Eight Furiously Fast Racing Drones

Online shopping to buy a drone? SHOPologee's Drone Capsule Shop gathers 30 (or fewer) of the latest trending, must-have essential drones. Of our current selection, we've picked out 8 of our most popular, trending, and furiously fast racing drones.  Our initial thought was that listing 8 drones was excessive and that we should limit our selection to 3 or 5 racing drones. Then we thought, if the American franchise the Fast and Furious is coming up with its 8th action movie (The Fate of the Furious), then we should be able to list our 8 favorites, furiously fast racing drones, in which we believe the fate of drone racing currently rests.

1. Eachine Wizard Racing FPV Drone - When it comes to drone racing, the Eachine Wizard is undoubtedly one of the Internet's favorite and furiously fast racing drones. Described by many expert drone hobbyists as being highly agile and maneuverable, with some drone experts even awarding it the "2016 Drone of the Year Award", the Eachine Wizard features a 4mm, ultra-light, carbon 365g drone racing x-shaped frame with high performance, smooth, and precise balanced 2205 2300KV motors that offer prolonged and furiously fast flights. Its color, adored by many, is reminiscent of Tyrese's Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder in the Fast and Furious: Tokyo drifts.

2. Walkera Runner 250 Racing Drone - The Walkera Runner 250 is unquestionably another popular drone among racing drone hobbyists. The Walkera Runner racing drone is mounted with four powerful 2204-2300KV drone motors and weighs approximately 400g. As with the Eachine Wizard, the Walkera offers an ultra-fast, responsive, stable, and dynamic flight experience.

3. The F-250 Racing Drone - For those serious about drone racing, the new, less well-known, and the furiously faster Falcon/F-250  racing drone is certainly one you'll want to consider adding to your lineup of racing drones. Equipped with 2204 brushless racing drone motors, the F250 racing drone weight in at 580g, and its top speed of 72 km/h is sure to get you ahead of the drone race.

4. The Mini Lantian 105 Beginner Racing Drone - If you're a beginner drone hobbyist and are new to drone racing, the smaller size, ultra-light 8520 brushed motor Lantian racing drone is certainly one of the most fun flying whizzing machines available on the consumer racing drone markets. It weighs only 37 g and comes equipped with 8520 brushed motors. As a smaller racing drone, this one can easily fly through freestyle, home-made, indoor parkour-style racing tracks.

5. Diatone Crusader GT2 Racing Drone -another furiously fast racing drone you'll want to consider as a racing drone hobbyist is the delightfully light and well-crafted Crusader GT2 Racing drone.  This super light racing drone with aerodynamic x-shaped drone racing frame weighs approximately 320 g and is equipped with highly efficient, powerful 2205 2480KV competitive drone motors.

6. The P130 Battler Racing Drone - Although the P130 racing drone may be less frequently heard of, it's certainly not one to discount from our lineup of furiously fast racing drones. A smaller, palm-size racing drone, the P130 Battler racing drone is equipped with a 3300KV brushless drone racing motors and weighs 286.33 g.  It offers a fast, responsive, maneuverable, stable, and highly dynamic flight.

7. The V-Tail 210 Racing Drone - As the name of this furiously fast racing drone indicates, the VT 210 racing drone has a unique, special v-tail design that makes it particularly performant in drone racing tracks that have many sharp turns. It is equipped with the acclaimed RS2205 drone racing motors, and weighs in at 570g. 

8. The Falcon 210 - Finally, we wouldn't be able to complete our list of furiously fast drones without mentioning the Falcon 210 racing drone, a racing drone of the same family as the F-250. The F-210 comes in a more compact drone racing frame than the F-250, but its top speeds are just as great as the F-250. Similar to the F-250 racing drone, the F-210 comes with high-performance 2204 KV2500 drone racing motors and weighs in at 475g. 

Insights & Anatomy of the Acclaimed Wizard Racing Drone

Online shoppers looking for a small, very well-priced racing drone will definitely want to turn their attention to this new(ish) arrival, the visually appealing, gravity defying, colorfully stunning, and high-speed smart Wizard racing drone by Eachine. Most expert drone hobbyists describe the Wizard racing drone as "one of the best FPV racing drones", a "very very agile" racing drone, "very worthy" of a racing drone, and "a favourite". While this racing drone is suitable for teenagers and adults, intermediate and advanced drone hobbyists will get a fast and pleasant start on getting the most out of this speedy drone. Even intermediate drone hobbyists should get ready for rough landings, perhaps even crashes. What are online shopping drone hobbyists getting out of its price tag? Most would simply answer, "a lot".

Anatomy of the Wizard Racing Drone - The Wizard undoubtedly displays excellent craftsmen ship in composition and design. A QAV-R, X-Type, ultra-light 4 mm carbon fibre X-type drone racing frame serves as the back bone (and protective plate) for all of the Wizard racing's drones electronic parts, components, and wiring. Propelling this high speed, powerful racing machine are, in addition to its 1500 MAH 25c battery, four (4) well-protected, 22 x 5 motors - MN 2204 2300 KV motors, which deliver 2,300 rotations-per-minute (RPM) per volt, with 20 amp BLHeli-S ESCs electronic speed controllers (ESEs)(described by expert drone hobbyists as some of the best on the market). To top it off, the ultra light 360 grams Wizard drone comes with 5 inch durable, high efficient propellers that sit atop 4 mm propeller arms, all of which offer all the thrust needed for acrobatic or racing style drone flight.

A NAZE 32 Freedom Flight Controller board (without additional features like altitude holding compass), PPM 48 channel receiver, and straight, rubberized FPV RP-SMA dipole antenna combine to receive, in a highly responsive and un-delayed manner, all of the drone's flight commands and operations from its controlling mind that is, the pilot assisted by a FlySky 6 remote controller. What about the Wizard's eye? An excellent Cmos 700 TVL FPV camera with a footprint of 1177 on the lumineer spectrum, adjustable camera tilt, and easily customizable lenses. To top it all off, the Wizard racing drone comes with pre-installed foam landing pads on its feet, and delightful green and red LED lights for anyone who dares to fly this buzzing Wizard through the night skies.

Wizard Flight - What kind of flight experience can drone hobbyists expect from all of the above parts and components? The word that is perhaps most descriptive of the Wizard racing drone is
"agile". In calm, low wind conditions, the Wizard drone offers a fast, smooth, highly responsive, stable, and fun 12 to 15 minutes flight; its definitely an excellent flyer. Beginners with no experience may have some troubles controlling its dynamic flying style. The Wizard racing drone is for that reason most suitable for intermediate to advanced drone flyers. The Wizard offers three flying modes: horizon mode, stabilized angle mode, and acrobatic mode. While certainly well suited for racing, drone hobbyists may get most of their enjoyment from its dynamic acrobatic manoeuvrability.

In sum, a review of some of the main specs and features of the Wizard racing drone, its main parts and components, as well as of the thoughts, opinions, and comments from expert drone hobbyists reveal an excellent choice in the Wizard racing drone, not least because of its very decent, low, and affordable cost.

High on Superior Drone Flight Technology and Pristine Aerial Photography: the DJI Phantom 4 Pro +

Are you shopping online for a drone that will fly you to the next level?  Perhaps you've had a pleasant go at your kids 3D virtual reality drone, or you've simply drone tired of your own pocket selfie drone, and are looking for a more than decent upgrade in the drone department that will help you graduate into the upper ranks of professional drone hobbyists. Or perhaps you're simply someone that likes to start from the top, and fall within the more limited category of consumers with a greater marginal spending propensity. Whatever the circumstances may be, if you're looking for a top notch user-friendly drone with cutting edge flight features and technology, and that takes astonishing aerial photos and videos of pristine quality, you'll definitely want to turn your attention to the  DJI Phantom 4 Pro +. Its salient features and specs are briefly described below.

Best Suited for Open, Challenging, and Scenic Outdoor Environments

Considering the DJI Phantom 4 + Drone's control distance (an astonishing 4.3 miles, or 6.9 km drone-to-pilot control distance), top speed (top high speed of 45mp/h, or 72km/h), flight time (30 minutes), and size, the DJI Phantom 4 Pro + naturally maximizes its full potential and value out in the open. Unlike some other drones suited for the outdoors, however, the drone's advanced flight controls and features (such as the multi-directional 3D 360 degree obstacle avoidance flight sensors) also makes it safe and easy to navigate, fly, and operate in more challenging scenic outdoor environments.  This is a clear bonus for drone hobbyists wishing to fly it through mountains, forests, waterways, and the likes in order to fully utilize and maximize the drone's incredible aerial photographic and cinematographic capabilities. Its approximate weight of 1,388 grams (inclusive of the weight of its mounted HD camera), as well as its large heavy casing also makes it such that this professional drone does not fit in the portable category of drones, even less in pocket-sized drones. In other words, professional drone hobbyists might one to plane their date, or field trip, when going out with this drone. While this professional drone may be considered a top notch drone in the aerial photography category type of drones, its has its limits in that its ideal operating temperature (0 degrees celsius to 40 degrees celsius) makes it not so ideal to fly in arctic or Saharan-type environments.

Operation and Control

The DJI Phantom 4 Professional + comes with (DJI Phantom 4 Professional +), or without (DJI Phantom 4 Professional) an integrated 5.5 Inch 1080P Android Tablet mounted to the drone's remote control.  In the latter case, a smart phone can be mounted to the drone's remote control, and is compatible with the DJI GL300E drone remote control. In the former case, you the pilot get to enjoy a full five (5) hours of bright screen pleasure (the 1,000 nits-type of visible light intensity bright pleasure).  Aerial photographers and cinematographers will rejoice in the 16GB of internal storage and Micro SD card capacity on the DJI Phantom 4 Pro + 's remote control. Another great feature is its ability to operate on both the 2.4 and the 5.8 GHz frequency. This ensure redundancy, in minimizes the risk of interference in signal between the remote control and drone. This is particularly important considering the incredibly 4.3 miles (6.9 km) drone-to-remote control range (note that some have commented on certain rules that require a drone flyer to keep the drone within a visible distance, which can arguably shorten the permissible control distance of the drone, at least without extra vision enhancing props).  The DJI Phantom 4 Pro + 's remote control allows for granular control over various settings, features, and modes, including those that pertain to its flight, photography, and videography.

In-Flight Modes and Features

The DJI Phantom 4 Pro + has sophisticated navigational technologies, namely dual GPS and compass redundancy for same home returns. It has a pleasant and fun to use "tap screen" flight mode, in which the drone will pilot itself towards the destination taped/touched by the pilot on the remote control's screen, making this drone easy to fly for beginners and advanced drone hobbyists alike. Other fun drone flight modes include:

• Beginner flight mode (a flight mode for starters wishing to take it slow on their first date with the Phantom 4 Professional +)
• Sports flight mode (offers, among other things, higher flying speeds)
• Active subject track mode (the drone locks onto, and follows a live subject); 
• Directional flight lock mode (the drone locks onto, and flies into that single direction); 
• Profile shot mode (a special photography flight mode ideal for taking close or distant profile photos of a subject); 
• Gesture control flight mode (a flight mode in which the drone responds to certain hand gestures and arm movements); 
• Spotlight frame focus shots (another flight mode ideal for professional photographic and cinematographic photos and videos);
• Narrow flight modes (allows you to configure the drone's flight for more confined or obstructed environments)
• RTH flight recording move (a flight mode in which the drone records its own flight path directly from takeoff, a path which it can then use to safely return home for landing);
• Landing site detection mode (facilitates smooth landings by avoiding rugged, hazardous landing environments)

A lot more could be said about the various DJI Phantom 4 Pro + 's flight modes and features, and the way they can be used to creatively enhance the wonderful hobby of drone flying. Suffice to say that the DJI Phantom 4 Pro + comes with the latest, cutting edge technologies in drone flying, which in a sense contributes to the ease with which it can be flown for beginners and professionals alike.

Intelligent Drone Flight Systems: Obstacle Avoidance Sensors

As it was stated earlier, the DJI Phantom 4 Professional + drones shows its full colors in more challenging, outdoor environments.  This is largely due to is its cutting edge, sophisticated 3D, 360 degree, 4 directional obstacle avoidance sensors, one of its more salient features. Specifically, the drone carries high-resolution front and rear visual sensors with an approximate range of 0.7 meters to 30 meters (or 2.3 feet to 110 feet). It also carries in its left and right flanks 3D Time-of-Flight (TOF) modulated light sensors with approximate ranges of 0.2 meters to 7 meters (or 0.7 feet to 23 feet). As well, it contains bottom sensors to assist with vertical flight and landing, giving the DJI Phantom 4 Professional + complete, 360 degree obstacle avoidance flight control.

Amazing Aerial Photo and Video Capabilities, Even in Low-Light Environments

The sophisticated flight modes, features, and instruments, not to mention the highly stable, solid, and balanced flight they provide to this soft, quiet (only 83.1 decibels), smooth humming electronic flying device, largely contribute to its excellent photographic and cinematographic features and characteristics. The DJI Phantom 4 Pro + 's 24 mm camera, which contains a 1 inch CMOS sensor with 20,000 useful pixels, offers 4K photos and videos at an 84 degree field of view, 60 frame per second cinematographic recording, at a 100 MB per second rate. Its image processor reduces, or condenses photos and videos from 40 to 50 percent. In addition to offering adjustable aperture settings (2.8 up to 11), it also allows for different ISO range settings (up to 6,400 in video mode, and 12,800 in still images), all of which allows for amazing photos and videos in low-light environments, with little noise distortion in images. It also offers three (3) different image scales: 3:2, 4:3, and 16:9. The end result of a drone with superior flight systems and aerial photographic and cinematographic capabilities are visually alluring and clear photos and videos of the highest and most professional quality.

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While the DJI Phantom 4 Professional + 's advanced flight modes, features, and systems might, on the one hand, appear to make it more suitable for advance drone hobbyists, these same flight modes, features, and systems also make it easy and safe to control, operate, and navigate, making it just as suitable for beginners who may want to rely a bit more on the drone's "artificial intelligence assistance" flight systems. While advanced drone hobbyists will no doubt maximize the value and use of the numerous features of this drone, beginner drone hobbyists will simply find themselves with a longer and more adventurous learning and discovery path. In the end, the features that one should rely upon to determine whether or not this drone is right for them is the price, and the superior photographic and cinematographic features of the DJI Phantom Professional 4 + drone. Anyone who has a valid reason or purpose in using aerial drone photography and cinematography will certainly find its higher cost more than justifiable.

Shopping Online for an Acrobatic 3D Virtual Reality Drone? Meet the All New Alpine Griffon Drone, a Great Drone for Beginners

Drones with HD cameras, 3D goggles, and other accessories are trending this holiday season.  In our previous post, we offered a brief review of the T-Series T30VR 3D virtual reality drone with HD camera and 3D virtual glasses, a drone currently on sale at SHOPOlogee.com for only $149.99 (US)(+ free shipping) that is, $100.00 off its regular market price of $249.99. This post offers a brief overview of a cousin drone, the Alpine Griffon AG-01 Drone, also a fun 3D virtual reality capacitated drone that is ideal for kids, teenagers, and beginner adults, and also currently on sale for the holiday season for $169.99 ($100.00 off its regular market price of $269.99). 

Aerodynamic Design and Flight of the Alpine Griffon Drone - The distinguishing feature of the Alpine Griffon Drone is its visually appealing, fine-tuned aerodynamic design. Being larger, wider, and more robust, the area of the Alpine Griffon Drone's propellers, combined with their rounded angulation, serve to decrease airflow resistance an facilitate an upward, vertical lift movement. The smooth, balanced, upward lift of the Alpine Griffon Drone is further enhanced by a perfectly symmetrical, aerodynamic spine that runs across the top of the Alpine Griffon AG-01's top surface. While the design feature on the Alpine Griffon AG-01 - alongside its forward protruding propeller arms - fulfills more of an aesthetic role and purpose in terms of giving it a cutting edge, modern look, it does contribute to the ease and seamlessness with which the Alpine Griffon Drone can glide through the air. Overall, these features give the Alpine Griffon AG-01 Drone a light, well-balance, and responsive feel while in flight. The ability to manoeuvre into 360 degree acrobatic flips with the Alpine Griffon Drone attests to the agility of the Alpine griffon. For anyone less agile or experienced in flying drones, the Alpine Griffon Drone also comes with optional protective propeller cages, an add-on perhaps more recommended for kids or beginners.

3D Virtual Reality Goggles and 2MP HD Camera of the Alpine Griffon Drone - aside from its visually appealing, modern aerodynamic design, the Alpine Griffon AG-01 Drone also comes with 3D Virtual goggles, which adds a fun alternative mode of flying your drone. The virtual reality concept is straightforward; it is accomplished through the use of the Alpine Griffon Drone's 2MP HD camera, an App, and the VirtualAlpine Griffon Drone's 2MP camera, which gives you a fun and entertaining first-person, bird's eye view from the drone. While this feature may be common with larger, more expensive professional drone models, the ability to enjoy this feature on a smaller, medium-size drone at an affordable price is a real treat. Beginners would be well advised to get comfortable flying the Alpine Griffon Drone in regular mode before turning to the first-person, virtual reality flying mode. 

Parts and Other Features - Except for a the Alpine Griffon Drone's propellers, battery, and optional protective propeller guards, the Alpine Griffon Drone comes out of the box fully assembled. A small tool is provided to help you easily assemble the drone's propellers and protective guards. The battery can easily be snapped into place, and plugged into the Alpine Griffon Drone by hand.  In short, the simplicity of the parts that need to be assembled on the Alpine Griffon Drone make it user-friendly, and ideal for kids, teenagers, and even adults, especially beginner level, soon-to-be drone hobbyists. 

The user-friendliness of the Alpine Griffon is also reflected and present in the remote controller used to fly the drone. It includes two standard, thumb-style joysticks, one which controllers the drone's throttle, the other which controls the forward, backward, upward, and downward movement of the drone. The right side joystick can also be pressed down for "headless" flight mode, which means the drone can be flown without reference to its front or back. The video and camera functions are ergonomically well positioned in the centre of the drone's remote control. The Alpine Griffon Drone also includes push-button flips and rolls. 

Concluding Remarks - In sum, the Alpine Griffon Drone comes at an excellent price tag considering its medium size, unique design, 3D virtual reality mode, and responsible, well-balanced flight. The Alpine Griffin Drone's easy to assemble parts and user-friendly flight controls also make it an excellent choice for beginner drone hobbyists. The auto 360 degree flip mode on the Alpine Griffon's remote control will certainly be enjoyed by all who take flight with this drone. More of the Alpine Griffon Drone's features can be found at SHOPologee: https://shopologee.com/collections/newest-products/products/drone-model-ag-01v-3d-virtual-goggles-support-and-hd-camera-d17