3/29/2023 0 Comments Xiro xplorerUpon crash landing, the Xiro Xplorer G Drone was still useable but now has a bit of a dent in it and the propellers are looking a bit sad. The manual says not to use it in winds above Cat 4, but unless you have a very vast open, flat area to land, we don’t recommend using it. In what we would call windy conditions, it faired okay, but in strong winds, it gets blown about and makes any kind of video impossible, as well as the landing extremely difficult (we crashed it trying to land it in high winds on top of a small mountain). To test the Xiro Xplorer G Drone in varied conditions we took it up Dragon’s Back. We don’t care about this, but those looking to keep their GoPro in the best of condition will need to worry about this. The last time we removed it from the Gimble, the GoPro had new names beginning with F, C and A. Annoyingly, you will inevitably find yourself turning the GoPro on, and the video on and off trying to get the little sucker out. The Gimble is quite easy to attach, but getting the GoPro in is not an easy task, and getting it out is downright difficult. So if you’re looking for a great drone for video/photos, again, the Xiro Xplorer G Drone is definitely not the drone for you. The GoPro can point all the way down, but even then you can see the legs of Xiro Xplorer G Drone when it gets a bit windy. To get the propellers out of the video, you need to tilt it down, which cuts out most of the sky, so what you end seeing is a lot of ground. Basically you’re flying blind and perhaps the biggest letdown of the Xiro Xplorer G Drone is that the propellers will fill up to half your video capture if you leave it in the upright (horizontal) position. The Xiro Xplorer G Drone is NOT a photographers drone or a videographers drone. Any video will need to be turned on prior to take off, and photos are out of the question. Yes, the Xiro Xplorer G Drone can accommodate a GoPro, but other than tilt up and down, you won’t be able to control it. The more famous DJI Phantom 3 Professional has addresses this issue and Xiro needs to also address this issue very quicky. Common sense says that applies to all drones, but we haven’t heard too may reports of other drones losing connection and the drone wandering off wherever it sees fit. The lose of connection is a real worry, and when they say always fly the Xiro Xplorer G Drone in open areas, take that seriously because you don’t want to lose control of the Xiro Xplorer G Drone in a crowd of people (unless it’s full of Donald Trumps). Unfortunately, it crashed into concrete walls on two occasions but on a postive not, it survived both crashes, but not without some repairs. We’ve crashed the Xiro Xplorer G Drone three times, twice due to just losing connection between the remote and the drone. Where the problems arise is with connectivity. Under normal conditions, the Xiro Xplorer G Drone pretty much does what it’s told. With absolutely no experience, our first time was made even easier by the comfortable remote controller and the simple setup. The Xiro Xplorer G Drone is very easy to fly unless you have no coordination, in which case no drone is going to be easy to fly. We’ve hiked for around 45 mins hand carrying this drone with no problems (not including wind – more on that later). If you take the propellers off, you can hand carry the Xiro Xplorer G Drone with ease (the battery is removeable). The propellers are black and again, it just looks good. Like Jessica Alba, even with the legs down and gimble attached, it still looks good. It’s got a very low profile which also makes it look kinda cool, the legs are moveable, so you can fly it without a camera and put the legs up, or if you’re using the camera you’ll need to attach the slightly cumbersome gimble which holds the gopro. The Xiro Xplorer G Drone is probably one of the best looking drones we’ve seen, it’s sleek, streamlined and the green on black makes it our favourite looking drone by quite a long way. The Xplorer V comes with a camera, but shooting just 720p it’s not really up with the times with most of the better drones today capable of shooting 4K. We’re reviewing the Xiro Xplorer G, which is the one that has a gimble you can attach a GoPro to. There are three versions of the Xiro Drone, the Xiro Drone “normal”, the Xiro Explorer V, and the Xiro Explorer G drone. Deciding on what drone to buy depends somewhat on what you’re going to use it for. We’ve been flying the Xiro Drone for a few months now and will give it the twice over and let you decide if this drone is a winner or is just completely shite.įirstly, this is our first drone, we’re not into RC aircraft and really only purchased it for aerial video. Today’s review is about the Xiro Xplorer G Drone, a quadcopter from Chinese company Xiro.
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