Hover Air X1 drone - Don't Make these 5 Common Mistakes! 

Hi - thanks for your comment and glad it was useful, more coming soon!

Hey! Happy New Year to you too! I assume you mean you have one of those little indoor toy drones to play with? I have a little one as well which I use for practice flying and usually smashing into furniture!

Thanks so much!

Hi Ben, cool, it's fun! enjoy! I've tried it a couple of times, seen on this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D5lspQTeLT4.html but I think the controller is really needed as it's tricky and fiddly with the mobile only

Hi - glad the video is useful for you, visit again soon!

Hi - in theory in the UK it should be registered as it has a camera even though it is less than 250g. But since it can't really fly too far from the user - I don't think it can cause too much mayhem unlike other drones. As long as the user doesn't annoy other people, I don't think the CAA will be too strict.

Hi! Thanks for the comment and question - unfortunately not, it's only going to follow humans. In fact it refuses to fly until it can memorize the beautiful human face before it launches! However, it's possible to fly it manually with a mobile, so could sort of follow an animal if you are really nimble with the fingers 😀

​@@4T-Tech that's a shame, maybe future versions may have the technology to follow more than just yourself. 👍

Hi John - thanks for the comment and questions. I can answer some of these now - I don't know how fast it'll go as I'll probably collapse running before I outpace it! If it runs out of battery it will enter landing procedure and try and land where it is - but it won't care if it's suitable landing point, it will just go for it so hopefully it's on flat land! Yes, you can certainly disable the voice notifications as they are a bit annoying. It won't care about where it lands, so will get wet in a puddle or on fine sand etc. It's always best to just either grab it from the air or put the hand underneath for it to land on your soft palm 😀

@@4T-Tech A friend of mine just bought himself a DJI mini 2 for Xmas - but, I like the vlogability (if thats a word) of this drone better. Maybe it's the lense I like? I dont like and am concerned with the battery life of 10 minutes. May I suggest another video from you detailing how you manage the short battery life - do you use a stop watch? Do use a power bank? If so, what brand powerbank and can the power bank keep your batteries (assuming you have extras) charged without too much wait in between battery swaps? There is no SD card - correct? so, how do you move or transfer videos to your phone or computer? anyway -- sorry I probably sound like a pesky kid asking a million questions, but at 59 years old, I have had my fair share of buyers remorse. - Thanks

Hi John, these questions are great! What a good idea about another video - I'm in the process of planning a video to answer these questions along with others which will be available soon. You are welcome to ask questions at any time, I'm happy to help! And I also suffer from buyers remorse too, much stuff lying unused in my cupboard! Thanks Tim

Hi Jim, that's an interesting question. As the hover has no object avoidance on the side I think it would probably not get through doors or crash into things in follow mode. But I think it might be possible to do it in custom mode, manually controlling the drone. I think I'll have an experiment, thanks for the question

Generally yet it will, as it follows your path, so don't walk into any walls.

Hi - it's about 17mph (27kmph) wind speed, so not much really! This video might help with other questions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qjSMb29eG9s.html

Hi - thanks for the question. No, definitely do not fly this guy over water or big drops like cliffs or buildings. It has a downward facing sensor and a max height of 15m, so will just drop down the cliff till it finds the ground.

Hi, it's just a case of gripping the battery tightly where the slots are and tugging upward. It's a little disconcerting at first, but soon pops out.

Hi there, blinking yellow is usually an error and normally displays as a notification in the Hover app so you can see the reason?

Hi Step, thanks for watching. I haven't tested it in crowded areas - it might not be in the drone rules. I think it depends how crowded exactly and if you are hidden from view among other people or can be clearly seen by the Hover

Hi - as it's under 250g for CAA / EURO rules, in theory, as it has a camera it should have an Operator ID. But as it can't fly too far unlike a DJI drone, I doubt you'd get stopped and asked for anything. But an Operator Id costs £10 for a year so not expensive to be safe.

@4T-Tech excellent thank you very much

4 hours? You need to change your plug or cable or something. Mine charges in less than an hour on the drone, 35 minutes using the dual charger (and for some reason I got 3 batteries, 2 plus 1 already on the drone). You're right it's not a flying Gopro for the whole bike ride, the idea is to pull over, pull it out your pocket, pull off a wheelie or whatever while it watches, put it back in your pocket and continue your ride.

Hi - thanks for the comment. I agree with @bigglyguy8429 - a 4 hours charge is definitely not right. Yes, mine is the same maybe 1 hour or so on the drone and much less on the charger. Check that you are only charging one device at a time and not a low powered 12W USB-A socket. Should be USB-C 30W and above. Like @bigglyguy8429 said, this Hover is not meant to follow an entire cycle ride, it's just for doing quick shots perhaps a min or so at a time max. Whip it out the pocket, do a shot, pop it back in. Even DJI drones £1000 batteries only go for about 20 mins or so.

Hi - it can fly a maximum of 15m

Hi Adrienne, sorry to hear you seem to have got a bad one. I also got mine during the crowd-funding but towards the end in the last few batches. Maybe I got lucky or the early ones had issues. Are they going to replace it for you?

@4T-Tech they are not taking responsibility. They requested the app log which I provided to them but then they never told me what the logs said or gave me a solid reason for what happened. I explained the situation to them and gave them pictures of the scene and at first they tried to say it was because I flew over the ocean (I didn't). Then said it was because I was in zoom out mode (I was in orbit). They then said it was because I bumped it. I have bumped it many times and it has also bumped into many things and never few away. This was the first time that happened. They offered to repair it at cost or give me a discount for a replacement.

Hi - Yes just tried today, and reasonably okay - video coming in the next couple of weeks! 😀

Hi thanks for the comment, yes should indeed be under the 250 gram rules for sure

@@4T-Tech How do you contact the customer service from uk? I had sent them multiple emails but no response. I seem to have issues with my drone

@@mickymouse-rl8ko Have you tried the suppot@gethover.com email address. I assume you have - perhaps give the USA contact number a call directly rather than email?

I'm going to london in few weeks I plan to bring my hover air x1, as you mention this will be under sub250 grams, do you still need operator id and or flyers id ???

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