Dunno anything about drones as such. Rc cars i do know. So my kid turned 10 yesterday. Because im not on the greatest terms with his mum i leave it till after the date to take him shopping for a present because i dunno beforehand what he got. He gets excited too as he has a say in what he wants. He has a quad copter that isnt a drone in the slightest. Constant trim adjustments as the thing has no smarts makes it difficult to fly. So range isnt really an issue, but im more interested for advice on stuff like ease of operation.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/drones-rob...-drone/828200/ . The model under that one my kid was satisfied with. But im thinking spending the extra for gps which i think you can set a home point with could be a saviour if he flys out of his sight and cant reference anything on the screen. The kid is good with rc cars. He has a traxxis bigfoot (effectively just a stampede) with a few goodies and a kyosh mini z. Both arent trashed. So he knows how not to hit stuff. Things on paper for that drone i like are the auto takeoff and land, and auto hover. But i dont know anything about flying drones.