Very nice Martin. A correct size hole saw, 3/4" I think would have made it a little easier but you did just fine with the multiple holes and dremel tool clean up. I use a 3/4" holes saw with a very short pilot drill in it so as not to hit the headliner when drilling in from the outside. I think this will help allot of people who may be hesitant to drill holes in the roof of their vehicles. The NMO system is one of the best antenna mount systems and very durable, in my opinion. Also, good choice on the Larsen 5/8 wave mono band antenna. The best there is for 2m mobile operation. A little long if you try and park in a garage, but out on the road; the best. 73, Steve KC7TIL

Same thing happened to me. for 258.00 Gearbest is worst. I guess we all must consider that their is NO WARRENTY OR CUSTOMER SUPPORT on any thing from these companies. Ben Herr

ok guys after i check all the complaints i think maybe the only hubsan in good conditions was sold to me 🤣🤣because i bought my h501s standard and so far i didn't have any problem as the matter of fact i think is an excellent drone i just flew yesterday more than 1000 mts distance at 90 mts altitud with wind and RTH perfect, also in the past i think i got lucky because my eachine e011 arrived with a bad motor and banggood sent me a new one without even resend the bad one so i have no complaint with the hubsan neither with banggood

Why do so many people buy from China? You can get delivery in a few days from hubsanus.com out of New York. If you need to return, it will cost like $10. You might check out rcgroups. It's a forum of experienced rc hobbyists, not a name-calling bunch of first-time users. I think you'll find a lot of people there who understand how to use these vehicles and how to deal with their short comings. These are $200 drones with more features than anyone else offers at that price. DJI is nice. Used. $100 more. What's a spare battery cost?

I'm getting 1000 meters.

I love hubson

Mine did the same. The props have to be spinning to turn on video

Did you request a reverse charge through your credit card company or try small claims court? I've done several reverse charges from different cards over the years and they were always done rightfully in my favor.

Sorry for your loss. I was about to order one from Bangood, but I will not now. It just doesn't make sense to run a huge company which has no quality control and a good costumer service call centre! Thanks again

stick this on reddit would get a lot of attention

Hi everyone, I am writing to you from Italy and also I am living a dispute with Gearbest where I bought 2 hubsan h 501 ss advance paying € 450.00 and finding myself with a drone that does not work well because it loses all the bare satellites while Is in flight and I run the camera with the risk of dropping it or losing it. I tried to make the last update but the problem remains and I do not know what to do since Gearbest wants to pay me $ 20. Did any of you find my own problem? I thank you if you can give me some advice. Best regards Francesco

Well that sucks!! I bought a refurbished H501s from Prosoar in NY for $200 and it's been great. Had a few dozen flights, no problems yet. I liked it so much I ordered a H301S (fixed wing) .

I wanted that drone. If I get it on Amazon with the normal controller would it be fine

My advice purchase using Paypal and avoid all the hassles. Also, I saw no mention by customer contacting Hubsan in CA, which is factory, not sales agent. In other words CYA.

Banggood Does Suck and sells Fake Products !!!! Stay Away !!!!

You Were Using the Controller WRONG ! You bought the FPV1 (Advanced Controller)... Those buttons have Many Functions. Including LIVE Playback of what you recorded or photographed. That is what you entered when you pressed that button in your video. It's "kind of" complicated to figure out how to use the FPV1 Controller because it Was Not Designed for the H501S . It was Designed for the H109S X4 Pro. The way you format the TF card is on a computer/Laptop. Insert it Into the SD Card Reader and Format it to FAT32 BEFORE Inserting into the h501s. By removing the TF Card While the quad was powered on, you may have Corrupted that TF card... Also, I Do Not Like Bangood either. They are Horrible. However, the problem you encountered Did Not Seem like a Faulty Product, Rather a Lack of Instructions on How to Use the Controller.

banggood wouldn't even refund or replace a $3 flashlight for me. i sent them everything they wanted including pics and a video then they still gave me the run around. finally i gave up because it was only $3 but i learned my lesson a lot cheaper than you did. DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH BANGGOOD! be careful they have ebay posts too so beware who you are dealing with before you send the money and always use paypal. in my opinion gearbeast is just as bad if not worse because their shipping is slower than banggood's. you have my sympathy on your bad experience with hubsan and banggood. you're not alone. there is a big x4 hubsan facebook page with thousands of members. you might want to join the group then post your experience. i know that shally girl is on there occasionally. take care and good luck with you phantom! facebook.com/groups/1655445394706994/

Ill never buy hubsan again. All ways something wrong with it. I bought a upair one upgrade. Version . And i am very impressed with this drone

If any of you have watched my channel, I too had nothing but issues with my Hubsan. In my case, I purchased from Gearbest and decided to contact Hubsan direct. After 3-4 months of replacing a bad pigtail and having Hubsan replace my locator on the right stick, I have a working quad. I think you should have contacted Anne Lu at Hubsan and don't bother with Banggood as they are clueless to the issues. I only paid $240 for mine and that's the advanced transmitter.

I'm so glad someone made a video about the sucky customer service and the so-called hubsan brand drones. I have friends who want to buy a hubsan brand drone I told him though by DJI like I did...... I hope this video puts them out of business or forces them to do better with the Drone quality and customer service

I found that my SD card wouldn't work with NTSC formatting. Reformatted to FAT32 then it worked.

same problem with banggood!!!

had the same problem with hubsan out of new york. white h501ss no compass call. no video , use discover card. got money back from hubsan new york. order 2nd black h501s from gearbest , no problem so far. i have h109 and 2 h501 .

+1 Martin - I feel for you. I bought an H501S with Standard transmitter from Geekbuying.com that arrived with an FPV range defect (90-100 meters max range). This was at the end of January. I quickly filed a customer service ticket with Geekbuying, which was a complete joke. They claimed I'm the only customer to report this (very common) problem and for me to provide evidence (photos and a video) of the problem. Instead, I went directly to Hubsan's Shally Liu in 'customer service'. (What a joke!) It's now been over 3 months and Shallyy Liu has done everything possible to stall and delay fixing the problem so seems I'm stuck with a defective product. At least mine flies fine except for the range problem that many H501S owners suffer. Not only that, Geekbuying.com now refuses to sell to me. All total I've spent almost $1000 with them, including the 501, and they just recently refused my exact same credit-card-on-file payment for a $15 item. Oh well, it's their loss. Sadly, Gearbest, Banggood, and Geekbuying, etc. are all Chinese merchants who are all absolutely clueless about international sales, service, and support... amazingly same as Hubsan, another Chinese company. Sure the Chinese have low prices, but it's a huge gamble, as both of us have learned the hard way. Lately I've been buying small stuff from Banggood with no problem post-Geekbuying refusal, but did have a hard time getting a refund for a ~$7 item that I never received. And I will never buy another Hubsan for the exact reasons you mentioned, with poor quality control being being near the top of my s**t list, just behind horrible/nearly non-existent customer service. Warranty? Hahaha!

Just to add. You only get 45 day warranty from Banggood on RC Toys. This is worth keeping in mind. You also can not leave a user review on Banggood website after a short period of time. So any reviews best done on delivery day or shortly after. Of course one would hope items should work straight out of the box, I guess after 6 months is to much to ask.

Banggood did the same to me, they just ignored my message and video link sent via their website. I wrote them the day after delivery. I web chatted 4 times and got no where. After they ignored me for a couple of weeks I asked Paypal to help out. Its been around 9 weeks and I have my money back. I had to pay return postage £28. I would also warn people against buying this nice looking but if you have a bad one, bad performing drone. There are hundreds of videos showing problems, even some well know reviewers have issues, they do not emphasise them but if you watch, some do make reference to weird behaviours of drone, near fly aways etc. I will also look for a Phantom myself after checking out 'End User' reviews, like yours if you do one. Good luck with new drone.

I bought mine from Hubsanus.com ZERO PROBLEMS

you have to put the sd card in BEFORE to plug in the drone .. hit record then DONT forget to hit record again the stop the video or it won't play

first of all .. Banggood is charging too much anyway .. they are selling for less then 225 now elsewhere

That just plain sucks. When I bought my 501s, I paid a little extra and got it from Amazon just in case I had to return it because of the horror stories I was reading on the net. Low and behold my 501s had issues as well. Contacted Hubsan tech support. They told me they know what the problem is and that I need to return it to them for repair and I need to pay the shipping. Nope - returned it to Amazon and went and found another drone. Same as you, I was going to buy the Phantom 3 refurb but went with the Yuneec Q500 4K refurb (the one I got looks brand new). What an amazing drone. Everything about it works and the video quality is simply amazing. I can't recommend this drone enough. And their tech support is outstanding - this company really cares about their customers and it's products. Yuneec has been an awesome experience...so far.

Banggood only sell. I have something similar but I complain it to hubsan customer service. Her name is Sally Lui. I was told by drone worship. I got very good respond and have been sent for warranty . Now the drone on it way back with upgrade firmware and new power board. Hope it will fly again.

yea bro, im in the middle of getting the banggood job done to me.....been unpleasant to say the least. Ordered 2 small race drones from em....1st one lost power and fell out the sky within 15 seconds and broke a leg....literally lost all power.... second one is missing spare motors.... so i ordered extra frames and props and shit over a week ago...they issued a tracking number the day after order and usps still says awaiting package...... SMH!!!!!

I support your complaint. Hubsan H501S has tons of problems. My advanced transmitter doesn't work even after Hubsan sent me a new LCD screen. There's nothing on the screen. I am buying a new transmitter and is waiting for shipment. If it doesn't work again, I will dump all into the lake.

Hey are you still selling rebelcats?

WOW! Shitty deal!

Hey Marjamada, I really like your RebelCat catamaran design. Do you plan to further develop it in the future? Also, can I still buy one?

holy crap, you camped on an island for 4 months? that should be a video on it's own man

what's your goal, a fix? reset everything.

This is very straight forward and informative. Well done!

Hi Martin, i have been seeing your rebelcat for many years now, cool boat and idea. I have an idea ising your pipe idea, and a different sail idea. may i send the skechup drawings? thanks jack g

do you have a sketch for building the cat. if you do can you please send a pdf or something(i will give my email). thanks in advance great video and a unic idea

Where did you get PVC in the middle of a Jungle...

love the vid.

could this be used for interior walls as a divider or as a wide long length for craft work table.. not knowing the strength of it? i can see many uses for this if treated correctly.

Impressive and a lot of fun to watch the the Evolution! Great use of materials! thank you

By drilling through the case for your outlets, you defeated the Aluminum foil integrity of your case. Even the Smallest hole will negate any "Skin Effect" protection for the electronics inside. Your device is NOT E.M.P. proof!

In a Mother Earth News magazine published about the mid 1970's this was a feature article that showed how to build the mixer and how to mix the proportions for papercrete almost verbatum to your method... I have long since stored away the magazine and it became property of my ex-wife long ago... but I have always been curious as to how well these blocks would hold up if used in a high humidity environment....I remember the MEN article was also based in a real arid environment.

what the emp does? just destroying electric power production? or electric devices too? better get candles or an oil lamp...

If this is suppose to stay in the box. My only problem with that is components create heat. I see you have what looks like foil tape which is going to keep the heat in the box unless you put fans to take the heat out.

5:48 love how you made sure the drop saw was directed at the caravan for cutting =) but seriously good vid