The HoverAir X1 is a personal-use class drone designed to fly autonomously to capture video and images.
It can be operated from only two buttons or taken over for manual flight within its companion app.
There’s no storage expansion, and the drone comes with 32GB on the machine.
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The app notes your remaining space.
During flight, the HoverAir X1 can depart around 98 ft (30 m) from the user.
To navigate, the HoverAir X1 uses the VIO positioning system rather than any GPS navigation.
The HoverAir X1 is a personal-use class drone designed to fly autonomously to capture video and images. It can be operated from only two buttons or taken over for manual flight within its companion app. For further convenience, it offers a fully enclosed design with safety guards while still being lightweight and foldable to allow for easy transit. In addition, its five shooting modes offer video options of 2.7K (30FPS), 1080P (60 and 30FPS), or 12MP photos to store on its internal 32GB of storage. The drone camera attempts to get the best shots while triple stabilization smooths out the process alongside level-four wind resistance.
This offers the option to fly indoors as well, provided sufficient lighting is available.
Testing Out Flying Conditions
The lack of remote control comes with a few restrictions.
you might use your phone’s microphone if you want to add voice to your flights.
The HoverAir X1 is a personal-use class drone designed to fly autonomously to capture video and images. It can be operated from only two buttons or taken over for manual flight within its companion app. For further convenience, it offers a fully enclosed design with safety guards while still being lightweight and foldable to allow for easy transit. In addition, its five shooting modes offer video options of 2.7K (30FPS), 1080P (60 and 30FPS), or 12MP photos to store on its internal 32GB of storage. The drone camera attempts to get the best shots while triple stabilization smooths out the process alongside level-four wind resistance.
This provides a built-in safe metric for newer users looking to try out what different tweaks look like.
There aren’t a lot of prefs for each mode, however.
The preset modes rely on tracking one human subject and following it very closely without using GPS.
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This makes the HoverAir X1 great at focusing on a human subject in different tweaks.
To introduce other subjects, they’ll need to stay in your vicinity.
To shoot pets and other non-human subjects, you’ll need full manual control.
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Battery Life: Very Limited
A downside of the X1 is its average flight time.
HoverAir offerscombo packagesthat come with two or three batteries; or you could just purchase another as needed.
To achieve these recharge ranges, you’ll want to use a PD 18W adapter at least.
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Charging times will also fluctuate based on what final battery charge the drone was left at.
But you’ll probably want to jump over to either the Hover button or options.
you’re able to then quickly access your flight tweaks, album, or enable sound recording.
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But if you’re trying to combine commands on each joystick, it can initially feel a bit unnatural.
When hitting the land button, there is a small delay as it stabilizes before its descent.
Can You Fly Multiple Drones?
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To bypass this and battery limits, you could purchase another X1.
Overall, the HoverAir X1 is ideally used for its tracking capabilities on video.
Should You Buy the HoverAir X1?
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The HoverAir X1 specs look less impressive on paper than its $400 price tag would suggest.
Instead, you’d opt for the HoverAir X1 primarily for its convenience.
You just need to decide if its small footprint suits your shooting situations best.
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