Recent content by FlyaDrone

That is a great outcome and excellent support from your dealer! However I am suspicious about why Yuneec is so quick to authorize immediate replacements on aircraft when honest pilots remark that it might have been a battery which has not been properly seated?

And my point is that it has happened too many times to pilots reporting the same circumstances to be a coincidence. I doubt that so many pilots do not install the battery properly and it comes loose creating total power loss. But if that is what actually happens then it must be some sort of...

I agree that cockpit error is the majority cause of all aircraft crashes. But not having ever flown a Yuneec product I am not familiar with how loud and positive a battery lock condition is announced to the pilot. And there is the fact that Yuneec GB did a post mortem and then admitted to an IMU...

WTF you guys? Is this an undocumented feature of the H520? Loose comm link and the bird drops to the ground and self destructs? IMU solder connection issue? This is total BS if a loss of comm link creates anything less than RTH and results in a safe landing. A Pilot In Charge should be able to...

This is a VERY smart marketing move against DJI and their known data insecurity status, not to mention their default China governmental ties by virtue of their HQ location. A very strategic positioning decision which hopefully will bring Yuneec needed revenue that perhaps results in drone...

Your encouragement is spot on and based on your experience very welcomed. I have looked into the Ardupilot technology and have seen a few different examples and I am moving in that direction. Thanks!

For clarity, I do not as of yet own a M600 airframe. However just thinking out loud to stimulate those of us with better software integration skills than I have to consider putting together a refurbish program for all the damaged drone parts that the insurance industry is accumulating. Some of...

I appreciate the interest as I would like to know if I could by a couple of crashed M600 airframes put together a good airframe and then use the power distribution system, all thrust components and install the latest Pixhawk flight controller + GPS and use all the dronecode firmware components...

Yes it is available for download. Open source refers to community development and control through cooperative involvement. As to license cost of used in a commercial product, not sure. But my impression is the code is available for you to build a system on. Research these issues on dronecode.org...

These guys are too talented to be at the center of responsibility for the current operational parameters of this project! So what is the proper answer? Is open source firmware technology so far behind DJI that comparable functionality will never catch up? Assuming comparable flight...

Might consider the Agisoft Photo Scan app for affordable mapping experience. If you have a high end computer it has a local site license capability which allows you to run it on your machine. A two level pricing structure permits you the opportunity to gain valuable experience and determine if...

Keep it going guys we are all learning a lot from your posts! FR: OP = Michael

I really do hope that Yuneec and this new flight controller + software can give them a boost. I am a fan of the Open Architecture model as a theory, however market forces outside of the concerns of who has initial and continued development authorization and oversight, can trump a "better mouse...

This is far from the first time that he has been criticized for making comments that were less than accurate during one of his podcasts. I think the guy tries to hard to be an expert in too many areas. He sets a high bar for his own competence in that he attempts to create and in-depth podcast...

Ok so next step is to write an email to Dronecode in Zurich and get the answer "straight from the horses mouth" an old USA saying. A visit to the “Drone Valley.” - Dronecode