UTO U960 (MJX X600) FPV Hexacopter Review
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- UTO's U960 Hexacopter was my first hexacopter after flying many quads and did not disappoint. This hexacopter is actually quite zippy in intermediate mode, the 2S battery provides plenty of power and runtime and in no time at all I found myself having a lot of fun.
To be candid, I was provided a sample for review purposes. What follows are my opinions and thoughts on how this product performed.
I have reviewed several quads now but this was my first hexacopter. I will have to admit, this hexacopter looks pretty cool so I was intrigued when I was presented with the opportunity to review it. The hexacopter is pretty sturdy and well built, the battery compartment is well designed, prop guards are included as well. The FPV camera is white though, I don't know why this wasn't black but it was on the underside so it didn't bother me as much.
I took it out for my initial flight and it has plenty of power. Because it has six props, it recovers nicely from all of the flips that I put it through. Where the six props really come in handy is when you go to a full throttle drop and then throttle punch, this hexacopter recovers quite nicely. Also, since it is a little bigger and heavier I found that it could tolerate more wind than most quadcopters that I have flown. The LEDs are ok, they are on the bottom and are only on the bottom, except for the two small blue LEDs for the "eyes" of the hexacopter. At first, this wasn't a big deal but after flying it some more I found it hard to orient this thing. This was not aided by the all black design on the body or the all black props either. I think maybe some LEDs up top that you could turn on or off would help out with this or placing the LEDs next to the motor pods. I was getting 10 - 12 minutes of flight time depending on how hard I flew this hexacopter which is actually pretty long. True, you only get one battery but you end up getting two batteries worth of runtime off of that one battery.
Onto the FPV...I tried, I really did but it was hard. Wifi FPV systems are inherently laggy, and it did have some choppiness further out. Not the end of the world but hard enough for no one with any FPV experience to learn on. I recommend a 5.8 GHz system for FPV, there is much less lag and you get interference (degraded video signal) instead of cutting in and out. A quality FPV setup will set you back a few hundred bucks. So while my attempts at flying this FPV were short lived, if you wanted to work harder at it you could probably have some success with it over short ranges. The free FPV app worked great and setup up correctly the first time I tried it.
The controller is nice and has lots of features. I didn't like two things about the controller. The first was the sticks that could easily pop out. As of writing this, I have lost one somewhere and will be reverting to a Q-tip. What I should have done was place a small drop of krazy glue on the end and secured it in place. The other thing that I did not like about the controller was that you get beginner, intermediate and advanced modes. However, advanced is really the same pitch levels as intermediate with one difference. When you go over 95% in one direction, the hexacopter then flips in that direction. I found this to be annoying over time and just switched the hexacopter back to intermediate mode. I would have much rather preferred a very aggressive flight envelope so I could rip this thing through the air even faster and have more fun with it. The controller isn't all bad, it did have some features which I liked. The first being the fact that you can fly it Mode 1 (Right throttle) or Mode 2 (Left throttle). The flips were very nice and tight and with six blades recovery was a piece of cake for this guy. I also want to note that this hexacopter has Headless mode and A-Key return, I don't use them but some other users might so I want to be sure to include that.
I hope this candid review has shed some light on whether this is the right hexacopter for you. Orientation was a little hard, as was FPV flight but with a powerful 2S battery and six props this guy was a lot of fun to fly. Flips and recovery from throttle drops was a nice change from my previous experiences with quadcopters. In the end, it was something different which was nice for a change. If you really want to fly FPV, then I encourage you to save and to look into 5.8 GHz systems. If you want to fly a cool hexacopter and don't care about the camera or flying FPV, then by all means look into getting this product.
Really mode 1 more common in Europe. I never met one use it actually. Mostly mode 2 here as well? But I am kinda new to this anyway. :-) ANd by the way. It actually has 4 modes. :-)
+Jerry Berglund True, I thought I heard Mode 1 was more common in Europe, maybe not though. It is used somewhere though or else they wouldn't have built it in. Maybe a European viewer can comment and help clear this up for us. If it isn't used in Europe, then where is it used?
Well I'm a clueless European lol
this is MJX X series? what that UTO brand?
+Vino Jaja It is a clone of the MJX X series just redistributed under the UTO name.
But For UTO looks better stickers.