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★★★★★
READ THIS OR YOU'LL THINK IT'S CRAPPY!
READ THIS TO CLARIFY BAD REVIEWS!!!!
I just recently got my HS170, and at first I thought the same thing that everyone else states in their one-star reviews. It was lurching forward unless I pulled back on the controller and I was super annoyed thinking it was a crappy product. READ THE MANUAL!! When you first get ready to fly, before taking off, pull both sticks on the controller towards you and to the left until the beep stops. Your drone will fly nearly perfect. If you still need to do some adjustments (which will be very minor), use the "trim" buttons that are near the right stick. These buttons will ever so slightly tilt the drone front/back or left/right until you've got it hovering.
Holy Stone is also a great company. When I got my drone, it flew itself into a wall within the first couple minutes of flying (because I didn't know I had to calibrate the gyro (what I talked about above)) and one of the motors got all screwy. I wrote them with hopes that they would maybe send a new motor to replace that one, and they wrote back in a few hours saying "We'll send you a new drone. No need to send in the old one, you can keep that one for spare parts!"
Good company and before you get your undies in a bunch, do the two things I said in the first paragraph. You'll be happy with it.
June 2017 · Toys and Games · verified purchase