The Holy Stone is a renowned name for making bestselling drones and has created some of the best drones. They capture their audience mostly by their HD camera feature. The customer experience is rated highest for the images and videos that are taken with the F181.
Apart from being attractive, it is equipped with features like Altitude Hold, 6-axis Gyro and Headless mode. The Holy Stone F181 is also known as the Chaser for its ability to fly high and speed up.
Holy Stone F181 Review
The F181 is good for beginner as well as professionals. The user-friendly instructions in the guide helps your first drone experience to be fantastic with its headless mode and return to home key.
If you’re a professional, you are still going to love flying this drone for its good looks and capability to stay still at a certain altitude. This will help you take still and clear pictures.
The 360° flip also lets the drone rotate left, right, upward, forward and side-wards. The continuous roll is perfect for action and some great performances.
back to menu ↑Is Holy Stone F181 Difficult to Fly?
The Holy Stone F181 is absolutely easy to fly. Beginners need to read the user-manual very carefully before flying it for the first te. Once put together, start by flying slowly and then learning to fly high.
As this drone does not have FPV, you need to keep the F181 in your eyes view. The control range on this drone is 100 meters for flight time 7-9 minutes. The charging time is 80 minutes. The package has extra batteries for longer flight time.
The 2.4GHz transmission allows you to stay on course. It secures the link between the drone and its controller. The remote controller is like any other joystick and very simple to use.
back to menu ↑What is Included In the Box?
- 1 x Quad Copter
- 1 x 2.4G Remote Transmitter
- 2 x USB charging cable
- 2 x 3.7V 750mAh LiPO Batteries
- 4 x Rotating blade
- 4 x Protection frames
- 2 x Landing skids
- 1 x Screwdriver
- 1 x User Manual
Inflight Features of F181 Quadcopter:
- Ready To Fly: Unpack the box and start flying.
- Headless Mode: Stop worrying about which position to start flying from.
- Return Home Key: Hit this key to call your drone back to its home position.
- Hold Position: Keep the drone hovering while you take pictures/videos.
- Altitude Hold: Make your drone stay still at certain altitude.
How is the Camera on HolyStone F181
The Holy Stone F181 has a decent 2MP camera with 720P resolution. This resolution means it is a High Definition camera. Falling in mid-range drones, this drone has a perfect camera to take splendid pictures and recording videos.
This drone doesn’t have live feed view as it comes with just one photography mode and that is the single shot mode. However, for a drone with control range of 100 meters’ it is okay to not have live feed.
back to menu ↑Flight Time and Control Range
Holy Stone F181 RC Quadcopter comes with a high capacity battery. The 750MAH capacity gives you approximately 7-9 minutes of flying. And the package has extra batteries for longer flights.
The control range on this quadcopter is 80-100 meters making the battery charging time as much as 80 minutes.
back to menu ↑My Verdict
The Holy Stone F181 RC Quadcopter drone is basically made for beginners and is durable. It has well protected propellers making the drone safe from crashes and clashes.
The HD camera is a good reason to buy this drone. The headless mode is perfect for first timers who don’t have to worry about matching the flying position and the nose position.
The home return key that helps bring the drone back to its home position without having to search for it in the air.
With all these features, an amateur as well as a professional will love flying the F181. It is worth all the price.
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