Well THIS is a real drag.
I've been waiting for over a week for a break in the wintry weather we've been having here to do some flying, and finally I got it today. Fixed my schedule ahead of time to make the most of the rare free time I could gather, had my batteries all charged and ready to go for a few afternoon flights, but then all of my plans got shot down, crashed and burned.
After flying at one river location I wanted to film, I packed up and went upriver a few miles for different views. But my Typhoon's camera wouldn't engage once I was there. I spent too much time trying everything I knew to do to fix the situation but with no good results, then spent even more time trying to get the camera to bind again and again until it finally did. Everything then checked out fine, so I went up again, filmed what I wanted to, and next went further upriver, still, to capture a particular cove I wanted to get at sunset.
But once I got there the same thing happened. No camera connection, an endlessly spinning progress wheel on my display and no WiFi connection, as well as the inability to have a camera type lock in on the ST16. Evening came and I left, frustrated and puzzled.
Once home, I contacted Yuneec support, went through some diagnostics, and the answer came back as probably a dead camera. I removed the camera mount a few times (which Yuneec said often corrects the problem I was having), removed the battery, powered everything up and down a few times as instructed, but regardless of what we did there was no LED light action on the camera body whatsoever. Everything was still properly bound, but the camera refused to pop up on my ST16.
So, I have to pack up my H and send it off tomorrow to be diagnosed and repaired. Never had a crash with it, never any damage to the aircraft or camera, so I guess it's just dumb luck on my part. As a rule, it's been my experience that when it comes to purchasing electronics, if something is weak or faulty it usually fails shortly after purchase during its burn-in period. A real bummer, too, because I was planning on using my Typhoon this weekend to film the thousands of crazy people who will be jumping into the heartlessly cold Atlantic Ocean at a popular nearby beach resort town for an annual charity "Polar Bear Swim" event. Looks like I'll have to pull out my other drone now instead to capture the moment. There goes the benefit of the H's 360-degree views and panning abilities I was planning on using, right out the window. Oh well, no biggie. This is about the kind of luck I usually have, so I'm kind of used to it!!
Is it best (safest) to send the H to Yuneec in the backpack it came in? They want me to include my ST16, too, just in case, so I was thinking of shipping it the same way I got it. Gonna miss that piece of machinery...
I've been waiting for over a week for a break in the wintry weather we've been having here to do some flying, and finally I got it today. Fixed my schedule ahead of time to make the most of the rare free time I could gather, had my batteries all charged and ready to go for a few afternoon flights, but then all of my plans got shot down, crashed and burned.
After flying at one river location I wanted to film, I packed up and went upriver a few miles for different views. But my Typhoon's camera wouldn't engage once I was there. I spent too much time trying everything I knew to do to fix the situation but with no good results, then spent even more time trying to get the camera to bind again and again until it finally did. Everything then checked out fine, so I went up again, filmed what I wanted to, and next went further upriver, still, to capture a particular cove I wanted to get at sunset.
But once I got there the same thing happened. No camera connection, an endlessly spinning progress wheel on my display and no WiFi connection, as well as the inability to have a camera type lock in on the ST16. Evening came and I left, frustrated and puzzled.
Once home, I contacted Yuneec support, went through some diagnostics, and the answer came back as probably a dead camera. I removed the camera mount a few times (which Yuneec said often corrects the problem I was having), removed the battery, powered everything up and down a few times as instructed, but regardless of what we did there was no LED light action on the camera body whatsoever. Everything was still properly bound, but the camera refused to pop up on my ST16.
So, I have to pack up my H and send it off tomorrow to be diagnosed and repaired. Never had a crash with it, never any damage to the aircraft or camera, so I guess it's just dumb luck on my part. As a rule, it's been my experience that when it comes to purchasing electronics, if something is weak or faulty it usually fails shortly after purchase during its burn-in period. A real bummer, too, because I was planning on using my Typhoon this weekend to film the thousands of crazy people who will be jumping into the heartlessly cold Atlantic Ocean at a popular nearby beach resort town for an annual charity "Polar Bear Swim" event. Looks like I'll have to pull out my other drone now instead to capture the moment. There goes the benefit of the H's 360-degree views and panning abilities I was planning on using, right out the window. Oh well, no biggie. This is about the kind of luck I usually have, so I'm kind of used to it!!
Is it best (safest) to send the H to Yuneec in the backpack it came in? They want me to include my ST16, too, just in case, so I was thinking of shipping it the same way I got it. Gonna miss that piece of machinery...