I can understand many folks that want to save the $100 for the cellular option in an iPad, and the $10/mo to add an iPad Mini to their cellular bill, but I find having the iPad connected to the internet via cellular all the time a luxury worth having, not having to connect to the phone, etc. It's just a hassle I don't need, and as much as I fly, to me it's worth the $10/mo. But that's just me.
Short story about Wifi connections:
Today I was with ElGuapo flying up in the mountains here in So. Calif. We were both flying our P4P's. He agreed to fly 2.4Ghz while I was on 5.8Ghz, this helps to keep from interfering with each other, which occurs when you're in close proximity to another pilot on the same band. Anyway, things seemed to be going fine, but then ElGuapo starts getting green screen drop outs on his iPad Mini4, FYI I wasn't flying, he was by himself in the air. I've had similar green screen flicker issues on hot days with my iPad Mini2 with the A7 CPU, but not with my iPad Air2 which has the A8 CPU. His iPad mini 4 has the same A8 CPU, it shouldn't have heat issues, but it was a warm day, around 90F (can you imagine, in the local mountains at about 1500' elevation in late Nov, and it's 90F!). So we put an ice pack on the back of the Ipad mini4, but after a few minutes to cool it down, no change. The display did this whether it was at 500' away, 100' away and 35' way, no difference, it was definitely unrelated to distance. So I suggested he switch to 5.8Ghz. The problem went way. So then I ask him if his wifi was turned on the iPad, he said yes. So he tried going back to flying on 2.4Ghz and turned off the iPad wifi, and bingo, no problem anymore with 2.4Ghz. His iPad Wifi (apparently on 2.4Ghz) was hammering the 2.4Ghz video channel from the drone to the RC, while it was searching for an access point. YES, the wifi was disrupting the Lightbridge 2.4Ghz feed to the RC.
With P4 and P4A craft, which only have 2.4Ghz, you may need to turn off your wifi function on all nearby devices if you find yourself getting green screen breakups on an iPad, or Android devices while flying.
Short story about Wifi connections:
Today I was with ElGuapo flying up in the mountains here in So. Calif. We were both flying our P4P's. He agreed to fly 2.4Ghz while I was on 5.8Ghz, this helps to keep from interfering with each other, which occurs when you're in close proximity to another pilot on the same band. Anyway, things seemed to be going fine, but then ElGuapo starts getting green screen drop outs on his iPad Mini4, FYI I wasn't flying, he was by himself in the air. I've had similar green screen flicker issues on hot days with my iPad Mini2 with the A7 CPU, but not with my iPad Air2 which has the A8 CPU. His iPad mini 4 has the same A8 CPU, it shouldn't have heat issues, but it was a warm day, around 90F (can you imagine, in the local mountains at about 1500' elevation in late Nov, and it's 90F!). So we put an ice pack on the back of the Ipad mini4, but after a few minutes to cool it down, no change. The display did this whether it was at 500' away, 100' away and 35' way, no difference, it was definitely unrelated to distance. So I suggested he switch to 5.8Ghz. The problem went way. So then I ask him if his wifi was turned on the iPad, he said yes. So he tried going back to flying on 2.4Ghz and turned off the iPad wifi, and bingo, no problem anymore with 2.4Ghz. His iPad Wifi (apparently on 2.4Ghz) was hammering the 2.4Ghz video channel from the drone to the RC, while it was searching for an access point. YES, the wifi was disrupting the Lightbridge 2.4Ghz feed to the RC.
With P4 and P4A craft, which only have 2.4Ghz, you may need to turn off your wifi function on all nearby devices if you find yourself getting green screen breakups on an iPad, or Android devices while flying.
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