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OK, so. The 520. Lets start off by me repeating myself one more time for anyone who doesn't know. I bought the 520 MYSELF. with my own money I worked hard to bloody earn. So for anyone thinking I'm here on Yuneec's behalf trying to play up the H520, your sorely mistaken. Ok. Now thats settled.
The 520. Ok.
You all know I'm a Yuneec fan and want to see them do good. Like. REALLY REALLY want to see them do good. So. Hopefully over the weekend now that I'm home. Hopefully I will get a chance to play with it some more and come back with a more substantial report. However. Heres my views on it for now.
It's a good machine, Great infact.....
BUT. missing loads, It's very stable and I can fly it with ease. However
1= Camera Firmware sucks. The lens distortion has not been corrected in the software enough to match say that of a Phantom 4 pro but can be sorted in post should you wish to add distortion removal and key stone correction. The camera is also missing 1/50th & 1/100th shutter speeds for us who want to record in 25/50 fps and get the motion blur we want.
2= (and this relates to some other features) the camera (E90)'is not low enough or far enough forward to prevent prop shots when the camera is facing forward, I mean. When you give full forward command the props come into shot, same when stopping etc etc. The props become visible, if a better camera firmware for lens distortion removal was there it might help prevent this somewhat. But its related to below.
3 = the flight controller in GPS mode is limited to 30 mph. Similar to the H and my guess is this is to prevent prop shots, but you might then also say. Sure it will go faster in Atti mode. True. But not so much. The Angle of pitch and roll in the Flight controller is set to a max tilt range of 33° and is not adjustable, I mean I've tried to adjust it. And the new Settings will nit write to the FC. We have been locked out and cannot adjust ANY of the flight controller Parameters. Which really REALLY REALLY SUCKS. One of the main reasons I bought this was due to the fact that it had a PiX4 flight controller and I was advised that we could make adjustments as to how we "The operator" would like this Machine to fly and make certain adjustments. This is not the case.
4 = All Channel settings in the ST16S are gone, we cannot adjust Rates or Expo on ANY channel for precise setup and flight control over the 520 and Camera Tilt and Pan etc etc. This is a major drawback.
5= NO team mode, as of right now. There is no way to bind another ST16 or ST16S to take control over the camera for 2 man op. This sucks. BIG TIME.
6 = The BIG ONE. BATTERY LEVEL WARNING AND CONTROL. Ok. This has me sweating. Its the same as the 480 and one of my BIGGEST PET HATES ON BOTH MACHINES. at 27% Battery level the 520 will self Land wherever it is. If its above a crowd, buildings, roads etc etc. It doesn't matter. If it hits 27% its coming down. This Again relates to control over adjustments and fine tuning of the flight controller that WE DO NOT HAVE!!!! We NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE FLIGHT CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS. You might say. Well. Just be be back and land when it hits say 30% which sounds fair enough in Theory. In practice. This is not the case, say for instance. Your flying and your 500 mtrs away above some large trees or buildings or whatever or worse. OVER the sea... Your at 50% you turn around and come back. You hit a 20mph Head wind. The 520 starts to work putting Load on the battery, the voltage drops. You 200 mtrs away from home. You Hit 27% (due to load) the 520 is coming down. And YOU CANNOT CANCEL IT!!!!! Really. This is not A JOKE And we need more control or a means to adjust the battery level for warnings and critical alarms and what actually happens and the means to be able to cancel and take over manual flight control of the 520.
7 = I forgot to mention. The ST16S or E90 still has no Histogram for exposure control.
Look. The Above mentioned are just some of the flaws I have found with the 520 that me and a few others are really annoyed about. I still really like this Machine and as it is Purely as a mapping machine. Its perfect. It flies Surveys and missions with ease, it takes very sharp highly detailed images and is very good for this.
OH one more thing. Popped into my head. The ST16S is in MODE 2 and not yet changeable. This is a big NO NO for Mode 1, 3 & 4 fliers. We cannot expect these users to have to get the soldering Iron out to a new ST16S to modify the controls, I think. And some will agree that most of the above mentioned points are NOT acceptable.
This is my Take so far, maybe things will change over time with firmware updates etc etc. Only time will tell, Hopefully I will get a chance to fly more over the weekend and come back with some more info.
However. Me being me, and all the above. I still love this Machine, Its great, full of potential and I don't regret buying it. I just hope Yuneec gives its "Professional Commercial user" a more professional user choice and control over the system.
Right, the wife has made French Toast. Im away. Catch you later.
The 520. Ok.
You all know I'm a Yuneec fan and want to see them do good. Like. REALLY REALLY want to see them do good. So. Hopefully over the weekend now that I'm home. Hopefully I will get a chance to play with it some more and come back with a more substantial report. However. Heres my views on it for now.
It's a good machine, Great infact.....
BUT. missing loads, It's very stable and I can fly it with ease. However1= Camera Firmware sucks. The lens distortion has not been corrected in the software enough to match say that of a Phantom 4 pro but can be sorted in post should you wish to add distortion removal and key stone correction. The camera is also missing 1/50th & 1/100th shutter speeds for us who want to record in 25/50 fps and get the motion blur we want.
2= (and this relates to some other features) the camera (E90)'is not low enough or far enough forward to prevent prop shots when the camera is facing forward, I mean. When you give full forward command the props come into shot, same when stopping etc etc. The props become visible, if a better camera firmware for lens distortion removal was there it might help prevent this somewhat. But its related to below.
3 = the flight controller in GPS mode is limited to 30 mph. Similar to the H and my guess is this is to prevent prop shots, but you might then also say. Sure it will go faster in Atti mode. True. But not so much. The Angle of pitch and roll in the Flight controller is set to a max tilt range of 33° and is not adjustable, I mean I've tried to adjust it. And the new Settings will nit write to the FC. We have been locked out and cannot adjust ANY of the flight controller Parameters. Which really REALLY REALLY SUCKS. One of the main reasons I bought this was due to the fact that it had a PiX4 flight controller and I was advised that we could make adjustments as to how we "The operator" would like this Machine to fly and make certain adjustments. This is not the case.
4 = All Channel settings in the ST16S are gone, we cannot adjust Rates or Expo on ANY channel for precise setup and flight control over the 520 and Camera Tilt and Pan etc etc. This is a major drawback.
5= NO team mode, as of right now. There is no way to bind another ST16 or ST16S to take control over the camera for 2 man op. This sucks. BIG TIME.
6 = The BIG ONE. BATTERY LEVEL WARNING AND CONTROL. Ok. This has me sweating. Its the same as the 480 and one of my BIGGEST PET HATES ON BOTH MACHINES. at 27% Battery level the 520 will self Land wherever it is. If its above a crowd, buildings, roads etc etc. It doesn't matter. If it hits 27% its coming down. This Again relates to control over adjustments and fine tuning of the flight controller that WE DO NOT HAVE!!!! We NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE FLIGHT CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS. You might say. Well. Just be be back and land when it hits say 30% which sounds fair enough in Theory. In practice. This is not the case, say for instance. Your flying and your 500 mtrs away above some large trees or buildings or whatever or worse. OVER the sea... Your at 50% you turn around and come back. You hit a 20mph Head wind. The 520 starts to work putting Load on the battery, the voltage drops. You 200 mtrs away from home. You Hit 27% (due to load) the 520 is coming down. And YOU CANNOT CANCEL IT!!!!! Really. This is not A JOKE And we need more control or a means to adjust the battery level for warnings and critical alarms and what actually happens and the means to be able to cancel and take over manual flight control of the 520.
7 = I forgot to mention. The ST16S or E90 still has no Histogram for exposure control.
Look. The Above mentioned are just some of the flaws I have found with the 520 that me and a few others are really annoyed about. I still really like this Machine and as it is Purely as a mapping machine. Its perfect. It flies Surveys and missions with ease, it takes very sharp highly detailed images and is very good for this.
OH one more thing. Popped into my head. The ST16S is in MODE 2 and not yet changeable. This is a big NO NO for Mode 1, 3 & 4 fliers. We cannot expect these users to have to get the soldering Iron out to a new ST16S to modify the controls, I think. And some will agree that most of the above mentioned points are NOT acceptable.
This is my Take so far, maybe things will change over time with firmware updates etc etc. Only time will tell, Hopefully I will get a chance to fly more over the weekend and come back with some more info.
However. Me being me, and all the above. I still love this Machine, Its great, full of potential and I don't regret buying it. I just hope Yuneec gives its "Professional Commercial user" a more professional user choice and control over the system.
Right, the wife has made French Toast. Im away. Catch you later.
