Got a P3A and have only been able to reach around a distance of 1500ft where I live. Houses & Trees and such.
Took it to the lake house where in good area is completely flat, barely any cell service, no trees etc. I flew 3500 ft w/o any week signal though I will admit I was super nervous as I was flying over lake.
A couple questions:
1. With no mods (just the copper antenna back shields) how far could I go?
2. Generally speaking do folks just go as far as starting to get week transmission?
3. If you start off and continue flying in GPS mode, in theory what happens if you bust past week transmission and lose signal?
4. The map plotter radius only goes to about 1500 ft. If I can fly much further than that can I expand that - or can it be set to the actual radius - or does it have any intelligence to indicate how far I can go?
5. Does flying vision simply mean it can't receive GPS or is there any advantage to flying in Vision mode?
Thanks in advance!
Took it to the lake house where in good area is completely flat, barely any cell service, no trees etc. I flew 3500 ft w/o any week signal though I will admit I was super nervous as I was flying over lake.
A couple questions:
1. With no mods (just the copper antenna back shields) how far could I go?
2. Generally speaking do folks just go as far as starting to get week transmission?
3. If you start off and continue flying in GPS mode, in theory what happens if you bust past week transmission and lose signal?
4. The map plotter radius only goes to about 1500 ft. If I can fly much further than that can I expand that - or can it be set to the actual radius - or does it have any intelligence to indicate how far I can go?
5. Does flying vision simply mean it can't receive GPS or is there any advantage to flying in Vision mode?
Thanks in advance!