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    Only Getting 600'-900' Control Range

    Does anyone have any more ideas for this? I am starting to wonder if I should submit an RMA to DJI (only as a last resort)
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    Only Getting 600'-900' Control Range

    Yes, the antennas are good, and I just checked my controller batteries and I am at 5.7v, which is not far off of the 6v total. I do, however have my controller antenna sticking straight up behind my Nexus 7 tablet which I am using for FPV. The only wireless turned on on it is just the Wifi, no...
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    Only Getting 600'-900' Control Range

    I am in FCC mode, but seem to only be getting 600'-900' (at very best, usually closer to 600'-700') control range (in all directions) before I it goes into RTH mode. I have flown around 12 flights so far, and have never crashed or damaged anything. When flying, I am in a park in a somewhat rural...
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    FCC Mode / CE Mode Help

    Thank you for the information! It was a really big mound of dirt, so it sounds like that was likely what was causing the problems. I just checked and they were not quite at 45 degrees, so I bent the two ends of the antennas a bit more to make sure they are at 45 degrees. The driven element looks...
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    FCC Mode / CE Mode Help

    I recived my Vision 2 + a couple of weeks ago and it has been working great, except there was two cases where I lost TX at around 600' - 900' away. It may have been because I was behind a large dirt mound. I wanted to check to see if this may have been because the controler was incorrectly set...
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    Best Place to Mount Cell - Based GPS Tracker

    I have a new Phantom 2 Vision+ on order, and I am planning on adding a cell based GPS tracker to it, just as a safeguard in the rare event of a Flyaway or if I somehow loose the Phantom during flight. In particular, I am think about using a the PocketFinder, which is just 1.4oz. Does anyone know...