BJay said:Some photos of my setup; I'm getting about 1.2km out of the wifi and 1.5km+ out of the rc in distance and 800m altitude with full wifi+rc.
BJay,
What are you using for the 5.8 RC TX?
BJay said:Some photos of my setup; I'm getting about 1.2km out of the wifi and 1.5km+ out of the rc in distance and 800m altitude with full wifi+rc.
FPV col said:as for 2.4 there is very little if not anything can be done on the Drone side.
I can get 6km VT using a skew on my FPV powered glider setup but that is running 600mw
Can't wait to see what you come up with.Noël said:I'm about to add a cloverleaf to the P2V itself.....
Stock tx with 10 dollar 11dbi antenna from eBay.mem_ny said:BJay said:Some photos of my setup; I'm getting about 1.2km out of the wifi and 1.5km+ out of the rc in distance and 800m altitude with full wifi+rc.
BJay,
What are you using for the 5.8 RC TX?
themosttoys said:FPV col said:as for 2.4 there is very little if not anything can be done on the Drone side.
I can get 6km VT using a skew on my FPV powered glider setup but that is running 600mw
Great work!
There are always trade offs, but one thing that could be done to the drone (P2V) side is to add something like this: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wirel ... ooster.php , I'd probably also add a separate battery to power the amp, something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURNIGY-1000Mah ... 51addeb290 and this: http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/product ... s_id=18283. All of this extra weight will reduce the overall flight time by approx three to four minutes but should get out to over a mile (depending on antennas) and will improve the link quality.
themosttoys said:FPV col said:as for 2.4 there is very little if not anything can be done on the Drone side.
I can get 6km VT using a skew on my FPV powered glider setup but that is running 600mw
Great work!
There are always trade offs, but one thing that could be done to the drone (P2V) side is to add something like this: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wirel ... ooster.php , I'd probably also add a separate battery to power the amp, something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURNIGY-1000Mah ... 51addeb290 and this: http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/product ... s_id=18283. All of this extra weight will reduce the overall flight time by approx three to four minutes but should get out to over a mile (depending on antennas) and will improve the link quality.
mem_ny said:BenDronePilot
Great effort. Looking forward to results.
MadMan said:themosttoys said:FPV col said:as for 2.4 there is very little if not anything can be done on the Drone side.
I can get 6km VT using a skew on my FPV powered glider setup but that is running 600mw
Great work!
There are always trade offs, but one thing that could be done to the drone (P2V) side is to add something like this: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wirel ... ooster.php , I'd probably also add a separate battery to power the amp, something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TURNIGY-1000Mah ... 51addeb290 and this: http://www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/product ... s_id=18283. All of this extra weight will reduce the overall flight time by approx three to four minutes but should get out to over a mile (depending on antennas) and will improve the link quality.
What about powering this: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wirel ... ooster.php off of the P2V battery? Stepdown needed of course and again, shorter flight time, but battery life would be reflected on the app and even though that 1000Mah battery only weighs 60g it would be a weight savings. That wifi booster consumes 500mA so you would need a battery for each flight anyway.
Getting to 1 mile might not be as hard as getting back....
garygid said:would one get better WiFi communication with the P2V's side towards
the pilot, rather than nose in or nose out?
themosttoys said:garygid said:would one get better WiFi communication with the P2V's side towards
the pilot, rather than nose in or nose out?
Yes, absolutely. Flying straight away (tail towards me) I typically get 800 feet maximum (usually more like 500 feet) before I begin to lose video. If I fly sideways I can make it out to over 1200 feet (maximum of about 1500 feet) before losing video, telemetry can remain for over 2500 feet (the wifi stays connected, just not good enough for video.)
shartlza said:Is it possible that one antenna is for video and the other for telemetry in both the PV and in the repeater? Or maybe just on the PV side?
themosttoys said:shartlza said:Is it possible that one antenna is for video and the other for telemetry in both the PV and in the repeater? Or maybe just on the PV side?
Nope, both antennas serve the exact same function, they are just pointed in opposite directions (to either side of the P2V.)
BenDronePilot said:So in theory you only need to upgrade a single antenna with a good omni directional as with the wifi repeater to get a good 360 degree radius of wifi range regardless of nose position. Of course this mod would add a wee bit extra drag and weight.