Some tips for your Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter flight

Maybe you have some issues with your Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter when flight.We have consolidated the answers to some of our customer’s most common questions and listed them here.You could also learn more about the Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter.

Yuneec shipped an upgraded version of the Q500 Yuneec drone dubbed the Q500+. This version includes a custom case, an improved camera with new lens and a microphone, and a larger 5.5″ tablet display built into the ST10.

The 3-axis anti-vibration CGO3 gimbal camera and the optimized fixed focus lens capture silky smooth videos and crisp images, which are stored to the internal memory card and streamed in real time to the ST10+ screen. The camera features a 115 degree wide-angle no-distortion lens and the ability to shoot slow motion video at 1080p 120 FPS.  All the controls expected by professionals are standard. For instance, video resolution and white balance can be adjusted, while light exposure can be controlled automatically or manually, including ISO and Shutter Speed. The camera also allows users to take pictures while recording video, and the still images are available in RAW (DNG) and JPEG format.

Smart Mode

• This is the recommended mode for beginners as it enables a geofence (enforces a maximum distance of 300 feet from the operator) and the controls will operate relative to the pilot, regardless which way the nose of the Yuneec drone is pointed.
• In smart mode, the follow-me feature is automatically enabled if the Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter has acquired GPS data from 6 or more satellites. This will be indicated by the LEDs blinking white every 3 seconds. When follow-me is active the drone will maintain a constant position relative to the ST10 controller as you move it around.
• If you take off in smart mode, make sure you are at least 26 feet away from the Q500. In smart mode the Q500 maintains a safe distance from the operator to prevent injury. If you need to take off or land within 26 feet of your position, you must switch to angle mode.

Angle Mode

• Recommended for intermediate and experienced pilots, this mode will orient controls relative to the position of the Yuneec drone.This will require the operator to keep track of which way the drone is pointing as pushing up on the right stick will result in the Yuneec drone moving forward in the direction of its nose.
• If you ever lose orientation in angle mode, you can switch to smart mode and pull down on the right stick to bring the Yuneec drone back to you. You can also activate Return to Home mode and let the Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter do the work.
• The follow-me feature is not available in angle mode but the Q500 LEDs will still blink white once it has acquired 6 or more satellites to let you know that it is available. To activate follow-me you will need to switch to Smart mode.

Return to Home (RTH)

• Activate this mode to have the Q500 return to its home point and land automatically.
• If follow-me is active (6 or more satellites), the home point will be within 26 feet of the ST10.
• If follow-me is not active the home point will be the take off point.

Disabling GPS (Advanced)

Warning: Smart Mode and Return to Home only work when GPS is enabled.
Note: It is not typically recommended to disable GPS, especially for beginners. GPS will be enabled by default each time you power on the Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter.

In later firmware versions, GPS can be disabled by selecting the Gear icon in the lower right hand corner, accepting the warning, and scrolling to the bottom of the list. Then select GPS Off.

For earlier firmware versions the following procedure will disable GPS:

• While the ST10 and Q500 Yuneec drone are powered on and linked (and the motors are NOT running), move the Proportional Control Rate Slider on the right side of the ST10 to the uppermost (rabbit) position.
• Move the right-hand stick all the way to the right and hold it there until the next step is completed.
• Move the Flight Mode Selection Switch from Smart to Home and Home to Smart mode 4 times in 3 seconds.

When GPS has been disabled successfully the Q500 Yuneec drone will emit an audible indication and the GPS status on the ST10 screen will show ‘Disabled’. Also, the Main LED Status Indicator will flash purple and the Below Motor LED Status Indicators will flash three (3) times per second then will stay off for one (1) second.

No-Fly Zones

With a suitable GPS signal/lock it will not be possible to start the motors, takeoff or fly the TYPHOON in the ‘No-Fly Zones’ within a 4 mile (6.4 kilometer) radius of most major airports.

Stay tuned to us,we will keep updating for more info of Yuneec Typhoon quadcopter.

 

 

 

 

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Yuneec drone lost control-Episode 2

This Yuneec drone lost control discussions come from Yuneec groups.

“I just got my Yuneec Q500 and I was so happy for it. I take out like four times before the nightmare begins.

The first time I take out in a University Campus to flight, everything was ok, but suddenly like 5 minutes after take off the Quad start to descend really fast and kind of drift. I lose control and I couldn’t take it back until the drone bounce on earth. Two minutes after that I land and move away.

Three days later I go out to a parking lot to take a flight and everything looks fine , but around minute 7 it happens again, this time I retake control on the second bounce and speed up, I was in control for about 45 seconds and “this thing” happens again. I landed change the battery and take a new flight and everything works perfectly.

Last week I was in a public park and this happens again with my second battery flight, but this time I only lose control for about 3 seconds and before it hit the ground I regain control.

I flight all the time in SMART Mode and with at least 15 satellites for the drone and 9 satellites for the base.”

“Second flight of my Yuneec Q500 wound up with a crash…why? Yuneec Q500 was about 100 yards from me and maybe 30 feet high when everything came tumbling to the earth. Fortunately, not much damage but all I could find was three of the 4 props (all broken). Apparently the fourth prop came off causing the crash. I never found it. I thought these props were self tightening. I assume I did not have the runaway prop tight enough when taking off.”

“Yesterday I lost my Yuneec Q500 4k drone, it took off normally but after a couple of minutes at 150 ft the drone lost GPS signal and stopped responding to the ST10, I hit the HOME switch but nothing happened I just lost visual contact and after a few minutes all camera signal.”

“I lost mine a month or so ago. I saw it go down so I had a general idea of where I needed to start looking. But even then it took a good bit of two days and part of a night to find. I did not have an SD card in the ST10, a big no-no I have learned. I have one now plus I most all the time I attach a Trackimo to my Q500. The remote, and “home” arrow didn’t help me. Not much anyway, but I had only been flying 3 or 4 days so it’s pretty certain I didn’t know what I was doing trying to follow the arrow to where it went down.”

 

 

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