Best starter drone for a kid?

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the cheapest one you can find because its probably going to end up in a tree

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Possibly. He's got a helicopter and has a tiny drone. He's pretty good with it. I have looked at a few, but hate when the one star reviews are the same number as 5 star reviews.

Bought one of these for my kid this year. Go check out the videos on you tube. Pretty sweet drone. You do need a cell phone to utilize the camera.


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First glance used units are only $100 less than brand new... I just need to come up with a way to justify the expense. Hmmm. We can use it on the farm and write it off?

Unfortunately, I do have a budget for this item. There is a hobby shop here that I might visit to see what they have to say.

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Buying a cheap drone is a complete waste of money. Reason to buy a drone is to shoot video or pics, which means you want something worth a damn because they are not a lot of fun to fly for anything other than recording cool shite unless you go all out with a FPV speed drone which will run you more than your budget as well. Save money for something like a DJI or buy him another Heli to keep up his skill, because piloting a RC heli takes true skill where camera drones any dipshit can fly.

because piloting a RC heli takes true skill where camera drones any dipshit can fly."

What makes an aircraft that"any dipshit can fly" is a gps and the flight controller. Heli's can also come with gps and a flight controller that make it simple. Not all camera drones are easy to fly. A good flight controller and gps isn't cheap.

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What makes an aircraft that"any dipshit can fly" is a gps and the flight controller. Heli's can also come with gps and a flight controller that make it simple. Not all camera drones are easy to fly. A good flight controller and gps isn't cheap

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that type of RC heli isn’t going to be $200, you will need skill to pilot a decent $200 one

I wasn’t referring to FPV style speed drone aka racing drones as camera drones, those you can get for under $200 but when you add in a radio and an FPV setup, he will be over budget. You can go no FPV and maybe get under budget, but you will need a cheap radio.

if your camera style drone isn’t easy to fly, you bought something cheap and shitty. The whole point of a camera focused drone is to make it easy to operate to focus on getting the shot. Which is why I said don’t waste $200 on one.