Hover Camera Passport specs

The Zero Zero Robotics Hover Camera Passport is commonly used for selfies. At $599, the Hover Camera is one of the more expensive pocket drones available.

It’s very small which weighs at 242 grams or 0.5 pounds. As far as color goes, it is only available in black.

In order to fly the Hover Camera Passport, you’ll need to download the Hover Camera app onto your compatible smartphone or tablet. The app will only work on devices featuring at least Android 4.4 and iOS 8.0 or later, so be sure that your device has the right software installed.

This quadcopter can fly up to 2,000 meters above sea level, or 6,562 feet. This isn’t the actual height above the ground you can fly; that distance is determined by the operating range, which is 20 meters for the Hover Camera Passport.This is one of the worst operating ranges available among all drones, where the average is 100 meters (328 feet).

At a top speed of 8.0 m/s, or 18 mph, the Hover Camera is one of the slowest drones out there. Remember that this is the horizontal top speed, and you’ll also need to account for wind strength and direction when flying, which will affect the rate of travel.

The Hover Camera Passport can fly in ambient temperatures ranging from 5°C to 35°C, or from 41°F to 95°F. Keep the operating temperature range in mind before attempting to fly in extreme conditions.

On to its most important specs, the camera, the Hover Camera Passport sports a 13MP snapper that can shoot videos in 4K resolution.But of course Hover camera isn’t a full-featured drone like DJI’s Inspire or Phantom. While it does shoot 4K video and have a 13MP camera, it’s meant to be more of a close-up camera or tripod – not a true arial camera.

The WiFi connection will drop when it gets about 60 feet away from you, and it’s just not meant to fly that high. But when the connection drops the drone will just hover in place so you can walk closer and reconnect the WiFi.

Battery capacity is the most accurate way of determining overall battery life, and with a 1,360 mAh battery, the Hover Camera Passport uses an above-average sized battery to power its flight, compared to the average of 650 mAh. While an above average battery capacity should translate to longer flight times, it’s also important to account for the takeoff weight when estimating flight time.

Possessing a flight time of 10 minutes, the Hover Camera Passport can fly for a slightly above average amount of time compared to the average of 8 minutes.

The flight time measurement given is the amount of time the drone will fly with no additional weight added, so keep in mind that as you add additional weight, the flight time will decrease.

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