Budget Quadcopter you can get in Malaysia

After looking at high end quadcopter, I was thinking to get one probably to be involved in photography field because it looks like very entertaining. Nevertheless I can't straight away spend my cash on something that is really expensive for me. There are so many advices from experts saying that you have to get an amateur quadcopter first before spending at the high end one. For me, you have to buy the cheap one before your thousand of Ringgit blown away just like that.Here, we will discuss most of budget quadcopters which currently available in Malaysia market. Btw, you have to search and compare the prices via lelong, lazada, mudah etc to get the actual price.  One more thing, I would like to just focus on outdoor quadcopter only because you can get the indoor quad as low as RM70.00 in market.

Actually, the differences between the outdoor and indoor quad is not just the size (outdoor size is bigger that indoor). It is also different in term of its control-ability. The bigger the size, the more stable it is. Actually, the stability of the flying machine is depending on its shape and greatly influenced by its weight. Extra weight will give your quad more resistance to wind but you would need extra capacity of battery. I did some research about magnitude of wind that is suitable for flying. Normally, in US, the professional aerial photographer is depending on weather and wind strength forecast to do their job. Of course that you won't place your stuff in a high risk condition otherwise it will be blown off by the strong wind. But, for us as amateur player and just for hobby, it's better to concentrate on a budget quad only at this time being.

When talk about budget, of course it is low end product. You can't expect it is equipped with all of sophisticated parts such FHD camera, GPS function, FPV, more than 10 min flying time, more that 200m flying range and so on. The quad might equipped with one of them only which will depend on the model and brand. One more thing, please don't expect that the machine is fabricated in Europe or US continents. Most of the quad are from China, design and build 100% by Chinese. Please do not think that Chinese 's product is out of quality. Nowadays, everything is from China. They currently is the main supplier of goods to the whole world. Without them, all of prices definitely would increase. Even my genuine PS4 is made in China. BTW, below is the lists that I could come with.

1. Syma X5C (estimated RM180.00)





 If you go to toy store finding a quad, definitely there will be offering you this. Syma is very well know brand for RC flying machine. Even they are Chinese's company, but the whole world is talking about them. Probably their quad is cheaper than others and it is equipped with 2MP camera. The camera can do recording but believe me the quality is very poor. With 2MP camera, taking photo would be more suitable I think. The flying time would be up to 7min and is supplied by 3.7V 500mAh Li-poly battery. For me, the biggest drawback of this RC is its flying range. Please don't trust the picture which it have flied very high. It only can be control up to 50m only. So, it you want to take photos from above, you would need to go farther than that. 

2. WLtoys Galaxy V353 (estimated RM 230.00)

Oh my god, I like this quad very much. WLtoys is one of the good brand name of quadcopter. The V303 as mentioned in last posts indicated that there are willing to invest in manufacturing a beast machine competing with DJI Phanton II. But, V353 is not bad also.


 

 With its price tag is more competitive than X5C, it posses something that is lacking in X5C. Equipped with 7.4V 850mAh, the RC can fly up to 130m, making it very worth to be bought. But, there is one little tiny problem for this quad. With its price tag it is absence of camera. Well, for me it kinda missing out of very a important part. If you want camera, you have to buy separately for about USD 45.00 including shipping. I couldn't find the camera selling here in Malaysia in internet. Maybe you can get the part from toy store. 


 3. DFD F183


 

 This is very good alternative than Syma and WLtoys. DFD is not a big name in RC world but they are willing to compete with others. This RC has more like the same spec with the V353 plus 2MP camera. With its price tag of RM250.00 ++ , it would be a very nice buys. I personally would choose F183 for my first quad. Based on review, I can say that not bad to give a try.


Well, these three machine are currently available in Malaysia. Grab it and feel the excitement. The list here is not complete. I personally don't like the quadcopter like this.



 Maybe because it looks like very ugly and more like a toy. If you don't care, there are a lot of choices then. However, you can take off the blade protector if you want. What are the important characteristic that you might know about the RC before buying are the flying time, flying range, its camera and of course the most important thing is its available spare parts.

Next time, I'll be writing about Cheerson CX-30W which has First Person View (FPV) function which can be shown in your smartphone while flying.  Thank you....

Quadcopter in Malaysia

Quadcopter in Malaysia

Quadcopter is a remote control (RC) flying machine which has blades. Quad means four and quadcopter has four blades. Some people called quadcopter as UFO since it's look more like a UFO. From my research via internet, there are two types of quadcopter which the one with blade shield and without it. If you are professional enough to control this machine, it is advised to get unprotected blade. However, controlling this machine is pretty easy.

 Quadcopter without blade shield
 
Quadcopter with blade shield



In Malaysia, Quadcopter is not really well known right now because most of us think that it might cost you much money to spend. After did a little searching in internet via lelong, lazada, mudah and international shopping website, I found that you can get this RC as low as RM 80.00.

Recently, I went to Jalan Pasar  near to Jalan Pudu which is located very near to my office. Actually I got a little matter at the bank which is rightly located in front of the market. I decided to have a look at the shop there. After a while, I was quite surprise when i noticed one object rightly above my head. I was thinking it might be an insect or something. After having a glance at it, i realized it is RC toy which is looked like helicopter but i didn't find the person who was controlling it. After looking all around, I found the controller was inside the shop. It was quite far from me and i started to love to know about it more.


The machine is very stable and you can fly it without moving. There are I believe three type of sizes which are small, medium and big. The small would give you good controlling ability especially in small constraint area such as in room or closed building. The medium size would give you better range of distance and very good in wind resistance as well. At the beginning, I would suggest you to get the micro one since it is very cheap and you can get it including some parts as blade. Believe me, you would need that since most of this quadcopter already build with good quality of material which posses high flexibility preventing it from get damaged.

If you asked me, I would go for DJI phantom 2. This is a very beast machine which can fly more than 500m. Can you believe that, 500m? One of the strength of this beast is it has an extreme flying hours which you can fly it for up to 25min in one charging. It also got very good security system which preventing it from flying away if you exceed the flying range and if your controller ran out of battery. Complete equipped with GPS system, it will fly back to the launching area when something is wrong. For me, why i like it a lot more that other quadcopters is its ability in taking Arial video. If you like to learn arial videography or photography, this would be your perfect choice. I believe in Malaysia, not many individual or company are offering the Arial Videography services because you need skill and money to get the machine. But, 5 years from now I believe people will be making use of it in some special event like to do marketing of your business or even your private ceremony like wedding. Equipping it with all of the sophisticated devices and sensors will give you one major problem, it's very pricey. To get the DJI phantom 2 with gimbal and pro hero HD camera, you need about RM 5,000.00. That is the reason why in Malaysia, it is less favorite to be owned unless if you have more than 2 wallets at your home. However, there are some other alternatives for you to get a powerfull RC with cheaper price. In market, as we know China always come out with something that has same spec and looking but in reduced price. For example you can search about WLtoys V303, Seraphi and CX-20. By the way, you can watch the video taken by reviewer and compare it to suit your own needs on youtube.






 DJI Phantom 2



V303






    Seraphi



 Walkera QR X350

Next time, I will share about budget quadcopter range between RM150.00 to RM250.00 which has more that 100m flying range which I think more practical as a hobby.   Bye.....

First of tiny steps.

Hi Malaysia,

First step in life time journey... This is my first time writing something and post it blog to be viewed. Actually there are a lot of reasons behind it. First, to learn and apply English in my daily life. I know that someone will question my language in this writing. Relax dude, give me a shot and give a try to use it. Right now, i don't care about my grammar, structure of sentence or whatever, I just want to get improved. I know some of blogger have reach more than thousand of posting. Do I care since my intention of writing is not to earn money or something. (But if I have a chance, I'll grab it without you know, haha)

Second, I think I have so many things to share with everybody (even I know no one will read it). It more like my journal or in other words is more like a diary of mine but I'm not going to write everyday. Up to you to follow or what. I don't care.

Actually, I want my blog's name like myhobbs, myint, somethings that sound hobby or interest because I'm going to share all my hobbies and interesting stuff. I got so many hobbies in entertaining myself. Well, you know living in KL and trap in congested city everyday have made me to become someone else like townie guy who are without any intention to do something else which is can benefit me.

Btw, back to the topic of hobby, I meant it that I got so many hobbies. But, I think the best of those hobbies  is to find a new hobby. That is the reason why I always do and search about new things. Recently, I have searched and googled about the beast machine of PS4 which will cost you about RM 1399 without the game disk.









I personally would say this is a really awesome machine for teenager and half adult person like me. Indeed, it is really expensive to have a lonely consul for that price. But, I can say I'm a lucky guy because my wife give the machine in conjunction with one third anniversary. (well, I'm married already, sorry girls).  I'm going to share the experience having it in front of my 43 inch of HD TV soon.

 However, I'm currently is looking for another interest about the flying machine name as QUADCOPTER.
 

 Oh man, the picture is one of the most expensive quadcopter currently in market which will cost you RM 5000.00 including gimbal and HD action camera. I definitely will write about it soon. 


So, I think it is long enough for my first posting. Second will be better. The next will better then second. Adious..