Introduction
After the release of the budget Ryze Tello, Xiaomi decided to compete with the popular drone and presented its own version quadrocopter called - Mitu drone. It combines excellent flight characteristics, a good quality 2MP HD camera and various flight modes, including the air combat mode, which allows Mitu owners to play a command air war game. The drone is easy to operate and is ideal for children or beginners who want to quickly and safely learn how to fly a UAV. Further in detail and in order.
Features
- Weight 88 grams
- Powerful 4-core 1.2GHz processor
- Built-in infrared sensor for exciting aerial combat
- Positioning ultrasonic barometer and optical sensor
- Shooting video in 720p quality at 30 frames per second
- Video streaming HD quality (FPV over Wi-Fi)
- Max. flight time 10 min
- Max. distance 50m
- Performs flips 360º
- 4GB internal memory
- Auto takeoff and auto landing
- Quadcopter launch by throw
- Smartphone / tablet control
Package Contents
- Xiaomi MiTu Quadcopter
- 920mAh Battery
- 4 × rotor
- 2 × spare rotor
- 4 × rotor guards
- USB cable
- Chinese manual
Specification
Appearance
Motors
The Xiaomi Mitu drone is equipped with collector-type motors. There is enough potential for a comfortable flight. The developer does not specify information about the performance of the power plant.
Camera
MiTu has a 2MP HD camera in its arsenal. All recorded material is saved on the drone's built-in memory with a volume of 4GB. There is no image stabilization, which generally affects the quality of the shooting. We hope that in the future the developers will add electronic stabilization for video, since everything is solved programmatically. This will degrade the video quality a little, but it will be smoother. The quality of the photo is not very good, and often the photos taken are blurry.
Sample photo
Sample video
FPV
For first-person flight, the MiTu camera works in tandem with a Wi-Fi video transmitter, which in turn transmits a video stream at a frequency of 5 GHz. FPV flight quality deserves respect, but there are still transmission delays. Fly carefully.
Power supply
The drone is equipped with a 1-cell (1S / 3.7V) lithium polymer rechargeable battery with a capacity of 920mAh. Provides a flight duration of no more than 10 minutes, which generally corresponds to reality and depends on the piloting style (active / calm). The user will spend about one hour charging the battery.
Control
By default, Xiaomi MiTu is controlled via a smartphone / tablet via a mobile application (for IOS - FIMI, for Android - MiDroneMini). The interface of the application is quite user-friendly and does not take a lot of getting used to. The user can also control the drone using the Bluetooth controller
Air battles
There is an IR sensor just above the camera, which is used in the air combat mode(Infrared Battle mode). Pilots can hit the enemy's drone with an infrared beam, but also do not forget to dodge other people's hits.In infrared combat mode, with each hit, the displayed “health level” will gradually decrease.When the level reaches zero, the drone will not be able to continue attacking, it will be necessary to wait for the end of the battle (if there are more than two opponents) or exit the mode.
Infrared Battle is not new,was first implemented in Cheerson CX-60.
Recommendations
- distance 20m. This will significantly improve the quality of communication and make FPV flight more comfortable.
- After the end of the flight, do not rush to immediately proceed to the next one. Let the motors cool. This approach will extend their performance. Recall that the main disadvantage of collector-type motors is a small resource.
Price
The Xiaomi MiTu quadcopter is sold through all known Internet trading platforms at an average price of $ 60.
Conclusion
Pros
- Design
- Ratio Price / Quality
- Control (Stable)
- Excellent flight characteristics
- Camera (image quality)
- Air combat mode
- Built-in storage
Cons
- Small resource of collector motors (which is generally the norm for this type of motors; after a drop in thrust they change to original ones or analogs)
- No image stabilization
- Not long distance of removal
- Flight time
Quality deserves respect. Interesting design and good functionality. Like most drones in this price segment, the drone can flip, change speed modes, take off and land autonomously. The air combat mode deserves special attention; a rare drone can boast of such an option. Indicatively stable in the air and excellent handling. More than ever suitable for beginners and children. If you are looking for your first drone, then Xiaomi MiTu is worth paying attention to when choosing.
Photos
Photos with the Xiaomi MiTu quadcopter.
Video
Video with the Xiaomi MiTu quadrocopter.
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