Yuneec breeze floatie

davek81 · Aug 24, 2018

Has anyone tried the polystyrene balls as Floatie to be able to land on water in emergency ????

AeroJ · Aug 24, 2018

I have no Breeze, or experience of this, but I do know the antennas are in the landing gear, so probably not a good idea to bury those in styrofoam ? If you do try it, do a lot of range tests over land before venturing out to the water !

DoomMeister · Aug 24, 2018

See this thread HydroBreeze in the making.

Deleted member 17157 · Sep 22, 2018

Silly kids!

your puttin ideas in my head

SkySpy · Dec 1, 2018

davek81 said:
Has anyone tried the polystyrene balls as Floatie to be able to land on water in emergency ????

I'm exploring ways to keep it from sinking should crash over water. I would like to make some low level flights over water but i'm not sure how well the IMU will deal with this. For me the purpose of the floats would just be to retrieve the craft. If I come up with a practical solution I will post it.

gremaso · Dec 1, 2018

SkySpy said:
I'm exploring ways to keep it from sinking should crash over water. I would like to make some low level flights over water but i'm not sure how well the IMU will deal with this. For me the purpose of the floats would just be to retrieve the craft. If I come up with a practical solution I will post it.

I've done low level flights over water, albeit with my heart pounding, and it did well:

SkySpy · Dec 1, 2018

gremaso said:
I've done low level flights over water, albeit with my heart pounding, and it did well:

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Thanks for the reply. Yes, that is what I'm wanting to do. One difference is the type of location. I'm from southwest Louisiana. I'm wanting do some low level footage over the bayous. In most cases the water very still and dark. I know those are conditions the sensors have trouble with.