Potensic ATOM SE Mini Drone - DON'T do THIS!

Great review. I just got this drone. As a new pilot I wanted something decent but didn't want to spend a lot in case I crashed. I was flying yesterday for about an hour (2 batteries) and just couldn't be happier. It was very stable, I never lost signal and the video was good. I need work on my flying skills to keep the video steady but I'm working on that. It is pretty fast too. Over all I am extremely pleased with my purchase. I'm sure I'll want to upgrade in the future but not before I get better skills and find out what's important to me. Just a great beginner drone! Thanks for the review and I agree with your pros/cons points.

Glad you commented on the wireless mic interference, very good to know. I suspect that is the case for many/most of the reviewers as we almost all have mics on for these reviews. Also good practice to put the phone in airplane mode as it is also a transmitter and potential source of interference. Reviewers and commenters keep commenting on the 'tilted' horizon as it if that is a design flaw. Without the gimbal, like you said, if there is wind the drone will tilt to hold it's position and so will the video. EIS isn't there to fix that so that might be a deal breaker for some folks. I think this drone is a great value, high hopes for the new one coming that is supposed to have a gimbal, hopefully the price says low. Thanks for the review.

Nice to see a new video from you and I think your review of his new unit was very well done.

Thanks for sharing what you did, and for making it simple to follow and for you not wasting your words. In November, I bought a Flightelf Cine 248 Gram drone with lots of bells and whistles for the price of $329 out the online door(shipped from China and received in 2 weeks!) I have yet to try it out. This is my very first drone. I live in Maine and it's been also cold here like it was for you, too. My drone came with 3 batteries. I will get out there this Spring and try to have some "old man fun" some. The kite I bought 7 years ago just sits here unused though, but a drone should make me want to get out there is what I was thinking when I bought it. I'll have time to read up on things before I fly it. I haven't much clue what I'm doing though. I just want to fly it over the Back Cove and share videos is mostly my goal. Thanks again for sharing what you've learned and think regarding drones. I can't fine many Flightelf Cine drone tutorials so these others help me gain some confidence and give me clues on what to do and not to do.

Good catch on the 2.4 Ghz interference. Other YouTube reviewers tried to explain away the short range they were encountering.

I enjoyed and benefited from your review. I also appreciated how you followed up on your troubled feelings about the range test to determine that your mic was the culprit foiling it.

Thank you so much for the sweet review! You really put love in your videos. Nice transitions and very good editing. Of course you talked abiut every important point without doing a 50 minutes Video. Keep up the good work!

I'm so pleased that you reviewed this, I just bought a couple of weeks ago.

Great video thank you!

Great video! I just purchased the Potensic Atom Se and used your discount. I really excited about getting it.

Thank you. This was helpful. I have one ordered. .

Great review! That tip about 2.4Ghz interference was solid gold since I didn't find anything about it in the user manual. Thank you for that! Oh, and fyi - I have been in contact with Potensic, and was informed that they ARE going to be coming out with a 3 axis version of the ATOM SE later this year... No mention of the price point from them.

Great review thanks, got one in the UK and happy with it (full gimble ver)

Just found your channel. Loved the video! The manor in which you explain things is excellent. I'm 69 years old. I'm a landscape architect and photographer. I have some experience flying RC Helicopters and Quad Copters. I felt I knew what to expect in this price range. So... I was very glad to know that you feel it's value for price is great as well. You have much more experience at this than I do. I just purchased this drone yesterday, and it arrived today. I have a feeling this drone will do just fine for what I will ask of it. Really looking forward to using this little drone. Thanks for your time and effort in bringing this video full of outstanding information, to all of us. And I did hit the subscribe button.

Great video honest and fair love it when I watch your videos especially the intro where a drone plops in the pond behind and you looking up to the sky makes me giggle every single time, genius, love it, I have an Autel nano plus on order and will also get this Potensic as I have watched so many great reviews....keep it up mate especially the comedy 😂😂😂

Agree it is surprisingly stable without gimbals. Did see some jello effect when you were directly over the roadway looking straight down.

Fantastic Review and tutorial. Its helps as my first drone.

Great review! I just ordered it from Amazon, and I can't wait to test it. I ordered a Ruko F11 Mini yesterday, and I heard people complain that the video is not stable, then I made another order (Potensic). After reviewing your video, I am pretty sure I am going to return the Ruko, and I don't think it's worth testing it.

Really nice set up

Honest review much appreciated I looked at this one but went with the dji mini2 se in the end and very happy with it but I think they're both very good and anyone would be happy with either .Gimbal just made more sense to me.