Best Buy to Start Selling Yuneec Drones
A drone reaching the shelves of a national electronics chain changed the buyer, not the aircraft. Until then these were ordered online by people who had read about them; on a shelf, beside televisions and cameras, the same box is bought by someone who has never flown anything. That is why the safety features in an announcement like this are the announcement: geo-fencing, no-fly zones, speed limiting, return to home on a low battery and return to home on a lost signal.
Those features are also where the useful reading sits, because each fails in a way worth knowing. A geo-fence needs a database that has to be kept current. Return to home climbs first, and will happily climb into a tree. A low-battery return calculates a distance without knowing the wind. Ready to fly means the aircraft is ready, not the pilot. This page keeps the report as it was published on this domain.
Yuneec International has announced an in-store and online retail partnership with electronics retailer Best Buy.
Yuneec’s Typhoon drone series, which includes the Typhoon Q500 4K and Typhoon G multicopters – as well as the Typhoon Wizard, a new, ultra-lightweight remote control – will be available beginning Oct. 18 in approximately 640 store locations throughout the country.
“We are excited to be launching a partnership with the country’s largest and most recognizable consumer electronics retail chain,” comments Shan Phillips, CEO of Yuneec USA.
All Typhoon drones include features such as geo-fencing, speed control, dynamic return home, low-battery return home, no-fly zones, follow me and watch me.
“Yuneec drones are not only easy and ready to fly, but we guarantee a high level of safety that is perfect for both beginners and experienced drone pilots,” adds Phillips.
