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OlivierPons
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May 6, 2018
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OlivierPonsSorry but a 502s is a completely different drone. It may have the same video but a 501s is a hell of a lot better then then a 502s.
501s has brushless motors the 502s has cheap tiny brushed motors.
I started with the 502s but the motors go out easily (because they're brushed) after changing the motors and they went out again, I bought a 501s. I've flown twice as much already with no problem at all. Was able to use the same controller as the 502s also.
Bottom line is 501s is 100x better then the 502s
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FYI I've bought the Hubsan H502S with Massdrop, had a problem one day after use and bought it *again* directly at the seller (http://www.hubsan.com/eur/) and I've had two problems:
(1) while making it fly around me, I was pushing "up" the remote control and it landed on its own (very suprising & more important: very dangerous if there are some people around you)
(2) because I was in a field with tall grass the grass "wrapped" around one of its motor and it instantaneously broke.
Hopefully I had the first buy from Massdrop, and changed the motor. Now it's working again but (1) I know it's dangerous to fly with such drones when there are people around you (2) it's very (very x 54) fragile (3) you'll be very happy with your first shots, but you'll be very frustrated in the end because the camera is not stabilized, and the screen of the remote control is almost useless: if you dont see your drone the camera on the remote controller won't help at all.
With my experience the only thing I want right now is a drone with a stabilized camera. I prefer to pay $500 in ~5 months and have a Mavic Air than three times $100 and have problems. I've (almost) lost $200. I've paid $200 to realized I should have paid immediately $500 for a Mavic Air. If you're a bit picky like me, save some money then go for a Mavic Air. Just my 2c.
Last but not least: watch the promotional video, you almost never see actual shots from the drone itself ;)