GPS Issues - Tin Foil Fix - Covered under warranty

[dpdpkpcom]

Hi all

I have been a lurker, but thoroughly enjoyed reading others' discussions.

I hit the dreaded "poor no. of satellite"s whilst video'ing" issues. Concerned at my 1 week phantom vision 2 plus's warranty being buggered if I dived into the case, I emailed DJI.

Within 24 hours, I had the attached reply.

I hope it reassures others who were concerned at breaking open their PV2+.

I have since implemented the fix (with no tin-foil), and have just flown with 11 satellites, which is very re-assuring compared to the 5 or 6 it would hover (pun intended) between when video'ing.

dp

 

[rrmccabe]

Interesting that support would endorse this !

Thanks for sharing their reply.

 

[Falcon]

Hi.

Have some photos of mount that you DJI comments in reply?

It is very interesting DJI response to repair the fault.

Thanks.

 

[dronebandit]

Great, thanks for sharing this. So it seems they are aware, and cable shielding should be enough.

 

[Mori55]

There's a whole thread of doing this mod. Just use aluminum duct tape and cove with packing tape.
Just do a search or look. It's on here every day.
I would do the whole Sheilding mod since you have it open. Only takes a minute to do.

 

[Falcon]

Thank you, I've seen the post with the mod.

 

[mickey78]

So apparently just moving the GPS cable behind the shielding would do the trick? No need for tin foil? Can anyone else confirm?

 

[DrD]

I was wondering if just placing the cable under the existing shield would do the trick, and that is ALL I think DJI is endorsing. Damage resulting from additionally installed aluminum shielding, if it shorted components out, would probably not be covered under warranty.

 

[krsdj1]

I did place the cable under the sticky copper foil thing but didnt work on my vision plus, I agree this fix did work with my vision though.

 

[dpdpkpcom]

I was wondering if just placing the cable under the existing shield would do the trick, and that is ALL I think DJI is endorsing. Damage resulting from additionally installed aluminum shielding, if it shorted components out, would probably not be covered under warranty.

Yes, I should have made that clear !!!!!!!!

Thank you DrD !!!!!

They only allow opening the case for putting the satellite wire behind the existing shielding !

Thank you !!!

dp

 

[karmakazi]

So apparently just moving the GPS cable behind the shielding would do the trick? No need for tin foil? Can anyone else confirm?

I have some 3M foil on the way but went ahead and put the cable behind the shielding the other day and where I usually test the Phantom I did have 11 sats where normally I have 8 to 9.

 

[N017RW]

You're basically maxed out.

Maybe you don't need the extra effort.

 

[Dirty Bird]

So apparently just moving the GPS cable behind the shielding would do the trick? No need for tin foil? Can anyone else confirm?

While I had my bird opened to install the Flytrex Live, I had considered doing the foil mod even though I am not having GPS issues. When I looked at the gray material over the GPS, if you look carefully it already seems to be shielded. Mine looks like it is comprised of 7 layers....4 gray layers and 3 copper layers. The module itself should be covered, but that straight length of cable connecting to the Phantom may be allowing inductance to cause interference.

 

[DrJoe]

I've had mine open a few times... on one of them I did the foil mod and tucked the cable. Don't know which part did the trick, but I regularly have 11-12 sats fairly quickly.

 

[N017RW]

I've even seen photos of a/c using the gps/compass combo pucks on a stick with chokes added to the cable.

No different in function than the ones on many USB or other serial comm.cables.

 

[kirbinster]

Any thing to be careful about when doing this? Do you just remove screws and it opens up, or is there glue that you need to worry about?

 

[Mori55]

Just screws

 

[Fritz]

I did it today. Quick and easy. Only seem to get one extra sat at my home, but came in much quicker.

 

[resqu51]

Darn wish I would have know about this GPS problem earlier, Phantom 2+ is at DJI with a damaged Gimble because it lost sats and I could not control in the "breeze" and It would not do RTH function, just dropped.

 

[Mori55]

But you didn't do the alum tape mod ? You had it open why noy ?