Hubsan X4 Drone Review – Best Camera Drone

Drone racing has become a new hobby these days. These racing drones and propellers are not very affordable. Fortunately, Hubsan X4 Drone doesn’t cost much. It is a very affordable racing drone. It has a lot of power along with a lot of manoeuvrability. It is very durable and will survive all your bumps. It is small and comes in FPV format.

Hence, Here will talk about the Hubsan X4 drone. After reading this article, you know if this drone is a perfect buy for you or not.

Our Verdict

Suppose you want a tiny drone to do everything for you and be useful in pursuing racing drones as your hobby. Then Husban X4 is a perfect drone for you. Although the company has to make a few amendments to the drone, still X4 is not bad. Don’t forget that it is the world‘s smallest quadcopter. It would be great for you to pursue flying drones as a hobby as the camera is of low quality. You should keep in mind that you won’t be able to capture good pictures with this drone. But it will give you a good flying experience. If you want a drone to capture great pictures and videos, you should look at some professional drones like DJI.

Design

The Husban X4 is very popular in an FPV format. The FPV stands for a first-person view. It has a camera on the front that records and sends videos to the transmitter in a real tie as you fly the drone. The transmitter has a really nice big screen on it. You can actually look at the screen and see the view from the quadcopter as you fly.

Moreover, you can fly it by just looking at the screen. This is the first RTF quadcopter in the market that has an FPV format.   It is a really good entry-level FPV. With this drone, you won’t have to set up anything or even buy all the FPV equipment. All you have to do is buy this package, and you will be ready for a flight in five minutes once you open it.

The drone comes to the productive frame, which is really nice for flying indoors. You can bounce it into the walls, and it would still be flying. It comes with a spare set of propellers and also a propeller removal tool. It also comes with a 380mAh battery and a USB charger. You will get around 5 to 6 minutes of flight with this battery. The 4.7×4.6×1.25 inches Hubsan is a small and compact drone.

It weighs around 1.5 ounces. It has a small camera along with two radios. Out of these two radios, one is 2.5GHz Radio, which connects the drone and controls. The other 5.8GHz Radio is responsible for the video preview to the pilot. There are a motor and blue and red LED lights on each arm of the drone. The LED indicates the current status of the drone. They also help you to spot drones

in the dark. The LED light blinks blue when the drone is paired with the controller. They are all let when the device is ready to fly. All the LED lights will start blinking as a warning sign when the battery is low. The camera is located on the front of the drone, and the battery at the drone’s back. Unfortunately, you won’t get a power button on the device.

You have to connect the battery cable to turn it on, and you’ll have to unplug it to turn it off. Fiction holds a 2.2-inch rotor blade on the motor. The orientation of the rotor can be identified by the letters on the blades. The letter A indicates clockwise, and the letter B indicates counter-clockwise. You can attach propeller guards if you think that the rotors will destroy anything.

Although this can cause a change in speed, which might affect some serious racers. This device doesn’t need to be registered with the FAA. Flying this drone doesn’t include any risk.

Flight

The drone can fly at a speed of 10 mph even though it has a lot of power. The power remains under control. The device gives quick responses to the control sticks. It is a fast drone. Along with being fast, it is highly responsive and maneuverable. The drone quickly responds to the joystick. All you have to do is point the joystick in the desired direction, and the drone will follow it.

This drone is not affiliated with the GPS. This might make the drone drift quite a bit. There might be a time where it will go off in a random direction, and you will have to hop back in and control the direction. So, with this drone, it is your duty to make sure that the drone doesn’t run off in a random direction. This can be frustrating at times.

The flight range of the drone is up to 300 feet. At times, the video might get glitches depending on the area you are flying the device. It gives a flight time of 5 to 6 minutes, making the learning process extremely lengthy and annoying. It comes with the latest technology of the 6-axis flight control system. This system has an adjustable gyro sensitivity, which makes the flight efficient.

This drone is ideal for you if you want a quadcopter to perform aerial acrobatics and be fast. If this is your case, then this drone should be on the top of your list. Hence, it will give you a smooth flight experience.

Camera Quality

The Husban X4 Drone comes with a small camera. You will find the camera in front of the drone. It is a small 0.3-megapixel sensor that comes along with a 640×480 resolution. With the FPV, you can see what the camera is seeing on the LED screen in the controller. With the help of a 5.8 GHz radio, the camera transmits the video to the drone’s controller.

The centre of the camera is similar to what you get in a low laptop or smartphone. So you can see that the camera is not very good but, yes, manageable. This drone is basically for fun, so the camera has been compromised by the company. Moreover, You have to convert the videos recorded if you want to use the clips somewhere. The camera records videos in a format that is not used by many people.

Although the videos recorded from the drone are not very useful. So you can say that this is not a very big problem because you won’t be using those pictures professionally anyway. The drone also has problems withholding its position in the air because of no GPS.

Battery

The Husban X4 drone has a small 380mAh battery. The battery is 3.7 V. You will only get a flight time of seven minutes with this battery. Although in reality, you’ll only get a flight time of 5 to 6 minutes with this battery. Also, the flight time totally depends on the wind speed of the locality. You will get a USB charging cable in the package of the drone.

You will have to use a wall charger or a computer to charge the drone with the USB. It takes almost thirty minutes to charge it.  If you want to increase your flight time, you can always buy a spare battery.

What Comes Inside The Box?

The following items come inside the box of this drone:-

• Quadcopter;
• Remote Control
• Blade set
• Spanner
• USB Cable
• Manual
• Protection cover
• Drone battery

Pros And Cons

Final Thoughts

Husban X4 is one of the smallest and best-racing drones out there in the market. It offers an amazing speed along with a beautiful design. It is really durable and will keep flying even if you bump it somewhere. Though the flight time is less, extra batteries can compensate for that. The battery takes about 30 minutes to charge.

The battery provides a flight time of 5 to 6 minutes according to the wind conditions. The camera is not good, and that’s why this drone should be used for hobbies only. You cannot get professional pictures and videos out of this phone because of the low camera quality.