Turning to the Dark Side

[KevG]

Well I have been toying with the idea for getting my Pfaw cert for a while but held off, but at the drone show yesterday got some really good info and have decided to do it in the new year.

But to get me started I went and bought a photo ship while I was up there......

And before you give me grief no its not a DJI.

its the Yuneec Typhoon H

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Looking forward to getting this in the air but I think a bit of reading will be on the cards first.

[Graham Lawrie]

I nearly got one of them. They are good Kev:)

[Derek]

I think Ken has a Yuneec. He's been taking some really great video.

[Lee]

I had a close look at one when they came out.
Nice bit of kit.

[Graham Lawrie]

£747 Drones Direct:) nice price:)

[KevG]

£747 Drones Direct:) nice price:)

Heard not good things on Drones direct,

Bought mine at the drone show on Sunday and got 10% off so it was a good bit cheaper than the early release price of £1099 all be it that RRP is now £999.

Just got to get a second or more batteries now,

Done a good bit of reading and watching youtube videos on the tx and the bird and think once the weather is not so bad down here I shall give it a shot with it, not in a rush to get this bird in the air TBH I just want a nice calm day for first flight.

[Graham Lawrie]

Drones Direct getting bad publicity , I spoke to the guy and seems genuine enough.
Take a look at the mod on the antenna I am doing:)
If it's as stable as the DJI you can use it in reasonable winds.
Enjoy Kev:)

[pvolcko]

Cool beans, Kev! Look forward to some video from it and of it.

I got the prior generation Yuneec 500 size 4K. Very stable in flight. The video uplink is too short range for my liking, but I believe they remedied that on this new H6 model.

[KevG]

Yeah mate they recon over 1k easy for range, but for 120$ you can get a good set of antenna that will triple that, but 1k for me will be more than enough.

hoping to get it in the air today so may have a few pics and some video to show later, dependant on the fog to be honest.

[KevG]

Well I got out to fly the bird. My mate spotted for me and done a bit of videoing

Here is the edit

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=hg2CmuCRcgo

[KevG]

Here is the video of on board from the maiden

https://youtu.be/S280QAsdSJo

[Graham Lawrie]

Nice video Kev:) loved the Welsh sheep poop at the end:) Very clear:) I catch mine rather than landing it as it is safe and easy. Seen too many horror videos of landings with side winds:)

[KevG]

Thanks mate, yeah I see a lot of videos of people hand landing, just at a 500mm hex I value my arms and such, although people do catch the typhoon.

Yeah field was full of poop, lol

[cml001]

Awesome!

[KevG]

Managed to get out in between Christmas and the new year and have a few batteries in the typhoon h here is the video from one of them.

https://youtu.be/F-SGvFj8y0s

[pvolcko]

Nice area!

[KevG]

Thanks Paul, that's our club flying site, its a great area.