On May 25, 2016, Xiaomi Company released the Xiaomi UAV on the Xiaomi live broadcast platform, and also conducted a test flight of the UAV. Xiaomi UAV is built by Feimi Technology under Xiaomi Ecological Chain. From the perspective of price configuration, the price of Xiaomi UAV is still cost-effective. The 4K version is only 2999 yuan, and the 1080P version is 2499 yuan.

What we got this time is Xiaomi UAV 1080P version. The package of Xiaomi UAV is very huge. After opening it, we can see a main body of Xiaomi UAV, a 1080P UAV PTZ camera, a UAV remote control, a USB data cable (Android) 8 self tightening propellers, 4 UAV protection racks, 1 battery, 1 charger, 1 wrench, 1 screwdriver, 9 screws.

Before installation

The whole Xiaomi UAV's aircraft is in white color. The top of the aircraft is very simple, and no traces of screws can be seen. In the center is a logo of Xiaomi, which can be loaded with four self tightening propellers (two forward and two reverse). Compared with the top, the bottom of the aircraft is full of screw holes, and the buckle in the middle of the bottom is used to load the UAV PTZ camera, 4x Cortex-A7 CPU is adopted. The left and right landing gears can rotate more than 60 °.

Two large black holes are optical flow positioning auxiliary modules

Parameters of aircraft:

Wheel base: 434 mm; Flight limit distance: 500 m; Flight limit altitude: 120 m; Flight time: 27 minutes; Wind resistance level: ≤ 4; Maximum ascending speed: 6 m/s (novice mode: 4 m/s); Descending speed: 1.5 m/s;

In fact, the installation process of Xiaomi UAV is not complicated. Put the battery and the UAV pan tilt camera into the buckle of the aircraft, screw on four self tightening propellers, and finally fix the four UAV protection frames with screws. Installed The whole process is very short, even a beginner of UAV can complete the installation of the whole machine in 10 minutes.

After installation

The installed Xiaomi UAV will have a larger volume due to the addition of self tightening propeller and UAV protective frame.

spare parts

Remote control

The shape of the remote control is similar to that of most UAVs. It is equipped with a PCB array antenna, a dual antenna design, a built-in mobile phone bracket, and can be folded into the remote control to support Android/iOS devices.

Parameters of remote control:

Operating frequency: 2426.5 MHz~2461 MHz; Control distance: 1000 m; Transmission power:< 20 dBm； Sensitivity:- 101±2dBm；

UAV PTZ camera

The pan tilt camera of the Xiaomi UAV is designed as a whole, and the pan tilt camera is closely integrated with the camera and cannot be disassembled

The PTZ camera is a three-axis anti shake design, with a self stabilizing angle of - 120~35; Roll - 35~35; Azimuth - 65 ～ 65;

Parameters of camera (1080P version): Lens angle of view: 104 °; Aperture: F/2.6； Camera focal length: 4.2 mm (equivalent to 23 mm); Sensor: 1/2.3; Camera pixel: 16.35 million; ISO range: 100 - 3200 (video); 100 - 1600 (photos); Shutter speed: 1/6 seconds~1/8000 seconds; Video: 1920 x 1080p 60fps; 1280 x 720p 120fps； Memory card type: Micro Card (supporting Class10/U1 and above) 8~64G; Support working frequency band: 5GHz;

Charger and battery

The charger and battery are made of skin like material with smooth surface. The battery can be easily put into the aircraft. The battery capacity of Xiaomi UAV is 5100 mAh/77.52 Wh, weight is 450g. The output specification of the charger is 16V/2.9A, and the rated power is 46.4W; The wiring of the charger is very thick, similar to the wiring of the computer power supply.

Self tightening propeller

Protective frame

Propeller and protection frame

The autofrettage propeller has a length of 10 inches and a pitch of 4.6 inches , there are two types of positive and negative, two positive and two negative are located on the diagonal of the aircraft. The knob of self tightening propeller is made of metal.

The protective frame is made of plastic and has certain elasticity, The single weight is 22.66 g, and the outer ring can be protected at 140 °.

Screwdriver and wrench

last

Finally, let's take a look at the comparison of parameters between Xiaomi UAV and other UAVs. Later, we will make a horizontal evaluation of several UAVs, including Xiaomi UAV and Dajiang Genie 4. If you are interested, please follow our follow-up reports.