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Propel Spyder XL Drone Review

Spyder XL is falls in middle ranged drones and has basic features like all other drones. However,  the Propel Spyder XL Drone has this extra feature of altitude lock button that helps to take videos and pictures from various altitudes. Let’s see the what Propel Spyder XL Drone has to offer

Spyder XL Drone Top Features Rundown

Spyder XL Drone CameraControl RangeBattery Life

HD

500 Ft

8-10 Mins

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Basic information about Spyder XL Drone

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How Hard it is to fly with Propel Spyder XL!!

This drone is for beginners and is a user-friendly toy. It’s not very difficult to use for first timers. The first thing you need to do is to sync your Spyder Xl with remote.

After doing that, check the blades on the drone. This model has 2 blade models, one pair is for beginners and the second is for high performance flight. When you do that, start motors and begin your flight.

To begin with, I would recommend you to first try some basic moves, like take-off and landing. After you have learned the basic moves, go for your first flight.

It is better to be cautious when flying outdoors as this is a small drone and can easily break or crash if it’s windy outside. Spyder is very agile drone yet a fun toy.

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Package Contents:

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Camera

propel spyder xl drone review

Unfortunately, Spyder XL Drone doesn’t have First Person View (FPV), but the camera on this quad is very good. It’s a High Definition camera  with 720p resolution.

You can record videos and take pictures but you can view the just after the flight. The good thing about this drone is that it has altitude lock button. This makes  the pictures and videos stable from any distance.

According to me, the Spyder XL drone has two disadvantages; one the noise that the motors make and the other is the camera angles.

You can sure fix the camera angles after a bit of practice and learn how to take good pictures with those angles. There are two buttons on the transmitter, one for recording and the other to take pictures.

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Flight Time and Control Range

Like mentioned earlier, the Spyder XL drone prices in the medium range. The flight time is between 8-10 minutes and comes with 2 batteries to double your flying experience. The control range is 500 ft.

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Hands on Video by Propel

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Final Verdict on Spyder XL Drone

spyder xl drone

The Propel Spyder XL Drone looks modern and has great features like HD camera, 500 ft control range and awesome flight time.

This drone can be used by amateurs for exceptional experience. The drone has good flying speed; it is fast. The best part is that it comes with a 16GB SD card, spare blades and blade parts.

NOTICE: Recommended age is 14 +, package contain small part so be careful if You have kids under 3 years.

Spyder XL don’t require to register at FAA.

That was my review about propel spyder xl drone if You have any question, suggestion please comment below.

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9 Total Score
Beginner Friendly

With a 500 ft range this goes far. Its pretty quick especially for beginners and intermediate flyers, It has a fairly decent camera but lacks FPV. The package came with two spare blades one for beginner/stable/camera handling blade and the other high-performance one.

How Easy to Use
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Flight Time
9
Range
9
User Rating: 4.33 (3 votes)

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Hayden Feldmann
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Hayden Feldmann

hi, first time to your site and just had to say thank you!!

SJaniak
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SJaniak

this drone looks really nice, like, i would love to drone around with that drone, getting pictures, making videos, having fun

Charles Sedano
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Charles Sedano

First time visitor to your site but I have a feeling that I am going to be spending a lot of time here… Very nice selection of toys. Is it bad that I want one of everything?

Anthony Sisounthone
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Anthony Sisounthone

Drones are so cool, especially this one. Want to explore unreachable places with this.

May
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May

Thank you for the great and in depth review! I’ve been looking to get a drone for awhile now and this seems like a good one to start with. I like that it comes with a built in HD camera too.

Stephen Ollis
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The lack of FPV on this drone is surprising to say the least. However, for an midrange level drone, I suppose this can be overlooked. The two style of blades is an interesting setup – this would help with beginners, but still give some level of advancement once the thumbs were sorted out.

Ryk Scott
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Ryk Scott

I was given one as a gift, but without a manual. Flies great! Had a minor crash into a tree branch and my right rear prop is spinning fast enough for flight. Removed the prop screw (damned tiny), but can’t pull the prop off the shaft. You sound drone experienced. Help! What now? And which are the beginner props?

Ken
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Was the screw very short (like 1/8″) when you unscrewed it. Check to see it the screw broke and part of it is remaining in the shaft.