Reddit mentions of WL Toys V686G 5.8 FPV Headless Mode 4ch RC Quadcopter Drone with 2MP Camera w/4GB Memory Card
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- Equipped with a 6 axis gyro the quadcopter has strong stability in flight. One key return function makes it easy to find its way home. Easy to implement various flight movements, stronger wind resistance, easier to control.Adopted 2.4G technology for anti-interference, multiple copters can fly at the same time without interfering with each other.
- Initialization Steps (Extremely Important Steps Before Every Flight) 1. Insert the battery into your quadcopter, but do not connect it just yet. 2. Place the quadcopter on a flat level surface. It is very important that the surface be level, as a tilted surface will create errors to the initialization of the gyros. 3. Connect the battery with the quadcopter flat on the level surface. Another option is to connect the battery while the quadcopter is being held in your hands, but IMMEDIATELY place the quadcopter on a flat surface after connecting. The quadcopter provides a few seconds after connection before the gyros start to synchronize. Remove your hand and let the quadcopter remain motionless for about ten seconds. This gives the gyro stabilizers time to initialize and set themselves to the level surface.
- Next step is binding the transmitter to the quadcopter's receiver. After the gyros have initialized, you will now link your transmitter controller with your quadcopter. Turn on the transmitter. Then increase throttle from 0 to full throttle, then back to 0 throttle. You should hear a beep signifying that the transmitter has binded with the quadcopter. This will pair up the transmitter with quadcopter. Now you can use the transmitter to control the quadcopter.
- Bring the quadcopter to hover a few feet above the ground. With your hand off the cyclic controls, observe for any drifting right or left forward or back. Ignore any drifting that you feel may be caused by the wind.
- If the quadcopter drifts backwards, repeatedly press the pitch trim button forward until the drifting stops. Repeatedly press the pitch trim backward if the quadcopter drifts forward until the drifting stops.The same process goes for roll control. Repeatedly press the roll trim right if the quadcopter drifts left, and the opposite if it drifts right until satisfied with the hover.
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| Height | 7.8 Inches |
| Length | 7.8 Inches |
| Width | 3.6 Inches |
I am new to this as well but after a lot of research I ended up picking up a V686G. I love it so far. It has a speed setting that goes from 40%-100% in increments of 20%, so you can get a feel for the flight before you jump up in speed.
The camera is pretty decent quality and works fine for me. It isn't GoPro quality but plenty for a first Quad.
I really love the FPV for it. It runs at 5.8ghz so it has pretty good quality and response. It also comes with a screen that attaches to the controller so you don't have to use your phone as the screen. That also seems to allow it to have less lag than I have seen from those that use your smart phone.
It does not have altitude hold but it has been so easy to fly that I have not really needed it. As long as your are slow with the controls, it stays pretty steady.
It does have a simple Return Home feature but it basically just flies backwards towards you until it gets close enough for you to take over the controls. I don't think it is a true "return to home" as the high end Quads use because that requires a GPS and that would be hard to find on a Quad that is less than $100.
Flight time is good. I get about 8-10 minutes on a battery. I am still flying it at low speeds, so that might drop as I crank up the speed.
Batteries are easy to find and there is a nice package on Amazon for 4 batteries and a multi-charger that I picked up with the Quad. I actually got the Quad, 4 more batteries and the charger plus a package with replacement props, prop guards and other miscellaneous spare parts for $84 total. Great deal.
I highly recommend this Quad for a first time flyer. I have had no problems with it at all and it has plenty of features and power to get me started. I am going to start looking into racing drones after I get used to flying this one around. For the price, this one is pretty awesome.
Link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014X8T1UE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And a nice video showing the Quad in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbMOOpOul98
You can get started much cheaper. In fact it's recommended you do. You'll want to learn to fly on something easier to handle and less twitchy. (You wouldn't wanna learn to drive in a formula 1 car would you?)
You can find a decent RTF (ready to fly) FPV rig (sans goggles) for about $100-$150 on amazon, parts are pretty cheap (because you will crash) and you can figure out if you even like the hobby.
plug for /r/multicopters, /r/quadcopters, and /r/fpv
if you just want to fly a little nano quad around indoors, you can find some as cheap as $15, though for a little bit more you can get the Hubsan X4 for about $50 without the camera. It's the most commonly recommended starter quad. I have one, it's very easy to fly in beginner mode. but it has an "expert" mode (faster rates) that are down right twitchy, so it scales up well with skill.
This guy was very helpful when I was researching where to get started: https://www.youtube.com/user/theimacman