PatR
Premium Pilot
Yes and no. If someone tends to crash a lot they would need a few spares for the structure. Same for motors.
If using “industry standard” propellers they could order from numerous suppliers if and when the need occurred. Same with batteries and motors. My DIY and early 3DR drones conceivably be flown indefinitely as, with the exception of the FC, use common sourced parts. FC’s can be changed as desired.
Parts become a problem if the OEM designed their aircraft around proprietary props/prop mounts, motor mounts and batteries. In that state we would want to have a few in personal inventory.
Anecdotally, I have both Typhoon H and 920 Plus. The H’s are more restrictive in where I could obtain props, motors, and batteries than the 920, but not by much as Yuneec employed a custom prop bolt pattern on the 920 propellers. Replacement batteries for a 920 can be obtained from most battery suppliers with minor plug adaptation.
Needless to say, I obtained a couple prop, boom, motor spares, and one gear leg for the 920 some time ago as I knew it was discontinued even though Yuneec never made such a statement. Logic dictates parts would eventually become difficult to obtain. The downside of the 920 is that landing gear actuators have been out of stock since the day I bought it in November 2017. I haven’t crashed a drone in 4-5 years so I don’t anticipate failures with structural components but do see the possibility of wearing out a motor or two. As I can’t obtain gear actuators I use the retract function sparingly.
The H should not encounter gear availability issues as it shares landing gear commonality with the H Plus and 520, provided Yuneec has paid the supplier making them...
If using “industry standard” propellers they could order from numerous suppliers if and when the need occurred. Same with batteries and motors. My DIY and early 3DR drones conceivably be flown indefinitely as, with the exception of the FC, use common sourced parts. FC’s can be changed as desired.
Parts become a problem if the OEM designed their aircraft around proprietary props/prop mounts, motor mounts and batteries. In that state we would want to have a few in personal inventory.
Anecdotally, I have both Typhoon H and 920 Plus. The H’s are more restrictive in where I could obtain props, motors, and batteries than the 920, but not by much as Yuneec employed a custom prop bolt pattern on the 920 propellers. Replacement batteries for a 920 can be obtained from most battery suppliers with minor plug adaptation.
Needless to say, I obtained a couple prop, boom, motor spares, and one gear leg for the 920 some time ago as I knew it was discontinued even though Yuneec never made such a statement. Logic dictates parts would eventually become difficult to obtain. The downside of the 920 is that landing gear actuators have been out of stock since the day I bought it in November 2017. I haven’t crashed a drone in 4-5 years so I don’t anticipate failures with structural components but do see the possibility of wearing out a motor or two. As I can’t obtain gear actuators I use the retract function sparingly.
The H should not encounter gear availability issues as it shares landing gear commonality with the H Plus and 520, provided Yuneec has paid the supplier making them...