HoverAir X1 Pro and Promax: folding, self-flying 4K and 8K drones with modular controllers

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The HoverAir X1 Promax. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge

The HoverAir X1 wasn’t your traditional drone. People who have little interest in piloting, like my colleague Thomas Ricker, use the highly crash-resistant self-flying $350 camera to easily get aerial video just by pressing two buttons. But it’s not particularly high-quality video, it’s not particularly fast, and you can’t fly it far away even if you wanted to.

That’s where the new HoverAir X1 Pro and X1 Promax come in.

Zero Zero Robotics has just put both drones up for sale on Indiegogo. We briefly checked them out in person, and they sound like an improvement on the X1 in practically every way.

Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge
The new HoverAir X1 Pro and Promax, next to the original X1.

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source https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/26/24227115/hoverair-x1-pro-promax-announcement-price-release-date

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