SJRC S70W GPS Follow Me Camera Drone Flight Test Review



This large GPS follow me camera drone has very good features and performance for its price level. Find it here https://goo.gl/V6FPyj

Pros
– GPS/GLONASS system. Fast and accurate satellite lockon.
– Accurate return to home and landing, GPS position hold, altitude hold, automatic takeoff and landing, and follow me mode.
– Surprisingly good FPV and control distance, even though its app uses 2.4Ghz FPV.
– Quadcopter and controller are well made for the price.
– Controller has a built-in rechargeable battery. Both the controller and the drone’s battery are charged via a micro USB charging (same as for most phones).
– 720p HD camera with remote controlled gimbal. Camera records video directly to a microSD card installed in the camera.
– In flight FPV video is viewed via its SJ-GPS app available on Play here https://goo.gl/MMb4Wi and iTunes here https://goo.gl/KpXT3z Telemetry information of distance, height, and altitude is also provided.

Cons
– It’s a brushed motor drone. But it uses very common, cheap, and easy to replace plug-in Syma X8C motors.
– It has default beginner’s geofence set to 30 meters. But the geofence can easily be increased as demonstrated in the video.
– Battery is proprietary. Spares will be hard to acquire as this is a newly released drone. But I got a feeling that this drone is going to be popular based on its performance and price. Spare batteries should be hitting the market in the near future.
– Follow me uses your phone’s GPS position as the point to be followed. I noticed some toilet bowl effect when using follow me while the drone was close to me. This was likely caused by innacuracy of my phone’s GPS as the TBE disappeared as soon as I switched back to position hold. TBE during follow me can be reduced by increasing distance between the phone and the drone.

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32 Comments

  1. Raga un aiuto please…. Quando perdo il segnale wifi con il cellulare il drone torna indietro.. Tutto questo intorno ai 150-200 metri… C'è un modo per far si che ciò non accada? Con il solo telecomando dovrebbe arrivare intorno ai 500 metri giusto??

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  3. You should have tested if and how it automatically returns home when battery is low or when you turn off the transmitter (loosing connection). Also, you can point out a point on the map and let it fly there automatically. How does that work and what happens when it gets there.

  4. Nice video!
    Question.. max distance is 500meters
    In tap flight you can chose point on the map so can you flight everywhere over 500meters, no limits of distance? Thanks

  5. I just ordered this GPS drone. It looks to be a great one .thanks for doing a video on it. I plan on using it over sights that I metal detect.

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