You hear so much about drones these days, I really wanted to have a play with one, hence me ordering the AUKEY Mohawk Quadcopter. I’ve never used any remote controlled flying device before and as only have a small garden, I decided to get to grips with it in the dining room, before I ventured out to a nearby playing field. It took me a while to get used to the controls; but repeatedly crashing it into walls, furniture and the wooden floor definitely proved that it is built to last. I’d strongly recommend taking it outside to get used to it; because although the plastic blades aren’t overly long, they’re very strong and will probably wreck your home before they break.

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This rechargeable drone comes with everything you need; a well written and thorough user manual, rechargeable 780 mAh battery and USB cable to charge it, spare blades, a screwdriver and a good sized remote control / transmitter… the only thing that wasn’t included was the 4 AA batteries needed for the remote. The drone will fly for 10 minutes on a full charge.

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I’m generally not one for reading instructions, but this is one product where you really do need to read the instructions. Place the charged battery in the battery slot under the drone and connect the cables, this automatically turns the drone on and you’ll see the green & red LED lights flashing... now put the drone on the ground, making sure it’s facing away from you.  Turn the remote control / transmitter on – push the throttle lever (left lever) all the way up, wait a few seconds and then move it all the way down... this will pair the drone and the remote and the blades will start up. After that, you just experiment and play with it! It won’t take long at all before you’re familiar with all the buttons and functions. I really like the return home button, being that the drone flies up to nearly 400ft from the controller; it’s great that you can automatically get it to come back to you, instead of having to go and collect it. There’s also another button on the controller that gives you the option of using it in headless mode if you wish. This quadcopter/drone is great fun and goes surprisingly fast too. It’s really responsive, it’s fun to be able to do rolls with it instead of just flying it straight and I love the LCD display on the controller and the LED lights on the quadcopter itself.

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Overall I’d happily recommend this, it’s great fun to use, well made and has lots of functions built into it, which many other more expensive quadcopters/drones don’t have; plus it comes with Aukey’s 2 year warranty.