Flying is VLOS and a map will not help there. At this point in time only big business can fly BVLOS and only by very hard to get FAA waiver.
For now, the Typhoon H and Typhoon H Pro (the Pro has the Intel RealSense module) are the ones that are supported by the Yuneec authorized 3rd party app UAV Toolbox. You can map a course with it and fly the resulting CCC it produces.
There are no authorized third party apps for the Typhoon H Plus at this time. The H520 does have mapping and uses the same frame and flight controller as the TH Plus. The H520 is the commercial platform for Yuneec and is geared with software in that direction.
My personal opinion, for what it is worth, would be to go with the Typhoon H Plus. It is a very stable platform, the camera is far superior to the CGO3+, and the CCC mode done onsite only takes an extra battery. The CCC mode allows you to frame your shots just right which cannot be done from mapping software.
Ground control may have got Apollo 11 to the Moon, but Neil still piloted the LEM to the surface.
Thanks for the input,
That was clever what you did there at the end, I caught that
As far as LOS goes, I'm not talking about flying outside LOS, you can have LOS while your drone is in the air, but lose it as its going down (hit a tree, Eagle attack, etc.), locating its last known position on a map can be the difference between finding your drone or not.
Your right in that you can't frame your flight perfectly with a map, but for some applications using a map to plan a flight is just what the doctor ordered, maybe you don't have time to fly the entire flight as you program it, maybe you want to program it the night before, you can't do that without a map.
It seems like, from what I've found so far, the whole reason Yuneec didn't add this type of functionality (Datapilot or even compatibility with UAV Toolbox) to the Plus is because for all intents and purposes, if they did, it would be a 520 (just gunmetal instead of orange). How do you charge industry 5k for a H520 when they could have the same thing for so much less in the prosumer version H Plus? A little high visibility paint and they'd be all set.
I'm with you on still liking the Plus over the other options (H or H Pro), but I'm struggling getting over the lack of the waypoint system. The Evo has it, but it's greatly lacking in options, and for everything good about Autel, great quality, support, etc., they aren't terribly quick releasing firmware updates.
Thx again for the info!
PS- What did you mean when you said the CCC mode done onsite takes an extra battery?