CW4

This drone is amazing. It has a ton of features that many drones three times its price don't even have. My favorite features: * Easy to learn to fly. * Takes GREAT video. * Take off and holds altitude with the click of a button. * Lands with a click of a button. * Responsive controls. Doesn't seem too sensitive or two sluggish. Seems just right. As others have mentioned, the camera points slightly downward. I really don't mind this, because I usually want video or pictures of the people on the ground rather than the horizon or of the general landscape. But if you want scenic video, others have mentioned that you can adjust the camera by simply loosening a couple screws and wedging something between the camera and the body of the drone. I haven't tried it, but based on how it all looks, that appears to be true. I might try it in the future if I need a certain kind of shot, but I'm happy with the camera angle for now. But the customer service is really what gives this drone five stars. When I lost my first drone, the company contacted me and offered me a replacement, saying that they strive for 100% customer satisfaction. Well, I've got to say, I'm 100% satisfied! If you're buying your first drone, don't hesitate to buy this one. It's great. A few recommendations: * Thoroughly understand the controls and pre-flight procedure before your first flight. * Have a plan for what to do if you lose control of your drone due to unforeseen circumstances * Write your phone number on your drone with a fine tip permanent marker. That way, if you lose it, hopefully some kind soul will give you a call. * Attach a GPS tracker to it. I ordered a Tile Mate tracker and will be securing it with a zip tie to one of the drone's feet. It's not a perfect solution, and does add 50% to the drone's cost, but it does give a bit more peace of mind in case you lose control or sight of it. * Cheerwing makes it clear that it's really not for windy days. Stick to that recommendation. All that said, I have no regrets about this purchase. I wish I could use it when it was just a tad windy out, but for the price, you really can't complain, especially with how awesome the customer service is. If you're looking to buy your first drone, you can't go wrong with this one. --- ORIGINAL REVIEW --- I had high hopes for this drone. I did a ton of research before purchasing it. I compared it to all the drones in my price range, and this one seemed to be the one I'd always wanted. I was blown away by its features. My only hesitation was the same one regarding almost every drone out there: stories of how the drone would randomly fly away on its first flight, never to be seen again. Nevertheless, I told myself that it must just be the user's fault, not taking the time to properly learn how to fly the drone, or neglecting to calibrate it before each flight. So before my first flight, I read every word in the manual. I took it slow. I practiced in safe places. I always followed the proper pre-flight procedure. I was amazed how fast I got the hang of it. Within a couple hours, I could fly it fine. And then, disaster. On my second day of having it, after many successful flights, I took it out in front of my house, where this is a wide-open field. I flew it for a few minutes, and then heard the low battery alert (which also doubles as the "out of range" alert). So I hit the "one touch down" button, and starting directing it to come closer via the controls. It was coming closer, but it didn't seem like it was descending. So I hit the "auto land" button again, and also directed it to descent using the altitude control. It was overhead at this point, so I tried to tell it to go forward again, but it wasn't responding. It kept going backward, over my house, so I ran around the house to the backyard as fast as I could so that I could see it and keep controlling it, but it was too late. It was nowhere in sight, and even though I spent hours looking around my neighborhood, I now reluctantly have to admit that it's lost. Was it my fault? Maybe, I really don't know. I really thought I had a good handle on how it operated, but I'm starting to doubt myself. Did I turn off "headless mode" when I thought I pushed the "auto land" button? Did I fly it too high and it therefore just wasn't responding to anything I was trying to do? I don't think so, because it was just barely able to fly over my house, which is a ranch-style home. But I guess I'll never know. My advice: make sure you are 100% confident in your ability to control it before letting it get too far away or too high. Not 99%. Not 99.9%. 100%. Otherwise, you may never see it again.

I spent some time researching drones in this price range for both ease of flight (and learning to fly without too much electronic hand holding) and a reasonable quality of video. Reviews for the CW4 plus those for Cheerwing customer service won the day and it was delivered in quick time (2 days with Prime for me). While the drone is easy to control for a beginner pilot and is a good drone to learn the basics of flying manually (recommended to get to the next level) the drone itself did not meet up to my expectations in some areas: First, be careful when you read many of the reviews on this page which mention an onboard SD card. I would have preferred one, but there isn't one (FPV only)!! Confusing that the reviews suggest otherwise. Second and even more concerning is the fact that the operating instructions pdf on the product page (at the time of purchase in April 2022) is for a different version of the CW4 which has an SD card slot and a different controller which looks more feature-rich than the one that came with my CW4. (Full disclosure, I contacted the seller after receiving the drone and was told that the old version of the CW4 has an SD slot, the current version does not (FPV). Who knew there were 2 versions ? (I hope the old pdf will be replaced because it is confusing to potential customers, showing as it does a version that is apparently no longer shipped). As for the myriad "onboard SD card" reviews, I guess that's down to bundling together reviews for different versions of the CW4 which have different features and hardware than that sold on the current product page). Finally - and this may be a unique issue to the particular CW4 I received - but the low battery constant beeping noise kicks in after only a few seconds of flight, even with a full battery! In fact, I've flown a total of 3 times now, all with full batteries (3 different ones and each time I barely get off the ground before the annoying beeping starts. And it clearly is not appropriate because I can continue to fly for several minutes like this as the battery is slowly depleted in flight, so it cannot be almost depleted at launch even though the beeping would suggest otherwise. In summary, make sure you know - despite the reviews and documentation here saying the contrary - that you are ordering a FPV drone with no SD card slot. You can fly it as a raw drone without a phone (just the controller) but you'll need a phone and a downloaded app in order to use the picture and video functions. Hope this helps. Undecided yet as to whether to return. Update: April 8th 2022 The seller reached out to me to help with issues. I think they genuinely want to back up their product so extra star for that. The pdf on the product page is now the correct one so that's good. The beeping I isolated to additional supposedly compatible batteries I bought to get more flight time, so not sure if a few charge cycles might cure the problem. I decided to keep the drone but as it's not exactly what I wanted, I'll likely gift it to a neighbor's child.

La pila dura solo un par de mi utos y el dron no se mantiene estable en el aire, la camara tampoco es de muy buena calidad