Bought some Yuneec parts and cameras in bulk

cabinfourus · Aug 14, 2024

Hey guys,
I recently purchased a ton of new and used Yuneec drone and camera parts. In the deal, I got 7 C23 camera/gimbals, 3 being still in the box. I am curious to know if these cameras will work on a H. I have several of the Typhoon H models that I would like to add cameras to, so I can use them with my business.

Also, in this deal, there were several Mantis G drones, but the main control boards had been removed. If anyone has one of these, I'd be interested in purchasing it.

My wife and I often travel, and I don't get on here as much as I would like. Our next trip starts in October, and we are driving our motorhome across the country for 4 months. I am trying to get these new birds together before we leave on our trip.

h-elsner · Aug 14, 2024

C23 will not work with H480 and its ST16.

cabinfourus · Aug 17, 2024

h-elsner said:
C23 will not work with H480 and its ST16.

Back to the drawing board. Thanks

Douggieboy · Dec 10, 2025

cabinfourus said:
Hey guys,
I recently purchased a ton of new and used Yuneec drone and camera parts. In the deal, I got 7 C23 camera/gimbals, 3 being still in the box. I am curious to know if these cameras will work on a H. I have several of the Typhoon H models that I would like to add cameras to, so I can use them with my business.

Also, in this deal, there were several Mantis G drones, but the main control boards had been removed. If anyone has one of these, I'd be interested in purchasing it.

My wife and I often travel, and I don't get on here as much as I would like. Our next trip starts in October, and we are driving our motorhome across the country for 4 months. I am trying to get these new birds together before we leave on our trip.

The C23 gimbal works on the Typhoon H Pro, not the standard model. If I could get it to work on my base model, I’d be interested in buying one from you. Ditto if I can put one on Tornado H920+ with the CGO3+ gimbal adapter.
Thanks

h-elsner · Dec 11, 2025

The flightmode app from Typhoon H is not able to use the C23 (settings, start video, take photo). The CGO series using CGI commands, the C23/E90 family MAVlink messages. You can try to use the MantisQ app or possibly QGroundControl (never tested).
The gimbal can controlled by an message converter using a ESP32. It's the same principle I have used for Thunderbird to carry a CGO-ET from H520. Luckily the CGO-ET is part of the H480 flight mode app on ST16.