With the Yuneec brand slowly becoming extinct, I find these forums following suit. There was a time when these forums would have 10-15 new posts a week. Now, it is more like 1-2 a month. It saddens me to see this happening, since I am not a huge supporter of change.
The first Yuneec drone I purchased was the Q500 (GoPro), and I absolutely loved it. As I learned to master this drone, my failures turned to crashes. So, I purchased the newer Q500 4K with the CGO3, and loved it even more. The new camera made the GoPro obsolete, and had much better quality. After Yuneec released the H Plus, I started seeing signs of a struggling company. News stories talked about Yuneec layoffs, and repair facilities were closing their doors. I bought up all the parts I could find over the next couple of years, and also kept upgrading my fleet. Keeping my seven birds in the air was my priority.
These forums were a lifeline for me. From the great advice many of you have shared, to the repair manual some of the members put together, I have been able to not only repair my drones, but use many of the parts I purchased to build more. I always wondered why Yuneec didn't stay with one or two models of their drone and just upgrade the camera/gimbals to be used on them. This would eliminate the need for designing newer model drones, allow them to focus on just the camera, and in the end, save money. I am sure they have their reasons, and research, so who am I to question their tactics.
So, the main reason for this post is to say that I am grateful to each of you, for your knowledge, repair help, and even software development. Without all of you, I would have never been able to keep my fleet in the air. The conversations have also been fun. I don't come to the forums as much these days, but unless they are one day taken down, I will always stop in to see who broke what. Who knows, maybe Yuneec will rise from the ashes one day, with a team of owners who can design, build, and market a drone we all can't live without.
The first Yuneec drone I purchased was the Q500 (GoPro), and I absolutely loved it. As I learned to master this drone, my failures turned to crashes. So, I purchased the newer Q500 4K with the CGO3, and loved it even more. The new camera made the GoPro obsolete, and had much better quality. After Yuneec released the H Plus, I started seeing signs of a struggling company. News stories talked about Yuneec layoffs, and repair facilities were closing their doors. I bought up all the parts I could find over the next couple of years, and also kept upgrading my fleet. Keeping my seven birds in the air was my priority.
These forums were a lifeline for me. From the great advice many of you have shared, to the repair manual some of the members put together, I have been able to not only repair my drones, but use many of the parts I purchased to build more. I always wondered why Yuneec didn't stay with one or two models of their drone and just upgrade the camera/gimbals to be used on them. This would eliminate the need for designing newer model drones, allow them to focus on just the camera, and in the end, save money. I am sure they have their reasons, and research, so who am I to question their tactics.
So, the main reason for this post is to say that I am grateful to each of you, for your knowledge, repair help, and even software development. Without all of you, I would have never been able to keep my fleet in the air. The conversations have also been fun. I don't come to the forums as much these days, but unless they are one day taken down, I will always stop in to see who broke what. Who knows, maybe Yuneec will rise from the ashes one day, with a team of owners who can design, build, and market a drone we all can't live without.
