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NO NAME ORANGE DRONE

No Name Orange Drone (www.wish.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 01-29-22

The No Name Orange Drone (hereinafter, probably just called a drone) is a mid-sized (365mm sq. x 70mm H), surprisingly light (169.70g {5.98 oz.}) drone that features a rechargeable 2S (two cell) 2,000mAh Li:Po (lithium polymer) flight battery, optical flow stabilisation, and the ability to manually (before takeoff) tilt the camera's lens over a 90° range -- from pointing forward up to pointing straight down (90° from horizontal).

This isn't a flashlight, household lamp, Christmas light set, or other thing that glows, but it *DOES* have a quartet of remarkably potent LEDs on its pylons (propeller arms), so what the hey.

I love things that fly; that's why I took the bate and also why I added a seperate section titled "PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO FLY" on my website a number of years ago and created a new website a couple of years or so ago specifically for flying machines of this nature!!! I was also attracted to something that this drone has that many others don't...

1: It has a gyro -- that means it's easy to fly even for a "craptastic" pilot like me.
2: It has all of those wonderful LEDs
3: It has an

optical flow sensor; this allows the drone to stay stable in the air when flying indoors.

4: It has folding pylons (arms); this makes the drone easier to store and transport.

The drone is in the higher-end of being TOY GRADE, rather than just being another run-of-the-mill pisson low-end toy grade drone -- those brushed motors and other misrepresentations in the advertising materials for this drone kind of kill it for me though.

The drone has a cheap, flimsy feel to it like many products of, "Hoo Phlung Pu" origin so often do.

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This quadcopter is a bit more complicated to get it to take off than your average toy-grade drone...here's how to get it off the ground:

As with any rechargeable product, charge the drone and install batteries in the radio first, and then you can pretend to fly a large dragonfly (well, that's what kitty cats would think it was if it were designed to be flown in a small living room -- you CAN fly it indoors, but you'll want a decent amount of space such an empty two-car garage at minimum!)

First off, load the app called, "WiFi UAV" (the Android version from Google Play or the iOS version from the Apple App Store) onto your 5G WiFi cellular telephone handset.

1: Unfold the pylons (arms). Place the drone on the ground.
Press and hold the POWER button on the drone (it's located on the top of the drone's fuselage) for several seconds until all of the lights come on.

2: Then turn the radio on by pressing, holding for several seconds, and then releasing the upper right button on the face of the radio.

3: Go into your phone's WiFi settings, and connect the one named FLOW_6K_{string of letters and numbers}.
Then launch the app.

When all of the drone's LEDs turn steady-on and stay that way, you're ready to take off.

Pull both joysticks downward and outward to start the motors at idle speed. Now, push up on the left stick or press the Auto Takeoff button on the remote near the upper left corner, and the drone should now blast off.
Congratulations, you're now a pilot!!!

For additional instructions & tips on how to fly, please read the instructional material that comes with the product.

On the remote control, press, hold, and then release the button on the upper right of the radio's face. This will neutralise the radio.
On the drone, press & hold the "OFF/ON" button for a second or so (until all of the lights have extinguished), and then release it. This should neutralise the drone.

Fold everything up, place the items back into their form-fitting compartments inside the case (the radio goes near the right side of the case; the drone fits in the larger compartment nearest the left side of the case with the front of the drone facing the open side of the case), zip the case up, and go on your merry way.

You can fly the drone strictly-dictly LOS (Line Of Sight) -- no FPV device is necessary even for preflight calibration. However, you will not be able to take photographs or aerial video when the drone is flown without the app.

The battery in the drone is rechargeable.

To charge the Li:Po battery in the drone, remove the battery from the drone (slide the battery in the direction of the arrows on the battery {using the arrows themselves to help your fingers grip it} until it stops, slide the battery out of the drone's body from the rear), and plug the furnished charge cable into any free USB receptacle on your Pee-Cee or Mac computer.

Plug the smaller end of the USB cord (the end with the red bit on it) into the red connector on the side of the top of the battery itself.

You should see a red LED on the USB-end of the plug. Let it cook there until this light turns off; this tells you that the charge cycle is complete and the battery may safely be unplugged from the charger.

Fully charging the drone's battery should give you approx. 28 minutes of flying time.

To change the AAA cells in the radio, slide the battery door off, carry it to the top of the basement stairs, and kick it down those stairs into the basement crawling with thousands of hungry silverfish that need to have a wee -- they'll think it's something yummy to eat and start chewing on it, but quickly find it unpalatable, so they all pass micturition on it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Remove the three used AAA cells from the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Insert three new AAA cells into the compartment, orienting each cell so its flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in each chamber.

Finally, slide the battery door back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that battery door down the stairs to all those hungry, hungry silverfish that really need to go pee-pee now?

This R/C drone is meant to be used as a toy in a large dry area outdoors or a large indoor venue, not as a flashlight meant to be carried around all the time, thrashed, trashed, bashed, and abused; so I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, viciously chuck it at one of those wall-mounted porcelain uranators to see if it becomes broken (the drone, not the uranator!), try to drown it in the {vulgar slang term for a fudge bunny}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again

- candiosity is usually checked with a scanner-type device on a platform with a large readout, with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; and the cannoñata is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analyses, launch it into the upper atmosphere of Gamalon V** so that chairman Sonji gets all bent out of shape about it, or inflict upon it punishments that I might inflict upon a flashlight.

This drone has foldable pylons (arms); this makes transport and storage somewhat easier.

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The drone uses 2.4GHz RF radiation to communicate with its radio, and its camera uses 5.8GHz (802.11ac or just 5G WiFi) to relay its photographic and videographic data back to your smartphone or tablet.

I just love the living tweedle out of the carrying case! Everything (and I do mean ***EVERYTHING***) that the drone comes with fits neatly into cutouts in the foam for them (or into the noncloseable pocket on the inside the lid of the case -- which is great if you wish to bring along another flight battery or two or three): the drone itself, the transmitter, all spare props, and charger cord).

However, the foam inside the case feels a bit flimsy, so I'm uncertain as to how long it will hold up.

The mobile phone holder on the radio can accomodate handsets up to 86.60mm (3.26") wide and because of it's twin-boom design, your phone cannot be shorter than 121.20mm (47.70") long (tall) (measured from the center of each clip) or else it simply won't fit.

ALL OF THE FLIGHT VIDEOS ARE ON THEIR OWN WEB PAGE
SO THAT THIS EVAL. WOULD NOT BECOME TOO CUMBERSOME!!!

Photograph of the radio (transmitter) in its feral state.

Photograph of the radio (transmitter) for this drone with a cellular telephone handset clipped into place.
Although the radio has a button reading, "flip", I have not been able to get the drone to actually flip.

Photograph of where the drone ***REALLY*** belongs -- in a toliet of course!!!
(Please note: no toliet bowls were permanently damaged while setting up for this photograph!

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Photograph of the Class Y terrestrial planet Venus.
Photograph taken at 5:55am PST on 01-30-22.

Of all of the drones that I've photographed Venus with over the years, this one is -- by far -- the worst one.
(There's an obscure GWAR reference in this pic)

Another photograph of the Class Y terrestrial planet Venus.
Photograph taken at 5:44am PST on 01-31-22.
(There's the same obscure GWAR reference in this pic as well)

TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on the Wish.com website on 12-30-2021 and was received at 1:22pm PST on 01-24-2021.

Drone does not have EIS (it was advertised to).
Drone does not have a gimbal (it was advertised to).
Drone's camera performs exceptionally poorly in low-light situations.
Has gears and brushed motors, not brushless as advertised.
The camera angle can be adjusted but it must be done manually before you take off; it was advertised to have an "electric" camera angle adjustment that could be done from the radio.
The battery in the radio was advertised as rechargeable; in reality it requires 3x AAA disposable cells.

On the plus side, the optical flow system does appear to function adequately (well it did for a couple of days anyway and then went to pot!), and you can take photos & videos from its bottom-facing camera without blowing up the app.

** From the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Final Mission".

UPDATE: 00-00-00

Unknown

Small toy-grade drone w/ optical flow and manual camera Y-axis adjustment

LED

6 (2x red, 3x blue in drone; 1x red in radio)

N/A

Pushbutton on/off on drone and on radio

Plastic

N/A

3x AAA cells for radio; 1x 7.40V 2,000mAh Li:Po for drone

Unknown/unable to measure

MICTURITION

Very light sprinkle-resistance at maximum

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FAR

¡¡¡UN TRUCO O CONVITE GOER DISFRAZADO DE UN GHOUL MIEDO GRANDE VA AL BAÑO EN UNA CADENA DE LUCES DE HALLOWEEN, NO!!!

Carrying case, USB charging cable, 1x flight battery, 4x prop guards, 2x spare blades, Phillips screwdriver

(Unfolded): 190mm sq. x 60.40mm H; (Folded): 165mm L x 127.40mm W x 64.90mm H

169.70g {5.98 oz.} (incl. flight battery); 137.50g (4.85 oz.) (empty); 32.20g (1.14oz.), (battery itself)

China

Unknown/not stated

No Name Orange Drone * www.wish.com...

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