Yuneec drone image quality lapses a function of data flow

Problems with connections likely account for Yuneec drone image quality complaints.

Yuneec drone users often find perceptible differences in image and video quality compared to DJI models and many of the problems are linked to problems with the internal WiFi card that makes data transfers glitchy.

Yuneec has attempted to fix some of the data issues by offering to solder a new antenna onto some Yuneec drone versions, such as the Yuneec Q400 4K, and address other issues such as upgrading firmware, but persistent complaints about missing frames or out-of-color video even with Yuneec Typhoon H models and the Yuneec Typhoon actioncam are hard to ignore.

Some comments from Seachange01 draw sharp attention to the image problems on the Typhoon H camera feed and raise an issue that is fairly important, whether or not they can be fixed under warranty.

“Like many of you, I really want to do a lot of video making with this, it’s not just a fun flying toy for me. That being said, I seem to see a LOT of issues of “washed out color” in the many videos I have seen posted by Typhoon H users online,” Seachange01 said, when talking about the large Yuneec drone, a hexacopter.

“I am wanting to see if anyone here has gone through that issue, and if there was much that could be done to fix that problem shy of spending hours at the computer doing video editing. I know in many cases, people just leave settings on ‘auto’ to make life easier, and while I am no photography guru, I would happily invest the time in learning how to manually set the camera if it was definitely going to fix the issues and give me a far superior quality of video. I guess if it’s not something that is realistically able to be fixed, then the Typhoon dream is likely to end for me.”

One review from Base Bundle was even more to the point in a posting on another Yuneec drone, the Yuneec Q500.

“I was just solely disappointed with the aircraft stability and image quality in comparison to other drones on the market like DJI,” Base Bundle said. And Kevin McRae who liked other features on the Q500 Yuneec drone repeated the complains about “washed out color” noted by Seachange01.

“The camera on the other hand can produce overly warm photos/videos and I feel like the camera on the Phantom was slightly better at producing the right colors,” McRae said.

One reason for these recurrent Yuneec drone problems is that the WiFi feed has to exchange data with the controller in packets that can drop in transmission. This can lead to delays in sending and receiving images and the color and blurry edge conditions often noted by users.

Unlike these different Yuneec drone models, DJI uses a proprietary Lightbridge or Lightbridge 2 technology that avoids these data transfer glitches and that sets it apart from other UAV drone manufacturers like Yuneec.

Many users also complain of a cumbersome process to get parts fixed and upgraded that might mitigate the issues with Yuneec drone models and that is particularly the case with transmission issues that affect a number of in-flight parameters.

That leads to a fix-it-yourself mindset among many first-time Yuneec drone  users — a plan of action that can end up voiding any remaining warranty.

 

 

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