![]() ![]() ![]() That is not unique to this drone – the controls are pretty similar with all units. Because it can move in three dimensions, the controls are not intuitive and take a lot of practice to get used to. I had watched a few videos and read through the instructions, but when I took it up to our local park (no trees!) to give it a try, I was nervous. Check out the FAA’s DronaZone for all that info.įlying performance: I’ll admit that the Ruko F11GIM2 4K drone was my first ever drone experience. This drone is large enough that it requires a $5.00 registration with the FAA, and that you pass a Recreational UAS Safety Test (T.R.U.S.T) which takes about 20 minutes and is free. And the image quality is quite high, with balanced colors and limited distortion at the edges. It’s VERY stable, with the 2-axis gimbal and electronic image stabilization. Perhaps the most impressive features of the Ruko F11GIM2 4K drone lie in the camera. On the off chance that it doesn’t make it back, the app will show you the last known position of the drone on a google maps interface so you can hopefully find it. The drone will also return automatically when the battery is getting low, or if it loses connection with the controller. ![]() This is great because it’s actually pretty easy to lose sight of the drone, especially when flying at altitude. One particular feature that is handy is “one button return.” Hit the button, and the Ruko F11GIM2 4K drone comes back and lands where it took off. Higher-end drones incorporate radar and other sensors to prevent collisions – this one does not have such features, so be careful flying. That means that it’s pretty easy to crash into things such as trees, power lines, and birds (which seemed very interested in it). One feature that is missing from this drone is obstacle avoidance. The app is well executed and easy to use, although the text font is quite small in many instances, even on my large phone. These include “point of interest” where the drone will fly a large circle around a specific thing you want it to focus on, “follow me” where the drone will follow the controller (useful if in a vehicle or running), and “waypoint flight” where you identify a few points on a map and the drone will fly between them. Like many drones, the Ruko F11GIM2 4K drone has flight modes that are executed from the app or the controller. ![]() The app for your phone also lets you set some flight parameters for the drone (maximum height, speed, range etc) as well as start some of the flight modes discussed below. When you tell the drone to take a photo or video, that is captured both on your phone (at 720p resolution) and on the TF or Micro-SD card in the drone (at 4K resolution). Your phone sits in the controller and displays what the camera is seeing, in 720p video. The right stick controls direction in the X-axis (side to side, forward and backward). The standard controls use the left stick to control altitude and to spin the drone around. The controller features two joysticks, with controls that can be programmed in a few different ways. There are some cool blinky lights on the ends of the stalks under the propellers. The body contains the battery, the “brains” and the camera mounted on a 2-axis gimbal at the front. It’s a quad-copter with four brushless motors mounted on folding “stalks” which branch out from the corners of drone body. The design of the Ruko F11GIM2 drone is similar to most other consumer drones on the market.
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