Holy Stone HS260 Drone for Kids Adults with 1080P HD Camera Adjustable, Foldable RC Quadcopter for Beginners with 30 Mins Flight, Gravity Sensor,…
Holy Stone HS260 Drone for Kids Adults with 1080P HD Camera Adjustable, Foldable RC Quadcopter for Beginners with 30 Mins Flight, Gravity Sensor,…
$79.99
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- 【FHD 1080P Camera 】HS260 drone records every memorable moment of your life. Its wifi camera supports remote control of 90° up and down, whether traveling, sports, or parties, can capture stunning and exquisite images for you.
- 【Share Fun with You】FPV drone capturing this impressive footage during flight, it is possible to share it instantly with your friends and family. With images and videos sent straight to your smartphone via the APP, you will be able to share them on social media.
- 【Beginner Friendly】 Optical Flow Positioning fixed point height, and it can shoot more easily and steadily. Equipped with an air pressure altitude control system, the drone can hover and take footage with more stability and smoothly.
- 【More Features in APP Control】 HS260 drone could be controlled by remote and App. There 4 main highlight features in APP control, Gravity Control Voice Control Trajectory and Gesture Control. Download the APP and get started with your amazing flight.
- 【Gesture Activate Shooting】 Free up your hands to catch a moment and get together to take group photos and videos.
- 【Portable Fun Toys】HS260 RC drone comes with a storage bag. Get the flying box on your back and start your trip. Pack and go anytime and anywhere in a minute. Flying this drone is magic that can reignite the father-son bond when they go camping, hiking together.
- 【Great Stocking Stuffers Gift】 Holy Stone 2021 hot new release drone. It is the ideal gift for birthdays, Christmas, Fathers Day, and other events. This is a cool unique travel gift that will be loved by kids Men Women Dad Teenagers Boys husband and boyfriend.
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Jeffrey J. Reddy –
I think the thing I am most excited about with this drone is the carrying case it comes with. It is a hard sided case built specifically for the drone and all of its accessories. I have several drones similar in size to this drone, and I never am able to do much with them because it is next to impossible to safely transport them and all their parts anywhere. This can go in a suitcase or back pack with no problems at all.
Quick USB charging means you can charge off a battery pack while you hike to the next spot you want to launch it.
Ok enough about the case, onto the drone itself. Like all Holy Stone drones, set up is very straight forward and easy to do. After charging the batteries it only took me about 5-7 minutes to take it out of the packaging and get it on and flying. The propeller guards are very easy to install and remove so that it fits right back into the case.
One of my favorite features with this particular drone is the ability to move the camera up and down while the drone is hovering. This makes it so that you don’t have to move the whole drone, just a couple touches of a button and the camera is looking right where you want it to.
Take off and landing, often where I get into trouble. Not with this guy, one push of a button brings it to a hover about 5 feet off the ground. Then, hit it again and it comes in for a nice landing.
Let’s talk about the controller. Look at the picture of it in the case. It gets so much bigger than that, a mount folds out for your phone and handles fold out of the bottom so you have a better grip. The buttons on the controller are very well placed and make it easy to use without looking at what you are doing.
Keep in mind this is still a drone that weighs less than 2lbs. Flying on a windy day will lead to this getting blown around. I flew this on a fairly windy day, 10-15mph winds, and I was able to get it up in the air and control it still but that was about the limit to the drones ability, I had to fly directly into the wind to get it to hold position. So it is doable, just be prepared to go play a game of hide and go seek with your drone afterwards.
Alan F. Auth –
If you have zero drone flying experience, you should get a drone that does more of the work and lets you have the fun at the same time. The Holy Stone HS260 is one such drone. You will find it so easy to figure out the controls. Besides, it comes with a comprehensive user manual that will take you through the steps for calibrating and flying the HS260.
From the Holy Stone drones that we have reviewed in the past such as the HS710 quadcopter, you can tell that they make high quality beginner and advanced user aircrafts.
All the same, they do have their limitations. Even the HS260 has its own limitations. It is better to know them as they will help you make up your mind whether to buy it or leave it.
One downside that is really irking is that the remote controller does not fit most of the modern smartphones, which are larger than the past ones. Although my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra does fit, it’s just a bit snug.
As much as we say that the app unlocks many flight functions, there are some things that only work when you are using the remote controller. For instance, the emergency stop function only works from the remote controller. Also, you can only adjust the camera’s vertical angle on the remote controller.
The few downsides apart, this drone has some incredible features and flight functions too. Actually, the pros are more than the cons, so it makes sense to buy it.
First, this drone ships ready to fly, with one battery already charged and installed. When you get it, just study the user manual and then calibrate it in readiness for flight.
By design, this is a foldable drone. It is already a small drone even when it is unfolded for flight, but when you fold it, it becomes much smaller. The propeller blades come in the split blade design so they also fold.
This drone has a takeoff weight of 140g, which is so minimal such that you hardly feel it when you toss it in your pocket. It also means you need not register it with the FAA because it is not anywhere close to 250g, which is the threshold for flying a drone without registering it.
The drone comes packed in a high-quality hard case with two zippers and a small hand-carrying strap on the top side. Inside, everything is wrapped in plastic and there is a foam cover on the top to protect your drone from damage.
There is a small sensor to help with the optical flow on the bottom of the drone. The power button for the drone is located on the back of the drone.
This is a camera drone. It is a 1080P camera so it should help you take pretty decent photos and videos. There is no SD card slot, so all of your footage will be stored in your smartphone.
Also, the vertical angle of the camera is adjustable on the remote controller, so you can try to find the best view when the aircraft is flying.
Using your smartphone, you need to download the app so that you can enjoy a great first person view. The maximum flight distance of the drone is just 100 meters, so it will always be in your sight.
FPV makes flying drones fun and you might also send the drone to a corner of your yard to inspect it from a distance. The FPV transmission distance is 80 meters.
The HS260 drone comes with two batteries and on full charge, each can give you a flight time of up to 15 minutes. One battery ships when it is already installed in the drone.
To insert the battery, just push it into its slot until you hear it click into place. It stays secured in the drone since to remove it, you have to press a small button located on the underside.
These are medium capacity batteries, so they take just a short time to charge. One battery charges in 60 minutes. You will get just one proprietary charger with the drone, which is unfortunate because two would have been better. The term proprietary means fast charging.
The batteries have overcharge protection, so they are pretty safe even if you leave them charging too long.
The remote controller is quite solid, has a big door at the back which covers the compartment for four AAA batteries, which come in the remote controller.
It is a simple looking remote controller without too many bells and whistles, but it has keys for just about every flight function.
The smartphone holder is on the upper side of the remote controller, which is the best position. The holder can accommodate most smartphones in the market today, but you might find the spring mechanism a bit weak.
The joysticks also feel a bit too loose, but they do their job very well since they are not too sensitive. Overall, this is a good 2.4GHz remote controller that does its job very well.
The maximum remote controller distance is 100 meters.
Flight Functions
The Holy Stone HS260 has some nice functions that make it more fun to fly. Also, automatic functions make the drone simple to fly for first-timers.
2 speed modes
When you are flying the drone indoors, you can start with the low speed and then hit the high speed when you get outdoors.
One key take off and landing
This makes it very simple for a beginner to get the drone to take off or to land. When you do not know what to do with the drone, just press this key.
Headless Mode
If you find it confusing to tell where the drone faces when it is a distance from you, just engage headless mode and it will take care of that for you. When you turn, the drone turns to realign to your position.
Gravity Control
With this mode, the drone flies in the direction you wave your smartphone. If you wave it to the right, the quad flies to the right. If you wave it to the left, it flies to the left and so on.
Optical flow positioning
There is a sensor for this under the drone. It helps the drone to hold a precise position without swaying too much.
3D Flips
With these flips, you will get the drone to do stunning flips when it is in flight. This is fun and it breaks the monotony of point A to B flights.
Voice Control
Engage voice control mode and give verbal commands to the aircraft and it will obey them. This is a fun feature that kids love to use.
Gesture Control
In this selfie age, gesture control shooting in a drone is everything. Just show your HS260 the victory sign to start taking photos or show it the palm sign to start taking videos.
Trajectory Flight
With this function engaged, just tap out a route with good scenery on the map, on your screen. The aircraft will fly along that route.
Dave Werkema –
There are so many problems that could have been eliminated with better software:
1. You can’t control the HS260 with the app and the controller at the same time.
2. You can only calibrate the HS260 with the controller.
3. Emergency stop only works with the controller.
4. You can only adjust the camera angle with the controller.
5. The HS260 holds its position very poorly and sways back and forth.
6. The HS260 spirals down when turning to the right.
7. The phone holder on the controller is too small for modern phones, and even if the phone fits the spring is not strong enough to keep the phone in place.
Alan F. Auth –
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I own a HS120D, a heavier drone. Flys well, in light winds. This light weight HS 260 is a blast to fly, although in any winds above 4 MPH make it a handfull. Great indoor flyer. Its the right speed in low to easily control, even in a light wind. Flight time was good, about 14 minutes, although Im sure I waste time and power getting it going!. Camera works fine, pics are good, also! I have yet to do a horizon shot, cause of the wind Im experiencing, but I will update this when I have some milder days. I have been satisfied with Holy Stone, and cant afford the high dollar drones that are out there. Im not flying to make money, strictly fun. I check my gutters and solar panels on my home with the drones. Yes, this is a cool lil drone, and am happy with my purchase!
Dave Werkema –
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This is a great beginner or trainer drone and also just a fun drone to fly. I like the app that comes up when you scan the code in the manual. Nice demo and controls which sync easily to your phone. You can even fly the drone with your smartphone instead of the remote if you want to. Good quality video and pictures. For the price this drone is awesome.