I design circuits and write assembly code for things I design. I know a lot about electronics, but I know NOTHING about antennas!
I need help!
I decided to "upgrade" my antennas to improve the range on my vision 2. I wanted to do a clover leaf design. I bought the iBCrazy antennas. I did 2.4 and 5.8 TX and RX antennas, so I had a total of 4. I thought I would try overkill first.
So, I mounted two 2.4 cloverleaf TX antennas on the vision, one for each antenna on the camera. I also added an adapter to one of the stock 5.8 RX antenna wires, so one of the antennas could be a clover leaf. I also added the 14dB TP Link wifi antenna to my wifi extender. Because of the wire length of the antennas in the phantom, I moved the compass to the left leg. Factory, it was the right leg. I calibrated it after this.
See a picture below.
First trial flight, I went up and it seemed a little sluggish to respond....and it took off! It was acting all squrilly and was gone. I found it about 750 feet away. It went downward and smacked a tree branch.I ave a few things to replace. My questions are:
-Is there something wrong with my setup of antennas below?
-With improving range of the 5.8, is there ANY DISTANCE benefit to changing the stock RX located on the phantom?
-If there is a benefit, what type of antenna, which direction, and HOW MANY? There seems to be confusion if the antennas are both used at once
I need help!
I decided to "upgrade" my antennas to improve the range on my vision 2. I wanted to do a clover leaf design. I bought the iBCrazy antennas. I did 2.4 and 5.8 TX and RX antennas, so I had a total of 4. I thought I would try overkill first.
So, I mounted two 2.4 cloverleaf TX antennas on the vision, one for each antenna on the camera. I also added an adapter to one of the stock 5.8 RX antenna wires, so one of the antennas could be a clover leaf. I also added the 14dB TP Link wifi antenna to my wifi extender. Because of the wire length of the antennas in the phantom, I moved the compass to the left leg. Factory, it was the right leg. I calibrated it after this.
See a picture below.
First trial flight, I went up and it seemed a little sluggish to respond....and it took off! It was acting all squrilly and was gone. I found it about 750 feet away. It went downward and smacked a tree branch.I ave a few things to replace. My questions are:
-Is there something wrong with my setup of antennas below?
-With improving range of the 5.8, is there ANY DISTANCE benefit to changing the stock RX located on the phantom?
-If there is a benefit, what type of antenna, which direction, and HOW MANY? There seems to be confusion if the antennas are both used at once