the first time I received it, I tried to bind to fly not successful, then I had to read the manual and follow it exactly, next I can fly it, in door, real beautiful, this drone achieved a high tech level.
This Uvify is the first drone I've ever owned, flown or played with that was not a simple toy. The drone is well made, small (fits in the hand) and flies well. The remote control has a screen that projects the feed from the camera and the controls, while not perfectly intuitive, can be learned readily.
First, the positives: the drone flies, is fast and very responsive. When I say fast, it is meant to race and you can feel the power when it lifts. It moves air! I've launched it right from my flat hand and felt how strong the lift was by pinching the body while it lifted. It was surprisingly strong.
The actual connection with the drone from the remote feels solid and even when it was quite high, I still felt like i had control. I used it on a breezy day and although the wind carried it a little, the props were strong enough to resist.
Now, the not so positives: First, the controls are too responsive. A little touch sends the moving drone careening into anything including a dive straight for the ground. It is well built enough (particularly with the rails) to withstand long falls, but its a little frustrating. The upper left button starts and stops the engine and it is a little too accessible. Almost every flight ends with me hitting that button, either on purpose ("Its getting away!") or by mistake ("Oh no, again?"). The screen on the remote is cool but I pretty much never use it, except to confirm that the drone and remote are paired up. I'm always too busy watching the drone.
Second, the battery life is really short. It drains after about 3 mins of flight and while you can order additional batteries for $15 or so, I have not ordered them.
Third, my biggest problem is that while I live in a pretty flat area, because I can't control the drone perfectly or even well, I don't know where it will land. I've pulled it out of trees, and off the roof of a house. Eventually, I know I'm going to lose it, just a question of when.
So a couple of suggestions to the manufacturer: Nice product! I like that it starts on 'Hover,' I would like a come-hither control that literally send a command for the drone to come back automatically. I'm OK, if its 20 feet above me, but I would like it to come back.
Second, I would like the drone to have the ability to right itself. The rails on the drone make it likely that it will land upside down and from there, it is not going anywhere until it is turned over by hand. If there is a way for it to know it is upside down and pop over, it would make it easier to retrieve.
Last, I would suggest a way to record the video, either to thumb drive or beamed to an app on a phone. I never get to see the screen, I'm always watching the drone itself, anxious that it is going to get away.
If you are considering purchasing this drone, it is fun, but you should consider where you will use it (flat open and accessible are going to be important) and a little more work by the manufacturer would make the experience of flying the drone easier and more fun.
This is a fantastic racing drone for beginners. It comes in a heavily padded little box that includes both the drone and the remote controller. I charged it up in about 30 minutes from a standard AC USB adapter and started flying immediately!
The drone itself is super tiny, with a small camera on the front that you can aim up or down. it's also pretty robust, and the removable propeller guards protect it from damage; I had quite a number of crashes on my first few flights, and it works like a champ despite the collisions.
The remote control has two analog sticks and feels quite nice to fly. Note that this drone uses standard radio frequencies to fly and beam back the video image, so you're not going to be using your cell phone for this! Range was especially impressive and I was able to fly the drone over 80 feet with no signal drop. (If this is your first drone, don't see how high you can go, unless you want to see how crosswinds work and will deposit your new toy in a tree somewhere.) You can output video via standard composite, so don't expect to be saving your footage to a MicroSD
card or something; this guy is made for racing and not for taking pictures above your house.
Video quality on the remote controller was good enough; it looks like standard SDTV and the display was large enough that I was able to fly by only looking at the controller as the sole point of reference. I wish the view angle on the camera was a little bit wider, though.
Battery life for the drone is about 4 minutes, which is quite reasonable for a drone of this size, and the remote controller lasts a really long time to the point where I didn't ever have to worry about it. You will get on-screen warnings when the battery is low and it's time to shut down. You can also buy additional batteries that you can keep on deck if you want to swap out batteries and keep flying.
This thing is really a dream to fly. There are optical sensors that reference the ground and keep things level if you're indoors and keep things relatively close to the ground, and stabilization was never a problem. Pressing the right trigger will change flight modes, allowing you to really blast off and ascend/descend very, very quickly. If you remove the propeller guards, you can get even better performance, but I would do this at your own risk (however, a set of replacement propellers is included).
The only complaint that I have is that the manual is not particularly in-depth, opting to point you to a YouTube video of questionable quality. The support staff is very good, though, and were available to answer questions quickly.
All in all, this is a great starter drone, and it goes like a bat out of heck if you give it the chance. Just remember to start slow, read the manual, and always fly safe!
This is my first drone. Upon receipt, it was BOA (broken on arrival). one of the propellers wouldn't work. Fortunately, the company provided top-notch service and shipped me a new one at no expense to me.
When I finally got a working one, it was easy for me to fly right-out-of-the-box. When turning it on, it immediately rose to about 4 ft off the floor and holds steady, waiting for your commands. I noticed a bit of drifting when inside, but when I moved outside the thing was very steady and easy to handle. When flying, i find that it's much easier to just stare at the screen and fly, rather than try to fly while watching the drone. I'm not really sure why, but the controls just seem 'easier' when i feel like I AM the drone rather than when i feel like I AM FLYING the drone.
I took off a star for two reasons. First: I am not a fan of the controls. They are not intuitive, and I cannot change the way each joystick operates. I wish I could. My only other experience flying a drone was while playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist. In this game, the two joysticks were completely intuitive, and the right/left triggers adjusted altitude. This drone has left and right triggers, but they don't adjust altitude like I am used to. As I'm writing this, I can't tell you what they do, but I can tell you that even though I'm an avid gamer, with experience with FPS, these controls are not intuitive. I find that when I stare at the screen, it's BETTER, but still not great. This leads me to my other reason for taking off a star: the video transmission. After about 40 ft, I lose pretty much all video from the drone, even though I'm able to still control and see it. Starting at about 20 ft, the video starts getting fuzzy. This pisses me off, because I want to be able to fly around the neighborhood. This looks like a beginning racing drone, and is somewhat advertised as such, but how can I effectively race it if I cannot go farther than 40 ft away?
I will continue to get used to the controls and probably eventually upgrade to a better drone with greater distance. If anyone has suggestions on how to improve the video feed, please let me know!!
This is a cute little racing drone, which means it gets fast real fast. You are advised to practice in a safe zone (flat and grassy) as it can get out of control if you're not used to flying drones - the sticks are pretty sensitive, and if the trim gets out of whack, it will get away from you gradually - be sure to reset it each flight by pointing the sticks in the reset configuration. There's no "come home" function, so be careful!
It's got a little video display, but again, it takes getting used to, especially indoors.
The materials feel top notch. The props are a little harder than most other drones, for example. The finish and design is super cool - the battery is a custom shape which is easy to install. The battery lasts only about 6-7 minutes tops, so you may want extras and a charger.
There's no onboard video recording, just a flight camera. You can change the LED color, to distinguish it from other drones. Overall, a nice little racing drone.
Feature Product
- Ready to fly, right out of the box
- Three flight modes: beginner, intermediate and racer
- Reaches speeds of up to 50 mph
- Rapid battery change
- On-screen display remote control
- Vision positioning system
- Assignable LEDs: cooperate or compete
Description
The worlds first smart racing drone: oori is the drone for everyone. Easy to control, fun to fly, and most of all, fast. The latest addition to the UVify product line delivers the UVify experience In an entirely different form factor. Power to the people: performance-tweaked brushless UVify motors coupled with UVify sensor Tech means you fly faster with confidence. Oori is the worlds fastest and most agile production Micro drone. Hold position: integrated sensors means oori holds its position with ease. Flatten the learning Curve and fly carefree. Focus on your flying moves knowing that oori’s ground proximity sensor has your back. Flying colors: push a button and oori is any color you imagine. Know who your teammates are when racing with tweakable LEDs. Lock-on, pop-off prop protector: lock-on, pop-off prop protector. Lock on for prop protection. Pop off for power and agility! Save props when mastering new moves. Get props when showing your moves full on. Palm pilot: fits in your palm-fly circles around your friends, then Wave goodbye when oori leaves them floundering in its wake. Unmatched technological prowess in a micro drone. Optimal size for racing: sharing the DNA of uvify’s multiple-award winning draco series of racing drones, oori is best-in-class in every area that matters - speed, agility, technology, design and build quality. What's in the box?: * UVify oori * oori transmitter with FPV screen * 1 x 660 mAh battery * prop guards * 8 x propellers (4 spare) * tool kit * spare bolts (for when prop guards are removed)
Owned several drones and the OOri addresses all of the shortcomings that other micros have. Virtually indestructible, very easy to fly thanks to its smart tech and sensors.
OOri has LEDs which you can easily change to different colors so flying with your friends is a lot of fun.
If you've had drones which for the most part ended up on rooftops or shattered and want something that's fast, fun, and easy to fly then OOri is the drone you're looking for.
This drone is amazingly simple to learn to control, although we did have a few occasions to be glad for the prop protectors. It flies beautifully, hovers steadily and the picture quality is very good. If my family is any indication, anyone can go from novice to competent pilot in 20 minutes with the UVify OOri. Racing it is really fun because it's so easy to control, maneuvering is a breeze.
My daughter had a drone and is used to flying them. Even with her experience this a fantastic racing drone according to her. She said it is a lot of fun, easy to fly and incredibly well-made. She was even able to teach her little 9 yr old sister how to use it.
This drone has features her smaller one doesn't like the adjustable camera, LEDs you can change the color of from a button and multiple battery charging dock.
The OOri is so good! Adjustable camera title, LEDs you can change the color of from a button. The click-in smart battery and multiple battery charging dock keeps you in the air with ease. Oh, and did I mention it’s crazy fast and bulletproof. The screen on the remote is very clear and gimbals feel very nice too.
The OORi is a compact fast racing drone that also ensures safety by adding convinient safety features
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