UAV Flight Simulator?

[EricH]

I bought one and tried it out. Am I missing something?
All I can do is stand in one place and fly a computer drone around in a field.
That's all. It goes up, flies around, and comes back to land.
Is there more to this?

I'm just wondering what exactly I paid for.

 

[Murray Martz]

I bought one and tried it out. Am I missing something?
All I can do is stand in one place and fly a computer drone around in a field.
That's all. It goes up, flies around, and comes back to land.
Is there more to this?

I'm just wondering what exactly I paid for.

I know.
I bought one as well.
I was sad.

Not so sad any more. It's a good place to test out adjustments on the ST16 before you try them in the real world. When you get really good, you can do some serious tweaks to the H through the ST16 to get better performance based on what you will be using it for.

I do wish it had a pop-out window that showed the ST16 view though.


Murray

 

[Steve Carr]

It's a good way to get used to the controls on the ST10 & 16 for new pilots and practicing flying figure eights and landings. You can adjust the wind speed and turn off the GPS to get used to flying in manual mode.

 

[EricH]

Obviously my knowledge is quite limited as a first time drone owner.
I'll try some of those changes to see what results I have.
I was a bit disappointed that it did not help me with landing the drone.
I can come in full speed and drop it straight down and it just hovers over the ground perfectly.
I guess I'll find out how true that is today once i finally take mine out for it's maiden flight.

 

[PatR]

Don’t try coming in full speed and expect to slide in for a landing. That breaks lots of stuff. Follow what the sim does and stop and hover for a moment before landing straight down.

 

[Steve Carr]

Don’t try coming in full speed and expect to slide in for a landing. That breaks lots of stuff. Follow what the sim does and stop and hover for a moment before landing straight down.

Ha.....yeah, sliding into home plate can only be done once. Getting the grass stains out of the pants can cost a couple hundred bucks in parts.

 

[EricH]

I wish somehow the camera would be incorporated into it.
Then I could try to fly via first person view.
As for the rest, I find it just as easy to try outside, sans the 19* temps.