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A small radio controlled "quadcopter" sold under various brand names. We bought ours on Amazon, and suspect it's a rip-off of a Hubsan X-4. It was shipped within a week or so by "FINEJO - Amazon Marketplace" but I kept receiving notice from Amazon that it would not arrive for 6 weeks or so. I told the seller "FINEJO" if I did not receive it by a date certain (about 14 days), I would cancel the order. But we received it in working condition, although very poorly packaged, via USPS.
The 7 page instruction manual ( Page 1 -- Pages 2 & 3 -- Pages 4 & 5 -- Pages 6 & 7 ) is almost worthless and the item shipped was not the item described. However, the item received "Top Selling X6" seems to perform pretty much as described on Amazon. Take your pick, I think:
Anyway, the thing works surprisingly well. I am amazed by its flying performance -- and the ways it is controlled. It must contain very sophisticated electronics. 12 year old Ziad flew it like this. We bought an 8 GB microSDHC card, and Ziad flew it to make (unedited) video recording.
Sure wish I could figure out how to install the propeller guard. The controller looks lie this, but I'm not sure it's the same as ours:
This was posted on Amazon . . . "Look carefully at the blades. you will notice that the two white blades slant in different directions. If the rear blades are correct then when you power it to take off the rear of the craft will want to lift and the front will want to dive, Or visa versa. If the front dives then just switch the 2 white blades with each other -- and visa versa if the rear is diving. Let me know if this helps. If not try to look on youtube for a video that will help you. The motors on the Hubsan turn in two directions when you apply thrust. In the front one motor turns clockwise and the other turns counter clockwise. same for the rear. this is to help stabilize the craft so it doesn't spin in the air. The motors essentially fight each other to keep the craft straight. this is why the white (front) blades are at different angle as are the black (rear) blades. This is so both blades are giving lift even though the motors are spinning in different directions. I know it's complicated, but once you understand it will make sense." Email Me!
Another pretty good web page by Grant MacLaren
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