Hello,
I think Pat presentation sums up the situation very well. Unfortunately, the H520, with a 1-inch sensor (like the DJI Phantom 4 Pro) and its features, it is a drone more made for the industry than for the professional photography, video and cinema, which is a shame. Indeed, the Tornado H920 is gaining interest under conditions to correct all the problems of the H920 which is produced poorly finished. Notably by changing the Yuneec GB603 gimbal and buying another ST24, because this product will disappear from the market and to cope with a possible failure of the original ST24, to also work with two operators (team mode: pilot and cameraman), which does not allow the Tornado H920 Plus (Only ST16 and without team mode).
That depend of your needs, but Yuneec CG04 camera (Light GH4 camera by Yuneec) is an outdated product since the release of the Panasonic Lumix GH5: Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 Review
Be carreful, it's impossible to use ST16 with the Tornado H920, only with the update or with the Tornado H920 Plus ! Technically this should not have been impossible to use ST16 with Tornado, but Yuneec does not care about his former customers who bought a poorly finished product, supposedly for professionals at around US $ 7000, at the time, which interests the most is to sell new products (H520) and overpriced extended services:
Yuneec Yes! Extended Service - Commercial UAV | Yuneec USA
Supplementary informations in my opinion and modification or change the Yuneec GB603 of the Tornado H920, with Gremsy gimbal, at the bottom of this page: Whats The Difference Between The Two?
I don't make the update for my Tornado H920 to change for Tornado H920 Plus. I prefere to keep today my Yuneec GB603 gimbal (with many limitations, few optics available and others problems) my Sony Alpha 7 camera, and to change in the future for the new Gremsy T3 gimbal.
You could find some ST24 new today, about 150 euros (US $ 170). Some shops are selling their stocks in anticipation of the scheduled end, it seems the Tornado H920 and probably the Tornado H920 Plus that the price is today -50% off from its selling price when it came out on the market.
I use TATTU Tornado batteries and Yuneec Tornado stock batteries. TATTU Tornado batteries are better in comparison.
Today, in Germany, you could find Yuneec Tornado stock batterie at discount price, at € 45 (US $ 53) ! It smells of the announced death of the Yuneec Tornado series. In my opinion a Yuneec big error, if it is the case.
A few conversations with Terrestrial Imaging about the 920 generated quite a bit of information about the system I'd like to share for those that are entertaining a purchase.
The CGO-4 camera does not generate geo position data in the EXIF files. When Yuneec adapted the sensor from the GH-4 they might have figured the GPS data from the auto pilot would be enough for the users, and so discarded the GPS hardware from the camera. Team mode is not an option when using the CGO-4 and the ST-16.
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Mr Spotted Eagle, please take note. Yuneec needs all the platforms they currently have to maintain market viability. If Yuneec is serious about the commercial market putting a dev team on continued improvement of the 920 would be extremely beneficial to Yuneec's commercial market application interests. (...)
I think Pat presentation sums up the situation very well. Unfortunately, the H520, with a 1-inch sensor (like the DJI Phantom 4 Pro) and its features, it is a drone more made for the industry than for the professional photography, video and cinema, which is a shame. Indeed, the Tornado H920 is gaining interest under conditions to correct all the problems of the H920 which is produced poorly finished. Notably by changing the Yuneec GB603 gimbal and buying another ST24, because this product will disappear from the market and to cope with a possible failure of the original ST24, to also work with two operators (team mode: pilot and cameraman), which does not allow the Tornado H920 Plus (Only ST16 and without team mode).
That depend of your needs, but Yuneec CG04 camera (Light GH4 camera by Yuneec) is an outdated product since the release of the Panasonic Lumix GH5: Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 Review
Be carreful, it's impossible to use ST16 with the Tornado H920, only with the update or with the Tornado H920 Plus ! Technically this should not have been impossible to use ST16 with Tornado, but Yuneec does not care about his former customers who bought a poorly finished product, supposedly for professionals at around US $ 7000, at the time, which interests the most is to sell new products (H520) and overpriced extended services:
Yuneec Yes! Extended Service - Commercial UAV | Yuneec USA
Supplementary informations in my opinion and modification or change the Yuneec GB603 of the Tornado H920, with Gremsy gimbal, at the bottom of this page: Whats The Difference Between The Two?
I don't make the update for my Tornado H920 to change for Tornado H920 Plus. I prefere to keep today my Yuneec GB603 gimbal (with many limitations, few optics available and others problems) my Sony Alpha 7 camera, and to change in the future for the new Gremsy T3 gimbal.
You could find some ST24 new today, about 150 euros (US $ 170). Some shops are selling their stocks in anticipation of the scheduled end, it seems the Tornado H920 and probably the Tornado H920 Plus that the price is today -50% off from its selling price when it came out on the market.
I use TATTU Tornado batteries and Yuneec Tornado stock batteries. TATTU Tornado batteries are better in comparison.
Today, in Germany, you could find Yuneec Tornado stock batterie at discount price, at € 45 (US $ 53) ! It smells of the announced death of the Yuneec Tornado series. In my opinion a Yuneec big error, if it is the case.
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