A lot of drone for the money. Spare batteries available from Maplin for £35.
Fly, film and share your moments in HD with Parrot AR Elite drone. With an embedded HD camera and up to 18 minutes battery life, there's plenty of fun to be had with this beginner drone. Controlled via smartphone or tablet, the drone creates a Wi-Fi connection between the tablet or phone - no internet connection required! With the patented absolute control mode, the AR Drone is a breeze to fly for beginners. Distance of control is up to 50 metres so a perfect drone for beginners to practice their flying skills!
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dainese321
8 Sep 17#1
A lot of drone for the money. Spare batteries available from Maplin for £35.
Fly, film and share your moments in HD with Parrot AR Elite drone. With an embedded HD camera and up to 18 minutes battery life, there's plenty of fun to be had with this beginner drone. Controlled via smartphone or tablet, the drone creates a Wi-Fi connection between the tablet or phone - no internet connection required! With the patented absolute control mode, the AR Drone is a breeze to fly for beginners. Distance of control is up to 50 metres so a perfect drone for beginners to practice their flying skills!
jaffacat
8 Sep 17#2
anyone have this, thoughts?
chrisbluebird
8 Sep 17#3
I had one of these and I wasn't fussed on it... worst thing was trying to use your phone/tablet outside on a sunny day to control it was a nightmare. Maplin on ebay sell refurb Propel drones for approx £30 - comes with a controller and much easier to fly than the Parrot.
jaffacat to chrisbluebird
8 Sep 17#4
thanks will take a look... anyone have this, thoughts?
Also, the 50m range on the Parrot isn't a lot... mine used to go out of range, flip over and just crash into the ground!
jaydeeuk1
8 Sep 17#6
2.4 WiFi for controlling any quad is an awful idea.
Get a hubsan x107 or syma x8c
Rich069
8 Sep 17#7
Breaks very easy. And battery lasts 5 mins. Returned 2 of these to maplins, who told me they can't get spare batteries for these anymore.
dudwood_fudwood
8 Sep 17#8
Up to 18 minutes battery life. Not exactly a lot of flight time. By the time you have got a grasp of the controls it will need charged again.
Rich069 to dudwood_fudwood
8 Sep 17#9
Don't believe the 18 mins flight time with the battery that comes with it. Expect about a third of that.
wild_quinine
8 Sep 17#10
Agree with OP, this is a lot of drone for the money.
However, it's a lot of not brilliant drone.
It's still a lot.
It's unfair to pretend you need to compare this to 30 quid drones
Buy when you do compare it to the drones that it shares a lot of its more impressive specs with, it doesn't come off well.
chrisbluebird to wild_quinine
10 Sep 17#18
Having owned both the parrot and propel drones i can honestly say that the propel was the better drone. The flight time was only 10-12 mins but batteries are very cheap, comes with its own controller and you control the photos/videos taken from the remote itself. And for a third of the price it's a no brainer. The parrot was big, bulky and awkward to control... The propel actually has a stunt button for you to perform flips etc so easily, looks impressive to someone watching.
JoseChupachup
8 Sep 17#11
Go for DJI drones. They cost more but they just work!
powerbrick to JoseChupachup
8 Sep 17#12
Why stop there, just buy a mil spec one from Lockheed Martin. I'm sure they have a factory shop :thinking:
coolcolin to JoseChupachup
9 Sep 17#13
Hahahahaha yes cost more totally ONLY pocket change more money
JoseChupachup to coolcolin
9 Sep 17#15
I would rather pay £300 on something that did what I expected than £100 on packing foam! But point taken.
coolcolin
9 Sep 17#14
Amazon have 20% off these on open boxes it's about £68 I think
bma1445 to coolcolin
9 Sep 17#16
Probably pre-crashed too!
apears
9 Sep 17#17
This is a ' Which ' don't buy, at a price of GBP 230. but their best buys are over GBP 950.
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Fly, film and share your moments in HD with Parrot AR Elite drone. With an embedded HD camera and up to 18 minutes battery life, there's plenty of fun to be had with this beginner drone. Controlled via smartphone or tablet, the drone creates a Wi-Fi connection between the tablet or phone - no internet connection required! With the patented absolute control mode, the AR Drone is a breeze to fly for beginners. Distance of control is up to 50 metres so a perfect drone for beginners to practice their flying skills!
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Fly, film and share your moments in HD with Parrot AR Elite drone. With an embedded HD camera and up to 18 minutes battery life, there's plenty of fun to be had with this beginner drone. Controlled via smartphone or tablet, the drone creates a Wi-Fi connection between the tablet or phone - no internet connection required! With the patented absolute control mode, the AR Drone is a breeze to fly for beginners. Distance of control is up to 50 metres so a perfect drone for beginners to practice their flying skills!
anyone have this, thoughts?
Also, the 50m range on the Parrot isn't a lot... mine used to go out of range, flip over and just crash into the ground!
Get a hubsan x107 or syma x8c
However, it's a lot of not brilliant drone.
It's still a lot.
It's unfair to pretend you need to compare this to 30 quid drones
Buy when you do compare it to the drones that it shares a lot of its more impressive specs with, it doesn't come off well.