It arrived yesterday and it looks good. Very light construction so I hope it will be durable. The Hubsan Q4 was much sturdier looking but proved to have a fatal weakness. The blade guards on the QX protect the props in the event the thing flips upside down and comes down on a hard surface inverted. It is still possible, however, to get a prop strike, just not as likely. The lower mass of the QX might also be helpful. I had no trouble getting it bound to a Hobby Zone DSM2/DSMX transmitter. Haven't tried "agility mode" yet but it will be a LONG time before I'm ready for that. These things just seem hard for me to fly. The Hubsan had a rather complicated method of setting control sensitivity, but you had many more options-- a range available on every axis. The QX has only two options and the axes are not individually selectable. So far, I have not seen any evidence that it will return to a hover merely by releasing the sticks, even though the LED in the QX indicates that I am in SAFE mode (stability augmented flight environment). It'll take a lot of experimentation.
The wind died down enough for me to fly a Firebird Stratos yesterday afternoon but it was 104 degrees out! Standing out in the sun in heat like that was almost too much. Plenty of sun screen and water, obviously.
The wind died down enough for me to fly a Firebird Stratos yesterday afternoon but it was 104 degrees out! Standing out in the sun in heat like that was almost too much. Plenty of sun screen and water, obviously.
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