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Just spreading the word on the various threads discussing Tornado upgrades. The new H920+ has been announced and info is on the Yuneec website. No word yet on upgrade options for existing H920 owners. Yuneec website link: Overview - Yuneec

Link to USA site for the H920+ Overview - Yuneec

Info finally posted on Yuneec website - H920+ Overview - Yuneec No word yet on upgrade options for H920 owners - hopefully there will be a cost effective option given the investment we've made in the product.

37 mm. Also covered in: What size filter for the CGO4? 37mm?

Hi Marnix. The price sounds pretty good assuming the equipment and batteries are in decent working order and the V18 would suit your needs. (6 batteries would cost about $800 US to replace, so a good idea to check those out pre-purchase.) Compared to the Typhoon, the Tornado is a bit larger...

Hi TPL, I had purchased an Inspire 1 Pro and ended up sending it back for a variety of reasons. I recently started flying an H920/CGO4 combo so here are some initial thoughts comparing the two. Obviously, these are my opinions and YMMV. My experiences in a nutshell: The H920 has the edge in...

Hi PatR. It's a smaller community compared to the Q500/TH, but I've found the H920 forum's discussion and input useful and fairly objective. (Yeah, it can appear that there are some that favor DJI, but I think that is warranted depending on what's important to you.) When I started looking for...

Hi Doc. Thank you VERY much for the info. Sounds like travel and NFZ should be workable and the AF is pretty good. Range also sounds acceptable. I'm looking to keep it in line of site most of the time, but may on occastion have a visual observer. I share your sentiment in that I don't...

Hi Doc. No hurry, and I appreciate any input you can offer. Thank you. BTW, are you based down under? (I was stalking your website :-) ). I worked in Melbourne (and a little in Sydney) for 2 years way back when (20+ yrs ago). Live in Chicago now, but still have very fond memories of Oz.

Hi Doc52, thank you for the offer - Yuneec customer service recently sent me a jpg, video sample and a raw file (finding a converter for the custom RW2 was a bit tricky though!). They were samples this rep had taken on a test flight, yet those images seemed much better than what I was getting on...

Update . . . I got an Inspire 1 Pro . . . and sent it back about one week later. Lots of things I liked about it, but at the end of the day, the X5 camera wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I spent a long time calibrating/recalibrating the stock lens (probably more time than I spent...

Interesting. I was attracted to the Yuneec combo because it is a Hex and can fully control something close to a ‘real camera’ (the CGO4 being based on the GH4) with a zoom lens, but your points hit home. I think I'll try the I1 Pro (leaning away from the Raw and hoping that the video will be...

I’m considering both DJI and Yuneec, but getting hands-on with the products is important to me (I'm picky about image/video quality as well as usability of the setup for single operator flying). Neither company seems to have a way to demo the products at their US HQ's (or elsewhere), so I may...

Hi. I am considering a Tornado too. I like much of what I've read about it, but on other drones (Q500 4K & Phantom 4), my experience has varied from what I read in forums...so I'd prefer to get my hands on an H920 with CGO4 to check it out directly in terms of image quality and control...