My Sharper Image DX-4 Drone

Debbie got this for me on my birthday, in 2016. I still have it, and it still flies great with the little built-in 3.7vdc 800mah internal battery. This is a basic entry level drone without GPS, but it does have a 3mp camera built in, and streams back to the phone on WiFi. 

 

It flies about 8-10 minutes on a charge. After poking around a bit, I see where folks are piggy-backing a 12mah 1 cell battery on the bottom and pushing flights out to about 15 minutes. This thing is a blast to fly in the yard. Gotta figure out how to have my phone not disconnect from it and reconnect to the home WiFi when the signal from the drone is a little sketchy. Once I get up near the top of my ham radio tower, it tries to reconnect to the home WiFi and stops recording...trivial, and I haven't put my effort into a fix :-) I guess I could just delete the home WiFi log in stuff from the phone when I'm playing with it...just an idea.

 

Considering my lame drone flying skills, this sweetie will keep me entertained for a long time. It's easy to fly, hovers nicely, does a few stunts, and is pretty fast. Below are also a few cheesy videos I made with it...

 

 

Learning to fly & stream from my Quad...

Debbie gave me a DX-4 HD streaming QuadCopter for my birthday last month, and I'm just now getting a chance to play with it a little. Along with learning how to fly this thing, I'm also learning how to stream via WiFi to my cell phone and record remotely. I still have a lot to learn, but here's 4 of my first attempts at this.

The Quad has auto stabilization, auto take-off & landing, stunt mode for flips and such, 3 different control rates, and an auto-orientation mode (that I've not tried, yet). It flys great, even in the wind, a huge jump from the little "bug-copter" I've had a couple of years. Loads of fun, but I have a long ways to go...

Dave AMA119484
Http://www.RCDave.net

Got a new Quad-Copter...

I got a new quad from Debbie for my birthday. It's the Sharper Image DX-4 with the High Definition Streaming Cam built right in. It's quite a lot larger than my previous "Bug Quad" she bought me 2 years ago. I've been flying the "Bug Quad" hard for 2 years, mostly inside, but some in the back yard on calm days. I had to replace the battery in it once, as well as one of the motors, I literally wore it out. After the last rebuild, it still flys great.

The new DX-4 Hi-Def quad has auto stabilization, auto take off and landing, 3 different speed modes, and a stunt more where it can do flips and such. I have a lot to learn, but it's gonna be a lot more fun than my old "Bug Quad". I'll post some video from it, once I get good enough to fly it around the yard and shoot some pics.


Here's my litle "Bug Quad", still in flying condition!

My new Sharper Image DX-4 High Definition Streaming quad.

Dave AMA 119484
http://www.RCDave.net