My two Yuneec Typhoon G crashed for no reason

I do not want to write negative reviews to be honest. I do understand that it do effect the way you make a decision. But this is the reason we need to write the truth here.

Every time I see the drone fly free in the sky, I dream of having my own drone and flying it proudly. I read a lot of reviews online and watched a lot of videos. The Yuneec Typhoon G came to my choice finally based on the strong recommendations from my one of friend who owned a Yuneec Typhoon H. He convinced me of purchasing the Yuneec Typhoon G as it is easy to start with and can fly with my Gopro 4.That’s great! I made the choice happily.

I unboxed the Yuneec Typhoon G carefully, checked the parts I received and I started my first flight after everything was great. I turned on the Typhoon G and remote controller. I was studying and tried to get to know more about this unit. Then I smelt something uncomfortable. I looked around but couldn’t find anything wrong. I then touched the Typhoon G accidently and was shocked. The Typhoon G was badly overheated and emitted a burning smell when I hadn’t even flown it at all. I turned it off and called the support immediately. I was recommended to send it back for test. I was not so happy about that but still looking forward to receiving it very soon with my friend’s comfort.

A week later, I heard from Yuneec support and they agreed to exchange a brand new Yuneec Typhoon G for me. I was so happy and thought that’s why my friend recommended Yuneec.

The exchanged unit worked great at first. I thought I got the hang of it and purchased a lot of accessories from Yuneec just to have my Gopro 4 fly with it. However, that was when the nightmare began.

With the live video feed, I could see that the gimbal shaking like crazy. I was afraid that it might be too loose that it just dropped off my GoPro 4. I landed it immediately and try to reinstall my GoPro. It worked better later after I reinstalled but the footage was still shaky. However, when it was about 100 meters away from me, I received a warning that the WIFI signal is weak. It lost the signal after that and the screen went to black. I landed it, checked all the connections and rebooted later. Everything worked correctly at first even the live HD video was not that clear. However, 7 minutes later, it started to float when I did nothing to it. Shouldn’t it hover there? I tried to stop it but my trials were in vain. It floated towards a tree, stroke to the tree and hanged there finally. My Gopro 4 got broken. The gimbal wasn’t able to hold it firmly and it just dropped off from the tree.

I was requested to send it to Yuneec support. However, I’m hesitating as I didn’t just want to fly it at all, I hope to do aerial photography.

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Yuneec Breeze vs Hover Camera:Which one is for you?

The Yuneec Breeze and Hover Camera Passport are compact, portable and can easily fit into a stuffed backpack — especially the foldable Hover Camera, which is a little bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus (when folded).We’ve just taken the $400 Yuneec Breeze and $600 Hover Camera Passport “flying cameras” out for flights. Both are great first copters to get your feet wet in the land of drone photography.

These drones are operated via smartphone apps that let you launch, land, fly up and down, left and right and take photos and videos of your activities.

Both have features in their apps to home in on you and follow you on bike rides, roller blading, hikes and the like. And both come with a second battery, which is vital. Both will fly for just around 10 minutes before needing a recharge.

What they won’t do is go as high into the air as the bigger drones. Their limits range from about 65 feet to 300 feet.

The Yuneec Breeze and Hover Camera Passport are positioned to be used for aerial group shots and unique video angles on the world that go higher than any selfie stick.

As I’ve found in playing with drones the past few weeks, you really don’t have to go very high to get a great shot. Nine to 10 feet in the air and you get a killer slightly aerial image that looks nothing like your friends’ videos on Facebook. And they soar, too, in video mode.

The Hover Camera also has digital stabilization when shooting 1080p, and like the Yuneec Breeze, none when shooting 4K footage. This is a problem when you’re flying a device in the air and can be battling wind for your soaring shots. (The company says it hopes to add IS in the next edition of the camera.)

Unlike the Yuneec Breeze, the Hover Camera seemed to obey directions better. When told on the app to go somewhere, it did so. Outside, that just won’t be very high.

The downside is that footage could be shaky. Hover says a gimbal will be added next year, so you might want to wait.

Neither drone lets you shoot to a memory card — instead, the internal storage means you’ll need to move the clips and photos via Wi-Fi to your phone, or connect them to the computer.

If you’re looking for a low-cost way to add a drone, both models operate effortlessly, get you up in the air pretty instantly and should provide hours of entertainment.Which one would you prefer?

 

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