Syma has been an innovator and industry leader in the manufacture of high quality radio controlled Drones and Quadcopters for over 10 years. Syma has taken an innovative and visionary approach to advancing flight experience for kids. Words directly from them, that’s lot of time in the Drone Biz, but lets check is reflected in its new Syma X8 Pro, the 5th version.
Design
With a look alike shape of the Dji Phantom, the X8 Pro is made from plastic, you can chose from two colors; white and red. Thanks to leight weight materials is only 2.1 kg with battery. Fully assembled measures 50 X 50 X 19cm, but pre-assembled 35 X 34.5 X 20cm. Below each arm there’s LED lights, two green and two red to indicate the tail and head of the quadcopter. Syma also has a redesigned RF controller.
In the unboxing you will find the aircraft itself without the camera, remote control, FPV camera, a charger, four propeller and propeller guards, screw driver and a small wrench, a SD card reader, the battery and user manual.
Features
The SYMA X8 Pro GPS is the improved version of the Syma X8 SW where we have the same camera WIFi of 0.3MP, height control, headless flight mode, the same battery of 7.4 Volts of 2000mAh and the same platform and dimensions of the drones. As improvements we have the GPS something that for an extra $ 25 dollars worth, we also have as a very good improvement the reach of the command that increased very significantly the Syma X8SW comes with a lousy range of only 70 meters, while the new SYMA X8 Pro already reaches, depending of enviroment, 150 up to 300 meters.
The new X8, with GPS, in conjunction with its barometer, gets precise global positioning with which the drone will maintain the position where we leave it, in all three axes, (in X, Y and Z) also headless mode or headless flight mode. The GPS also allows you to return home with a button and in case of losing signal.
Review
Here in iGeekphone have just one word, Easy, for those who want to enter to the drone world will get be satisfied with the Syma X8 Pro, just assembly the quadcopter and put batteries in both ends and you are ready to go. Even the remote control is easy to operate, but don’t forget to read the manual.
Maybe you will find as drawback that the camera only take videos at 720p and only last around 9min of flight. But hey, you can change the camera and use anyone you want using the proper bracket and for the battery just grab a bunch of spare for more juice.
Conclusion
Thanks to this coupon: RC18OFF you can get the Syma X8 Pro for just $102.99 USD at Gearbest. Hurry to grab the 5th X8 model produced by Syma, in this case the Pro one, at this moment in on presale because just left production chain.