Sam Smith
Quality and Easy to Use Drone
I received the Bwine F7GIM Drone very quickly with next day shipping with no issues. The shipping packaging was good and the product packaging was of high quality.The drone comes in a nice case with a handle. It provides room for two batteries, the drone (folded up), and the remote. It has a netted area in the lid for documentation, drone registration docs, a couple small cables, and spare props.I like that Bwine was responsible and explained the process of registering the drone on the FAA website "DroneZone". I have done this in the past, so it was simple for me to add this new drone, but I had to figure it on my own in the past. Please be sure to follow the rules and complete that step and learning drone piloting responsibilities.Ease of Use:I found the drone to be very easy to use. Bwine was thoughtful in providing assistance in learning the drone with small things like a fitted overlay for the remote that shows all the functions of the buttons and levers. It also assists with good functionality like returning the drone to the point of take-off when the batter is beginning to get low and provides almost completely automated landing capabilities. If you are landing on a large flat area, like an empty parking lot, the landing can be completely automated. I land on a 3' pad on grass, and due to the inherent GPS inaccuracies, I do assist the landing by either guiding the drone the last couple of feet down or moving the landing pad under where the drone is descending. It is very close in most cases - within a couple of feet. If you are a beginner and pick a nice wide-open spot, take-off and landings will not be a problem. I like the design of the drone with the "landing feet" being right below the props. That provides good stability upon landing and nearly eliminates the chances of the drone tipping over on landing (important on windy days).During my first flights I did have about a 10mph wind. The drone handled the wind very well (I didn't even put it in the "sport" mode and it still did very well). The stability of the drone and the camera gimble provide stable, quality pictures. The picture of the house is in the wind.In addition to the basic flight capabilities, I tested the Route Planning, Fly Around, and GPS Follow functions. All worked well. I included a video of the GPS Follow functionality. The drone was following me in my pickup.Bwine Mini App:I found this application very usable and straightforward to use. It provided a good interface to the camera so I could see from above and know when I wanted pictures/video. It linked to the remote with minimal effort via the cable. It is a little awkward to plug in the cable to the remote, but I found it easier to do that than configuring WiFi connections or other more technical interfacing methods.Camera:The quality of the camera was very good. I selected the highest resolution for the photo images and retrieved them from the SD card after my flights. The SD card resolutions matched what was in the Bwine Mini app (5700 x 3200 pixels). The images sent from the drone to the application/cell phone were the same quality. The video was also confirmed at 3840 x 2160 @30 sec as specified. Both were very good quality, even during flight.Battery Life:Overall, the battery life was good. I was able to run through most of the functionality tests with one charged battery, then I went up again with a new battery to test fly just for fun and take some additional pictures. I would estimate 15-20 minutes or so of flying depending on wind, camera usage, etc. The automatic return home estimates the necessary battery to return to the landing spot. I found it to be very conservative (a good thing).I went through four battery charges on the drone batteries (over two outings) and the remote charge was still at 66%.I did have a challenge finding an SD card in my available stash to work with the drone. The one that worked was a Samsung 128GB EVO card. I had some others that the drone would not recognize that were 32GB. I would recommend ordering an SD card with the drone that is FAT32 compatible and 128GB unless you have some around.The only negative I found was the screen on the remote was very difficult to see in bright sunlight. This is not a showstopper as most of the functionality is managed through the connected cell phone on the Bwine Mini application. After the drone initializes and connects to the remote, I didn't really look at the remote screen that much. In addition, the remote talks to you when key actions are underway (e.g. low battery return to home).Ver másVer menos
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