Drone with Camera, Brushless Motor 1080P FPV Drone with 2 Batteries, One Key Take Off/Land, 360 Flips, Waypoint Fly, Altitude Hold, Gravity Control, Foldable Mini Drones for Kids Adults, Beginner

Solid Design, Spectacular Basic Drone Performance
The LNNKINE Drone with Camera is promoted as easy-to-fly, ideal for beginners, and despite my ineptitude, I have to admit that drone flying couldn’t get much simpler – even for a 73-year-old.Unboxing, reading the manual and configuring the drone for its first flight took less time than topping off the charge on the two battery packs, although taking more time to get familiar with the controls would have been time well spent. My main smartphone with its 6.5″ display and protective case would not quite fit in the control unit’s holder, so I used an older Android phone with 6″ display, which is still a tight fit. Of course it’s possible to fly without the phone, but the video is essential, as will be seen.Flying could probably not be easier with one-button take-off and landing. Steering, however, requires some practice in a wide-open space, as the joystick direction is directly dependent on the direction the front (main camera) is facing. After a brief take-off and landing practice, my first flight plan was to climb to about head height (done with one touch of the proper button), then fly some small circles around the center of the yard, gradually increasing the width and height of the route while building confidence in the joystick controls.The drone is very light, and as specified in the manual, should not be flown outdoors in wind above about 10 mph. With my flight plan in mind and the drone’s arms extended and one battery pack installed, I just couldn’t wait for the weather, so decided that a 12 mph wind wasn’t too much more than 10 mph (bad idea!), and I’d be careful. The take-off and landing practice was uneventful, and the drone seemed able to hold its own position at head height without control input. The 1080p video was gorgeous on the smartphone screen, so I decided to take ‘er up to 30 feet and have a look around the yard.I was suddenly reminded that wind speed increases with altitude, as the drone began to drift over the house and out of sight. Fortunately, I hit the snapshot button as soon as it drifted out of sight, and captured the supplied photo before losing sight and hearing of the drone while the wind continued to pick up. From the photo, I should be able to determine the azimuth and height of the drone at that moment.Alas, there are several palm trees at the indicated location, and even two climbers were unable to find the drone when trimming the coconuts. So it must have crash landed quietly in the brush, and I will continue searching. While more elaborate drones have GPS locating functions, at the great price of this drone, obviously more care is necessary to avoid loss. Even so, I am already planning a second effort at my first flight plan, and will wait for calmer winds. This has been a good lesson, and I fully intend to replace the drone with another just like it if I fail to find it.

0 out of 10 – do not recommend!
UPDATE: Vendor offered me a refund, which I gladly accepted….. only problem is after well over a month and multiple attempts they still haven’t given the offered refund. Yet another reason to avoid.As a preface I’ve flown R/C planes for a number of years so I’m plenty capable of controlling this drone.I charged both batteries and loaded the app with no issues. Powered everything on and it connected as it should. Drone took off with no issues so I flew it around for a few minutes to get the hang of it. First thing I noticed it that the trim isn’t consistent. After trimming to hover level, then flying around, it won’t maintain a hover, so you’re constantly having to adjust trim. I also noted that it doesn’t have much power at all. Any wind/breeze at all could be a fight to control.Next I swapped the battery and tried to fly it more and a bit further away. I wanted to get a view of my house from the air since I just had a new roof installed so I flew it to probably 30′ in the air then flew over the top of my house. Apparently there was a bit more wind up there and the drone started moving away from me. No matter how much input I gave it to return it would not. I even tried going left or right to get it back but it was no use. I then tried to get it to go down but at that point it must have been too far away and lost connection with the remote though I could still easily see it, it was just across the street over my neighbors house. I watched it fly away into the cut corn field behind my neighbors house. Only God knows where it is now because I couldn’t find it, and to be honest I would only want it back to return it.In addition the camera quality is poor. Not 1080p IMO. Very grainy.Anyway, 1 star because 0 isn’t an option. If you buy I wouldn’t fly it outside if there is *ANY* wind. Good luck!