gps question?

[Mori55]

Today I had a tough time getting and holding sat lock.
Flew same area I always fly. Perfectly clear sky's. I really think this 3.0 firmware is buggy.
I rember with my F450 sometimes when I upgraded firmware it would change.

 

[browntw79]

There is a "find my phantom" gps feature

Keep in mind that this function only records the last point that the Vision is linked back to the wifi range extender. I had my first P2V fly away back in February when I was trying to break 50mph. I scoured the area that the app told me was the "last known location". I never was able to locate the quad (still missing). I suspect that was the last location before I lost my wifi signal. At that speed it probably got a significant distance before landing/crashing.

 

[Madwak]

Today I had a tough time getting and holding sat lock.
Flew same area I always fly. Perfectly clear sky's. I really think this 3.0 firmware is buggy.
I rember with my F450 sometimes when I upgraded firmware it would change.

Why have you just chucked this same comment into this thread when somebody has already given you the likely explanation in your thread? viewtopic.php?f=27&t=13504

 

[Mori55]

I wanted a different opinion , isn't this a gps thread? Not everyone reads all the threads. Does it reall y bother you that much ?

 

[neoneo]

anybody want to take a quick 5 second look, to see the surrounding area and trees, at this video i made and guesstimate how far i got before my p2v+ goes into failsafe mode. it's like that everywhere where I live with either trees or buildings.

p.s. does anyone know if flying by cell phone towers etc. cause and interference?
I'm making a video and I'm going to need to fly within 50 feet of a tower that i THINK is for cell phones. but if there's any danger i'll try to make a big loop around it

 

[AnselA]

p.s. does anyone know if flying by cell phone towers etc. cause and interference?

See P2V user manual V1.16 page 31

 

[XL-Studios]

p.s. does anyone know if flying by cell phone towers etc. cause and interference?

See P2V user manual V1.16 page 31

From my experience greatly clustered cell-towers do not interfere with the P2V at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62hvCDQ5Lmo
But it might be different in other countries/regions.

 

[neoneo]

anybody want to take a quick 5 second look, to see the surrounding area and trees, at this video i made and guesstimate how far i got before my p2v+ goes into failsafe mode. it's like that everywhere where I live with either trees or buildings.

p.s. does anyone know if flying by cell phone towers etc. cause and interference?
I'm making a video and I'm going to need to fly within 50 feet of a tower that i THINK is for cell phones. but if there's any danger i'll try to make a big loop around it

im an idiot. i never posted the link to the video smh: http://youtu.be/MW4XZjiBUoo

 

[Geoffdb]

Another gps Q...
I launched from my 19th floor balcony with 5 satellites. Eventually with altitude I see on screen that I have 6+ but the Vision+ Is still blinking yellow in non-gps mode. I assumed it would go to gps mode and I could manually program a new home coordinate but was wrong.
Any ideas how to get it to switch over? Land and restart motors maybe?
Will try tomorrow...
Thanks, all...
J

 

[neoneo]

Another gps Q...
I launched from my 19th floor balcony with 5 satellites. Eventually with altitude I see on screen that I have 6+ but the Vision+ Is still blinking yellow in non-gps mode. I assumed it would go to gps mode and I could manually program a new home coordinate but was wrong.
Any ideas how to get it to switch over? Land and restart motors maybe?
Will try tomorrow...
Thanks, all...
J

idk if this will help but when you land the plane and switch s2 (left switch) down and up 5 times it will change the home point. as far as it switching back and forth between rtf and rtf (no gps) according to how many satellites you have, i think it will switch back and forth only if you start with gps. don't quote me on that though