New Toy :)

I’ve been wanting a quad-copter (or drone) for a while now, but have been a little intimidated by the prices of the pro-type ones while not wanting to waste money on a cheap one.

So today I did a little research and found that there’s a hobby shop in Stamford (HobbyTown USA) that sells all sorts of them from super cheap to really expensive. I had a quick chat with them over the phone and then decided to drive up there (about 25 minutes away) to see what they had “in the flesh”. They were incredibly helpful and recommended this little puppy- it’s an Ares Etos QX 130 that comes with everything you need in the box for $99 (and has some cool accessories you can get too). They said it’s a great one to learn on that I won’t outgrow too quickly, but if I do want to move on to something better later this will give me a really good grounding- so I grabbed it and  a couple of extra batteries ($8.50 a piece) and I’m good to go 🙂

I’m gonna charge the batteries while I walk the dog and then try it out in the parish hall later- a full review with pics and video hopefully to follow 🙂