Loook What I found today at my Costco visit

[Dale D]

Has anyone seen this drone yet? I ws doing my usual monthly Costrco run for toilet paper and found this display. It looks great on display but I know absolutely nothing about it. I have not yet Googled it. It seems as though there is no dearth of American ingenuity to hurry up and fill the gap left by the loss of DJI. Happy to hear if anyone on the forum knows about it.

 

[Daniel NZDF]

Has anyone seen this drone yet? I ws doing my usual monthly Costrco run for toilet paperf and found this display. It looks great on display but I know absolutely nothing about it. I haave not yet Googled it. It seems as though there is no dearth of American ingenuity to hurry up and fill the gap left by the loss of DJI. Happy to hear if anyone on the forum knows about it.
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They're here in NZ, but i've never tried one.

 

[SHORod]

The Atom has been around for awhile and there are multiple positive video reviews online for it. There are multiple variants of the Atom though and they don't all have a 3-axis stabilized gimbal so that's one thing to watch out for. Many of the reviews I watched said it's a reasonable option to the Mini, but without as good of picture quality or as refined of a flying experience. But typically they end by saying something like, "If you're looking for a decent sub-250g drone that won't break the bank, the Potensic Atom should be on your short list."

I do not have first-hand experience with it though. I purchased a Walkera T210 Mini mostly for the price and to get the VR headset and motion controller, which other non-DJI competitors don't offer. It's fun to fly and definitely wants to be a DJI Mini when it grows up, but it's still not as refined as DJI products. Walkera has been pretty good with firmware updates and is certainly modeling the UI after DJI's, but oddly it and parts for it might be even more difficult to find in the US than a DJI.

-Rod