JXD JD509G 5.8ghz FPV Review

[@stephentaylor3678]

got this as a gift, very happy with it for my 1st drone, haven't had any problems and very hardy, easy to control and looks good in the air, haven't managed to figure out the speed settings so far but only had about 8 flights, my 6 Year old nephew is flying it well also so it must have a little bit of forgiveness in the controls all in all a very good toy quality drone

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Stephen Taylor yeah, this one is a solid flier.

[@jeffcny]

I like the way it survives crashes which makes it a great beginner quad. Seems to fly quite smoothly too. Nice review.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Yeah... It seems to be pretty durable. Thanks!

[@FLYINGLIFERCREVIEWS]

flew mine again inside all fvp. really fun! so glad I got this one !

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Nice! The altitude hold feature helps with fpv.

[@javesco]

This is my first quad I have ever used and first rc flight. I seemed to have no problems with mine. since then I have bought so many rc helicopter's and mini drones. I'm hooked and can't stop I have so much fun with them. I've done some mods to it also reducing weight and a lager battery and now I get about 12 min without camera and landing gear. might mod the camera to run on its own battery and reduce the camera housing into the quads body.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Jordan Vesco sounds really cool! You should post a video!

[@Believer7154]

Ok, will do. Thank you for the quick reply. Its appreciated. Hoping to fly by Saturday as its going to be raining in my area until Friday. Update to follow. Thanks again. Happy Flyin'

[@ChrisWalshTech]

No problem! Good luck to you and Happy Flyin'!

[@PapaVic9758]

Good level-headed, informative and comprehensive basic review. Very helpful for an older adult with limited R/C experience looking for a first quad before sinking $1000-1500 into an advanced camera drone. - Papa Vic

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Papa Vic Thank you!

[@blaise-876]

Loving the new intro, Keep up the Great work

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Jaden KM thank you!

[@ronporter6079]

Hi Chris, I have just ordered one of these from Wish for AU$76,it would be cheaper for the USA. I just could not let it pass, I saw a video on the jello issue with the camera, he removed the whole camera case to gain access to the lens and ribbon, then just hot glued the lens to the front of the quad and left the case off, no jello! thanks for the video,Cheers from Ron from Oz

[@vapingpauly5426]

Great review. I like that you spend some time editing. It is certainly not the norm and I appreciate that. Seems like you might have the "friday afternoon" at the factory version of this one.. staying up in the air, out of focus camera, trouble binding.. It looks like such a great beginner fpv for me that I might overlook those problems and hope that they have worked out some of the bugs in the couple of months since you did your review. Thanks again.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+vaping pauly thank you! I try to fly the quads around for a few weeks before I do a review so I can give an honest opinion of what I think and my experience with whichever quad I'm reviewing. I've heard a lot of people have had issues in general with quads with altitude hold not wanting to come down in the toy grade class. Still, I think this one is a great starter fpv quad.

[@hifinsword]

Excellent review. You covered a lot of points that usually aren't covered.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thanks you!

[@edwardmatthews5899]

I'm flying this quad and it's very cool easy to control and real steady in its hover mode,one gripe though and that's the run time lucky to even get 5 mins flying with it,ordered 5-1000mah batteries.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Cool, let me know how they work for you. Happy flying!

[@edwardmatthews5899]

oh yeah I noticed the quad has to be sitting on a flat surface when you switch it on then the controller then bind it,otherwise it would just blink fast if I held it in my hand,must need to calibrate first or something.

[@mitkovich]

+edward Matthews I ordered it a couple days ag with 5 additional 800mAh, so looking forward to receive it and test how long will fly with bigger batteries

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Dimitar Georgiev awesome! Definitely let me know how those batteries work out.

[@mitkovich]

Chris Walsh Thanks. I will let you know. We can even compare them with the 1000mAh the other fella bought.

[@SaveTheHouse12]

hey Chris great review. I really appreciate your honest and non bias review u give(not like that other guy). for future reviews would it be alright if u add a section about package content.. it will really help what to expect for purchases whether it would need a separate fpv screen, battery etc.. keep up the good work!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Austine Suva hey! Thanks for the feedback and thanks for checking out my channel! Glad you are enjoying it. Usually when I review a quadcopter I do an unboxing video before I do a full review. You can find the one on the JXD 509G here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGrfq2aebxka6s I try to break it up and keep the videos shorter so everyone doesn't have to watch for an eternity. I try to take the quad out and fly it around for a little while so I can give you guys an honest opinion of it. Thanks again for the kind words! Happy flying!

[@therchunter7803]

Love you're vids chris iv just bought this for £57 from Bang Good.Com no problems with altitude hold or binding it...The 720p worked great but the jello was pants so what i did was buy some Self-adhesive Anti-Vibration Medium Density PE Foam Pads mounted the cam on the pads first then mounted them both to the quad and the jello as stopped now getting A grade vids.This is one of the best quads on the market for the money.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Heath Hunter thank you! Sounds like a great mod! Yeah, I love the 509G! Great quad!

[@elmer3383]

I got mine and found that it took off like a rocket every time I hit the start button. I finally sorted it out. Be sure the throttle trim is set to neg even none. I pressed it in the down direction till it stooped beeping. Now it will hold altitude even 6 " off the ground.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Nice! I didn't have that problem with mine. Glad you got it sorted out.

[@antnedavis5686]

lol this is the issue I'm having how did u fix

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Antne Davis hope this fixes it for you as well!

[@antnedavis5686]

+Chris Walsh no luck for some reason it on a tilt when i take off so it crashes and burn lol what trims on the remote should be adjust

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Antne Davis did you try re-calibrating the the gyros? I can't remember off hand how to do it on this one...it should be in the manual. I will check when I get home.

[@stevegarrow5715]

+chris w, one more thing to bother you with if you don't mind. I am very new to these and will say that the drone/quadcopter industry has peeked my interest immensely. So much that I already have: cheerson cx10, gravity ufo 2.0, Skyviper 670 stunt, jjrc h20, jxd509g, jjrc h11d, and the famous EAchine h8 mini. Good list to start out with??

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Yeah definitely! Sounds like you have a good mix of quads. It's definitely an addicting Hobby!

[@FLDawg71]

ordered this one yesterday....excited

[@ChrisWalshTech]

It's a great quad.. I think you'll enjoy it.

[@Ficktao]

Thanks for this review! I am looking for a beginners FPV drone in order to learn to fly: good enough to have a nice experience, inexpensive enough that it can crash. Would you recommend this one?

[@shijansantos]

I had a few crashes, its super durable specially the props, it flight time is about 6 minutes with the camera on 7 to 8 minutes with out the camera.camera picks the rotors sound.

[@stevegarrow5715]

Hopefully in a few months it will be a business. Wheels are already turning, or should I say, props are spinnin.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Sounds awesome!

[@Believer7154]

Hello again. At 1:23 - 1:37 the quad's altitude hold and or "hovering" was excellent. How did you get it to do that? Whats the pre-flight and or while "hovering" adjustments needed for steady, smooth flying (weather pending of course) of the quad. Please help. Getting frustrated. LOL

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Basically you just have to make sure the quad is trimmed out. If you notice it drifting a certain direction you have to give it trim in the opposite direction. Refer to the manual to see which trim button does what. If you have anymore questions let me know.

[@jamesceastep8874]

Excellent comments and great review! Do you have the weight in grams of the quad with battery? Is there a way to change the channels on 5.8ghz on both the VTX and VRX/LCD module? Thanks. Jim

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+James C Eastep thank you! I believe the weight is 139 grams...if I remember correctly. I don't think there is a way of doing it easily, but if you're handy you could probably open it up and work some magic.

[@mathiosa2263]

I just got mine today, I tried the flip button and it didn't do anything? I know you to select which way and I tried every direction. Also do you recommend flying out in a winters day? What about the snow that could get inside the quad? Thanks for you videos!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I've had problems with the flip button too. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Kinda weird. I fly in the winter all the time as long as it's not too windy. Be careful with the snow but I get some snow on mine and it's usually fine.

[@occ2812]

hello my friend, to suggest to buy it, to see well, the screen is good for fpv, you will now be written and video ?? mono image has;

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Emirete Angel I'm a little confused by your questions but I will try to answer. It's a good fpv quad, especially with the altitude hold feature. You won't have to worry about getting on the throttle. The picture quality is pretty good. I think if you're in the market for a quad this is a good option for around $90.

[@Palmateer29]

Great review Chris you answered all my questions in one simple video thank you .I have one on order should be in next week i also have the SKY HAWK EYE 1315S WITH RETURN, its a nice trainer quad too, after ive had the JD509G for a bit im going to order the Hubsan H501S X4 Brushless drone, i was going to get it now but want to wait for a bit i have been flying for about 4 yrs mostly Helicopters but have recently gotten into quads and want to be Confident at drone flying lol before i order the X4 its about 240$ USD that's including tax but it would cost me over 300$ here in Canada with the exchange rate ok well take care my friend and thanks again for the tutorial

[@ChrisWalshTech]

John, thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the 509G! I really liked it..but I haven't flown it much lately. I too started out with a cheaper quad planning to move up to something more expensive and I'm glad I did it that way. I think it's the best way to learn. Hope you enjoy the X4 when you get it!

[@MannyTheStan]

Chris nice intro also amazing review video bro keep it up

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Epicurious 444 thank you!

[@Livie103]

Chris, have you had any luck figuring out how to lowering or land the JD509? I just received one and only had 2 flights with it, but first flight was either very slow to come down or after a while of holding stick down would drop. I just few it again and it would only come down very very slowly. Never went higher than 5 or 6 feet with it to get a feel for it. First flight it was about 10 degrees outside and battery didn't last long. last flight it was about 25 out. Thanks

[@ChrisWalshTech]

The weather isn't great here lately so I haven't been flying the bigger quads lately. I never really found a reliable way to get it down all the time. Some people say they had luck with the start/stop button but it never worked for me.

[@Livie103]

+Chris Walsh Thanks for the reply. Flew again inside this time and everything was great for the first 4 mins. then got a little weird, may start slowly climbing without input then slowly lower or drop all together. Suppose to warm up the next few days so I'll try again outside. Funny I ordered a couple of quads almost a month ago and I receive 1 quad and extra batteries for the quad I haven't got yet. No extra batteries for this one.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

David Meksula yeah, shipping from China can be weird! Inside is where I had the best luck with the start/stop button. Hope it warms up for you soon!

[@maximus01925]

+Chris Walsh I have researched many hours to find a drone that is in this price range, with the hovering mode, but also powerful enough to lift a 2 axis gimbal and the Xiaomi Yi cam. Do you think this one might get the job done?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Albert Vugrinec this definitely doesn't have the power. You'll need something with brushless motors and you'll have to spend more money if you want it to carry that kind of weight.

[@maximus01925]

Yeah, I also thought so, but had to ask :) Thanks for the answer, and keep on making great reviews :)

[@Believer7154]

Great video. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated. Keep up the good work. How fast can the quad get up to? Thanks again.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you! This one isn't that fast....Not sure of an exact speed, but I would say the top speed is definitely under 20mph....probably more like 10-15.

[@elmer3383]

My batteries only last a short time 4 min. Is this what you'd get? I ordered the up grade 800mAh. I tried using my Syma X5 650mAh even changing the connector and it won't fly.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Sounds about right... Especially if you're in the middle of winter like me.

[@AlexLee-in6sr]

You should check out the MJX X101, it looks very similar to this quad, and it is only $45 at geekbuying (it's on sale right now). Great work, love this channel!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thanks for the kind words about my channel! I will check it out. Thanks for the heads up!

[@omergottesfeld6376]

Hi chris. Great video. I bought from gear best five battaries of 850mah, 3.7volt with a multiple inputs charger. Do you think it will work and extend the flight time?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Omer Gottesfeld it should.

[@XfinityCubing]

Great review! I'm getting one but I'm wondering if it's strong enough to lift a camera like the go pro

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I never tried it... I doubt it can lift a GoPro. Maybe an 808 keychain camera.

[@josecrespo4678]

I liked your video and found it informative. I already ordered this and am expecting it any day. I am inexperienced and not sure what you mean by having a tough time bringing it down. Are you still having this difficulty? Is there a problem if I keep this quad to no more than 75 feet?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you for watching! I just mean sometimes it seems a little hard to land because of the altitude hold feature. You should be okay at 75 feet.

[@FromSouthPark]

Is there any way to connect up the empty wifi port on the bottom? and have you found any better batteries since this video that can extend the flight time?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Brandon Nicholas I think you can get a wifi version of the camera and hook it up with that port. I find that ever larger batteries don't give great flight times.

[@jlb8830]

First time on your channel and... subscribed ! Excellent vdo. Super informative, straight to the point and unbiased. Thank you.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you! I really appreciate that!

[@jlb8830]

+Chris Walsh You're welcome. The reason I came here was that I just got an ad from Banggood.com for this quad at A$125. That's a pretty good deal, isn't it? I'm seriously thinking of getting one. (I have a W666 but I find it a bit heavy and the yaw is very slow. The cam and viewer are pretty good though)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

GearBest actually has it for $89 and some change right now. This one is very light and flies nice. I don't have any personal experience with the W666 but I think it is a bit larger than this one. I hear the fpv is very good though.

[@jlb8830]

+Chris Walsh I'm talking in Australian $ (0.70 US $) That works out at about US $87. Looks good! I'm ordering one tonight! Yes, the W666 is larger and the fpv is good, especially since I upgraded to a better antenna: about 10 bucks a set on ebay and it hugely extends the fpv range while (I think) reducing lag. Thanks Chris. Oh! If my wife blows a fuse, I'll say it was your fault.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+J-L B oh okay, yeah that's a good price then. Haha! Sounds good, I'll take the wrap with your wife! No worries! Happy flying and thanks for checking out my channel!

[@stevegarrow5715]

Chris W, let me start by saying you're my favorite reviewer of these great quads. My goofy mistake...I heard the ratcheting sound as I moved it, thought it may b like the jjrc h11d and b remote. which BTW, I also have on the way. thanks to your review. my next one will b the hubson 4x with fpv. is it a good mini? then I'm going to order 509 big brother, the typhoon 500

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Steve Garrow wow! Thank you so much! The Hubson X4 is a good mini....which model did you get? They've come out with so many versions of that one it's hard to keep up.

[@danielday1659]

You mentioned the Sky Viper battery, would you prefer the STR 950 Sky Viper's flying ability over this JXD 509G?! You really never discussed if it was agile or just a good steady FPV flying. I own 3Sky -Vipers, but looking to move up a lil in performance. I was looking at JJRC's first hit, X1, with the brushless motors for under a 130.00!!! I was wondering your opinion, enjoy your reviews, thanks, keep flying,😎

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Daniel Day I wouldn't say the 509G is extremely agile but it can move pretty well. It a really good intro to fpv. I haven't personally flown the X1 but a lot of people seem to like it. I might check it out eventually.

[@dido77248]

Wonderful video! Thank you very much for your review! P.s: I bought this quad from gearbest,and while on gearbest it says it's flight time is about 10 min,on the instruction manual it says about 6 min...kinda strange. mine can fly about 5 min and for some reason the light alwayes flash as if battery is running low. Does yours get that too?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you for the kind words! I had that happen when I used some different batteries but it shouldn't do that with the stock battery. That's very strange. I find most websites and companies overestimate how long these quads will fly.

[@dido77248]

So 5 min is ok?(without turning on the camera and using it)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

That's about what I get on mine.

[@dido77248]

Ok thanks for the info chris. Have a great day :)

[@Palmateer29]

hi Chris hope all is good well i got my jxd 509 to work dont know what the glitch was but maybe has to do with running it in my small apt lol also i got the xiro explorer v and fried the controller right off the hop there's alot of flaws in that drone but if you can get past all the firmware updates that screw up things its probably a good quad . yeah well i connected my controller to pc to calibrate it with the explorer app they give you and it must have fried the built in flash usb and im not the only one there seems to be alot of ppl with the same issue ill keep you posted when my new controller arrives and if i ever get this thing in the air maybe now thinking i should have got the hubsan pro 4x instead ttyl

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+John Palmateer glad to hear you got the 509 in the air. I had a few bugs with mine when I first got it as well. Sorry to hear about your Xiro controller. Hope you get it sorted out!

[@umutmelek]

Which one do you think I was too unstable . jxd 509g Kaideng sky Warrior xk x350 Syma x8c Max money 130 / 140$

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Umut Melek the only one I have flown is the JXD 509G.

[@geoffgreig2808]

I have had a XD 509G for some time and it is crap. I had the one withe the FPV and screen on the controller. The quad itself is to heavy so the battery does not last very long 4- 5 minutes. But the firmware starts the low battery warning at about 2 minutes (lights flash) and does not allow videoing from that point on. So you can only get about 2 minutes of video. Also from when the low battery starts the JD 509 starts to try to land and even full up throttle will not allow it to climb. So effectively you only get about 2 minutes of flight time. Other issues I have had with it are: Sometimes even with a full battery and no low batter warning it will drop very quickly even with full up throttle and so crash to the ground Sometimes it will fly away no matter what my control inputs are. Because it is to heavy it has trouble going against even the slighest breeze The altitude hold does not work very well and I am constantly trying to get it to go up When I do get some height, It takes a very long time to get it to come back down. That combined with the problem of dropping for no reason means it has crashed multiple times and so broken the landing gear. It appears to want to stabilize itself so does not fly well to control inputs so has very jerky movements especially when yauring . The video quality is very bad. Other the the jello, that shows even on these demo videos it also had blockey bits across the screen like to old VCR's used to have All the problems would appear to be firmware related but because it is not possible to fly without the altitude hold or changes the firmware it makes it virtually useless. I would not recommend it to anyone

[@ChrisWalshTech]

With mine I had more problems with it not wanting to come down because of the altitude hold. The video does have a ton of jello in it. Definitely has a short flight time, but I used to like to fly this one around a bit. I've since moved on, but I can see your frustration with it.

[@edwardmatthews5899]

nice review you covered it all cheers mine just arrived in the country yipee.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you! Hope you like it! Happy flying!

[@Erardo1966]

Bought one for my son,wouldn't bind to the remote. tryed a thousand times suddenly at 11pm it worked. In the morning he woke up early to fly at daylight, again it would not bind to the remote, after 1 hour and thousand times of trying he was so disappointed that he stopped. Drone looks good but with no binding to the remote there is no flying. Any sugestions.....

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I had the same problem when I first got mine. It was really strange. All I can say is make sure you follow the binding instructions exactly.

[@Erardo1966]

I did, over and over again, not binding. Now warranty request to Gearbest.

[@DoggyMcDoggerson]

My brother had a similar problem, followed all the instructions and tried to find help online to no avail. Blue lights kept flashing despite the up, then down on the left lever. Turns out the AA batteries in the controller where somewhat low, popped some new ones in and it worked first time. Maybe this might be useful

[@mikefico]

Do you know where I can get the screws that hold the props onto the shaft for the JXD 509G? I lost one.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Mike Ficocelli I would try GearBest... I've seen they have replacement parts on there for the 509G but I'm not sure if they would have those.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

Seems like all quads that don't have gps hold, but have this barometer hold has the same issue. Hubsan X4 Cam plus also is a slow quad to get down thanks to alitude hold, and There is some other tube-clips out there that shows the same thing. Maybe the manufacturers should get a feature that shuts the altitude hold down when needed. :-)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Great idea, Jerry! That's really the only drawback to the flight performance of this one so that would help a lot.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Rob Rivers thanks for the heads up!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Rob Rivers Yeah, it's a great quad!

[@antnedavis5686]

for whatever reason I think I have dud mine doesn't start off smooth altitude hold doesn't work as soon a I give other throttle is rushes toward me with me using any direction

[@AbbyTraveler]

So far I've managed to take a single picture. How do I start the video recording? Just press the video button? The counter on the FPV doesn't count up so I assume the video hasn't started. Also no video on the micro SD card. What am I doing wrong?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+AbbyTraveler you might be having a problem with the camera. The video button should start the recording.

[@AbbyTraveler]

+Chris Walsh I'm about to head out now and give it another shot. Hopefully I'll get it recording.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+AbbyTraveler how did you make out?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

AbbyTraveler no problem, glad it helped. Yeah I've had pretty good luck with the FPV on this one.

[@ezl7052]

Great quad since it has a barometer for Alt-Hld real good buy for the price and is better than the old wltoys v686g. Good for novice flyers learning to fly. Thanks for the review.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Dennis Petersen thanks for watching!

[@michaelgavartin]

Havve you reviewed the hubsan X4 yet?

[@ezl7052]

No I haven't I have the MJX-X101 and really don't do much with brushed quads anymore since I have been using my brushless quad since we always have high winds in the area.

[@wdavie27]

nice video chris iv just ordered one of these and was looking in to lots of video and i come across a video about clover antennas and it shows the diffrence with a left hand antenna and a right hand clover antenna and one shows 100% video and fpv signals but he was flying a plane if you would like to look it up im sure i just searched clover antenna now im trying to find out if i need to bay a left hand clover antenna or a right hand for the JXD 509G

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+William Davie thanks for the heads up! I will look into it.

[@wdavie27]

NOWORRY BUT WHAT IV LOOKED UP ON THEY WORK 100% AND EVERY ONE IS CHANGING TO THESE FOR PITCHER AND VIDEO I HOPE THIS HELPS THANKS WILLIAM

[@wdavie27]

+Chris Walsh hi chris i got my jxd and i used the fpv for the first two days just to get more flying time as im just lerning to fly but i put the camera back on and its instantly draining the battery and wont even left of the ground when i unplug the camera its fine can you give me any advice on this chris

[@ChrisWalshTech]

William Davie that's really strange... Doesn't fly at all with the camera attached? How long is your flight time without the camera?

[@wdavie27]

iv got 800 mAh for it chris and im getting up to ten mins with the camera removed but i only removed it for better flying time as im just learning but yesterday it just died on me when i tryed flying with the camera back on useing fpv but it instantly drained 3 fully charged batterys and i unplugged the camera its was ok lol i just dont understand it chris

[@Believer7154]

Hello again. I'm having serious drifting issues w/my 509G. After binding the quad and transmitter. Stick calibrating it STILL drifts to the left like crazy. Also it will ascend too much when I throttle up. During flight Im trimming as I know how and still it drifts left right like crazy. Please help. lol Thanks.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I would try recalibrating it....it should tell you how to do it in the manual...can't remember exactly how to do it on this one.

[@darthside1234]

Walt K. there are trims on the transmitter for drifting like you described. just look in the manual but if u are drifting left while flying move the trim to the right

[@Frank-rh7vh]

Man, thank you for the link ;o) So i am here and have watched your video. What a very nice flyer the JD509-G, isn`t it?! Good to see what this babe all can do - i am lucky to have this in a box right here, because it is not easy here in germany to find this model on each edge ;o) Thanks mate, for this very good Test/Review !!! Frank

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Frank Mende thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the review. The 509G is a great little quad! Do you own one?

[@Frank-rh7vh]

Yes Chris, i owned the early model with upper white - and lower black body. For its price, this model is awesome!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Frank Mende Yeah I agree. Very nice bang for your buck!

[@Frank-rh7vh]

That is true man ;o)

[@Frank-rh7vh]

Dear Chris, wishing you happy easter days, health to you and family, good weather and happy flights! Thank you for meet you! Frank

[@stevegarrow5715]

Hubsan 107d but I'm very excited for the typhoon though. Saving my pennies. Lol

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Steve Garrow the 107d is a very good quad! I've been thinking of buying the Typhoon 4k recently...it's got a $300 discount right now so it's tempting!

[@CaptainPhoton64]

Nice chris, I just bought the 509V today

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Ricky ThePhoton Dexter great! Hope you like it!

[@CaptainPhoton64]

+Chris Walsh I will post a review soon

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Ricky ThePhoton Dexter awesome!

[@11bayrat]

Can you down load to a SD card? How do you get it to come down if it get stuck up high. Not sure about what you mean?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

The camera records to an SD card. I basically just fly the quad around in circles while decreasing the throttle to get it down.

[@rolanddajka4573]

Hi! I have the same problem as me to you. (decoding problem) How did you do it?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Roland Dajka I was just very careful when I bound it to the transmitter and it worked.

[@sebastianleriche7429]

Hi Chris, i flew Helicopters almost a decade ago. And before i am entering the quads´n drones i bought the JD509 (great deal 80 bugs @ banggood) just to see if these things are realy that easy to fly... and yes they are. Out of the box, almost idiotsafe. Only one neg. point: Flighttime. My one is empty after less than 2 minutes. What´s your flighttime experience, will it increase with chargecycles? How do you charge? With this tiny little USB charger?! I guess not. Do you use other batteries, and if so what kind of batteries? And by the way, THX for the Vid. great help by decisionmaking what to buy.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I get like 3 to 4 minutes out of mine. Flight time is a little disappointing on this one. I use a hobby grade charger but sometimes I use the USB one.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Sebastian Leriche any battery with a JST connection will work... I think the stock battery is 600mah and I've used 650s as well. Thanks for the kind words!

[@iquad7871]

Hi mate, do you know if another larger capacity battery would work in it? Battery life for me is terrible,,,, probably 4 mins tops

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+FLYING FUN 101 yeah, as long as the battery is a similar physical size and you can fit it in the battery bay or even strap it to the bottom you should be good. Just make sure the voltage is the same.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+FLYING FUN 101 yeah, as long as the battery is a similar physical size and you can fit it in the battery bay or even strap it to the bottom you should be good. Just make sure the voltage is the same.

[@iquad7871]

cool, I might give it a good because all Im getting is 3 mins and thats with the camera turned off, cheers

[@cldth1962]

CW, good work! How many grams does camera weigh?Mtnstream

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Mtnstream T thank you! The camera itself weighs 13 grams.

[@felixbaum2180]

+Chris Walsh Nice Video, but I have 3 questions: where you have bought it, and how much you have paid? And was everthing in the box, or must I buy something else, too?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Felix Baum I bought mine at Tmart because they were having a sale at the time. I paid $89 dollars. Their price went up the last time I looked so I have a link to Gearbest in the description. Their price is $89 at the moment. Everything came in the box, you don't need anything extra. I have an unboxing video also if you want to check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGGrfq2aebxka6s

[@felixbaum2180]

Chris Walsh​ Nice, thank you! P.S.:I love your Videos :)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Felix Baum thank you! Very much appreciated!

[@felixbaum2180]

Chris Walsh​ :) Now I just have to check if and how they ship to germany..

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Felix Baum some of the sites have European warehouses... Can't remember off the top of my head which ones.

[@beemo9]

$69 at DealsMachine. Is it easy to remove the camera to add a vibration damper?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+bmo yeah, it comes off pretty easily.

[@dankolitz6912]

Hi, as a beginner (who want FPV drone), what will be the best choice for me- this one, JJRC H29G, JJRC H11D or Wltoys V686G? considering cam/controlling/flight time/ quality/price?!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Dan Kolitz the only one I've flown personally out the of the ones you mentioned is this one....I like the 509G a lot and think it's a great quad. It also has the altitude hold feature which is nice.

[@dankolitz6912]

Thanks. it's the really one I lean to. the problem is the flight time...

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Dan Kolitz yeah, flight time is a bit of a bummer, but buy some extra batteries and you should be good to go.

[@dankolitz6912]

Ok, but it's not getting heat using two batteries in a row?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Dan Kolitz the motors will heat up, but if you just give it a few minutes between flights you should be good.

[@Palmateer29]

also Gearbest is where im shopping for my 509g and x4 but xHeli was where i got my hawk eye 1315s

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Gearbest has been a good place to shop for me.

[@wedad1930]

Dear Sir ..I bought one and i followed all instruction.. There is no sign of any response from the quadcopter .. I am NOT sure how to solve it I watch you first video and i saw how you had the same difficulties between the remot control l ( transmitter) and the Quad. I order it from USA to England.. I do not know what to do ..it was a birthday present to my son.. Could you advice us please..

[@ChrisWalshTech]

When I got mine to work I turned the quad on and waited to make sure the LEDs were flashing. Then when I was sure they were flashing I turned the transmitter on and got the beeps. Finally, I did the up down on the throttle and it worked. I'm pretty sure this is what I was doing in the unboxing video... But all the sudden it worked. I've heard of a lot of people having this problem.

[@wedad1930]

Tank you so much..that was really kind of you to reply..

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Tristan Taahhaannes no problem. Hope it works out for you!

[@MikeysRC]

Hey man...nice reviews! Very helpful for figuring out what quad to buy. Can you please tell me how much this quad weighs? Is it less than 250 grams so that you DON'T have to register it with the FAA? Thanks!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thanks Mike! This one is definitely under the limit. I think it weighs 139 grams if I remember correctly.

[@Karthik-xj7rk]

Im trying to buy a drone should i go for syma x5c1 or pioneer ufo 509v?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+36 hertz I would probably go with the x5c-1... that's what I started with and it's a little more beginner friendly.

[@Karthik-xj7rk]

thank you

[@Marvelousod]

Nice/Great Review. I'm just now getting my skills up and want to go to the next stage of copter like this one. Are there any other in the same class that might perform better or have less bugs like the Cheerson CX - 33S 5.8G FPV RC Tricopter. Seems to have a lot of bugs on this one. My repair skills are still low (lol)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

From the videos I've seen online the CX-33s looks pretty cool but I don't have any personal experience with it.

[@Marvelousod]

Im going with the JXD. Thanks for the usesful reply. But that CX 33s does look cool.

[@Marvelousod]

Hope I don,t have any binding problems (lol) I'll just keep trying like you did....

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Marvelousod no problem! It does for sure... I may check it out myself.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Marvelousod Yeah, I hope you don't either... Someone in the comments had a suggestion that I wasn't able to try but it looked like it was a reasonable suggestion. Maybe see if you can find that if you have problems.

[@lonrogers4195]

Please describe how to change flying rates.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Lon Rogers just press the button on the upper left that says speed. It starts out on one, when you push it you should here 2 beeps meaning it's in the second rate. Press it for a third time and you should hear 3 beeps meaning you're in the highest rate. Press it again and you'll hear 1 beep and you're back in the first rate. Third rate is the fastest and first is the slowest.

[@Palmateer29]

hey chris got my 509 and having issues already and havent even flown it yet when i use the start button and push up on left stick throttle it goes full throttle theres no slow just full throttle and i think mabe its a binding issue cause sometimes quad wont respond to some buttons any ideas thanks

[@ChrisWalshTech]

So it just takes off when you give it throttle? Are you easing into it or giving it a lot of throttle?

[@Palmateer29]

Chris Walsh yeah its defective it goes full throttle when you give it the slightest amount of throttle

[@Palmateer29]

Good thing i was indoor when i tried it or it would be gone full throttle till battery dies that's a long way up lol

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Yeah, good thing! Are you going to send it back?

[@outerspace2653]

So does this still work with your phone, so you can also control it with your phone?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

The version I have is the 5.8ghz version. They do have a WiFi version but I don't have any experience with that one....not sure if you can fly it with just your phone or if you use your phone to record video and as a FPV screen.

[@cldth1962]

CW, what do you think total weight is with Video Tx?Thanks again.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Mtnstream T the quad weighs 139 grams with the battery, camera and sd card.

[@cldth1962]

Thank you CW.

[@elmer3383]

From what I read about various altitude hold they ar all difficult to come down from high up. The V666 N has the same problem. Was one of the first with this feature. I was hoping that they improved it. I also noticed there is a WiFi version. Do you know the range of that. I have the Parrot AR drone and it is terrible. Great video I subscribed.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+John Luciano thanks for subscribing, John! I looked into the range of the WiFi version before buying the 5.8ghz version...it's advertised to get up to 50 meters of range. It's been my experience that WiFi fpv is kind of hit and miss so I went with the 5.8ghz. I can tell you the range on this one is excellent. I've been thinking of checking out some of the Parrot mini drones....I think they are more of a tech toy than an RC quad though.

[@stevegarrow5715]

hello all. I just received this quad but how do I change camera angle?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Steve Garrow hi Steve, the camera adjusts manually...just grab it and point it where you want it to go. You can't control the angle of the camera with the transmitter. You have to set it up before you take off.

[@Palmateer29]

i have the syma x8hg just arrive and going to see if i have better luck with it also i have a professional drone comming theXiro Xplorer V 1080P Camera/3-Axis Gimbal/1 Battery its an awsome thing to see in action lol ill post some vids when i get it up and air bourn ttyl

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Nice, Syma makes great products so you will probably like it. I've seen the Xiro in action and it's really nice! Takes great video and photos!

[@mathiosa2263]

Ordered one 2 days ago! I'm happy about it but I'm afraid of what I will receive since I ordered from BestGear :/

[@mathiosa2263]

Should I use rechargeable batteries for the controller ?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Mat Hiosa if you want to...I usually use disposable batteries, but I don't see a problem with using rechargeable ones. Did you order from GearBest? They are very good...never had a problem with them.

[@mathiosa2263]

+Chris Walsh Cheapest, yes I ordered from GearBest! I will receive it in 1 month :)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Mat Hiosa haha! It's hit or miss...I've gotten stuff surprisingly fast and painfully slow.

[@mathiosa2263]

+Chris Walsh I know ahah!

[@gozomick]

Help a newby drone user. why dose my drone just tilt forward rather than liftoff when i use the throttle control, the motors look and sound fine, and the propellers are straight, it was working fine when i tested it, but i took it outdoors for a proper flight the above happened !

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Mick Hollis sounds like one of your props might be on the wrong motor. Two motor turn clockwise and two motors turn counterclockwise. The front left and rear right turn the same way and the front left and rear right turn the same way. Your props will have different a pitch to them. Not sure if they are marked with like an A or B or whatever. I will check.

[@gozomick]

you could be right with that chris, i took the props off to paint the tips and didnt notice the a/b markings and cant remember which motors the go onto and theirs no referance to it in the instuctions, can you tell me please

[@gozomick]

sorted.front of the drone [camera end] left A right B, rear of the drone, battery box end as you look at it, left A right B, Many thanks for your help Chris

[@ChrisWalshTech]

No, problem! Glad you got it sorted out!

[@EBEMUNNA231]

Did anyone figure out how to bind to remote yet ? Need help

[@karlhammer5135]

Sorry... MAX distance WiFi FPV and RC ? Thanks from Italy

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Karlo Osimo this one is 5.8ghz and the advertised distance is 150 meters... I would say that's accurate.

[@karlhammer5135]

In fact it is a very good result! Instead how does the drone when it loses signal Radio controller ? ...Return To Home ?

[@anyshitt]

really cool review, all base's were covered with understandable commentary, The over all design of this qaud reminds me of the jjrc x1. i LIKE IT but the little voice in my head tell's me to pass on this, Ive been flying, crashing, and mostly loosing quad's for over a year now, I have enough experience to know that my flying skill's are atrocious, and I am still addicted to altitude. witch put's jXD's chance's of survival (under my comand ) at great risk. I would predect that she brake's away from my controller during the first or second flights.. And the binding ( secret handshake) issue? was fair warning to me that I probably wont be able to bind this bird if i did purchase it. I hate quad's with stupied (combination lock) binding procedure's. As I type this, I am looking at the Wltoys q212 that sitting hear in my living room, never flown, never heard the motors spin, because I never could get the thing to bind to the transmitter., (note to self) Any and all quads found to have the slightest conection problems in it's review's? from now on serve's as the MAJOR RED LIGHT telling me to move on to somethig else..

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+anyshitt thanks for the kind words about my review. I like the 509g but I understand your concerns with it. Once I got it in the air it's been fun. Hope you have better luck in the future.

[@cldth1962]

CW, Thanks!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

No problem!

[@Believer7154]

You're welcome. Ok cool. Thanks again. Happy Flyin'!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thanks! Happy flyin' to you as well!

[@JohnWilliams-fm9ds]

Is there any sort of failsafe if connection to the tx is lost?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+John Williams do you mean will it fly back to you? There is a return home button but it only works when you have a connection with the transmitter. When you lose connection with the transmitter the motors shut off after a few seconds.

[@JohnWilliams-fm9ds]

+Chris Walsh Losing connection with the transmitter. The motors shutting off is better than a flyaway. Thanks for replying.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

John Williams no problem!

[@zacjac99]

hey I can fly alright a quadcopter I've been practicing on the eachin]d h8 mini and jjrc hexacopter h20. I have been looking at the jjrc 526w and the jxd 509g and most of my friends say hey the jxd because they say wifi fpv is bad. do you guys have any opinions on which one I should get or something else in the price range. the things I want in the quads are: not too hard to fly, a camera that can take some cool vids not a bad one but nothing to fancy and i want one that is relatively durable, and if it has fps thats also good, and i want one that can go pretty fast. thanks if you help me out: )

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+zacjac99 I think the JXD 509G is a really good quad. The video is what it is....it's just a toy grade quad so you're not gonna get DJI Phantom quality video or anything like that.

[@aditimehra6630]

From where you had buy

[@Azaakiel20]

doed it allow for smartphone control?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

This one does not have smartphone control.

[@riddim5317]

Im thinking of geting a new drone? any recomendations?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Depends on what you're looking to do with it? Just fly it or aerial video? Want something small or larger?

[@riddim5317]

larger

[@ChrisWalshTech]

As far as toy grade goes... The JXD 509G is good, the X6 Tarantula is good... The Syma X5C-1....

[@riddim5317]

thanks!

[@antnedavis5686]

hello do u have to sync it ever time u use it ?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Antne Davis yes, you have to do the sync every time.

[@poncikful]

Great review thanks

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+poncikful thanks for watching!

[@mitkovich]

Ordered it a couple a days ago from GB, but they still cannot process my payment... God know if I'm gonna receive it at all :D

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I wouldn't worry about it. I've never had a problem with GearBest... They are very easy to deal with. Hope you get it soon.

[@mitkovich]

+Chris Walsh I hope so. It is because right after I paid it they wanted some kind of weird card verification even I payed with PayPal and we finally could fix it tday and they just said that will send it in a few days.

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Dimitar Georgiev that's a little weird. Never heard of that before... I've ordered a bunch of stuff there. I'm sure it's okay.

[@mitkovich]

+Chris Walsh They said that my credit card is not verified. I'm using PalPal for a couple of years and never had problems with paying. Apparently it was really not verified, so I log into my PayPal account and fix it. Weird

[@detoycecloud9]

+Chris Walsh He's not kidding Gear best been buggin lately. I have the exact same issue. no credit cards...not a family members, no ones. but I try paypay and it works every time. weird indeed

[@PazLeBon]

why does the controller say 2.4 if it is 5.8?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Because the controller is for the quad which operates on 2.4 ghz. The FPV system is just for the camera and the screen. It uses 5.8 ghz.

[@PazLeBon]

thnx buddy

[@brendarichey2693]

I have one. Flys freat. Has jello on the video. Tried to balance the props but just made it worse. My only real complaint is it has a bad habit of just falling out of the sky for no reason. Motors just quit. Anyone else having the same problem with one?

[@ChrisWalshTech]

I've had that happen once or twice. I think the jello is more of a vibration issue than a prop issue. I've seen this on a few other quads and balancing the props didn't seem to help much.

[@amateurtech736]

Jxd fixed the binding issue!!!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

They did? How?

[@amateurtech736]

I don't know but mine worked out of the box

[@stevegarrow5715]

Chris, you just became my second favorite reviewer. Lmao jk. Still the best

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Haha! Thanks!

[@stevegarrow5715]

$300 discount does create tempt. Thanks now I might have to get it earlier than expected. Lol

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Steve Garrow haha...that's what I'm here for!

[@ethantremblay779]

great vid

[@spiroskaltsoukalas9692]

That's a pro review... great!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Thank you!

[@spiroskaltsoukalas9692]

+Chris Walsh I also like your unboxing....i was so laughing! :) Great video although!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Spiros Kaltsoukalas thanks! I like to have fun with those and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@Theoregoncoastexplored]

I just got a cheap drone and it had altitude hold also. Had it one day and lost it. Flew around to get hang of controls on low speed then decided to go straight up. Well i noticed it drifting away and tried to bring it back but i guess the wind was to strong 2 mph 😂 but needless to say it wouldnt come down and i asume it went back to china. I couldn't find it after going over some trees. Rip drone. .

[@realpyro2347]

How high can it fly ?(range)

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+Timo XD it's advertised at 50 meters.

[@Palmateer29]

good thing i tried it in my apt and not outside or it would have been gone at full throttle

[@evil360cat3]

My Pioneer JD 509 dosn't have jelly camera

[@ChrisWalshTech]

Maybe they made improvements on it?

[@DavidGarcia-sj6yj]

Deserve more subs!

[@ChrisWalshTech]

+David Garcia thank you!