Falcon Mini V Copter - 2 Months Later Drone Review

This is the Vcopter Falcon Mini from 00

Robotics. In today's video, I'm going to

go over a full review of everything I

like and I don't like about this drone.

Firstly, the most notable feature of

this drone is the fact that it only has

two propellers. It's based off the 00

Robotics original Falcon, which was a

little bit larger, about 800 g. After

talking with some people that actually

own that drone, there is a number of

differences that this drone has that

makes it kind of unique and also sets it

apart. So, inside the FlyMore package,

you're going to get the drone itself, as

well as three batteries total and a

charger that only supports two batteries

itself. Um, so if you want to charge all

three at the same time, you need to plug

in the drone as well as the two

batteries and their individual hub

charger. So, I think in my opinion, I

wish it was similar to something like

the Mavics or the DJI Mini drones that

has the ability to charge all three

batteries at once, but that's just a

personal preference. Another thing as

well about the batteries is that when

you try to remove them, the batteries

themselves do not have a lot of give and

therefore are a little difficult to

sometimes get out of their charger and

also don't have a really like sometimes

it really is difficult to get them out.

And they also don't have a lot of give,

so you don't know if you're pressing it

down hard enough or not. So, it is a

little finicky at some points with that.

Also, when I originally picked up this

drone, these arms, especially because

they are kind of out here, they do

occasionally get bumped and pressured.

And what happened to me is there was a

clip out here, especially since this arm

doesn't have, it seems like, any

attachment here. When you pressure it,

you pop out the clips and therefore you

have to then lift it all back up and pop

it back in. So, it is a little bit of a

sensitive area here and you easily can

pop out um and kind of snap out all the

clips here. It only has one screw here.

I definitely think they should have had

another screw here because it is very

easy to pop that out. The RC itself is

very similar to the original Falcon RC.

It is smaller. It has the ability to, of

course, store the joysticks and also

elevates the user's phone off the

control pad. It is a pretty simple

controller. However, it works fine. I

think in my opinion, I still do slightly

prefer the DJI ones. However, I do like

the fact that it's elevated. It's not as

ergonomic and it does feel a little bit

cheap, but overall, it's perfectly fine

for what you're using it for. Picture

quality on this drone was originally

advertised at 20 megapixels. However,

I've only gotten it to take pictures at

12. Also, in my opinion, the picture

quality is not ideal. It is okay. I

think for a $200 or a $300, depending on

what package you get and if you get the

FlyMore combo like I have here, the $400

package, I think for a $400 drone, it

comes in slightly worse than maybe the

DJI Mini 2 did. Um, the picture quality

is a little iffy at times. However,

overall, it does compete on pretty much

on par. I think the the interesting

thing to me though is again I think the

main selling point of this is that it's

a two propeller drone and if you wanted

something that was four propellers then

you'd get something that's four

propellers. You're really getting this

drone because you think that technology

itself is cool because there are a lot

of other options that are very similarly

priced, very similarly speced in terms

of camera. So the main point I would say

is you're really looking for a unique

statement. Now, in terms of video

quality, it is also on par with the Mini

2 kind of drones and your average

run-of-the-mill 250 g drone. So, whether

or not you're talking about Potenzix or

you're talking about a, you know, DJI

Mini 2, maybe Mini 4K, something like

that, it's on par in terms of video

quality. So, not ideal, but also keeping

in mind the context and price range. I

did encounter a couple issues with the

we'll talk about flight characteristics

next because that's an important context

when you're talking about a two

propeller drone. Um and there were some

issues with that. But also I did

encounter so originally when I got this

drone from 00 Robotics. They provided it

for this review. I had a very weird

issue where the compass had struggled to

calibrate or was not working properly

and so the drone would drift uh as it

would move. I do still have a little bit

of that, but it has somewhat resolved

itself with the second drone that they

sent. But it does drift a little bit.

So, when I received the second drone,

which did solve the drifting issue, the

camera gimbal is now vibrating um as if

it's not balanced. However, when I'm

trying to use this,

it's pretty much making the video that's

coming out of it unusable. So, I had one

drone that had a compass issue that made

flying in a straight line very

difficult. And now I have another drone

that has a gimbal issue that makes the

video that comes out of the drone

unusable. Yet, it can fly in a straight

line. So, just my sample size of two.

Both have an issue of some kind that I

think make or break whether or not I

would purchase this drone. If I had any

of those issues, they would be getting

sent back. Overall, the stability of the

video is also somewhat affected. They

advertise this as being a super stable.

You can put a quarter on top of this

drone. However, in any type of windy

conditions, it really does struggle. And

I understand that that test was done

indoors. It was done with a complex

environment. And I think in that certain

lab case, it, you know, it makes sense.

But in any other case, you're using this

drone in a kind of windy condition and

especially if you start doing some

pretty drastic maneuvers, you will very

clearly see that this is kind of

unstable. I don't know if it's as

unstable as a four propeller drone. Um I

think it's probably just slightly worse.

However, you are making a sacrifice even

on stability, especially on a smaller

drone that does get blown around in the

wind a lot. This was much more practical

when this was a larger platform. When

this was the original one with the two

propellers, it was a lot more stable.

But since this is so little weight, it

also does make the stability and it does

blow around a lot. whether or not that's

seen in trying to fly in a straight

line. You'll look at some of the videos

that I've have of just trying to fly in

a straight line and you'll see very

quickly how much the wind starts to move

this drone, at least in my testing.

Okay, now let's talk about some of the

flight characteristics. So, the reverse

flight I do want to say is also leaning

into the fact of this is kind of a

gimmick. And I don't mean that in like

there is really no practical way that

you're going to be choosing to fly

upside down. The reason why you'd fly

upside down is you're trying to show

friends, you're trying to do something

cool, which does lead into the fact that

this is a two propeller drone. Like that

is the selling point is it's cool. So

adding in a upside down flying mode is

also cool. However, I don't necessarily

there's not a lot of practicality to it

and it's very inconvenient to have to

manually take off and land by catching

it. It is a little difficult and I

personally think that that is it's not

for everybody. Then you have to remove

all the propellers. You have to set up

like you know change the setup. It is

somewhat impractical for the average

person. Also the reverse flight mode

itself does not have GPS does not have

an altitude hold. So it becomes

very difficult to fly the drone you are

flying. in effect um without any GPS,