In the first feature you get when you anticipate viewing the product description. Required to operate this quadrocopter is a smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0 support. Since then one should look twice before buying: has (so far) to do not only with the age of smart phones, but also with its price: between 100 and 1,000, there is a difference in performance. My Samsung Galaxy S3 (1.5 years old) does not control this standard, my 2 year old HTC One the other hand. Here, it is clearly to be informed before buying. The reason for this thing is probably the way from the manufacturer to the BT Equipment has specialized (particularly hands-free). Whether that makes sense or not, everyone must decide for themselves. Theoretically, saves a lot of costs, because the separate remote control is omitted. And the present in a smartphone GPS feature is also available. Therefore you have to live with restrictions on the range, more than a maximum of (optimistic) 10 meters are not in it, while the usual remote controls provide most 50 meters. Because of Quadrokopter is so small and also rather intended for indoor use, to such coverage but not required.
The package includes a brief description, the aircraft, a battery, a USB cable (standard A to micro) and a protective frame. This consists of a cross bar and two wheels made of plastic for protection for use in enclosed spaces. When replacement parts are currently also spare batteries and wings available. A camera is permanently installed. The charge time is given as about 1-1.5 hours, which is not always achieved. I have made the charging cable to PC and laptop, as well as with a mobile phone charger. With the Charger went on fastest, longest it took with the laptop. But that is not all that important. Once the eyes stop blinking, it can theoretically go.
The practice, so download and operation of the application, but is a little more difficult. If one looks at Appshop (in my Android) by Parrot, you get 2 offers. I have downloaded both me and then found out that "Free Flight 3" is used to control. "AR.FreeFlight" on the other hand seems to be more a kind of management tool for camera shots and stay with my vote against the outside.
First you have to (!) You now switch the Quadrokopter and then (!) Call the app. Then device and app connect easily. However, if the app calls first, unlucky: a search function, as they have most of these apps, does not exist here, a connection is not completed. After that you can switch on a control screen. Interesting is the button "automatic start", which can rise to equal about 1.5 meters higher the copter and afterwards transformed into "autoland". How to manually but takes off and lands, I have not yet figured out.
Next to still see two sliders. Links for up and down, right for all other directions (turning, forward movement). The movements are theoretically be limited in the settings where you can set, for example, maximum height or angle. Again, the practice was a completely different world. Any effect of the settings I could not make: no matter how the height limit was set, the bird flew higher. What is not so great in the interior. Similarly, the angle of inclination. For me the device moves forward little, so I have the inclination angle increases to the maximum. What has changed nothing. More than a slowly turning, as well as up and down, I do not get out. Generally speaking, the slide of the app are not really optimal, the Combi controller (eg, switching from turning on forward) I regard as too cumbersome.
Equally annoyed also has the battery. The initial display of 99% goes directly when starting per second by 1% down (!); only at about 70% the rate slowed slightly. Overall, I'm so in about 5 minutes of flight time, which is considerably less than promised. A removal of the protection grid brings here the way almost nothing. And that spare batteries are available at 7 per piece, is no consolation. Quality assurance does not appear here.
The photo function is also not really reliable, good lighting is required, otherwise photos are regularly simply black. The video function I could not try, but my expectation is now quite low.
Conclusion: a good idea was implemented sloppily here in my opinion. I'm guessing here, the lack of competence of the manufacturer in the model becomes noticeable. First of all the battery problems and the control application in Beta mode can ruin your fun after the initial euphoria quickly. Also I feel that the device is a bit too heavy fall. This feels Although wertig and allows outdoor use, but every gram shortens the flight time. That was the developers seem to not really aware. For such weaknesses is at a cost of nearly 100 but no place for it I get clearly also something better. I'll take some time remain, especially if there is an app update and then optionally adjust my rating. But the manufacturer has understood that such a product is subject to the care he needs to prove to me yet.
