Are you sure it would lose height?In angle mode the max speed is about 30 mph / 48 kph. In follow-me mode (Smart mode) the max is about 43 mph / kph. With the GPS off the speed can reach about 55 mph / 88 kph but the H will lose altitude because of the increased tilt angle of the bird. Generally this would be a poor choice for an aircraft built for stable videography.
You could send it down the pub and bring back a beer on Curve Cable Cam....Speaking of Lift....
I always wondered if Cowlings would increase the efficiency of The Typhoon H's Props, and Increase Lift.
Mathmatically Cowlings do increase lift and actually can operate as an airfoil in the right circumstances.
They help with Wash and Draft too.
And on another topic.
You know what would be neat to have on an H?
An after market set of claws or lifting platform that could be mounted to the camera mount.
Not that you would want to lift anything really heavy with it, but it seems like a natural place for it, and you would have power to attach, detach from an object or even possibly be able to mount a couple of robotic arms or claws which you might be able to control with the Camera Controls.
Are you sure it would lose height?
In the world of regular heli flying as you increase speed lift increases due to the aerodynamic effect of the airflow over the rotors.
When I fly my heli's if I don't drop collective as you move forward they go pretty ballistic, sure drone would be the same.
Also does it use GPS for altitude control, I thought it used the wee camera in the bottom.
In angle mode the max speed is about 30 mph / 48 kph. In follow-me mode (Smart mode) the max is about 43 mph / kph. With the GPS off the speed can reach about 55 mph / 88 kph but the H will lose altitude because of the increased tilt angle of the bird. Generally this would be a poor choice for an aircraft built for stable videography.
It's all about the angle of attack of the "rotor disk". I fly real helicopters. As you move the cyclic forward, the helicopter starts to move forward. However, some of that lift that was used to keep you in that hover is now being transferred to your forward movement. With the loss of lift in the vertical direction, you need to compensate by increasing collective. The more you push the cyclic forward the more you need to compensate with added collective if you intend to maintain your altitude as you increase speed. There is a limit to where no matter how much you add collective, you will still lose altitude because the angle of attack of the "rotor disk" is such that it is not producing enough vertical lift vs. forward speed. Model helicopters are relatively light and the need for added collective may not be as noticeable. I've never flown a model heli so I don't know if they are designed to automatically hold altitude like the "H" does. If they are designed that way, then it would automatically be adding collective to compensate.Are you sure it would lose height?
In the world of regular heli flying as you increase speed lift increases due to the aerodynamic effect of the airflow over the rotors.
When I fly my heli's if I don't drop collective as you move forward they go pretty ballistic, sure drone would be the same.
Also does it use GPS for altitude control, I thought it used the wee camera in the bottom.