JJRC H16 Tarantula X6 drone 4CH RC Quadcopter Wide-Angle 5MP camera Hyper IOC

Quite difficult to assemble.The instructions are in “Chinglesh”, and I would suspect would not be easily understood by any English reader. The mounting screws are very small and the assembly of the “gimbal mount" holding the camera and the attachment of the camera to this mount is not explained in the brochure that comes with the quadcopter.Attaching the gimbal mount to the quadcopter required, for this user, needle nose pliers and patience. The mounting of the camera to the gimbal mount required a flat head screw driver and a flashlight, as much of the attachment from camera to the mount is normally hidden unless a strong light is used. I used a head mounted light. I suspect this assembly would be quite hard for an individual without such a light. Perhaps I did not use the easiest method of assembly, and users more experienced in assembling drones would not find the same problems I did. In any case, the brochure was no help in this area.The battery compartment is held down with a screw, excellent for stability of this section of the drone, but considering the relatively short flight time for one battery, this screw makes changing batteries in the field more difficult than might be desired. Since, the relatively short flight time for one battery means batteries will likely be changed for flight sessions the lack of a "captured" screw increases the chance that the battery compartment screw may get lost when batteries are changed. It should also be noted that the gimbal and camera attach to the battery door cover, increasing the likelihood of unintentionally damaging the camera, or touching the camera lens whenever batteries are changed. The lack of an on-off switch compounds the problem, and means that once the battery is inserted the drone should be flown, or the battery will be losing power gradually owing to its powering flashing LEDs. Although these do not take excessive current, there is not any apparent way to disengage these so once the battery is installed they start to flash.The "legs" seem a bit flimsy, and while this reduces the overall weight of the device, it does not produce a sense of sturdiness.Considering the difficulty I encountered in assembling this quadcopter and the problems I faced, I would not recommend this drone for first time users.In fairness I should mention this was the first, and is the only, quadcopter I have used.

Product is great. I just suck at flying it. I've wrecked it up more times then I can count but it's still hanging on after several repairs. One thing I don't like is that the consumer has to deal with modifying the camera mount so the image won't look like jello when recording video. Parts are very cheap to replace and I recommend this quad-copter to all beginners. It also has a return feature that will allow the Tarantula to return to you if need be. Still haven't figured that out yet as well as being able to use the trim features.

Flies great but it's a really really cheaply made quad. I had one crash and had to replace a couple of the blades and order new landing gear. This wouldn't have been a big deal but now I have to wait 3 weeks just to receive a couple of small pieces of plastic to fix the thing. Very disappointing! I've bought much less expensive quads that have been much more durable, like the jjrc h12c and a couple of holy stone products.

Decent quad for the price...the camera doesn't work, but the quad is fast. The material is very cheap so don't crash. But this thing hauls a**!

Drone defective out of box, did not look as sturdy as others I've flew.

not really strong body

Takes some practice and large area .For the money lots of fun

Nice drone for great price, fun to fly, great on e to learn with.