Perfect timing JD! I have VTOL in my virtual shopping cart but the force told me to slow my roll. BAM, your video drops and your review, crash, flight instructions, and what glue to us was money! When I saw the first video, I was like, what the hell is this? Your sheer enthusiasm got me hyped, lol. Dude, MEGA props! It's a drone, it's a plane, it's a glider, and it's a bird!
I have a Horizon model Osprey (discontinued) The Osprey has the same tri-motor front tilt set up. The critical flight operation is the same as the fu!l size Osprey, only transition to and from vertical and horizontal flight into the wind. If you transition downwind or crosswind it will not be stable. Nice review, keep having fun Justin.
The Manta sounds like what I’m looking for. I’m new into drones, but see a great potential for what I’m looking for. I recently purchased the SG 100 Plus 2 a quad type copter for my trainer. I’m wanting to put thermal imaging on the Manta and set it up for security and personal fun. Do you feel the DJI and Thermal can be done in this craft. I mountain bike and want to explore trails for potential assaults. Also check out several local parks and my neighborhood. Several mountain bikers have been assaulted and once myself with a narrow escape. Thank You Much for your professionalism and knowledge.
I highly recommend using the QLoiter mode for takeoff. It is so much more stable that the standard QStab mode and it will arm only after acquiring GPS lock. If you want RTL to work, you absolutely have to wait for GPS lock or you will lose your plane.
I'm tempted about getting a fixed wing for something different from my drones this seems like a good stepping stone, but I'm nervous about setup & don't want it to become a wall hanger.
Hi there I got the manta pnp version after I saw your video , it’s a brilliant little vtol I’m just having a really hard time to get the osd work with the dji o3 any ideas to make my life easier ? Thanks in advance
Great vid. Would love something like this for long beach cruising and slope soaring the dunes for fun and extra efficiency. I was wondering how wonky the 03 gd fpv feed would be. Do you have any footage of 03 in fixed wing fast forward flight in a moderately windy condition? Will be interesting to see how good image stablizing is.
Aye!! I have the omp hobby vtol wing I should let you borrow it it's the $1000 one look at giz video on it some bs but you should get a review on it I haven't flown it but once to test it hovers but never had a good place to test the transition. I'ma try to make it to fpvwest end of October you said what date?
Just got mine from Fimi. Just looking over contents. I have an SBUS setup. Not sure if I need to solder wires to the SBUS pads as some say an SBUS wire is included. Do you happen to know if that is true as I'd prefer to plug into a rec port on the FC rather than soldering wires on it?
