I flew RC wayyy back in the 70's as a kid. I'm recently getting back into RC planes and new to drones. I will tell you that RC planes being offered by most manufacturers today are a big departure from early airframe design. I'm not even talking about the materials but airframe layout and configuration. Example, this aircraft has no dihedral which reduces inherent stability. I understand that from a manufacturing perspective, a straight wing works better with carbon tube spars, however, if the wing were set up on top of the fuselage instead of centered this would increase the pendulum effect thereby providing more inherent stability even without dihedral in the wing. In addition, a shoulder wing layout would provide more prop and wing tip clearance for belly landings reducing the probability of wing tip and propeller damage. Also, I'm curious about the plug in wing connector at the root, in your opinion is the convenience of that feature really a big deal as opposed to traditional connections for motor and servos? Is it a deal breaker for some people? Also, did you use an Insta 360 for the video and does it automatically align the horizon as though the camera were on a gimbal? Thanks?

Thanks for getting this one up in the air, Justin! Pretty sure you’re the first one to show any flight footage and it looks like it flies really well keep up the good work!

Thanks for posting this fine review! I haven't been in the air since I finished my Dream Home... Now that I'm on the Lake, I'm looking to buy a float plane later this year...! Keep the props spinning!

Hey Justin, I have a couple of ZOHD airplanes, and I love flying them. I have decided to go with the Speedybee F405 wing. Thanks for the information and video

Thanks for review. Im waiting for mine to be delivered. Hopefully it will ship soon. Cheers

Much expected video ! Kudos ! 👍🏻

perfect FPV cam!

I still have my drift from years ago. Still flying great!

Good video, nice to finally see it airborne, I was sitting on the fence but ended up ordering one after I crashed my Zohd Drift; the pride of my fleet. The Drift was a great little cruiser, it was a little underpowered though, the Altus looks a lot sturdier and that extra speed is much needed. I will probably glue the fuselage back together on the Drift later down the line, the damage isn't too bad, but the wife doesn't need to know that 😅

Nice review, ❤ i will buy this on,

I am going to take a look n see if we have them in NZ. Thanks. 👌

Love the video, thank you .How would you compare this one to the swordfish?

Yeah well zohd always blows everything out of the competition- except big, cheap or glider style planes. Now with the Speedybee f405 wing mini even affordable beginner fpv!

I heard this is going to have a VTOL conversion kit further down the line, I am looking forward to when that comes out, see how it flies with all that set up

Looks like it flies nice 👍, I have one on the way for fpv. You could get an hour flight time with that 7000mah 😂

😊😊😊

Does this plane really need 3 blade props. 2 blade would be more efficient.

Zod... lol it's actually ZO then HD but no worries. 😎👍

First here

30 minutes? I'm guessing more like an hour. My fat butt Alba Bird goes an hour with a 5200 li-ion. I like the flat aero appearance

What plane do you like better. Heewing ranger or zohd Alta ?

I flew RC wayyy back in the 70's as a kid. I'm recently getting back into RC planes and new to drones. I will tell you that RC planes being offered by most manufacturers today are a big departure from early airframe design. I'm not even talking about the materials but airframe layout and configuration. Example, this aircraft has no dihedral which reduces inherent stability. I understand that from a manufacturing perspective, a straight wing works better with carbon tube spars, however, if the wing were set up on top of the fuselage instead of centered this would increase the pendulum effect thereby providing more inherent stability even without dihedral in the wing. In addition, a shoulder wing layout would provide more prop and wing tip clearance for belly landings reducing the probability of wing tip and propeller damage. Also, I'm curious about the plug in wing connector at the root, in your opinion is the convenience of that feature really a big deal as opposed to traditional connections for motor and servos? Is it a deal breaker for some people? Also, did you use an Insta 360 for the video and does it automatically align the horizon as though the camera were on a gimbal? Thanks?