Losing Video Connection

[astraldrone]

Hi guys,

So the second problem I've run into whilst flying my new Phantom 3 Standard.

Last night I felt game enough to go higher than I have gone yet (only about 20 metres before this)

So I flew in the same spot I have the last 3 times with no issues, and brought it up to about 50 metres, before the video feed froze and greyed out on my app.

I received an alert saying "connection lost, return to home?"

I freaked out, but brought the stick down and noticed I still had full control of the drone, so I didnt use RTH.

After I got down to about 30 metres the video feed came back and all was good.

Any idea what would cause the loss of video feed? As a beginner its especially important for my flying and would hate to push the distance only to lose video feed and cause me to do something stupid.

Help much appreciated!

 

[tcope]

Most likely some type of interference (signal blocked, electromagnetic, WiFi etc.)

 

[Sprocky]

Did you take it up directly above yourself?

 

[astraldrone]

Did you take it up directly above yourself?

Yes I did, is this a bad idea?

Sent from my SM-N9005 using PhantomPilots mobile app

 

[Sprocky]

Yes, it is the weakest signal direction.

 

[astraldrone]

Yes, it is the weakest signal direction.

That might explain it then, thanks for the tip

 

[Steve7777]

That might explain it then, thanks for the tip

Although directly above you is still not the best place to be, this video should help you with antenna orientation guidance:-

 

[astraldrone]

Although directly above you is still not the best place to be, this video should help you with antenna orientation guidance:-

Good watch I hadn't seen that tutorial thanks for that