🛩️ ZMO PRO VTOL - Brutally Honest Review

[@bonafidepirate]

Excellent review! It looks like this one has some potential as a good PNP model, but the included FC is killing it... lol I bet it would be a lot more successful if they sold a PNP kit and knocked off most of the price tag to something reasonable. Or even, at the very least, unlocked the firmware to let you set it up properly. Even better if they cooperated with AP to get an official target for it.

[@GhostRyderFPV]

There's a bigger brother to the T1 Ranger on the cusp of release from Hee Wing. Given the introductory price of around $300 for the T2, I don't think ZMO's got a chance pushing too many of these ZMP Pro's.

[@MCsCreations]

Yeah, it looks like the FC is almost giving up, isn't it?

[@gizfpv]

That would actually probably work well for them. Just sell the aircraft without the FC as a PNP, at a reduced price. I reckon people would be more willing to buy it then

[@suborgulag7289]

​@@GhostRyderFPVidk the preorder thing is incredibly shady; no info, no refunds? For a 50 dollar discount? No way

[@GhostRyderFPV]

@@suborgulag7289 🙂 I'll let 'ya know how it turns out my friend. I jsut had a GREAT customer service experience with Hee Wing, check this out: The T1 VTOL version 1 kit comes with smaller ESC's than what's available with v2, 25A vs 20A. When I lost an ESC on takeoff, Hee Wing jumped through hoops to get me 3x of the new ESC's, at a discounted price, through a third party vendor (BuddyRC rawks). They've earned my trust, the comms were lightning fast, nothing unreasonable - it was like walking into a neighborhood store. Loved it!

[@matejbludsky8410]

omg that index toe !! 😂

[@gizfpv]

Don't be toe-shaming bro 😂

[@beefybeef1326]

​@@gizfpv😂

[@matejbludsky8410]

@@gizfpv hahahahaha love it

[@soar_fpv]

You know what they say about guys with big toes..

[@mrcasey69]

Cant get past it myself.

[@Caroline_Tyler]

Well done for speaking your mind - so many reviews of this plane have been far more positive and almost pushing the locked down firmware issues under the carpet.

[@gizfpv]

Yup, exactly what I noticed. There's a certain KZbinr in particular who seemed to conveniently dodge talking about the aircrafts blatant issues in much detail, whilst instead just focussing on the positives. For me that's not a good review

[@33rdframe]

It's so rare to see honesty in reviews these days that this video just might get you knighted for your strength of character in telling the truth. Thank you, sir!

[@GhostRyderFPV]

_"In some regards this aircraft is absolutely fantastic.... But in other regards... Not so much."_ The laugh, and the sly smile that followed that statement, pretty much sums up my thoughts on it also. Somebody in engineering had great ideas, novel solutions, and terrible communication skills. I get the impression the software team was given less than 72 hours to ship a product, however. Or they're just drunk, not sure. Their FC implementation is the worst, by far, I've seen so far from VTOL PNP kits, making Hee Wing's Autopilot implementation look premium. In fact, for a third of the price, go for a Ranger VTOL PnP

[@gizfpv]

Haha yup! Seems like they blew 95% of the project budget on the design and build of the aircraft, and left nothing for the software team. They should just sell the aircraft as a generic PNP with no fc and let pilots install their own

[@GhostRyderFPV]

@@gizfpvI think it's time to pre-order a new T2 from Hee Wing, and get another Matek F405 VTOL board for the T1's bigger brother coming out, instead. I couldn't imagine that ZMO could sell this without the FC for anywhere near the #300 of the T2.

[@DaRoach5882]

Thank you for your honest review! As a side note.... Your middle toe it is glorious!

[@RoarIsaksen1959]

Very good review. And very good suggestions to solve the problems. Keep up your good work. 🙂👍

[@MrBEEFCAKE26]

Well 😂 I'll be putting her up very soon, giz. 😅 great upload, pal, takes a lot of putting together these videos much appreciated 👍

[@DavidTaghehchian]

Thank you for the honest and full review. I have always wondered how/why this thing costs so much. Sad to see it isn't worth it. On the jittering - My only guess would be that they are using digital servoes which tend to have a minor amount of jitter under load (normal). That jitter is then exacerbated by the FC trying to correct for the vibrations and it oscilates. Beyond that, I don't know what could be causing the jittering you see on the servos.

[@gizfpv]

That's as good as theory as any tbf. I don't personally have a clue why the servos shake like that. Never seen that happen on another VTOL, or even a normal aircraft before tbh

[@GhostRyderFPV]

@@gizfpv What about servo output frequency? Like 50hz servos connected to 60hz PWM do the same thing

[@enzinoneenzinone5920]

If you can change that flightcontroller soon as you can..there are plenty of good one out there to make the flights more enjoyable 😮😮😮

[@gizfpv]

Yup, that's what I'd heard from other ZMO owners. Replace the FC and then it fly's great

[@beefybeef1326]

​@@gizfpvseems nuts to pay $1000 and then start replacing stuff.... pretty poor from omp hobby

[@EssentialRC]

Great review. Watched from start to finish. Like you I would have been terrified it doesn't behave as expected. Think I'll wait until iNav VTOL version comes out before attempting to fly one. Just to add I've had USB connection problems. Tried different cables, laptops and cannot connect to it to finished the setup anyway. Thanks !

[@gizfpv]

Yeah there's nothing worse than trying to fly a aircraft that's behaving unpredictably. Ardupilot is generally very good for VTOL's though - I've flown both the Heewing T1 and Fimi Manta VTOL's on ardupilot firmware, and they've both been very good. I am looking forward to trying the upcoming Inav VTOL firmware though :)

[@kennyriverrat220]

I bought one and never could get it to take off, Took me 3 months to get my money back

[@captaindronieversefpv]

Thank God i saw your video. i nearly checkout this unit . Thanks for Share it.

[@gizfpv]

Glad I was able to save your money

[@captaindronieversefpv]

@@gizfpv thankyou very much 🙏🙏

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic review, dude! Thanks a bunch! 😃 But yeah, the firmware is pretty weird, but the FC looks to be dying as well... Like if it's getting stuck, I don't know. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@aviphysics]

Can one flash the stock FC with a clean copy of Ardupilot?

[@gizfpv]

Unfortunately not. That would be a nice easy solution, but because of the unique way that Omphobby have done the firmware, there's no option to re-flash anything :/

[@platinumconcretecoatings9835]

Thanks for your honesty .Ihave been looking at getting one and this was what i needed to hear. Im expecting a response from ZMO.

[@theroc495]

So freakin unreal, I was just on the omp site pricing the vtol...its quite expensive...your reviews are much needed

[@Prevettspecialdesign]

I will stick with my Heewing Vtol.. Thanks for the honest review, its very refreshing to see an honest KZbin review!

[@gizfpv]

Thanks! Too many ''reviewer's'' these days are just salesmen. I don't want to be like that

[@tahoefor]

what is the max distance of telemetry and video this drone can reach to?

[@tubamanandy2]

Do you happen to know if recent versions have sorted most of the issues ? Also, I thought the Pro version now lets you to change certain parameters ?

[@sashgorokhov]

Weird position for airspeed sensor... AFAIK it must be placed in a place free from any air disturbancies. And where it is placed, there are plenty -- from fuselage, from front motors.

[@gizfpv]

Yeah, Painless360 did a video about this. The airspeed sensor should be on a leading edge in uninterrupted airflow. However apparently OMPHobby replied to his video and said that the sensor works great where it is, so idk

[@wallaguest1]

beautiful aircraft with the yellow stickers, so nice.

[@ericbeasley6322]

Apparently the new Pro version unlocks the firmware and lets you tweak all the settings.

[@jimross898]

The more I hear about this plane, the less I want to own it. Thank you for this review. Checked out my cost in Canada. I have an extended wing (55") mini drak with a boom and all gear needed to build it. Cost less than I can buy this ZMO VTOL for. Yes I have to build it but as you have made clear, there's some comfort and control with that. And more support from the community to resolve any issues I may have. Rip that FC out and put a real one in!!

[@gizfpv]

It's absolutely way more satisfying to build your own aircraft, and usually much cheaper too :)

[@omgnothingisavl]

Honestly the turning issues sounds like a controller trim issue, or fixable with trim (if motor speeds are separate).

[@willay747]

I have had many many successful flights with mine. (Probably 15+) The FW isn't the best and I wish they would unlock more of it, but, NOT everything is the firmware!! For example, the plane will RTL when the voltage gets low. You were at around 14 volts which is the trigger voltage for RTL. Also, when the aircraft gets home it will circle until it gets to the RTL home altitude. I think on mine I set it to 75 meters so it circles until it gets to 75 meters and then transitions to quad mode. You do have a weird little issue there with that shaking on the 2 front motor servos and the plane going left for a sec when you turn right. Mine does not do either so maybe you do have a noise issue or bad ESC? Also, do you have the latest FW loaded in it??? You do not mention that. Have you tried a different RX in it?

[@gizfpv]

That's good to know. I did mention in the video that not everyone has issues with this plane and some people have had success with it. Just seems to be that the majority of ZMO owners have had nothing but trouble. Yes I had the latest firmware loaded (D9), it was mentioned at 20:24. And yes I did try a different RX. Originally I had a Crossfire receiver installed, but later changed to a ELRS receiver (this was mentioned at 22:31). I'd be disapointed if RTH was trigged by low voltage at just 14 volts. This thing runs a Li-ion pack, it should be configured for low voltage at something more like 12 volts. As for the aircraft circling, I'm not sure what that was about. The aircraft continually gained and lost height as it circled, but it never seemed able to progress from that point. It certainly didn't seem like it was trying to reach a target altitude

[@willay747]

@@gizfpv You can change the voltage at which it RTL. I did end up lowering mine. As you said, if only we had more control of the FW values it would be much nicer. I may eventually go to the Matek VTOL FC just to be able to fine tune things. Hopefully ZMO will send you an updated Flight Controller or entire plane. They would be smart to do that! Please do an update if you go to another FC! Thanks

[@MadRC]

Wow that’s is a lot wrong. As you say it’s a nice looking piece of HW but I suspect they have real issues with their FC and the flight stack. The FC hardware is a worry to me. They appear to have modified Ardupilot and that in its self is against their licence rules if they have not published back but they also clearly have made changes that have caused issues. They would be far better just shipping it with stock Ardupilot and actually supporting the project and then the dev team would be more than happy to help them get this right. This is a classic of what happens when companies just take OS software and then modify it sell that in their own hardware and it’s just a massive shame. Open source software may be free but you need to treat it with respect.

[@gizfpv]

I didn't get around to saying it in my video, but I too have wondered if the flight controller itself might have some issues. The way the aircraft spontaneously changes flight modes - that to me sounds more like the result of a physical malfunction in the FC rather than a software glitch. And yup, totally agree about the firmware. They should have either installed generic ardupilot and allowed us to tinker, or installed their own completely custom self written firmware

[@teyeling1368]

the video is 10 months old, are the firmware issue resolve ?

[@jackclouse9339]

Great review! You have luckily not had hardware issues in combination with the firmware. You can then throw any confidence you have in the model in the trash due to the lack of customer support and resolutions on the issues.

[@gizfpv]

I have seen since posting my review that a number of people have also had issues with hardware too. Thankfully it seems that OMPHobby have taken note of my review and are endeavouring to get things solved, so hopefully in the not too distant future there will at least be significantly improved firmware

[@gpopsk]

the front motors are not properly sync together or maybe hey spin in same direction?

[@shapethefuturetech6005]

They should learn the fimi manta with open-source ardupilot FC built in, you can flash the INav firmware also, much fun for fpv pilots.

[@gizfpv]

Yup, Fimi Manta is a good example of a PNP VTOL done right. May not be quite as nice build quality, but it just works, unlike the ZMO

[@carloscarosolis5660]

Hello , where do you connect the USB cable in the main board? Nobody mention where to connect it, thank you

[@michaellee213]

Were these firmware/flight controller issues ever resolved?

[@fabianluethi03]

Zmo pro vs fimi manta, which one do you recomend XD

[@gizfpv]

Oh Fimi Manta 100%

[@FPV420.]

Congrats on being honest about this product. Being an Ardupilot guru :) the issues with turning, jitter etc. must be caused by the servos. I've had problems with certain servos or servos being analog vs. digital. Ardupilot is an excellent software however, it is not intended for novice pilots. Don't get me wrong, I am not implying you are a novice pilot. Still, Arduplane requires TLC.

[@gizfpv]

The reason why I think the servo jitter is being caused by the firmware somehow, is because the problem isn't present when the aircraft isn't armed. When I tell the tilt servos to move up and down whilst the motors are inactive there's no jitter at all. It only happens when the motors are spinning. Guess it could be vibration that's upsetting a gyro or something and causing a odd reaction, but still, I feel that's something that would be fixable in firmware? Idk tbh. And as for being a ardupilot novice, I absolutely am one. I've only been using ardupilot around a year, and in that time I've only lightly dabbled with it really lol

[@FPV420.]

@@gizfpv If you still have the plane you may check for loose connections anywhere on the plane. I had to use hot glue to stop nasty servo jitter on random basis. You may also try to push the pins on the servo connectors too. The sofware cannot cause jitter like shown on your video. It's either loose connection or RF noise. Best of luck.

[@neillives858]

Was looking at this as the ultimate VTOL but glad I punted for the ranger T1 now Great review

[@modelkiniy]

Hello. What is the point of making their own FW?. Ardupilot is quite capable for VTOL. I have a T1 Ranger VTOL, and I turned Ardupilot from scratch without any issue.

[@gizfpv]

I know. I don't know why they did their own custom firmware, it's strange, but hopefully they'll release proper firmware soon

[@JustFavorites123321]

Solid review. I can recommend the Heewing T1 VTOL pnp that seems to have little or no problems and on a hobby budget.

[@gizfpv]

Absolutely, Heewing T1 VTOL is a awesome aircraft

[@JustFPV-net]

the RTH thing ... could this be due to its set up as Crossfire (where signal below 70 is bad) and you use ELRS which doesn't give a damn at 70 :D ? (maybe an Ardu setting somewhere)

[@gizfpv]

Interesting idea, although I don't think that's the case. At the moment where the aircraft when into RTL by itself the RSSI was 64, yet on many occasions throughout the flight that value went way lower, even reaching 37 at one point. At no other point though, even with much lower RSSI values, did the aircraft go into RTL. So Idk, to me it looks like the issue the other guy reported - the aircraft just switched flight modes of its own accord

[@JustFPV-net]

@@gizfpv amazing … these features of D9 ;-)

[@patricehonvault2612]

Buy a control to replace the original one, why not? But you still need to know how to program it! I think that the potential buyer of a machine of this price is looking for “plug and play” and not having to put their hands under the hood! You might as well buy a Fimi manta five times cheaper.

[@shamandgg]

Finally an honest review. You have just saved me a lot of money. I was really looking at it for last six months and finally saved the sum. It was to be purchased for my tiny commercial operation plans but with open software and open firmware so I can customise it for my needs. Programming seems horrible, how it has passed Q&A is beyond my comprehension. Was there even Q&A in the first place?😮

[@beefybeef1326]

Brilliant review. Really appreciate the honesty . I personally think these issues are pretty major and shouldn't exist in a product at this price. By the way... in my opinion the airspeed sensor is in the wrong place. It should be mounted in front of the nose in clean flow, not half way down the fuselage in a place where the flow is obstructed when the aircraft pitches.

[@gizfpv]

Yeah, painless360 did a video a while back basically saying the same thing, and even moved his airspeed sensor. But OMPHobby replied to him saying they knew what they were doing and they airspeed sensor worked fine where it was, so IDK lol

[@beefybeef1326]

@@gizfpv Painless is definitely right. im an Aerospace engineer and can tell you its 100% in the wrong place. It needs to be in 'clean' flow in front of the aircraft. Your channel is awesome by the way!.

[@erlandfpv]

I love the Kit model, but, since the first it appear and review by a few videos, i decide to leave it behind, it would be great if have a pnp without FC, or KIT instead

[@gammagonad1657]

This was actually my original choice for my first VTOL(or plane in general). It was right before it released. I held off and have watched all of yours and other VTOL videos. I’m no newb to FPV, mostly quads. I’ve built an own over 30 FPV quads. So out of all of the VTOLs you have flown, what is your recommendation? T1 Ranger VTOL?? And why? I want something that is pretty stable, so probably not the smaller aircrafts. This is the main reason why I looked at this one, but I do want to have a full unrestricted Ardupilot experience. I also heard that the air speed sensor should have been mounted on the nose of the plane, which is probably causing some issues. Thanks. Love your content!

[@gizfpv]

If you want stability then the HeeWing T1 VTOL is absolutely the way to go. In my opinion the Fimi Manta is more fun to fly, however it's nowhere near as stable as the T1. The T1 is also much better quality. You'll have full unrestricted access to Ardupilot on that too. Yeah the airspeed sensor on any aircraft really should be on the leading edge of a wing or on the nose, no idea why OMPHOBBY put their sensor on the top like they did. Strange choice 🤷

[@cch201992]

Bro mine didn't come with the receiver wires with I had to order shit took me a month to get mine up and running because I kept having to order plugs because of course it's a weird plug🙄

[@allysoncheynes1216]

Excellent review. My version 1 ZMO flew away, and I got a Pro replacement but I will not fly it until the firmware issues are fixed or I find a simple route to set up the Matek F405 VTOL. Not sure why OMP released the plane in the first place only to have the second version end up being a mess, too.

[@gizfpv]

Sorry to hear your 1st one flew away. Do you know why? Was that a firmware issue too? Hopefully after seeing my video OMPHobby will release new better firmware for the PRO (they've told me they will), but if not, installing the Matek VTOL FC should be fairly easy to do

[@allysoncheynes1216]

@@gizfpv Yes, it was a firmware issue. Launched in VTOL mode, did the transition, and it slammed into full throttle and flew away. Took 6 months to convince OMP but they finally stepped up to the plate. Love your videos, Giz!

[@Mindauxx]

Great video review. Very informative! Love the flying site. Is thst south eastern shore of England?

[@MPTran-pz1gm]

Great review!

[@dennisradoor]

im happy you run out of things to say in every video, because my time here on earth is limited :)

[@stevietee10]

Hi, is it possible to flash a 'proper Ardupilot' released firmware to this FC ?

[@gizfpv]

Nope, unfortunately not. That's why I suggested changing the FC to a Matek one

[@Dashone93]

Are u reviewing the t2 cruza from heewing

[@gizfpv]

I hope so. Pretty sure I've got one on the way :D

[@adamkamieniarz9223]

Hey, great review like always! Do you plan to do a video with comparison of best VTOLS on the market? You have most of them, only maybe missing xiake 800. Cheers!

[@gizfpv]

It would be cool to do a comparison of all the best VTOL's, however I won't be getting a Xiake 800, as Jumper (the company that makes it) stole the design from someone else and I won't support a company that does that

[@adamkamieniarz9223]

@@gizfpv oh, didn't know that about Xiake, it looks interesting, but for what I have seen from videos on YT it doesn't work that well, so not much of value would be lost

[@stevebilogan6249]

Giz Fpv the name is Steve so I’m kind of just now seeing this review that you did on the zmo I don’t know if it was the first version or the pro. I actually have the pro which would be the second version and that is watching your reviews and everybody else’s. I thought this new firmware the D9 I believe it is was the solution to the problems with this plane so after watching what you just did not so sure now today’s date is September 19. Just wondering if you got the bugs worked out completely or is the plane just sitting in a box somewhere any help would be greatly appreciated and so by the way, the part where you would put another flight controller in such as. Matek f405vtol i’m pretty sure you know Dave he lives up the way from me in Jacksonville. I gave him that very fly controller to put in his plane and it’s flawless so I’m pretty new to this stuff I let Dave set up the heewing t1 with the same flight controller and then he sent it back to me and it flies perfect so now I’m getting ready to send him this new one zmo pro Obviously he would be downloading this new, firmware the latest one and see what she does and I hope it doesn’t do what I saw yours do. I’m not sure which version of the plane that you had. I know he had issues with the servos and things like that so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens with this one. In the meantime if you want to come in on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Let me know what you do with your plane and get flying to you. Thanks, Steve.

[@gizfpv]

Hi Steve, so the aircraft featured in my review was the Pro version, and at the time of release it had the latest D9 firmware installed. Yes the firmware was supposed to fix issues seen previously, but as you saw in my video that hasn't been the case. I've been in talks with OMPhobby since posting this video though and they seem keen to resolve the issues, so hopefully at some point in the near future there will be new firmware, thats hopefully much better and also fully unlocked. Will have to wait and see. But if that doesn't work out, then I stand by my suggestion of replacing the stock flight controller with a matek f405 vtol flight controller. I think that would work really well.

[@davejackson6682]

Can we talk about the elephant in the room? I know I cant be the only one that noticed that Toe! My god that thing should have its own channel! Great review though! Chhers mate

[@JJc6996]

My crosswind mini 4.8kg with 60000mah 4s. Thats a heavy aircraft

[@Chretze]

6:00 WHAT IS THAT TOE

[@MicroRC87]

I was gonna say, who's giving us all the finger, then realized it wasn't his middle finger, then realized...there never was a finger.. I went through all 3 of my emotions. Anger, embarrassment, fear...

[@MicroRC87]

Kidding, I appreciate your review. You're right. Every other video was like, wow, perfect, amazing. Yours was real. Thanks for dipping your toe into the review space, means alot to us ;)

[@cozzy206]

Good review......Thanks

[@121hearc]

i had the same transition shutter on my Manta i solved it by giving more throttle during transition

[@andrewkollar4167]

Well im definitely not buying one thank you for the great review i will just keep looking for a better one!

[@adamkelly6264]

it's funny that this "Pro" aircraft seems to have the same problem (dud fork of arduplane) as the "Pro" aircraft I have - the FireFly6. At least this one is well built I guess? I wonder if you can just flash arduplane on their FC?

[@gizfpv]

Unfortunately not, there's no option to flash generic arduplane, you're stuck with the firmware it comes with. That's why I suggested changing the flight controller entirely

[@joslinnick]

22:26 Yeah, typical BS. They blame the issue on other manufacturer's hardware. "You know the 915 MHz TBS Crossfire control link? Yeah, the one that's been used for about a decade by millions of hobbyists and is basically the standard by which all other long-range control links are measured? Yeah, that's what's causing the issue."

[@shamandgg]

So... preordered ZOHD Altus...

[@benjaming9835]

Good review, Looks like the FC needs to be thrown away and replaced with a real ardupilot controller. Maybe that would make a good video?!

[@dronepilot260rc]

I just want the airframe as a kit lol 😂

[@gizfpv]

A lot of people do. OMPHobby say they're looking into it

[@toddmusser8555]

Lucky you! It looks like you have a really nice plane, just add a flight controller to it and it should be pretty awesome. Man it sure sucks for the guys that bought this and ended up with bits and pieces. I can't believe they shot themselves in the foot by sending it out the door with those flaws!

[@gizfpv]

Yeah, I feel sorry for all the guys that paid good money for this aircraft, only to have it destroyed quickly because of the firmware. Too many tech companies send out products with unfinished firmware these days, it's not cool

[@maxun1]

I personally told the rep about the issues, and they know it, but no fix so far.

[@JohnVHRC]

I was sooo close to buying one of these, glad I didnt.

[@IanF-FPV]

Geeze Giz….you’re making me question the integrity of Lee’s reviews now.🤔

[@gizfpv]

I don't want to discredit anyone, however I will say that IMO a good reviewer should be posting just as many negative reviews as positive ones. And if a reviewer only ever highlights the good qualities of a product, then that makes them a saleman, not a reviewer

[@nightspirit72]

Effectively it's a beautiful aircraft but it's way overpriced, I bought my T1 Ranger VTOL 300 euros with the FC already in it, a third of the price of this bird. Thanks for your honest review, and to be our beta tester instead of a commercial space manager.

[@gizfpv]

Yeah it's way overpriced for sure. I think it should be at least 25% cheaper. The build quality of the aircraft is genuinely quite good, so I think it's fair for them to charge a bit of a premium over other aircraft, but the current price is still way too high. T1 Ranger VTOL is a great aircraft. Think the only reason someone may want a ZMO instead is if they wanted to carry a Gopro or similar

[@sputniksam]

I must admit this aircraft peeked my interest at first, that is until I was made aware of the price, and the problems you and others have encountered. It's never good practice to base your firmware on an opensource platform and then lock the users out of it. It didn't work for the Hexo+, the Simtoo range of drones, and countless others whom based their products on Ardupilot and have long since evaporated into obscurity, all because they wouldn't engage with the community. At least Parrot and 3DR released everything for the Disco and Solo respectively, and still some eight years after the Solo was put out to graze it still has a very active user base. Maybe OMPHobby should consider releasing a cheaper ARF version of this model and allow those inclined to install a full fledged Pixhawk controller, which their FC is obviously a poor facsimile of.

[@gizfpv]

I absolutely agree. I hope OMPHobby read comments like yours and take them on board

[@RubyS.1]

This type of review is necessary. I have the first version of this plane but probably wouldn't have bought it had the reviews at the time been a bit more clear. The osd being non movable and being stuck in FBWA with the throttle being either fast or slow makes it really boring to fly. I understand why they did it but would have probably been a deal breaker for me

[@gizfpv]

Unfortunately these days most reviewers are actually little more than salesmen. They don't really review a product, they try sell it too you, but only highlighting the positives and carefully choosing to conceal the negatives. I refuse to be that type of KZbinr. If a product is rubbish I'm gonna say so lol

[@AnonYmous-gb2yv]

What a headache super disappointed. Thank you so much for your honest opinion kinda hertz

[@cmtetaboaco]

The first thing I do on flight controllers is disable the prearm it’s really annoying, If Indont want to use GPS? Come on!!!!

[@gizfpv]

That's fair enough, however I think it's always better for safety's to be enabled by default, rather than have to enable them yourself. Certainly better for the noobs that way lol

[@northernfpv9562]

That’s a really nice airframe let down by bad code. But VTOLs are all about the software so shame on them.

[@gizfpv]

Yup, that's the unfortunate but unavoidable truth. All we can hope is that Omphobby fix the firmware

[@northernfpv9562]

@@gizfpv tear out and replace that fc immediately!

[@Ozbird-72]

Politically, this aircraft leans to the left..😀

[@Zothaqqua]

Locked down broken firmware with no opportunity for the community to fix it. That's all I need to know.

[@cch201992]

I got mine working with elrs but yeah what a POS like cool as shit but way to expensive I agree there hasn't been any honest reviews like it's cool but for 1000 is bs with all the other issues

[@YNG_PIG]

6:17 👀

[@dawirelessg]

no thanks.

[@maddmavic]

1000.00 and still needs more lmao garbage.

[@goosefpv]

Nice toe 😉

[@OrdinaryGothic]

I dont do social media, and you don't have your email listed via youtube, but I am interested in sponsoring your idea to put a F405-Vtol in it.

[@gizfpv]

That's very generous of you. However I no longer own this aircraft. I didn't trust it, and didn't wanna pay out my own pocket to try fix it, so I sold it on months ago

[@OrdinaryGothic]

Understood, thanks for the reply.

[@erlandfpv]

I love the Kit model, but, since the first it appear and review by a few videos, i decide to leave it behind, it would be great if have a pnp without FC, or KIT instead