Ruko F11 Gim2 3km Drone Flight Test Review

[@ruffcuttrawlins6407]

Former small plane owner but can't fly anymore so I bought the F11 Ruko Gim 2. Had no idea what to do when I received it. While batteries charged, I found your review. TY so much for your video, your an amazing narrator and your detailed instructions were ez to understand. I've watched this video at least 5 or more times by now and learn something new each time. Your a great person, very likable. Thank you again.

[@SlingShotNinja]

I hope you are enjoying it. I love drones 🥰

[@kay2leigh1]

What a great review. Thank you. You really helped me in confirming this drone will be a great fit for our channel. Keep up the good work.

[@charleybarley914]

recently got mine and after a few flights really enjoying it. thanks for all your reviews, lots of good info!

[@BorisEkner]

Thanks for reminding me that in order to avoid the props in the picture - lower the camera and turn in speed 1 (ie low speed) when rotating it. - That’s a very good advice.

[@Jjhdezjr28]

Wow this was an awesome review. Just bought mine the other day but had a few trouble shootings but got it going. But this review on the rest of the functions and all is absolutely 💯 thanks bro this really helped me alot.

[@FireDude13]

Very nicely done. I appreciate your thoroughness! I'm looking for a descent mid-range entry drone and this looks like a great candidate. Thank you sir!

[@garyrosen9123]

Just ordered this drone and based on this review I believe I made the right choice.

[@RCEscape]

Enjoy!!

[@wareagle9655]

I’m 2yrs late here but I just purchased mine, I believe they did a couple of upgrades since yours to the transmitter and connectivity. I noticed on the video you took some still images and thought you started the video but I didn’t see you start it lol, but great info for sure. Haven’t flown mine yet but will soon- thanks for the upload.

[@marvinlaird1971]

Awesome video! I watched every second of it, I have been watching a lot of drone video's and I think I want to get this one. Thank you!

[@shanesdiy]

Perfect! I had suspected this was the case with the WiFi that it was connecting to the transmitter, not the drone, enabling the extreme long range. You are the first video reviewer I found that realized this and demonstrated it. Others were saying WiFi was going out 1 mile + which is impossible. Great review, thanks for this!

[@RCEscape]

Thanks for your comment :) Happy flying!!

[@BorisEkner]

Conclusion This is NOT the best drone on the market, but it is the best one for the money paid. I did my first test flight today. I still need to learn about its features, I still need to learn a lot more, I still need to spend hours (and batteries 😁) to learn how it behaves in air and how I have to fly it to provide me good footage. It’s a learning curve, it’s a challenge (and a pretty expensive one too!) , and I ❤️ it!

[@flotfpv]

Very good review bro! Strong WIFI, stabe images when turning direction. Good video drone. 😃👍

[@RCEscape]

Thanks man :) Almost hit the one hour mark! lol

[@walderlj45able]

I'm getting mine tomorrow

[@TheJedi]

No no no no no, please go back and watch this video thoroughly. But only watch when he is doing screen recording. Because that's the image you're going to be seeing on your device. That's what matters when you're physically flying it not what's being recorded to the SD card. If you watch closely you will see that anytime he shows the actual screen recording the video is very choppy it's never smooth. He puts it up when he has the drone only 20 m away from him and he's doing the follow me feature or something like that. But again watch closely and you'll see that on the screen recorded video the transmission is not smooth. And I suggest that's the reason why he never showed the long range test of the drone out to 3 km because it won't do it. In the entire video he never goes past 200 m. So just pay attention everybody before you spend your money. He probably gets free drones or maybe he's being paid I don't know. But the video representation is not accurate. The drone may fly but we still don't know from this video if it will do 3 km and we definitely know that the video transmission back to your device is not smooth. It's very choppy and there is even delay. If it's that much break up at 20 m, you think you're going to get out to 3 km?? I doubt it. It will never happen. If the video transmission is not smooth that close then it's definitely not going to be smooth at 3 km or it may not even exist at all you may not have any image to look at.

[@BorisEkner]

You’re absolutely right about the batteries. Never run them down to zero. Far better is to get a 3rd battery as a backup when you buy the drone. That 3rd battery will give you a total of almost 90 minutes of flight time at its best. Meaning, no matter the windy conditions you’ll get far more flight footage than with the 2 batteries provided as standard.

[@BorisEkner]

I watched this video before deciding what drone to buy. As I found this drone the best buck for my money, I’m watching all of it again. 😁 Thanks for sharing your impressions, your confusions, your insecurities. I flew my Ruko Gim2 for the first time today. You bet I felt as confused as you did in this video. 😂❤️

[@richardhalliday6469]

Thank you for the follow up video of the RUKO version, you answered a lot of my questions regarding the longer range WiFi connection, I think I've figured out what's happening, always good content in your reviews. Regards.

[@RCEscape]

My pleasure!

[@79pmcgovern79]

Awesome video! I just bought this version. It's my very 1st drone. I took it out for a few minutes soon after I unboxed it and ib an impressed. It was packaged very nicely. It is fairly easy to operate. I can't wait to try out some more of the features when I get more comfortable with it.

[@ScorpioRay83]

Just bought one. THANK YOU for making this video.

[@RCEscape]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@richardkaminski7507]

Very Nice review. I think the two things that went wrong are easily corrected. The first was the loss of distance from you and the drone when you formed the green box. I was noticing as the video played there seemed to be a GPS signal disconnect more than a few times. Even though it was supposed to be tracking the image in the green box if it loses the GPS signal it cannot track properly because it has no idea where it is itself. On the running the battery down and taking control of the drone yourself, I think that the drone finally figured out that to preserve itself, it needed to cut you lose and land or it would not make it back. The blade damage thing also is a mystery or perhaps signal loss I think, or maybe high winds or a high enough wind with signal loss, it thinks the blade is damaged because it will not correct the GPS to its satisfaction to hold position. It is good it has self-preservation. instincts. It would have been cool if you could have run a green box around the motor bike and checked to see if it would track it that far away from you in the follow me mode. I want to use this to track riding my horse, but I think after seeing your video I will just put the phone in my pocket instead of doing the Green Box thing. Lots of mountains here so Cell signal loss can be an issue if your down in the Galisteo basin using this. That may be a good time to use the green box follow me for short distances. Thank you for sharing your review.

[@garytrawinski1843]

I really liked your review. My Drone is coming tomorrow.

[@RCEscape]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@sandieparker2471]

Thank you!! I'm still intimidated, but you give me hope. PS-You're a great presenter.

[@zjedinite]

Talk about a full review! I was so overwhelmed as my wife got me my actual first drone. I’m the type of guy that can’t even download app on my phone. More of a hands on fix it all type. NOT COMPUTERS! 😂 So if this video is everything someone like me needs in order to FLY THIS THING I’m sure it would serve the average Joe quite nicely. Well done, must watch! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@MikeP]

This is a great review! Thank you! I ended up purchasing this Drone!

[@TheTREV69]

Nice drone, it looks just as my SG906 Max, great video, Trevor from England.

[@RCEscape]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikelastmanstanding6078]

Nice demonstration Sir, Thanks!

[@gdhall5311]

Good review Pete.

[@RCEscape]

Thanks Greg!! 🍺🍺

[@BorisEkner]

I bought this drone to film me driving off-road up volcanoes & mountains with the GPS-Follow-Me was one of the features I hope will give me beautiful footage. - Time will tell if I made the right choice… 😁🤪

[@genemcgrath4931]

Great video again thanks!!! However when you changed the battery I don't think you started the video back!!!

[@dronepilot260rc]

This is amazing! A little bit pricey but worth the 💰 money

[@RCEscape]

Yes, the price is a bit high but it is Amazon Prime. Zero issues returning it and getting a full refund.

[@leksinikolla1892]

Good job!

[@Robert-yj2lt]

Nice I picked one up. It’s great I love it. Great video

[@RCEscape]

Enjoy! 🍺🍺

[@mjxdrones7123]

Brilliant tutorial from start to finish 👍👍

[@RCEscape]

Thanks so much!!

[@gambit00]

Ty for this

[@ftroop211]

Great video, can you unplug the cable from the controller in order to plug in a longer c-usb cable to be able to use a tablet?

[@DUKEJETT80]

GREAT JOB MAN!

[@partone709]

Too many positive comments here that just sound contrived, I feel this review is a little too positive and way too many giddy so positive so called viewer responses. Good promotion job.

[@BigPapiMark1]

Exactly what it is. Notice he never took the drone beyond 1000ft. That’s because Ruko paid him to deceive everyone about the fact that it won’t even come close to the 9800ft range claimed

[@BigPapiMark1]

@@theHairyProject If you truly believe that, then I’m willing to bet good money that you’ve never owned or flown a DJI or Autel Robotics drone. Flying a Ruko drone after flying a DJI drone is like going from C7 Z06 Corvette to a SmartCar. No matter what you do to the SmartCar, it will never ever come close to performing anywhere near as well as the Z06 Corvette. You can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig and no matter how you spin it, a garbage drone company will always produce garbage drones. Ruko is absolutely a garbage company

[@USCGCoasttoast]

Thinking about getting this one.

[@BigPapiMark1]

Don’t. It’s a pos

[@YilbertYT]

I have a problem that I have been loading since the F11 Pro 4k. when I turn on my drone I don't need to turn on the rc control for my phone to detect the wifi signal and I always have image problems, after 300 meters and the same thing happens to me with the F11 Gim, I speak Spanish and I don't understand your video very well, so I don't know if I'm doing something wrong when connecting my drone and that's why I lose Wi-Fi signal so soon

[@jonesyokc]

I took my Ruko F11 Gim2 out for a few flights today. First two were no problem. Something went wrong on try #3 of the day. It was out flying around and I hit the return home button. It came back like you'd expect. It got back to nearly ground level and I canceled the return feature. I took it back up high and wanted to take some video of the neighborhood. Being a little to windy for comfort, I hit the return home button again. This time the drone basically said "see ya!" and left. It disappeared in the distance over the tree line. I canceled the return home again and was able to get the drone high enough to see it and had to manually fly it back fighting the wind the whole way. I had been out in the wind all day so I have no idea why this time there was a problem. Unfortunately with the size of a phone screen and the glare, you cannot see anything of use on the phone display to see which way the drone was pointing. Clearly flying on days like this is not a good idea. And I need to use my tablet because the phone display just isn't any good for this.

[@RCEscape]

Glad you got it back. Maybe the gps got disoriented.

[@TheGunner357]

@@RCEscape I did almost the same but it started back at 180' altitude and 1300 feet away then for some reason free fell into a tree took out both left motors I sent drone log to Roku they are going to evaluate it and tell me what happened..... still its a great drone

[@TTime685]

@@TheGunner357 So was this ever resolved?

[@TTime685]

Get a pair of VR goggles and use split screen mode if available, or get the Drone Mask 2 for FPV 🤙 But like you said, a large tablet is definitely better than a small phone

[@coryudon3350]

Nice I just order it.

[@dhutch12345]

That’s because it’s connected to blue tooth ,and plugged directly into your phone.

[@utubedaveg]

SJRC f11s is the same drone but costs less.

[@walderlj45able]

I would just fly in GPS mode I just ordered mine today and it will arrive on tomorrow I will inbox it but with my work schedule I will practice with it on this weekend

[@Mupshot]

Im glad they fixed the wifi connection. I had the GIM (1) and i wound up returning it because the wifi range was so poor. why give it 1.5km range in the controller if you cant track the GPS or see where you are? this is much better.

[@RCEscape]

Oh yeah! This is like night and day difference for the same identical drone but with a wifi extender repeater enhancer built in for a much better reliable experience for the end user.

[@litchfieldnh-whatsupnews9274]

Excellent Video. Thank you. Do you know if you can plan a route with this drone?? Like draw a line on the map and it will follow it.

[@RCEscape]

Yes it has the way points feature :)

[@BorisEkner]

Picture Follow Me only follow us by rotation (jaw) left/right. It doesn’t follow forwards/backwards, ie is hovers and rotates left/right. If we want it to follow us in all directions we have to use GPS-Follow-me mode. Right?

[@vijenkarunan]

Good review 👍 can you please do a review on a Visuo xs818 zen mini thanks.

[@LaClippersFan310]

I wonder if that remote would work on the so called GIM1, F11, DE-22??? Since this has real antennas.

[@TTime685]

Which would you say is the better buy, this guy or the Potensic Atom SE?

[@RCEscape]

I would get this if you don't care about it being over 250grams. Atom SE if you want to stay under 250grams or wait to see the Atom with the three axis gimbal.

[@TTime685]

@@RCEscape I really dont care about weight too much. I just feel like the Atom has better camera quality and range from what I've seen. Only downside is lack of a gimble. But i actually kinda like that because it makes it more of an FPV style drone

[@sulmanshah]

Are the fans in the video clips a lot?

[@James-mm8bw]

Great video.... Would like to fly indoors how do you take out GPS mode Thank you

[@LaClippersFan310]

I found the remote for sale at Amazon, and it says it will only work for the GIM2, but I think they're lying. They want you to upgrade, but you're really NOT upgrading, because this is the same Quad as the F11S, and DEERC DE-22. Can you test this Pete? I'm sure you have one of the other Quads I mentioned.

[@akshayrelekar1234]

How much time does it fly actually? The manual says 28 min...I did not try did u try?

[@upsouthfpv]

Great review! I've had a GIM2 for a year now and it's a reliable camera drone. Do you have any tips /recommendations on long-term storage of the 'smart batteries?" Is there an easy way to put them into storage voltage ---or should I even be concerned about it? Thanks again for the great review(s)

[@RCEscape]

Usually the rule of thumb is 3.8volts per cell is a good storage voltage.

[@upsouthfpv]

@@RCEscape Thanks. With these batteries (as far as I know) there is no place in the app or on the battery that registers exact cell voltage levels (just the overall charge remaining "bars") I will try to put a multimeter on it...there's no ordinary positive and negative terminal setup on these "smart batteries though.

[@TTime685]

@@upsouthfpv Store litihum batteries at 50-60% charge

[@LaClippersFan310]

I have the DEERC DE-22, I'm curious if I could just buy this remote control and get the better range benefits???? What do you think Pete??

[@mikeclark6766]

Ty

[@mikeclark6766]

Mines coming tomorrow

[@TommyDrone]

"Nice, nice area, very nice."

[@joejosiah]

Which one is faster this one or bwine f7?

[@birdman316]

nice one pete! hefty pricetag however woooo!

[@RCEscape]

Thanks and Yes, it is one pricey bugger. It is however, Amazon Prime so you can return it no question asked.

[@79pmcgovern79]

I just bought this on Amazon with a $60 instant coupon which made it $399 + tax USD

[@recumbentrevolution6540]

Nice review I think I'm gonna buy one of these for my 1st drone, Started to learn RC helicopter a little while ago, Crash to expense ratio was not worth it

[@79pmcgovern79]

Got 1 question for you, when going thru calibration it says nose up on instructions and also on the screen. However, You did nose down, it didn't seem to affect anything while you were flying though.

[@RCEscape]

I’ve done many of GPS quads and tried it clockwise, counter clockwise, nose up, nose down and it does not make a difference. So long as it recognizes the maneuver and signals with a beep or with the status led light confirmation, it should be good to go :)

[@jonesyokc]

Is it typical for the blades to briefly appear in the videos? I watch a channel that does a lot of aerial footage and I've never seen the blades make an appearance in the footage.

[@RCEscape]

When you don't want blades in the video, rotate the camera slight down so it's about 1/3 sky and 2/3 ground. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCqnnmInLyimLs

[@jonesyokc]

@@RCEscape Thanks for the tip. Getting ready to get this model.

[@lanejohnson7656]

You probably have to turn off the app tablet and restart it once you lose signal

[@akshayrelekar1234]

While recording why it records with no sound?

[@RCEscape]

no microphone.

[@FlyingBuzzard]

Very Nice review on that style product , but,is there any of these drones that does NOT require WiFi and cell phone to operate? Seriously, so many places have poor WiFi/Cell service across the country and a signal loss could result in some serious issues would be nice to have a small camera drone that has the ability to fly by it's own controller and have FPV ability by it's own screen or a separate monitor or FPV Goggles that plugs in perhaps I despise WiFi/cell phone app drones....some may love them, BUT cell service failure. connection etc could cause it to come down in some bad places in my opinion

[@RCEscape]

Most people have smart phones so it is going with the majority of the consumers. If you want a separate screen and stuff, you may as well just go fpv droning. Also, your phone does not need cellular service as you have seen I'm flying it with my wifi ipad. The only time you need cellular service is when you use the gps follow me and when you want to retrieve a lost drone.

[@FlyingBuzzard]

@@RCEscape why I do fly FPV...LOL But seriously, the WiFi, cell phone quads....just not worth it in my opinion A lot of vids of signal losses etc, causing crashing, quads coming down in bad places...

[@Roboticdoughbull3k]

@@FlyingBuzzard any quad wifi, 5.8ghz, 2.4, crossfire, dj👁️ makes no difference really, they are all capable of falling out of the sky, one no more so than another... Except maybe extra likely to crash.... Hubsan Zino pro plus or Fimi X8SE I've had 1 each of those bastards go down.😆

[@FlyingBuzzard]

@@Roboticdoughbull3k like manned aircraft that seem to be falling from the sky as well and a lot more than normal...so yeah even RC aircraft can do the same...BUT the issue is the poor cell/wifi so many places experience . In today's tech GIANT claims that really should never be an issue, BUT sadly it is a bad one. I simply do not want a cell phone/wifi drone, IF they can make one that has the range, ability etc of what so many fly long range in 3-5 inch quads. flying wings etc of today, they can like the FIMI A3 with it's controller ( FPV sort of style ) set up, they can make one even better and without the cellphone/wifi need. With the long range-great video etc....question is to me is why they have not? They all have jumped to WiFi/cell phone ties

[@devindyt4896]

Did yours come with the hele pad?

[@RCEscape]

No it did not.

[@keithmcleod1530]

I just got my F11S. I powered up the drone and connected to the controller a couple of times. Now the ESCs process will not complete. I get the three beeps followed by one long beep but the second long beep will not play, so the drone will not power on. Ever had that happen to a drone?

[@RCEscape]

are you talking about the esc's not able to complete singing their song?

[@keithmcleod1530]

@@RCEscape Yes, they fail at the last note

[@RCEscape]

@@keithmcleod1530 bad esc's or not configured correctly.

[@lintang-11]

This is SJRC

[@Kowalski82]

è uguale all f11s pro 4 k 🤔

[@garytrawinski1843]

Where is this video shot?

[@RCEscape]

The high desert.

[@prc292]

Do the voice prompts from the app work on this drone? mine aren't working on iPhone. volume up and setting enabled.

[@RCEscape]

Voice prompts? Where did you turn your on?

[@prc292]

@@RCEscape go to settings in the app and then all the way to the top right are three dots. Tap there for more settings. I didn’t see it right away. Kinda hidden.

[@RCEscape]

@@prc292 I don't think it works. Mine was also turned on by default but no voices.

[@prc292]

@@RCEscape mine did start working. There’s was an app update so maybe that fixed it. Not sure honestly. But it is working. Only speaks for certain things though. If you unlock motors. It should say “fly”

[@prc292]

@@RCEscape I went back and looked at it. For me on iPhone the voice prompts are tied to the notification volume. I had my phone on silent and even when I enabled it my notification volume was low. I had to go to settings on my phone and then Sound and turn up the notification volume. Now my ringer is obnoxiously loud but all the voice prompts work.

[@sassytk1]

Do I need to register my drone legally??

[@RCEscape]

www.faaregisterdrone.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4qMhzaDcm_8iWykeTr5zHKcqFXQCeGxbab3VlU4fmqsnii21jOvDKwaAj3mEALw_wcB

[@ibapreppie]

Everyone forgets you have to register your drone to the FAA.

[@RCEscape]

Not necessarily the drone but yourself.

[@SuzukiwithMahrooHamedani]

@@RCEscape yes according to FAA you have to register the drone. It is above 250 grams.

[@petem.3719]

@@SuzukiwithMahrooHamedaniNo. You only have to get a number for yourself and put it on any drone you fly, be it one or a hundred. All the same number. They don't ask you for an inventory of your drones. Get a number and slap it on all your drones. That's all there is to it until remote ID kicks in.

[@johnsalt19]

Good battery if it can fly 3000 miles 🤣🤣🤣☹

[@bro9654]

yooo wassup bro

[@RCEscape]

What's up man :)

[@garylinnane917]

Is that not the new F11s Pro version

[@RCEscape]

I don't know. I don't have one of those.

[@garylinnane917]

@@RCEscape just been released. Seen on Dr Den KZbin video

[@mjxdrones7123]

@@garylinnane917 this one is the newest one out the pro one would give you a distance of 1.2 km the new one will go to 3 km with fpv its called the gim2

[@DroneOn]

Yeah it's confusing. That's the sjrc f11 2.5 pro.... it says 1.5km range. It shows the new controller also..

[@99woodcutter]

@@garylinnane917 early Sep is when it'll also be released as an sjrc model

[@skodexpress5544]

ou acheter ce drone ?,

[@RCEscape]

lien dans la description

[@skodexpress5544]

@@RCEscape j ai bien vu mais il n y en a pas de disponible...

[@LiKeMiKe103]

SNITCHING at 34:00 seconds

[@dandahermitseals5582]

I wonder why someone wanted to over complicate and screw up a perfectly good quad with this bull##& GIM. Program?? Bad format. Great bird trashed.

[@RCEscape]

amzn.to/3ABFqvw 00:00 the wifi connection 02:58 flight test begins 15:27 zoom feature 17:43 slight delay in yaw 34:19 point of interest and image follow me 41:55 gps follow me 46:16 flying around 47:46 low voltage

[@Lynn-cf3fz]

Where is this at..