Crowdfunding sites have been the home of ideas that range from sublime to stupid. Fortunately, the Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0 is a success story, because the result of this $3 million Indiegogo campaign is a simple drone that has some neat features and is fun to fly. It isn’t cheap, though: We looked at the $229 combo pack, which includes the drone, controller, Wi-Fi HD camera and a Google Cardboard FPV viewer. However, a few design issues dampen our enthusiasm.
Design
The Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0 is a simply designed drone, made from a basic X-shaped piece of metal with a plastic dome. The drone measures about 6.5 inches from rotor tip to tip, and weighs in at just 2.5 ounces with battery and camera. The dome covers the drone’s electronics, including the small 550-mAh battery. The motors and rotors are attached to the end of each arm. Beneath each of the motors is a single LED: blue for the front of the drone and white for the back. The rotor blades stick out a lot from the body of the drone, but Extreme Fliers includes a set of blade protectors — lightweight plastic half-circles that clip onto the motor and protect it from harm when you crash.
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