Customer Ratings & Reviews

I consider myself to be somewhat of an accompished novice in drones/quadcopters/etc, and own approximately 20 at this point. This "Hydrofoil 'Orak' Drone" is average. I judge a drone on three categories: 1) How easy it is to set up/start using right out of the box. 2) How easy it is to fly obviously 3) Flight time/battery life, and charging time. 1) The most negative about this drone is the set up. This thing was a nightmare to get up and running. Typically one can simply pull a new drone out of the box, pop batteries in, monkey with the remote a bit, and your flying away. This thing however, requires assembly to say the least... The drone itself is flight capable out of the box, but the "Hydrofoil" has to be assembled, and then clipped to the drone. Assembly time is about 15-20 minutes which isn't terrible but will require your full attention for the 20 minutes I assure you. Next is the remote, oh wait, it doesn't come with a remote which is part of the selling point of using the app on your phone as the remote. Loading the app on your phone is easy; registering, confirming email, syncing to phone(it shows up in Bluetooth connections actually named 'ORAK'), etc, and getting the app to actually work is another story. ALL in, took me about an hour with this thing before I was up and running. 2) The remote on your phone is actually pretty slick and the saving grace to this thing. It has three different modes depending on if your flying drone by itself, attached it to the hydrofoil, etc, and it has a plethora of different flight controls, some of which I'd never seen before so that soothed some of my 'assembly required' pains. As opposed to a standard joystick-in-hand remote, it takes a little getting used to but is far better with all of the flight control options and makes flying a lot simpler(imagine two cars-first car is older, rear wheel drive only, no traction control. Second car is off the showroom floor, fully loaded, four wheel hi and low, with all wheel traction control). Once attached to the hydrofoil it's yet again, a whole different story though... Flying/sailing/hydrofoiling is cumbersome, and not exactly what a drone is intended for. So in theory it sounds cool/fun and kind of is just for a change of pace, however I got bored/frustrated with it after about 10 minutes. Which brings us to number three. 3) Flight time is actually pretty decent, against charging time when flying the drone by itself. Flight time drone by itself I've gotten up to 15 minutes, typically between 10-12. Attach it to that hydrofoil and literally cut your flight time in half because of the added weight obviously the drone is using more power. In addition, depending on how much drag from the water your getting will also drain the battery. Flight time with hydrofoil attached is as quick as for minutes, no more than seven. In conclusion: there are better options out there, for far less money. For the $160 spent, your paying a lot of extra money for a cool remote on your phone, and the brand name Parrot. Pass...

Parrot is known to make quality products, and this little drone is no other. Works seamlessly once paired to your phone. Camera for still shots isn't the greatest , but over all the drone fairs well due to its ability to transform working as a hydro and a regular drone. Battery life is short, so buying a secondary back up is advisable. All in all a great little drone!

Fun to play with and like that you can use the drone by itself or with the boat.

The battery only last five minutes. And it only runs by an iPad , smartphone, or some type of electronic. I wish it had a remote control. The battery will at least get a full charge in twenty minutes.

We returned this because the battery life was under 10 minutes. It is very small but I thought that would be fine. Since we didn't keep it, I really can't rate it fairly.

Very versatile and easy to use after getting used to app comands.

Great starter for people interested in starting out with drones

The mini drone is easy to use and well built. Has been very fun flying indoors and out. Has crashed a few times but isn't damaged. Camera can be used to take pictures that's in the mini drone. Haven't used the hydrofoil yet.

Gave it to my fiance for a Christmas present. Used it in the house so far, it is very sensitive to the slightest breeze.

I liked it and my step dad loved it its awesome and worth it

I bought it for my brother and it flys really smoothly and is easy to control. The only problem I had was that I didn't know it was controlled by an app and didn't come with a remote

Got it as a Christmas gift. Its nice. It takes a little bit to figure out how to use the camera. Pictures are ok.Good size

Was easy to put together, but once we got it together it would not connect to a Samsung s4, so we could not use it and had to return it.

Got this for 13 year old son and he loves it...loves using on the pool! Seems pretty easy to use.

I bought this for an active 7 year old while on sale. He had a great time until it crashed!

It is fun. Does flips. Does not take very clear pics

Got this as a gift for my teen daughter and also nephew both kids like it. Purchased on a 4hr flash sale got great price. Would not have paid full price. It took some time practicing & a few crashes to get use to flying, haven't used hydrofoil yet. great gift.

Good product works love the things I can do either it

The Hydrofoil Parrot worked well for the price. ..

we return this drone did`nt live up to what we expected