Ruko
Ruko F11GIM2
Ruko's flagship pairs a two-axis mechanical gimbal with electronic stabilisation on the third axis, which is a sensible compromise that the marketing then describes as "3-axis". Read the listings carefully and you will find both claims on the same page. The rest is solid enough: 48MP stills, 4K/30, roughly 5 km of transmission, Level 6 wind resistance and two batteries as standard. At 585 grams it is well over the registration line, so budget for the $5 FAA registration and a TRUST certificate, and check whether the unit you buy broadcasts Remote ID, because Ruko does not state it. The flight-time marketing is the usual pattern — a "64 minute" headline that is two packs added together, from a maker who quotes 28 per pack.
The 250-gram line
Over 249 g: FAA registration is required ($5, 3 years) and the maker does not say whether it broadcasts Remote ID.
Every recreational flyer must also take TRUST and carry proof of it, at any weight. Rules checked against faa.gov on 2026-09-24. Not legal advice — how this is worked out.
What that 28-minute claim is measured at
Ruko quotes about 28 minutes per battery. The "64 minutes" in retail listings is the two included packs added together, and the arithmetic does not even reach it.
That works out to 6.2 claimed minutes per $100 of the base kit. Compared with the rest of the catalog.
Buying one in the US: sold
Checked 24 Sep 2026. Sold new in the US through Ruko's own store and general retailers.
Specifications
True first-year cost: ~$450 — the base kit at ~$450; no crash-plan price has been verified for this model, so nothing is added for it.
What it has
- Two-axis mechanical gimbal plus electronic stabilisation
- 48MP stills and 4K/30 video
- 5 km transmission range
- Level 6 wind resistance
- GPS return-to-home, follow-me, waypoints and point-of-interest
- Two batteries included
In its favour
- Level 6 wind resistance is a step above most drones at this price
- Two batteries included, so the box is genuinely flight-ready
- Waypoints and point-of-interest modes at a budget price
- 5 km of rated range for well under $500
Against it
- Marketed as three-axis; the mechanical gimbal is two-axis plus software
- 585 g means registration, TRUST and a Remote ID solution
- The "64 minute" headline is two batteries, and does not match 28 per pack
- Waypoint and point-of-interest routes run blind — the aircraft will fly the line you drew through a tree
- Image quality is the common criticism in published reviews
The two lists above are drawn from the manufacturer’s published specifications and from the cited reviews, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Ruko F11GIM2 yet. Rather than fill the gap with something plausible, this section stays empty until there is a real body of owner reports to read. The specs above come from the maker’s published documentation.
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