This is a good “bang for your buck” beginner drone. It’s not the highest quality drone on the market, but it is one fo the better drones in the price range. Being that it weights less than 250 grams, no FAA requirements are necessary.
Price Comparison
Description of the SYMA X500 4K Drone
- 3D Flip
- One Key Take off/Landing
- Headless Mode
- FPV transmission
- Follow Me Mode
- Gesture Control
- GPS return
- Tap-fly
- APP control
- Foldable for Compact Storage
- Rechargable Remote Control
- 1 x Syma X500 Drone
- 1 x Remote Transmitter
- 2 x 7.6V 1700mAh Modular battery（Li-Po Battery
- 1 x Carrying Case
- 1 x USB Charging Cable for Drone
- 1 x USB Charging Cable for Transmitter
- 4 x Spare Propeller
- 1 x Screwdriver
Specifications
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Weight of Drone: |
205 gram (without Protection Frames) |
| Dimension of Drone: | 14.17 × 11.81 × 2.76 inch (including Protection Frames) |
| Flight distance: | 350M / 1148Feet |
| Flight altitude: | 100M /328Feet |
| Image transmission distance: | 300M /894Feet |
| Flight time: | 26-28 mins per battery |
| Battery: | 7.6V 1700 mAh Li-Po Battery |
| Charging Time： | 180 minutes |
| Camera Adjustable Angle： | 0° to -90°manually |
| Camera Angle： | 120° |
| Image Transmission: | 4096x3072P (Stored in TF Card) ；2048x1080P (Stored in Phone) |
| Video Resolution: | 1920x1080P (Stored in TF Card) ； 1920x1080P (Stored in Phone) |
4K camera enriches your vision with new performance and helps to capture greater dynamic range providing you with advanced high-resolution shots.
The wide-angle lens combined with a 90° vertical gimble movement ultimately allows you to see the world from a greater perspective.
GPS Return to Home
Press the Return button when the drone in GPS mode, it will fly back to the home point that you set as take off place. And it can automatically returns if it runs out of power or loses connection in the GPS mode. Never worry about losing your Drone.
Follow Me Mode
Follow me mode makes the X500 RC drone always follow your steps and point. The camera will catch your every move and take aerial photos/videos. Great for action videos.
Circle Fly
Set more points on the map within the app, the drone will fly along the path you draw on the app to focus on capturing photos and videos, seize the beautiful scenery and get outdoor fun.
Draw a path
Simply draw a route on the App screen, you can use Tap fly function to set waypoints on the map. The drone will automatically follow and fly along the pointed way points.
28*2 Mins Flying Time
The military-grade intelligent battery is safe and durable with a longer flight time of up to 28 minutes (time depends on use) for 1 Battery. Dual Balance Charger is included.
Hand-Gesture Shooting
With one hand gestures can take a photo. Make a “Victory” sign in front of the camera, and when the camera recognizes it, the camera can auto shoot one picture. Put your palm in front of the camera to record a video.
Share your Images and Video
Save the pictures and the Video taken by the X500 drone on your phone and share them.
VR mode
Download the Syma APP and choose the VR mode，then put your phone in the VR glasses (Not Included). This provides an amazing visual VR experience. You can enjoy first person view real time live video directly with it.
SYMA X500 4K Drone Review and Videos
Before starting this Syma X500 review let me say that this is not a 4K video, only capable of 4K images. Video is 1080P. The camera does not have any image stabilization, therefore the video is bouncy and shoppy. Images are decent.
The gimbal is not a real stabilization gimbal, is just rotates the camera up and down.
As for the Syma X500 drone, it’s quite a fun drone for beginners. Being able to GPS hold is a real great feature when starting out. The follow me mode is very nice to have, and works fairly decent – not great.
There does seem to be some video lag from the drone to the phone, but Syma says this drone is capable of 5G (not tested the Syma X500 review).
For beginners, the return to home feature is Great to have! This feature will return the drone to home should it run out of battery power, or loose connection to the remote. Prevents you from loosing your drone.
With 2 7.6V 1700mAh batteries you can get a maximum of 56 minutes. That’s 28 minutes per battery. You might not see 28 minutes of use, but it is nice to have more than 20 minutes – specially in a beginner drone.
The Syma X500 is a bit durable, and so long as you don’t crash at full speed it should be able to sustain some falls. When starting out, I suggest using the prop guards.
Let’s take a look at some of these Syma X500 Review videos:
Please leave your SYMA X500 review in the comments below.
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