I have had my p3 pro for about a year now and I have never updated the drone or the controller from the day I got it out of the box. It has always worked great although I have heard this drone should go multiple miles in distance and I do not believe I have ever retained image transmission past 1 mile. Would updating the software on both the drone in the controller fix this issue as to where I could fly much further and still have image transmission? Thanks.
Flight distance question.
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Ok thanks, most times it is in my backyard with neighbors, wifi, trees, and power lines. But doesn't seem to go much further than 1000 feet before loosing transmission. Is that possibly normal?
If you're talking about putting trees between you and the AC, yes, you can lose the connection. For decent distance, you really need clear LOS at the very least.
Try different areas around your town/county and see if it's something local. We fly our P3P out much further than that on the stock antennae but you'll have to do some testing to see if it's a problem with the UAS or local conditions limiting your signal.
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I live on a 10.000 hectare farm no houses just my land. I have only done that once and it scared the crap out of me. Lol
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Is that the one from freeantennas? Looks nice but normally you'd want those antennas on the controller to be parallel to each other.
If you update, you will loose distance....
For instance, RC outpower will decrease after 1.6fw....
Small details......
For instance, RC outpower will decrease after 1.6fw....
Small details......
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I made it at home, I found a template here:
Booster9dbi2_4Ghz_Phantom3.pdf
For antennas the recommendation is that they should not be crossed, but they can be divergent
Before mounting that I lost signal at about 1.3 km, now I have full signal at the same distance (note that I'm in Italy and the RC works with minor power than in USA)
The guy at freeantennas designed the template for the classic homemade windsurfer quite a while ago. Many sites have copied and reposted his design.
You might want to research what a signal looks like as it leaves an antenna, and also how best to position the receiving antenna relative to the transmitting antenna. Also - you might look into what each antenna does on your controller (the right one vs the left one). If you do that, I think you'll find positioning your antennas like rabbit ears is technically not ideal.
There are windsurfers you can buy - cheap - that are less wide which may work better than the way you have it set up. Good luck.
You might want to research what a signal looks like as it leaves an antenna, and also how best to position the receiving antenna relative to the transmitting antenna. Also - you might look into what each antenna does on your controller (the right one vs the left one). If you do that, I think you'll find positioning your antennas like rabbit ears is technically not ideal.
There are windsurfers you can buy - cheap - that are less wide which may work better than the way you have it set up. Good luck.
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You should be able to get 3 miles with a stock P3P, try flying over flat farmland with no trees or buildings in front of you. Also I find if it is a bit cloudy signal is really good.
