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My experience, and this was with the kids when they were younger, is that cheaper drones are much harder to fly. I bought a £30 from Maplins about 8 years ago, and I struggled to control it and the kids, who were 7 and 4 then, absolutely could not. It was fairly robust, but we regularly had to repair it.
We bought a better one - a Ryze Trello - for £100 and that was so much better for them. It has auto take off and land, is controlled by an app, has pre-programmed acrobatic manoeuvres and a camera that gives you a pilot's eye view of it flying. You can also use it to take pics and videos, which they loved. I bought a spares kit, but have not really had to use it that much.
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Yep, the same experience. The cheap ones are harder to fly, particularly if there's any type of wind. Holystone ones seem to have better reviews at the cheaper end of the market but I haven't tried one.
Also bear in mind you don't get that much flying time per battery and they take a while to charge.
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I want to know if I'm crazy to think about getting a £50 drone for my 6yo.
Are there ones that will survive multiple savage crashes?
Are there ones for £50?
Would be for use in a park.
Cheers.