Hi All,
First i must say i have put great thought into my preorder of a vision 2 + and did a shed load of research on a range of forums to see what the common problems are etc. Basically the more i have read the more i have doubted myself on if its a wise purchase and if i should buy one of the larger kits such as a f550 as they seem more "repairable".
I have flown model helicopters (indoors) and the AR drone for a while and wanted a step up to something a bit bigger more suited for outside and an ability to record video. I don't have a large amount of spare capital to invest but would be willing to spend more if i wasn't putting as much at risk (i get the general feeling if a vision + goes down its scrap or near to scrap whereas other are more repairable).
Now i know people only really come online to talk about disasters and not that stuff is working as it should so are the horror stories of phantoms just flying off and doing what they want that common ? or are they rare freak occurrences ?
What i want is a copter i setup for an hour or so fly around get some brilliant shots of the countryside etc, see what I'm recording and be able to edit it later without a car full of bits and additions.
I suppose what I'm asking is are vision + good enough or am i better to go all out and get something like a f550 ?
Hope that makes sense.
First i must say i have put great thought into my preorder of a vision 2 + and did a shed load of research on a range of forums to see what the common problems are etc. Basically the more i have read the more i have doubted myself on if its a wise purchase and if i should buy one of the larger kits such as a f550 as they seem more "repairable".
I have flown model helicopters (indoors) and the AR drone for a while and wanted a step up to something a bit bigger more suited for outside and an ability to record video. I don't have a large amount of spare capital to invest but would be willing to spend more if i wasn't putting as much at risk (i get the general feeling if a vision + goes down its scrap or near to scrap whereas other are more repairable).
Now i know people only really come online to talk about disasters and not that stuff is working as it should so are the horror stories of phantoms just flying off and doing what they want that common ? or are they rare freak occurrences ?
What i want is a copter i setup for an hour or so fly around get some brilliant shots of the countryside etc, see what I'm recording and be able to edit it later without a car full of bits and additions.
I suppose what I'm asking is are vision + good enough or am i better to go all out and get something like a f550 ?
Hope that makes sense.