How to hand catch your Typhoon - learn the skill.
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Ha...now there I see a perfect opportunity for the wizard remote if it would have been a TH. Fumbling around with a big remote while holding someone else's rope.....no thanks . I know...a bit off topic
You guys are funny, I hand catch based on the conditions I'm flying in. I have done my t/o then in less than 15 minutes they changed so hand catch it was. Too much money invested to see it fall over. Fly safe.
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I just subscribed to your channel! I'll be watching and feeling jealous while I'm waiting to find out how to fix my Typhoon H....
Seeing the past winter was fairly mild in Canadian terms, the biggest issue I found was keeping my hands warm...the Q worked good...Yuneec says no flying below -10 but I used that as a guide
Ha ha, thanks for the sub!I just subscribed to your channel! I'll be watching and feeling jealous while I'm waiting to find out how to fix my Typhoon H....
Funny, DJI has the same thing. They say their camera is not rated to operate below -10 C. I flew Phantoms in -25 C and the video turned out fine. The batteries/flight time took a hit though due to the cold.
Why thank you sir! I have another one coming out soon regarding how to get great video from the CGO3+ (just have to find time to edit it together)
I sometimes hand catch my Q500+. Have not tried it with my "H". When I hand catch I look and study the drone like it was a irate eagle. If it is not completely calm I will find a safe place to land it. I have caught it many times safety. If you do this be very careful.
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Just sub'd to your channel and thanks for all the tips. Did my first hand catch just in case I need to in the future.
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I tend to hand catch my phantoms around 75% of the time but , so far, I've ground landed my Typhoon H 100% of the time.
Reasons: My Phantoms (A P2V and a P2V+) have landing skids that don't have a very good footprint and the P2V+ in particular is prone to falling over in anything more that a light breeze. Indeed, on my very first flight with the P2V, many moons ago, it tipped over on landing and but for the fact that I had noob training wheels on it, it would have had some broken props for sure.
So, since then I've hand caught the Phantoms in any sort of wind.
The Typhoon H, on the other hand, has a larger foot print on the landing skids and just seems to behave itself much more during landing even in moderately strong winds. It just doesn't seem to particularly want to tip over during landing. Hence my 100% ground landing so far.
I know there will come a time when ground conditions will dictate to me a hand catch with the Typhoon H: Very long grass or very uneven surface but I think I'll reserve hand catches on the H for those exceptional circumstances and ground land the majority of the time.
Just my take on it.
By the way, Good tip on the safety glasses.
Edit: Just a footnote: if anyone doing the flight assessment for CAA permissions does a hand catch they will fail the test...you have to ground land the vehicle in any wind within your operational limits as stated in your ops manual.
Reasons: My Phantoms (A P2V and a P2V+) have landing skids that don't have a very good footprint and the P2V+ in particular is prone to falling over in anything more that a light breeze. Indeed, on my very first flight with the P2V, many moons ago, it tipped over on landing and but for the fact that I had noob training wheels on it, it would have had some broken props for sure.
So, since then I've hand caught the Phantoms in any sort of wind.
The Typhoon H, on the other hand, has a larger foot print on the landing skids and just seems to behave itself much more during landing even in moderately strong winds. It just doesn't seem to particularly want to tip over during landing. Hence my 100% ground landing so far.
I know there will come a time when ground conditions will dictate to me a hand catch with the Typhoon H: Very long grass or very uneven surface but I think I'll reserve hand catches on the H for those exceptional circumstances and ground land the majority of the time.
Just my take on it.
By the way, Good tip on the safety glasses.
Edit: Just a footnote: if anyone doing the flight assessment for CAA permissions does a hand catch they will fail the test...you have to ground land the vehicle in any wind within your operational limits as stated in your ops manual.
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GREAT + WOOW x 1000!!!
What I meant is, when you're mountain climbing, the Wizard comes in handy. No need for a phone or an IPad + Remote like the DJI guys with the newer Phantoms
Especially if you're supporting someone else. Look at him around the 3 min mark. Holding someones rope + holding a remote
when on a boat in the ocean with the current & waves rocking, drifting my only choice is to catch it. Landing it safely on the limited amount of real estate while the boats moving side to side up and down is impossible, for me at least
im a rookie aerial photographer but here's some footage from nyc
im a rookie aerial photographer but here's some footage from nyc
The mic is this one here:
https://www.amazon.ca/VIXIA-HF-Camc...470868456&sr=8-3&keywords=canon+vixia+hf+r500
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Sweet, do you plug it into your phone or a recorder, if the latter, care to share a link as well? Looking to step up my audio game and yours sound great!
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