HUBSAN X4 H501S ADVANCED - Full Review - [Unbox, Inspection, Setup, Flight Test, Pros & Cons]
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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7 years later, I still fly mine. Even with the unplanned receiver change by Hubsan then. How time flies.
Thanks for these videos, they are timeless!
Good review. I've flown mine half a dozen times so far and am really happy with it. As someone else noted, the RTH function now points the camera towards you which is certainly a great feature.
This was the last video i watched, that led me to purchase my X4 501S, i got the standard, but bought and installed the extra range antennas....everything worked 100% as described, i have left it in gps mode and never touch the trim.
Thanks for making so many of these videos, this is only my second drone but 1st one with all the features, and these examples helped a great deal.
+Warubikku I'm glad it helped you out. Thank you 😁
Thanks very much! Best review of it that I've seen so far - straight to the point from the get go, clear, clean presentation, showing most options, full flight time, different views of controller screen, goggles and its own camera view and the different Pro's and Cons! Excellent!! Please, in future don't use a Fish eye lens on your head cam though? Thanks again!
Thanks Jacob. I've reduced the fisheye since then 👍
@@DustinDunnill thanks, cos it really does distort the view and proportions you know?
I recall reading on the message boards that this Headless direction is determined differently than other quads. Forward is defined when it is engaged rather than at takeoff.
Very informative video.
I am German, but learned a lot.
You have a very impressive clear voice.
Thank you very much!
Habibi bruda
and a very impressive lung......
You have a really clear and concise way, Dustin. The best narrative and review I've seen. Keep it up and I'm about to get one. Can you recommend a reasonable best bang for the buck fpv racer? Happy landings! John
Love your reviews. Recently got into quads and have bought 3 toy grade quads based off of your in depth reviews.
+David Tidrick Right on David. Glad you find my stuff useful 😀
Keep it up with the hubsan ( sorry if I say that wrong 😂) Drone tutorials helps me out a lot this is why I subscribed
Look forward to that range test , I got the white one, damn those bee's :D
I absolutely love your reviews, you are my favorite on RUclips easy! Very detailed! This quad has been out for some time now. Regarding its fly times and features, would you consider still relevant in 2018? Figured I would find out before maybe pulling the trigger on one.
def excited to see the vids on this I saw someone that went almost 2 miles stock, can't wait to see if you do any mods to this
Love the video. Just ordered mine. Can't wait to see more updates. 👌
+Rob Solar 👍
Hi Dustin, thanks for this review! It seems like a nice drone for me to start with. The other review i saw about the Hubsan, you were flying it with the app on your phone. Does that work for this one too? Going for some fishing now and will be watching part 2 when i get back home. Thanks again!!
Thanks for the videos and reviews, your the best and only guy I go to.
Beautiful spot for flying. Not sure where you are, but it reminds me of malibu (pepperdine specifically).
+John Weir Maui, Hawaii
Quadcopter101 was flying his standard version of the 501S in Puerto Rico, and it "auto-landed" into the water. Guess it ruined one or more of his ESCs. BTW, they have a 'bare bones' version of this called the X4 H501C, which is currently on Flash sale at several of the China E-tailers (11-11 days), for about $150 (including GB). Wish it had a more std. 2S battery, as the Hubsan replacement batteries are $20 .. which I guess isn't terrible. Supposedly, the provided charger takes 4 hours to charge the battery, so you're better of using a hobby grade charger. Not sure why the bees are attracted to that thing .. perhaps a certain sonic sound the props make resonates with them. Mahalo!
I think it was his beloved-take-everywhere H501C in the Philippines. It is weird the number of bee events we see.
You might look at his Philapine video again. He was flying a H501C, non FPV,camera model. The 501C didn't auto-land. He was flying close to some eagles and as any experienced flier knows, you stay the heck away from hawks and eagles. It you see one in the area, you land immediately. You do not try to fly with them! One attacked the quad and knocked it out of the sky and it fell straight into the ocean, KERPLOP!
I remember watching his video ... but I watch so many YT videos that sometimes I forget all the details. Now that its been mentioned, yeah, it was the Phillipines, not Puerto Rico (I remember commenting to him about being in the country of Pres. Duterte). As for the eagle, he was pretty far away, and I'll have to look again at the video. I recently flew my X380 in the presence of 6-7 eagles, and got video of at least one of them flying past me, but not doing anything else. After the 3rd or 4th pass, I landed and let them have the airspace. You can see the video on my YT channel.
I will have a look. You were lucky. Eagles and hawks attack ducks, geese, pigeons,ETC. It is in their nature. The Belgian police use falconers falcons to bring down quads flying too close to their airports. The falcons also scare the birds away from the runways. Birds are pretty smart. They know what hawks do. Also, owls scare crows away. Happy flying! ;-)
great review buddy
hello. thank you for the video.
when RTH begin, what is the altitude it go before come back? and is it possible to change the altitude of an that in any software?
thank you
Great Video! Love your channel. Are you going to review the dji mavic? Thanks RIch
Hey Dustin! I recently received mine but when I flew it I'd occasionally lose control of the quad even though my TX antennas were pointing towards the aircraft.. Any suggestions? Oh and yes I've tried a better antenna for improved range but still the same problem :/
Maybe you got a defect or you have interference nearby. Make sure your phone is in airplane mode and your away from residential areas as much as possible. Wifi can really interfere.
Thanks
dustin paying 39.00 just to get the pro controller worth it in your opinion?im stuck im not sure what to do.i would get the antenna upgrade for the basic version.that would improve it enough to be as good as the pro version?thanks again for your very helpful videos.
The pro controller is better in all ways but the smaller screen. Up to you 🍻
Hey buddy great vids, i have watched numerous reviews on the H501ss Pro and just ordered mine. suppose to come in in 3 days i cant wait. i had a few questions on mods, i have seen that some people have made an external antenna mod on the outside of the quadcopter, but with that being said i have yet to find any videos on how to actually do the mod. do you have any tips or ideas on how to mod mine for best distance and fpv range?
dual battery mod / Upgraded Antenna mod to the controller and the quadcopter if possible unless the pro controller is already good enough to just switch antenna out.
Lol at the sunshade coming off ~ subbed :-)
Thanks :)
Dustin Great review,
I have a question did you update the firmware before flight? I took my H501S Advanced out last night to get some night shots. Took the quad up to 50m snapped a few pics while in GPS mode then hit the return to home switch at this time I received a text message, I figured since its in GPS and the return home function is enabled no big deal I will just quickly read my text. After reading the text I return to looking into the night sky yet my drone is no where to be seen, finally I spot it just a tiny blinking light off in the distance, instantly my heart dropped Crap...I checked my transmitter telemetry to find out return home had flown the quad 300m away from my location and was still moving away. I tried to view the FPV screen but with it being so dark I couldn't get correct orientation...then it happened I lost complete contact aka FLYAWAY. Luckily the transmitter gives the last GPS coordinates so I plugged those into googles maps and ended up awkwardly driving around the neighborhoods trying not to look creepy. Finally the GPS lead me to a house with the target somewhere in the back yard...at this time the owner pulls up to his house, I ask I know this might sound weird but I think my drone landed in your back yard, he says "yeah I actually found it 30mins ago"...boom I found my drone with not a scratch on it after it flew itself over 1000ft from my house haha...have you ever heard of the Hubsan H501S Advanced doing this? Im afraid to use RTH now
Hi wonder if can help . I've got the hubsan h109 . Now if I also bind my h501 to my advanced transmitter to. Would I have to keep rebinding each time I change drones ? thanks ..
Just ordered mine, do you think i should cancel my order and go for the h109s? It will be used for fishing sometimes so I image it would be hard to fish with the h501s
You didn't mention the problem. hubsan is having with the gyro calibration, can you elaborate?
DJI sucks with warranty support there is none so this is a better deal no $150 batteries to buy and much longer range not going to get prof video but you won't either with DGI when theirs breaks four months later. Plus it's $60 cheaper.
You were calibrating it wrong for Calib compass 2
Do you have to calibrate for every fight or powering on? thanks
from everything I have read it's the same drone just an upgraded controller
+andrew brown I'd agree Andrew :)
I think I am done with Hubsan, I had two h501's and one h501c. and they all crashed because of crazy power or gps glitch's.. my last 501s fell out of the sky just a few days ago, I think the two blades just shattered while in flight sending the plain plummeting to the ground,, I am P O'd.. and the very next day the H109 pro just arrived.. I dont want to take it out of the box.. I am so dis-alusioned with hubsan I just want to send it back.. I cant take something that cost $350.00 US and is only going to give me a few good flights before breaking up into little bits... Im done if hubsan in the US does not do right by me and fix at least one of my 501's? gearbest is going to get back there h109 un-opened. and i will save up and take my chance with a phantom 3..Im going to do a video about it later on..
Bought 2 used and each has issues peculiar to Hubsan but it's a great starter drone if you watch the right videos...this is not one. The vehicle and controller need to be set up properly prior to use and the limitations presented here(such as no Auto off once on ground as noted here). The best thing is the massive number available at a great price for mod-ing and what not (for example 2 battery flying presented by Dustin). Also there is the Hubsan App which needs reviewing too. Sad to see GoPro exit the drone business actually. Big mistake.
At what Battery voltage should you land the Quadcopter at?? Is like 6.8 volts a good place to call it quits and land?
Power ends fast so don't go over 7.0 v for safety.
i have three choices of drones parrot bebop 1 hubsan h501s advanced and standard I need help on which one I should get I have also heard that the hubsan h501s advanced had had some quality issues
Thank you for the video. I HAVE QUESTION, I have same Hubsan X4H501S with regular control, if i buy Advance remote control this will work? Thank you
Yes, just have to bind new controller
Thank you very much
How much does the 501 4x air pro weigh
I dont understand, whithout been in gps mode, what is the top speed
is there some kind of thing on the controller to let you know when your recording and what is it??
HI so i have to ask have u heard of anyone running the batteries in parallel or using a 12v battery will the speed controller handle it for more speed and power
is this drone have VR option
there is a manual mode that nobody seems to cover
right now the advance version is 249 on gearbest. I paid 200 for the basiv
yup that's what I paid 2 nights ago for mine at gearbest ....man I hope it doesn't take forever to get here from their china warehouse...I'm in Canada.
it will. took me 3 to 4 weeks
$241 for white version Gearbest today (day after Black Friday 2016)
nice!
william torres
Hard to believe but mine arrived from china in 10 days! or was it 9 days... either way it is a thing of beauty....everything I expected and more.
What headset did u use? And what is the screen on the left and right in ur vid?
Why don't you WATCH the actual video?!
will 501s advanced orbit you?
When I start the drone it automaticly drift left or right and lands on his back. Whats the problem what can I do?
battery life ?
Hi! I have watched your videos for a couple weeks, and I liked this drone, and I GOT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY! :D :D :D I think I told you before I would be asking for it, but just to let you know, I got it!
Woohoo! Congrats 👍
Your metal watch might be throwing off the magnetic compass when you are doing the calibration.
Thanks for the upload...I love this little quad copter...I'm an older guy and wanted to get into these things...I watched your other videos, I already owned the 501s but I had never flown it..Your videos really helped...I just did my maiden flight this weekend past...:)...These things are so killer...Perfect for a beginner...
Hello, what about the size of the screen on the remote? Isn't it too small in comparison with a smartphone screen? Thanks for your help.
Great Video! I have this drone I cannot figure out how to film videos? Could you help me?
I believe the enter button is video and exit button is photo
just picked up a used unit. Came with no extras like manuals etc. Downloaded a pdf file for the manual and have this video saved while i try and figure this things out lol. Came iwth nothing but remote, receiver and antenna, two batteries and the drone itself with charger for 80 bucks
I'll be buying my third H501S shortly. How amazing someone "Liked" my "Highlighted Comment" from two months ago. I was only kidding about affording this drone. I was serious about affording "Hawian Boy's" wife. I bet she's a knock-out and quite costly. All kidding aside. I highly respect "Hawian Boy" sometimes called "Dustin Dunnill". -Bill Howes.
😂🤦♂️🤷♂️🍻
Dustin Dunnill thank you soo much for this detailed and informative testing on this drone! I watched some of your other vids on the hubsan and they have helped me make a decision on one! I know nothing about them but thanks to you i was able to rule out tons of drones for my son based on flight times, features, distance etc! Im still doing some reading but as of now this is the model ill be purchasing!
I have a 501s advanced when I turn it on it beeps constantly even after compass calibration and acquiring satellites, any ideas
ive just got one of these off bangood massiveley reduced (£96 sterling ) and its more fun to fly than my DJI mini 2se
What a fantastic review, thank you very much. Mine arrived yesterday and have yet to fly it due to poor weather, I found your review very helpful and enjoyable to watch and to listen to as well.
As you mentioned the footage can not be recorded to the transmitter, but can be recorded to the drone via sd card :) I enjoyed this so much that I have liked and subscribed. Thanks again John.. :)
LiFePO4 batteries should be used for drones: lower weight than conventional batteries with more power.
I did for both calibrations counter clock and it worked faster for me
Hi I have a question I just buy this drone but I can’t make it’s fly when I do the calibration it’s always say lose signal someone can help me please
@@noavenus9549 make sure there is no metal near I.
I have to say my H501S with advanced transmitter is one awesome Quad Copter. I flew mine today down by the river with wide open range and I took it up to about 200 feet and all of a sudden a 25mph wind came and i got disorientated with the direction the thing was heading and the wind basically took my drone about a 1/2 mile away which was by now a speck and no way to steer it back. It had crossed the river and went way into the forest far upstream and i thought i had lost the drone for sure because there would be no way to cross the river to look for it but i flipped the Return To Home switch and prayed it would work. it came right back and hovered above my head. Whooooooo....Relief! The transmitter range is fantastic! Also if the video will not record make sure to format it in Fat32 and not EXFAT.
Oh man, i cant imagine your relief when it hovered back to you! Amazing! Im excited to upgrade mine soon!
wow! I would also be insanely relieved if i was in that situation
Its a total crap......
@@kcparcen3413 I purchased it from Banggood or Ebay don't remember which.
Alex Amusic not a popular opinion
Thank you for this, I finally got one of these today, just brilliant !so happy with my choice
Does this drone record video?
@@michaelmurphy1315 yes it’s a fantastic drone
Yes - well done review. Finally someone is posting who has read the manual and knows what the quad does. Even got the FPV antenna installed the proper way (unlike the majority of the "reviewers") for this great quad.
Hi Dustin. I know it may have been a long time since you flew the H501SS with advanced controller, but did you typically get about 17 minutes of flight time before hitting around 7.0V and the warning on the transmitter? That is the voltage Hubsan says one should land pretty quickly. That looks to be about the time you got in your video (from around the 15 minute mark til 32 minutes in the video). I'm only getting about 10-11 minutes on two fairly new OEM Hubsan 2700 mAh 10C batteries using the stock charger and I believe the batteries are getting fully charged as I check it with a cheap digital voltmeter which shows 8.35V. I always fly in calm conditions and not aggressively so a baffled why I get so low a flight time. Any ideas? Otherwise the H501SS is a nice drone. Thanks
Just the video I needed! Hopefully mine will come in the mail soon 😀
Hi Dustin, Sometimes i travel to Cameroon Africa and would like to buy a drone with a good cam for making nice shots. I like what i see here but have one question. Because i dont know if i will have a GPS-signal in Cameroon or another african country, can the HUBSAN X4 take off without any GPS-signal? Hope you can answer my question. Thx and greetz from Belgium
Hi Belga,
You can switch into altitude hold only mode and fly but GPS won't stabilize horizontally and it will be manual 👍
Cool, thx Dustin
One thing I had heard about this model was that it had that atrocious auto-disarm if you go full throttle down for three seconds that the smaller x4s sometimes pack. I'm glad to see that was either false news or has been patched out.
Takes a weight off my mind since I plan to buy one of these beginning of next month (When flying camera equipped drones once again becomes legal in sweden).
I'm honestly wondering what the power on that 5.8GHz transmitter for the FPV is like, since there's a limit on what you're legally allowed to output without a license over here. But it's probably nowhere near that powerful.
43 minutes for one review, I don't like it, I love it! 😀😀
+Dean Parvin I know it's long but I really try to cover everything. Glad you enjoyed :)
Couldn't fault it i prefer in depth reviews.
lol
“I don’t like it
I love love love it
Oh oh”
RC Gamer and 43 seconds 😉😉
Thank you! I am trying to learn how this damn thing works, it was a present for my dad (71) but it keeps "escaping". :)
@Jack Costabile The German Amazon last October.
One grain of sand will destroy a brushless motor. Any lubricant will attract sand/dirt/dust etc. Don't lubricate the motor or the shaft. Nothing is required. Again, this is exactly what the engineers at Hubsan state, and what many years of r/c modelling has taught me.
Now you tell me
Great video! I am new to this world and the first thing I noticed is that I would much rather use goggles then the controller because of the sun. I have the previous version and I have no idea where to buy goggles. Can you point me in the right direction? Also did you do a battery mod video? woodshew
Video tips for this drone. To get a stable video, in your video editing software, choose half the original speed. It would show much less jerks. After that, use the freeware video stabilizer software and the result is almost cinematic. With recording issues, just format the micro SD card without "volume label".
Watch out for the Bees on this one
Dustin : Great video. One thing. When you do a speed, clime rate or agility test, turn off the GPS hold and go into the on screen menu and turn off the altitude hold. You will be in sort of agility mode. You can fly totally manually then. The bees attack the quad because of the sound frequency the props generate and to some degree because bees attack things that are black or any dark color. Bee keepers suits are always white for that reason. I have two 501S. I have both controllers. Both of mine were white. I painted the lower body shell,underside, and rear motor pods flat black and mounted a set of black props on the rear pods on one. The other one I painted the upper body shell flat black and left the tear motor pods white. I mounted gold props on rear pods and a set of black props on the front to match the flat black pods. They look a lot cooler and way different. Looking forward to your range test. Pay close attention to the antennas orientation in regard to the quads position for best results. You might mount one of your high gain di-pole antennas on your FatShark goggles for best flight recording. ;-) P.S. Give that fuzzy cat a pat for me.
Rotate your body and calibrate compass 2 will go away is another option. Also don't forget to tune the sticks prior to flight and also reset the internal gyro before each flight (left stick hard right/right stick back and forth left to right until full orange on the bird then let reset). Also going through the settings menu doesn't hurt for a pre-flight review. Much easier on the new controller than the old controller.
Hi! I’m looking to purchase my first drone. Want something that will take decent pics/videos. These were considerations as I wanted to stay under $200.
SJRC F11 Pro
JJRC X7 Smart
MJX Bugs B5W
ZLRC Beast SG906
I love the distance on this one but the difference being the screen on the transmitter rather than viewing on the phone. I’m sure the picture will be better using SD card but I like the convenience of recording directly to my phone.
Any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks in advance!
FIMI A3 🙂
Dustin Dunnill cheapest I see is $270. Trying to find something around or under $200. Thanks for the suggestion though!
I got one coming next wednesday, cant wait
As a newbie I will leep watching this review to make sure I am using it right
My h501s came with a rechargeable Lipo battery for the controller.
Wow, always a totally complete, smooth review on another quad! I can easily get a Mavic, but $1000 ? Nah, I'm good with this.
Thanks. It's a great cheap one.
ya. had my doubts about it somewhat...but I thinks it's gonna be good
One thing I have to ask, with the advanced version you basically just get the bigger Tx right?
Because I still can't decide if the slightly cooler design is worth an extra $50.
I mean, yes the sticks look amazing but the screen is smaller than on the "basic" model and the only other feature I could find (Which admittedly sounds awesome) is that you can open the advanced Tx up and take the throttle control off auto-center if you want to use the experimental manual mode that's supposed to be hiding somewhere inside the settings menu of this thing.
I don't really think I'd want to try turning that one on with a throttle that defaults to 50%.
What do you get in the advanced one part from a different controller? Why is it more money?
It has more range and no calibration. Just place control next to drone wait about 3 min and ready to Go !!
In GPS mode will the drone return home automatically if it gets out of range without turning on the return home mode?
+Robin L yes
Calibrate compas: no metal objects in the vicinity. So remove your watch, put it a couple of meters away together with the controller, keys, cell phone, coins,...
hey DD, have you ever flown this in complete manual mode...if so what do you think...
Dude thank you so much I was looking for a fpv drone that was semi beginner friendly and was at a decent price
hi dustin love your vids.i have h501s problem wondering if you heard of.i was getting ready to fly and i plugged in my battery,i noticed 2 puffs of smoke out of rear esc's.i immediatly unplugged and investigated(could not find anything wrong)so i tried to plug in again watching carefully.everything came on except no beeps when i plugged it in.everything on remote appeared ok ,but when i tried to unlock motors they wont unlock.i replaced back two esc (because thats where i saw smoke)but motors still locked and no beeps when i plug in.can anyone help me!! i really like this drone!!!
Got the White one bnf & waiting for my offer acceptance from seller 😉 to get the Black Advanced. 🙏 Be watching for all the reviews on it, like you usually do. Well done. !
You can see that you get a clearer image on the control than on the fat shark goggles
Dustin, your video reviews are excellent! Thank you! In one of your videos it sounded like you said "you can see the west Maui Mountains"? Do you live on Maui? I'm a little jealous. Cheers!
I had a buddy with this quad that used a set of Fatsharks that would pick up the video feed, so it made flying it a bit more fun in Fpv mode.
I have many drones and my hubsans are such great flyers and no problems ever. Thanks again for a great review!
How do you read the battery on the pro controller? I see the voltage. Also what percentage does the low battery come on. How much time before it totally crashed?
Thanks, informative vedeo. I saw another video where instead of spinning the drone, he held the drone and spun his body. It seemed to work well.
if it was running the latest FW it will power off motors when landed in RTH, and by the looks of you other video you go sent 1 that have a working 2.4 antenna cable, unlike a lot of others including my self that had the advanced controller with faulty antenna cables.
Any idea why my NEW Advanced Hubsan 501S won't send a video feed to my remote or take pictures or video?
anyone know if you can utilise the gimbal knobs? I have opened the H501S up to see if there are any spare connectors to make use of these channels on a diy gimbal setup, but found nothing obvious. hmmm
There should be a new firmware update available, which doesn't require you to calibrate compass before every flight. Only once. To calibrate the compass, you need to spin it clockwise horizontally a few times and vertically a few times.
i just got a new advance transmitter hubsan for my 501s but it does not recognize the quod the other transmitter was the standard controller i am not shure what to do
I have two of these - my black one RTH flies camera forward and my White one has the camerafacking away on the RTH. I have more expensive drones but the 501S is still my GOTO drone. I do primarily take still photos and it is a very good photo platform. There is a bit of fisheye so the horizon is curved. Since it is fairly inexpensive I am more confident using iti in a "risky" situation, but I have never lost of crashed one.. I just completed a flight to get pictures of a wildfire area that was still "hot" at the request of our Forest Service.. That was what I classify as a risky flight. because recovery might be impossible if anything had gone wrong.