New Product: Great Planes RealFlight Drone w/InterLink Elite
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Johnny31297
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Yepp, it's always sad when you lose things on a sim, that's why I exported it when I got the chance 
Johnny31297
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That's not comparable. Stingray is made for a completely different flying style than the Invertix.
adrenoline 60
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Drone Forum?
SO...Since, "RealFlight Drone" is its own, Separate Entity... Does it get its own Forum Slot?
If SO, WHERE DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE RANKED? IN THE PECKING ORDER? YEAH I SAID IT! WHAT! GRRRR!
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SO...Since, "RealFlight Drone" is its own, Separate Entity... Does it get its own Forum Slot?
If SO, WHERE DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE RANKED? IN THE PECKING ORDER? YEAH I SAID IT! WHAT! GRRRR!
Humor Indicator For the Humor Challenged. D'OH! Really, I was just Kidding.
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12oclockhigh
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Bold and Caps.... yelling?
Look at the market. What is selling? If you were in business, what would you do? This is a no brainer. So what if they introduce a new product that you are not interested in. I remember just this last January at a club meeting where a club member made a motion to make any discussion of "Drones" off topic and banned from our meetings.
The motion was seconded... it is this type of backward thinking that drives all the new technology into hiding. Our club barely handles helicopters flying at the same time. "If it's new... we don't want none of that!" I did not like this attitude when I was young, and now that I am older, I detest it.
Bring on a great big brand new forum section for DRONES.
Look at the market. What is selling? If you were in business, what would you do? This is a no brainer. So what if they introduce a new product that you are not interested in. I remember just this last January at a club meeting where a club member made a motion to make any discussion of "Drones" off topic and banned from our meetings.
The motion was seconded... it is this type of backward thinking that drives all the new technology into hiding. Our club barely handles helicopters flying at the same time. "If it's new... we don't want none of that!" I did not like this attitude when I was young, and now that I am older, I detest it.
Bring on a great big brand new forum section for DRONES.
csgill75
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Realflight Drone should have it's own forum. This thread and any other that pertain to Realflight Drone should be moved to it too. Since it is the newest Product, It should be the first forum on the list.
I have been a part of a Flying club like this. I didn't have much of a choice of where I could fly though at the time so I had to go along with all the silly rules. It also was by far the nicest flying field to this day that I have flown with a large clubhouse, 2 paved runways and a grass strip. Anything REMOTELY resembling a 3D capable aircraft was not allowed on Weekends and holidays. They were allowed to fly on off days through the week. The planes allowed were STRICTLY Pattern planes, warbirds, and trainers. Jets and Ducted fan Jets aircraft usually got to fly in the mornings or late afternoons. You had to fly In a pattern with everyone else. This is kinda why I am familiar with Technoids aircraft that he creates since its what I could fly on the weekends at the field.
As far as helicopters went, they were banned period and Security would escort you off the property if you brought one on site. (Yes they had Security people and yes I got escorted off property.) A lot of the older members have probably died off by now but I haven't flown there in 10 years now and it may have and I hope that the rules have changed by now.
I have been a part of a Flying club like this. I didn't have much of a choice of where I could fly though at the time so I had to go along with all the silly rules. It also was by far the nicest flying field to this day that I have flown with a large clubhouse, 2 paved runways and a grass strip. Anything REMOTELY resembling a 3D capable aircraft was not allowed on Weekends and holidays. They were allowed to fly on off days through the week. The planes allowed were STRICTLY Pattern planes, warbirds, and trainers. Jets and Ducted fan Jets aircraft usually got to fly in the mornings or late afternoons. You had to fly In a pattern with everyone else. This is kinda why I am familiar with Technoids aircraft that he creates since its what I could fly on the weekends at the field.
As far as helicopters went, they were banned period and Security would escort you off the property if you brought one on site. (Yes they had Security people and yes I got escorted off property.) A lot of the older members have probably died off by now but I haven't flown there in 10 years now and it may have and I hope that the rules have changed by now.
Ferradal.FCG
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I think I will buy the drone version for training... Some questions:
. Can you control camera and gimbal angle for recordings?
. Can you actually record?
. Are there moving objects in the scenarios like bikes, cars... For training different modes of following and record them?
. Is the sensation very similar to fly a Dji phantom?
. Can you control camera and gimbal angle for recordings?
. Can you actually record?
. Are there moving objects in the scenarios like bikes, cars... For training different modes of following and record them?
. Is the sensation very similar to fly a Dji phantom?
csgill75
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Do you already have Realflight 7.5? If you do then you already have 95% of the features of Realflight Drone. If not then to answer your questions are
1. Yes you can control camera's on some multirotors. Using the flap knob you can rotate the camera if it's setup to do so.
2. You cannot record video from the camera but you can record the flight of your multirotor. That is unless knife edge removed this feature. Playback is only available in the simulator.
3. Unless there is a new scenery we don't know about, no there's no moving targets. If you can record your flights then you can play it back and follow it with your model if the feature is still enabled.
4. I can't speak for the DJI product but it can replicate my Yuneec q500 quad pretty well. A 6 year old could fly it though...
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Ferradal.FCG
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Thanks, I dont own realflight 7.5, so drone version should be fine, thanks
csgill75
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Is it possible to get these questions answered? Also a question about recordings, is it the same system as in 7.5?
12oclockhigh
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Instead of looking at the negative... think of the positive for a new user. They can buy the drone version and upgrade to 7.5 for the standard upgrade fee. If they want all the toys and candy, they are in the catbirds seat to get everything.
I look at the drone version like the basic version... non of the bells and whistles, but enough to get someone started in high fashion.
To someone looking at starting in the hobby, it is a very good time to join in. The quads are simple enough to fly that the sim will be all that they need. Way to go Real Flight, Knife Edge, and Great Planes. This is a good marketing strategy.
I look at the drone version like the basic version... non of the bells and whistles, but enough to get someone started in high fashion.
To someone looking at starting in the hobby, it is a very good time to join in. The quads are simple enough to fly that the sim will be all that they need. Way to go Real Flight, Knife Edge, and Great Planes. This is a good marketing strategy.
csgill75
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I'm not trying to focus on the negatives of any product, I want the facts and nothing more. If it can or can't do something I think we should have this information. It would be a great deal if it can export and import models from the Swaps but we don't know if it does or not. The same goes with the other questions. Like the person asking if Drone can record, I don't know for sure but I'm guessing it can since 7.5 does. I just want clarification without having to spend $129.00 and getting a 3rd interlink..
12oclockhigh
Banned
I agree, the more details we know, the better informed purchasing decision we can make. Let's point out the positives too! cheers!
Answers to recent questions
Aside from adding a "Disarm" flight mode, we did not need to make any code changes to accurately simulate the Voltage 500.
You can control the camera angle for models with a gimbal, but there are no built-in recordings. You can use a third-party screen-capture utility like Fraps. Note that you can display the onboard camera view in either the main RealFlight viewport or a smaller picture-in-picture viewport.
With the exception of some birds in the sky, the airports do not contain objects that move around the scene.
Many of the models in RealFlight Drone are set up with advanced flight modes like Altitude Hold and Loiter. A couple also offer Return to Launch. I would say these models do provide an experience similar to flying a DJI model. There are some subtle differences, such as exactly how aggressively each one corrects in loiter mode when you release the sticks. Our flight controller behaves somewhat like APM/Ardupilot/Arducopter, so it will feel familiar if you've used a PixHawk.
For the experienced RealFlight users: thinking of RealFlight Drone as a product similar to RealFlight Basic will put you in the right frame of mind feature-wise, though of course it is based on a much more recent codebase. This product is targeted at a different audience and strips away a lot of the functionality that 7.5 offers. We wanted to focus on the core experience of flying different kinds of drones. For people seeking more options, including things like editors and import/export, the full edition is the way to go.
We'll be setting up a dedicated RealFlight Drone forum and updating the website shortly. Keep your questions coming! I'm happy to answer them.
Aside from adding a "Disarm" flight mode, we did not need to make any code changes to accurately simulate the Voltage 500.
You can control the camera angle for models with a gimbal, but there are no built-in recordings. You can use a third-party screen-capture utility like Fraps. Note that you can display the onboard camera view in either the main RealFlight viewport or a smaller picture-in-picture viewport.
With the exception of some birds in the sky, the airports do not contain objects that move around the scene.
Many of the models in RealFlight Drone are set up with advanced flight modes like Altitude Hold and Loiter. A couple also offer Return to Launch. I would say these models do provide an experience similar to flying a DJI model. There are some subtle differences, such as exactly how aggressively each one corrects in loiter mode when you release the sticks. Our flight controller behaves somewhat like APM/Ardupilot/Arducopter, so it will feel familiar if you've used a PixHawk.
For the experienced RealFlight users: thinking of RealFlight Drone as a product similar to RealFlight Basic will put you in the right frame of mind feature-wise, though of course it is based on a much more recent codebase. This product is targeted at a different audience and strips away a lot of the functionality that 7.5 offers. We wanted to focus on the core experience of flying different kinds of drones. For people seeking more options, including things like editors and import/export, the full edition is the way to go.
We'll be setting up a dedicated RealFlight Drone forum and updating the website shortly. Keep your questions coming! I'm happy to answer them.
Moved thread to new RealFlight Drone forum.