Syma - X8HG - Review and Flight

This is the same as the popular X8G, but now has altitude hold to help maintain your height without having to constantly adjust the throttle.

Enjoy!
-Flyin' Ryan

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[markporter]

have had this a few weeks now. Absolutely love it. Weather has been very against me with the wind. Only dissapointment is that you CAN'T connect this too your phone despite it saying you can. Otherwise its a great piece of kit.
Mark - Mitcham Surrey CR4 (England UK)

[Dragontrumpetare]

SOrry that I am spamming But I just had to thank you. I really didnt know the camera was able to connect to the computer. That makes everything so much easier. And By the way, it is a 8MP camera. They are 3268x2448 pixels wich means 8MP. :-)

[vintagegirl]

Can you explain more about the controller? What are we looking at on the screen? I just got a X8HG. I am in N. Phoenix and taking it out for my first flight this morning. I only have the battery that came with it and with only a 8-10 minute flight I need to test as much as I can with such little time. I will not use the camera until my extra batteries arrive. I have a Sky Hawkeye 1315S drone that I've had for over a year. Took a fall and one motor is out of commission. This X8GH looks similar in the way it is controlled like the Sky Hawkeye so I will be testing the hold altitude today. In know to fly it at low heights to get used to it. I will post about it here later when I come home. I usually fly at a park near Peoria Ave and 7th Ave

[gdhall]

Flying RC, when I first got mine it would not hold it's altitude and I had to basically fight with the sellers to convince them that it was the quadcopter. They did not believe that and I never could return it because ebay ruled in their favor, so I had to rebuild the quad with upper and lower bodies and flight board because it crashed the first day twice and cracked the body. But now it flies perfectly, so I do recommend this quad but as you said you have to be careful with the sticks. Very good review.

[DuellistLondon]

Its people like you who made me aware of the throttle design before i received my x8hg, so thanks your advice saved my quad at least

[ShenRC]

Nice video... you can put a rubber tire or O ring on the throttle stick and push it down when flying so you cant stop the quad and pull it up on the stick so you can disarm motors.

[Zummeli]

I've been waiting for this :) Thanks for delivering, as always^^

[CrazyBlueTv]

I have been searching for days, but I can't find the connector type of those batteries... Someone knows the name of this connector? (It's not HXT 3.5) so I can use a better charger. (Need the connector to banana plug or deans / t plug)

[alansavage]

Great review & flight Ryan!! Glad you covered that detail about the throttle stick. I'll have to remember that when I get one 😊

[bikerforever]

Hi would it be possible to use a x8g transmitter on this to get rid of the motor cut off issue?

[sethbyas]

I have heard of people making these brushless.

[tommyhamill]

well man love the reviews which one is better tho either this drone or the Hubsan H501S X4 syma x8hg is €125 and the other one is €227

[Benny]

Nice one Ryan, I just got in from flying mine, actually there was a parade starting that I dint know about so I got to film that for a bit :)

[travisholley]

Mine won't lift off for some reason, I put it to full throttle and it still won't, any ideas?

[commiekiller]

If i bought this and down loaded the syma app would i be able to fly it and see video on my phone? Cause im looking for a good altitude hold drone where you can do all that fancy stuff with the phone 👀❤️ thx for the help

[tpmhanuka]

hello; can we put a filter on this camera ?

[toddy]

Ryan, thanks for the fun video!
Just want to mention, it's pronounced "see-ma", according to Linda Wu, who is some exec with the company.
Again, thanks...(I got mine in the mail two days ago)!

[flosiin]

Great review!
I bought mine a few weeks ago. got it because the altitude hold and 8MP camera. It's my first big quad. flys great so far.
I haven't figured out how to enable headless mode.

[BenneFPS]

Good video. I really liked it and it inspired me to make my own review on it. Keep up the good work

[yummyking]

you should review the sharper image streaming drone