Nice stable drone

William Jamieson

I own the Holy Stone F181 Chaser and the Holy Stone HS 110 W toy class drones. The HOLY STONE HS 100 (GPS) is a major upgrade in the Holy Stone toy class fleet. This drone is much larger than the other two.
Unofficially, on my kitchen scale, this unit weighs in at about 1.5 pounds, without prop guards, compared to 4 to 5 ounces for the other two, making this a much more stable unit. The HS 100 has GPS capability added. This feature eliminates the issue of the drone drifting away in windy conditions and allows the drone to hold steady with regard to altitude and distance from the controller. This allows the pilot to concentrate more on taking photographs than on trying to control drone flight.
The camera is motorized and can be moved up and down. This action is controlled from the transmitter. The 720P HD WIFI camera takes clear still and video pictures. The camera, though, does not have a gimbal. As a result, with the GPS feature continuously adjusting the drones’ position the fixed position camera mount makes for a lot of movement on videos.
This drone has a much bigger battery (15 mins flight time) and larger motors. This drone can fly to the 400’ U.S. altitude legal limit and 500 meter distance from the controller. At these distances, it is impossible to fly the drone by visual observation. You can’t see it let alone tell which direction it’s going. You need to fly here using the viewer screen on your smart phone. This is where a good WIFI connection (which this drone has) and the return to home features are critical. When you are at these extreme distances, all that needs to be done is to press the return to home button. The drone will fly back to its take off point and automatically land itself. The same thing occurs if the drone loses contact with the controller or starts running out of power. The risk of loss is greatly reduced here. I would recommend this drone to a friend.

Nice Flying GPS Drone

I was excited to see this was a GPS drone :-) I like that it has the ability to set the max distance and altitude along with the height using the App. It will return to the exact spot where it took off from when RTH is activated either automatically or when you press the home button. The snap in battery makes it so easy when it is time to install or remove it. I was able to fly out about 600ft and reached a speed between 15 and 20mph which is good when fighting a light wind. The GPS held position very well which helps when trying to video and not worry if it will drift away. The app works very well and also keeps track of your flights showing max height, speed and distance. They give you enough spare parts should you need them. I would suggest getting an extra battery so you can stay out longer when flying between charging. I will try to post some videos later so you can see the quality of the camera. Photos and Video can be started or stopped from the controller or the app. Both the controller and flight battery are rechargeable which is nice so you don't have to keep buying batteries. Also I did want to mention that the app has a selection for VR which takes the screen and turns it into 2 so if you want to place your phone into a set of VR goggles you will feel like you are inside your drone looking down. I have touched on many positive points of this drone and sure my Granddaughter is going to love it :-) If anyone has any questions please write and I will try to answer what I can. I have been flying drones and planes for many years. Wishing you the best

Hope this helped Take Care :-) GrandpaJake