For those of you who haven't visited the P4 distance thread, some of the best distances achieved have been at around 30 mph, which has to be done in Atti or Sport mode since 18 mph is top speed in P mode. While flying those runs, I found it a little difficult to maintain a constant speed for optimal efficiency. Since 30 mph is about the top speed in the
P4P's P mode, I'd expect some good distance runs at full right stick which couldn't be easier.
I'm still waiting for some impressive numbers from the
P4P which has over a mile of listed distance over the P4. I'm not seeing it yet for some reason in this forum. I'm not saying "Impress me", but I'd still like to be impressed. I did 2 flights over 26,000' one night with just windsurfers, and I can regularly get over 22,000'.
For any of you brave(stupid) enough to reach out, I've used all sensors and front lights on the way out and turned them off during RTH just for the extra juice. I even stopped recording during one of my over 26,000' feet runs on RTH to see if that helped. To add, my limiting factor on those runs were the battery and not connection related.
These runs I did were over a relatively flat empty desert at about 4,000' elevation. Also, I have LOS for any manned aircraft in the area during those flights.
I'm flying Litchi missions mostly now, but I may attempt more max distance runs in the future in an attempt to break the 5 mile barrier since I was less than a football field away.