Curious about what Phantom pilots are saying about the H

RBC · Jun 3, 2016

I spent a little time reading posts on the Phantom pilots forum yesterday. I was curious to see what is being said there about the H. I was surprised to see a number of posts from Phantom pilots that had purchased an H. Most if not all who had purchased the H were complimentary. They liked having prop redundancy, landing gear, and 360 degree camera. The negatives was that Lightbridge has much superior range than wifi. There is also some talk about DJI coming out with a Phantom Hex.

Markinter · Jun 3, 2016

Phantoms 3/4 are great. I love flying the H and now that I have 5 batteries I can really put some time into it. It's nice having a variety of drones to fly. A phantom hex would be great.

cokeaddict · Jun 3, 2016

Goes without saying DJi will bring out a hex, That is part of the reason DJI tried to stop the sale of the H. Now watch as DJI are in a mad rush to release one which will have similar features to the H and rush them out the door without proper testing. After all, and i can say this being one who had a fatal crash due to a faulty battery but DJi blamed it on operator error. Until I showed them the gopro video of the whole thing. So got a full refund next day. But as always it will be the buyers who will suffer with the release being untested properly. But that's life.
I own 2 x P2's with gopros, love them heaps. But I am getting the H when the second shipment arrives. This H is fantastic. Suits my "wants" perfectly for what I do.

Mr GruntHunter · Jun 3, 2016

When is the "second shipment" supposed to be available ?

cokeaddict · Jun 3, 2016

depends where you are mate. They told me the next shipment will be end of june here in Australia. BUT who knows.

Mr GruntHunter · Jun 3, 2016

cokeaddict said:
depends where you are mate. They told me the next shipment will be end of june here in Australia. BUT who knows.

OOPS ...... I'm here in Florida on the East Coast of the US.

cokeaddict · Jun 3, 2016

That's cool, I wont hold that against you

Demand for the H is bigger than expected so numbers sent per country must be cut i guess as they can only build so many in a day.

Rory McDonald · Jun 3, 2016

cokeaddict said:
depends where you are mate. They told me the next shipment will be end of june here in Australia. BUT who knows.

I just rang the Drone shop in Western Australia that I pre-ordered from and they have told me about another 2 weeks for the second shipment, mind you they been saying that for the last month and a half

snerd · Jun 4, 2016

Aerial-Pixel said:
........... I must admit the H has got me drooling................

Oh, it's drool-worthy all right. Not quite as refined on the software end like my P3P's, but it simply kills it in looks! It's also like a new challenge for me, after over a year on the Phantoms. Keeps me young!

Dragonflyerthom · Jun 4, 2016

DJI has been in the headlights for a few year now and Autel has come out with the XStar, a P3P clone, I like it. I now have my 500+, my TH, and now my XStar. I'm set. Now get it all to work at the same time,lol. Fly safely.

Jimmylee · Jun 4, 2016

snerd said:
Oh, it's drool-worthy all right. Not quite as refined on the software end like my P3P's, but it simply kills it in looks! It's also like a new challenge for me, after over a year on the Phantoms. Keeps me young!

You took the words right out of my mouth, the H hardware is nice, software end not so much.

I'm not in any love/hate relationship with any manufacturer, what ever suits my fancy at the time I will get, right now its the H.

I'll keep my Phantom just to mix things up.

In six months if DJI has something I like then I'll get it to play with.

Jussaguy · Jun 4, 2016

Aerial-Pixel said:
I'm on PhantomPilots everyday, I haven't heard one derogatory word about the H. I've been a long time Phantom flyer all the way back to the P1 now to P3 and P4, I must admit the H has got me drooling, If there wasn't a long line to get one I'd probably have ordered one already.

You can order them in stock at any number of places right now (in the US anyway). They are available at several Fry's and for a few days at B&H now.