JJRC H37 Elfie Foldable Selfie Drone Flight Test Review

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This cheap foldable pocket FPV camera quadcopter can be taken and flown just about anywhere to get those all important selfie shots ;-) Buy it here http://www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_568643.html?lkid=10223829 and here is the Dobby which this is imitating http://www.gearbest.com/rc-quadcopters/pp_363447.html?lkid=10223995 But take the marketing videos that you may have seen for the JJRC H37 with a grain of salt. This is not a GPS equipped, HD camera, follow me drone like the Dobby. It's a $42 toy quadcopter, and is equipped accordingly. If you keep this in mind, then you might not be disappointed. Pros - Foldable and very portable. - Easy to setup and fly. Especially using G-sensor control with headless mode. - Tilting lens 720 x 576p camera, and can be flown with the camera pointed toward you using headless mode for those selfie shots. - It's relatively inexpensive compared to the quadcopters that it's imitating. Cons - This quadcopter does not come with any directions at all in the box :( But it's very simple to figure out. Just use the above video review to get you started :) - Low resolution 720p x 576 camera. - There is no microSD card slot on the quadcopter. Video is instead recorded to your phone over WiFi, with resulting lag and freeze issues normally seen with WiFi FPV video. - No separate controller is available for this. Can only be controlled using WiFi through your phone. - The official "JJRC" app is not very useful with this quadcopter. Some of the features of the JJRC app are inoperative, most notably G-sensor control. BUT the free and very similar app "WiFi-UFO" does work with this perfectly. "WiFi-UFO" is available on Google Play here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lewei.multiple.lewei&hl=en and iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wifi-ufo/id977558457?mt=8 Vendor's Description Main Features: - WiFi FPV Its 720P camera allows you to get great selfies effortlessly (again it's real resolution is really only 720 x 576p, and may actually be interpolated from a 640 x 480p image sensor) . The 100m control distance offers you the awesome bird's-eye view. (Unfortunately I did not confirm the 100m range, but this would be very dependent on the strength of the WiFi signal from your particular phone) - Headless Mode In this mode, the drone flies to any direction you want even though you do not know its orientation. - One Key Return After flying the drone for a long time, you can relax a little bit by using this function to make it return to the home point. - Aerial Show It is capable of carrying out 360-degree rotations towards various directions with amazing agility. - G-sensor Control The G-sensor mode enables the small quadcopter to automatically follow the way you move your smartphone. Package Contents: 1 x RC Drone, 1 x Battery, 1 x USB Charging Cable, 4 x Spare Propeller Affiliate links: At no cost to you, I do receive a small commission for sales resulting from these links. This video along with every video of the Quadcopter 101 channel was produced and edited with VSDC Free Video Editor. You may download this excellent, and no kidding "free" video editor here http://www.videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor MUSIC LICENSE "Awel" by stefsax http://ccmixter.org/files/stefsax/7785 is licensed under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ music was shortened to fit length of video.

Comments

  1. These are garbage. The JJRC died immediately. I bought another one. It died too. Garbage.
  2. It is a toy and 40 bucks not bad, could you demonstrate the photo feature and the resolution that it takes a photo at?
  3. It would have been nice to test it taking selfies, I mean after all that's what it's for!
  4. 1 question, 1 comment.
    Question, what happens when it goes out of signal range?
    Comment, how come in just about every review this Selfie drone is never used for taking a selfie.
    Just videos. Disappointing.
  5. Do you think these could hold a go pro¿
  6. My selfie drone does not fly. Lights are blinking and the camera works on the app, lights won't just disappear. Wifi connection is ok. What can I do?
  7. the way you under appreciate it is super annoying there are not that many ways to design a pocket drone and for 40$ who needs follow me it's a selfie not video drone
  8. i have great expectations :)) and I will ask if it can lift 83 grams (hero4 silver )
  9. f*cking nice
  10. I should have watch this first before buying..I feel like throwing it into the trash soon after i tried it..Wasted
  11. Hi. what's the difference between jjrc elfie and eachine e50. thanks
  12. When I attach a string to my Q222 quadcopter I have follow me mode too ;-)
  13. Thank you very much for yor video! JJRC app didn't work on my phone and I didn't know what to do. WiFi-UFO works perfect!
  14. product endorsement Are from America and the items are from China? Why?
  15. i can not make it work..i downloaded ufo and nada..
  16. How do I make go down slowly I don't want heart my drone xD
  17. how do you set up headless mode. When I try, it still doesn't work? Shows that headless mode is on but when I turn the quad. The camera is still the front. Which means headless mode isn't on! Help???
  18. Wow, got one, and either I am not setting something correctly or it is defective. I launch it, using manual mode, not G-sensor, and It takes off to the right. The controls on my phone seem to have only slight control . Using the WiFi-UFO android app. I've tried it on two phones with the same results. I tried trimming it but doesn't help much I have other drones so I know how to fly it, not a newbie.

    Any idea what I might try?

    Thanks, love your vids.
  19. I have this drone but it keeps disconnecting from wifi. Anyone else have a similar problem or a fix? Using a Samsung S3
  20. out of field of view when reviewing