In December 2015 the FAA also known as the Federal Avaition Administration sent out a press release that would dramtically change the landscape of RC model avaition. The FAA concluded that
"a streamlined, user friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft weighing more than 250 grams (0.55 pounds) and less than 25 kilograms (55 pounds)."
There has been many concerns since this implentation has been in place. Some of them include : do I need to a register a toy drone?, how will this make the hobby more safe and what can I actually buy without having to register anything? Well we would love to help answer that last question.
Below is a list of 5 quadcopters that we would recommend purchasing that are under 250 grams, depending on your budget.
Inductrix FPV
Price : $99.00 BNF $199.00 RTF
Appromixate Flight Time : 3-4 minutes
Battery : 200 mah 1s Lipo
Completion Level : Readty to Fly & Bind and Fly
Flying Weight : 24 grams
Includes : SAFE Technology
Graupner Alpha 110 Quadcopter
Price : $89.99 RTF $69.99 ARF $149.99 RTF (FPV)
Appromixate Flight Time : 4-5 minutes
Battery : 350 mah 1s Lipo
Completion Level : FPV Ready to Fly, Bind and Fly or Ready to Fly, Bind and Fly
Flying Weight : 39 grams
Includes : Real Time Telemetry, GR-18 multirotor flight controller software, Integrated FPV 5.8 ghz camera, multi flying modes
Hubsan X4 (H107L)
Price : $36.99
Approxmaite Flight Time: ~ 9 minutes
Battery : 240 mah 1s Lipo
Completion Level : Bind and Fly
Flying Weight : 28 grams
Includes : Ultra Stable 6- axis flight control, adjustable gryo sensitivity, 4 way directional flip
Blade Nano Qx
Price : $89.99 RTF
Approxmiate Flight Time : 10 minutes
Battery : 180mah 1s Lipo
Completion Level : Ready to Fly
Flying Weight : 16.5 grams
Includes : SAFE Technology, 4 in 1 DSMX Receiver/ESC/Mixer
Heli-Max 230si
Price : $149.88 RTF
Approxmiate Flight TIme : 15 minutes
Battery : 1200mah 1s Lipo
Completion Level : Ready to Fly
Fly Weight : 127 grams
Includes : Altitute Control, actual direction control, return to pilot, TAGS-FX, Failsafe, and HD Camera
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Mitchell Gray - FliteTest
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