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The first drone that I got just for first experience was Verso from Dromida. It comes with both fully assembled drone and controller in single box at very low cost. It looks as shown below.
Since I've never touched the drone before, some of the important criteria for me to pick up my first drone are as follows.. (Pretty Picky.. but not so much of engineering criteria :), but I think these are pretty practical criteria if you are real newbie with limited resources.
- It should be very cheap : I was pretty sure that I will break the toy very soon or give up trying if there are too many issues which is beyond my capability. So I want to get a cheap one so that I can throw it away.
- It should be small and light enough : I didn't want to go out into the field during this winter season to fly it. Also I didn't want to worry about any regulations about flying drone outside. So I wanted to have something I can fly in side of my house (like in basement).
- It should not have such a high powered motor / propeller : I wanted to fly it in my basement without worrying about scratching all over the walls and ceilings and without worrying about getting my wife pissed off :)
- It should be possible for me to buy each of the components of the drone later : I was pretty sure that I would break the some part of the drone and I don't want to buy the whole drone again.
The one that I got met all of the tough critera listed above :)
A little bit deep in side
If you want to get a little bit of details of the composition of the drone, it looks as follows. Like all other drones, it has frame (super light) and 4 propellers. 4 DC Motors (Brushed DC) and one electronic board which functions as 2.4 Ghz reciever and Motor controller combined. I also comes with a small LiPo battery and Battery Recharging USB cable. Last but not least, it has Controller (transmitter) working at 2.4 Ghz.
Drawbacks
The main reason why I get a drone is not to fly.. it is more for learning about Drones in engineering perspective. Like embedded system (Motor controller) and Wireless communication and some of the mechanical engineering as well. However, I couldn't get any engineering information about this.. like motor control board / wireless communication between controller and reciever. I even did FCC ID Search for the controller and I found it in the FCC data base, but no detailed document were available.
Of course, I know I should not expect too much from such a low cost product, but the availability of the detailed engineering information would be an important criteria when I will be picking up next drone.
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