eric rao]

@HomeMarketer: The article has been updated, the best drone for a novice is the UDI U818A: http/www.amazon.com/UDI-U818A-2-4GHz-RC-Quadcopter/dp/B00D3IN11Q?tag=bom-tomsguide-20

Now there's a new style U842-1

 

[kevin freels]

I know this is old, but it still comes in at the top of the search results and many of the drones listed are still relevant. Most of the reviews seem to focus on a relatively few that are available at retail stores. What I would really like to see someone do is a solid review of the inventory at a place like Banggood or hobby king. Find the best value out in the market for us so we don't have to end up shopping for hours on end. For example, when my shopping started, I had planned on getting the phantom. After spending a lot of time on boards, found that the Cheerson CX20 (aka Quanum Nova) was ideal for me because I'm a tinkerer and the Cheerson can be had with open source flight controller software and is much less expensive which makes it much more palatable to start taking it apart and replacing things.