New Flytrex Goodies
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allemtura said:
Thanks Allemtura!
We'll do the best we can to keep users updated here as well. Sometimes this is a bit harder, especially when we start coding some major features and get drawn to it for a few days - but I'll try to reply as quickly as possible on a regular basis.
FYI.. I did my longest distance flight yet tonight, and the flytrex dropped connection almost immediately. I was able to pull the mission off using the new app over usb, and it successfully posted to my flytrex website, so that's a win for me!
I will tell you though, I was nervous as hell that it dropped off and I was flying a waypoint mission 2.5 miles away from me! LOL.. I literally put the controller down and went into the house to grab a beer... 12 minutes later, my 5.3 mile round trip was complete!
The flytrex was blinking green then purple.. if that means anything (I've not checked to see if the led page was updated yet)
ANYWAY.. I am almost convinced that the physical orientation of the flytrex, FLAT ON THE BOTTOM of the battery compartment might be an issue (too much EMI interference from the wifi/camera or gimbal?).. In looking at the circuit board from other posts, I believe the device will do better vertically... Hopefully it won't rain and I'll find out tomorrow.
.. I relocated it
I will tell you though, I was nervous as hell that it dropped off and I was flying a waypoint mission 2.5 miles away from me! LOL.. I literally put the controller down and went into the house to grab a beer... 12 minutes later, my 5.3 mile round trip was complete!
The flytrex was blinking green then purple.. if that means anything (I've not checked to see if the led page was updated yet)
ANYWAY.. I am almost convinced that the physical orientation of the flytrex, FLAT ON THE BOTTOM of the battery compartment might be an issue (too much EMI interference from the wifi/camera or gimbal?).. In looking at the circuit board from other posts, I believe the device will do better vertically... Hopefully it won't rain and I'll find out tomorrow.
.. I relocated it
I hope to do a flight today if the rain clears long enough.. if things appear to work better, I'll certainly post a pic
nhoover said:
We must be thinking the same thing!
The awesome guys at Fusion Imaging ( http://www.shapeways.com/designer/fusionimaging ) have taken my idea for a Flytrex Live mount and made it a reality! I wanted to not just mount vertically but move it away from the battery (and other stuff) as much as possible. I wanted it to be easy to remove as I'm using a pigtail between the Flytrex and power source for quick removal.
The second advantage of this design is, if put together with the camera guard they've also designed for me, you now have a bit of protection for the gimbal from the rear and bottom.
If you haven't checked them out before on Shapeways, have a look. They do some really cool stuff!
*NOTE* Neither of the above are for sale yet as they're going through testing but they have let me order the Flytrex mount so I'll post a pic of it mounted when I get it.
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Flytrex with H2O Wireless?
Amit, can you see if Flytrex can work with H20 Wireless? It uses AT&T. It's only $10 for 3 months per 100gb.
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainCont ... ge=planMin
H2O Sim cards for $0.01.
Their site shows they have 2G.
http://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainContr ... e=coverage
-Scott
Amit, can you see if Flytrex can work with H20 Wireless? It uses AT&T. It's only $10 for 3 months per 100gb.
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainCont ... ge=planMin
H2O Sim cards for $0.01.
Their site shows they have 2G.
http://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainContr ... e=coverage
-Scott
I bought a h20wireless SIM card during beta testing of the Live and never could get it to connect here in California. From everything I read I believe it should've worked but we tried a few APNs and had no joy. So I ended up back on T-Mobile even though it costs slightly more ($10/mo for 1gb).
And I think your price is wrong - it's per 100mb isn't it? I was on the $20/90 days for 200mb data plan.
And I think your price is wrong - it's per 100mb isn't it? I was on the $20/90 days for 200mb data plan.
https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/mainCont ... ge=planMin
It's $10 for 100MB, $20 for 200MB, etc Pas-As-You-Go plans. Whatever you buy, you have 90 days to use it. So if you are on the $10/100MB plan and you use 100MB in 29 days, then you need to buy more, but if you use only 75GB in 90 days, it expires and you have to buy more at the end of the 90 days. 100MB is a lot for the little amount of data this uses. Very doubtful I'd use 100GB in 90 days. So for $3/mo I'm interested. At $10/mo, I'll hold off on buying a Flytrex until I use my Phantom more (spring time maybe) or wait until Flytrex can use H20 Wireless or similar.
Edit: Actually it looks like if you only use 75MB in 89 days, and you add on another $10 before it expires, that 25MB rolls over until your new amount expires (90 days from last time you added $$).
-Scott
It's $10 for 100MB, $20 for 200MB, etc Pas-As-You-Go plans. Whatever you buy, you have 90 days to use it. So if you are on the $10/100MB plan and you use 100MB in 29 days, then you need to buy more, but if you use only 75GB in 90 days, it expires and you have to buy more at the end of the 90 days. 100MB is a lot for the little amount of data this uses. Very doubtful I'd use 100GB in 90 days. So for $3/mo I'm interested. At $10/mo, I'll hold off on buying a Flytrex until I use my Phantom more (spring time maybe) or wait until Flytrex can use H20 Wireless or similar.
Edit: Actually it looks like if you only use 75MB in 89 days, and you add on another $10 before it expires, that 25MB rolls over until your new amount expires (90 days from last time you added $$).
-Scott
On my screen, all those numbers are in MB, not GB - big difference. And think about it compared to any other wireless plan you have or have heard of. Yes they are usually measured in GB/month, but the numbers are typically single digit or maybe 10, not 100 and certainly not at that price.
But the Flytrex data is quite compressed and compact. We calculated you could fly 12 hours a week and still only use 200MB per month.
But the Flytrex data is quite compressed and compact. We calculated you could fly 12 hours a week and still only use 200MB per month.
definitely MEGAbytes and not GIGAbytes for the h2owirelessnow plan per their website.. which isn't very good compared to my T-mobile plan at $10 a month which gets me 1 GB.
You're right, I meant MB not GB, edited so it makes sense for others. But yeah, still I would be hard pressed to use 100MB just in data in 90 days just for the Flytrex data.
here is how I've mounted my flytrex.. I need to do more flying with it in different locations before I can say if it's better or really any different like this.
Just some hot glue (the double sided tape was destroyed removing it).. and I'd bet it'd need several hours on asphalt in the middle of a desert to melt loose..
Just some hot glue (the double sided tape was destroyed removing it).. and I'd bet it'd need several hours on asphalt in the middle of a desert to melt loose..
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nhoover said:
Given that, you'd have to fly over 70 flights (average 20 min/flight) to use up your 100MB. So up to 25 flights a month.
-Scott
Jayson, nice mounting idea - hadn't thought of that. I was out this evening flying and did two similar flights. I was watching on a laptop since I was going further than the FPV really works. Both went about 1.8 miles and the Live only recorded the first 1.5 miles of the first flight, then just stopped. The /live page died, and when I got home the flight was on my profile but truncated at 1.5 miles. The second flight was fully recorded. The area where the first one died has great T-Mobile coverage and should have no problem. Did you notice any improvement mounted vertically? I might give that a try tomorrow.
Here's the flight where it worked: http://www.flytrex.com/mission/quadcopt ... ver-77188/
Here's the flight where it worked: http://www.flytrex.com/mission/quadcopt ... ver-77188/
Hi all,
I posted a few days back about a Flytrex Live mount that the guys at Fusion Imaging were making for me. Here is a picture of the mount on my PV2+
So far having the box away from the body seems to be helping and the flights I've done since installing have been consistent without dropping connection. Overall I'm very happy!!
If you're interested you can get yours here! http://shpws.me/w7Wm
I posted a few days back about a Flytrex Live mount that the guys at Fusion Imaging were making for me. Here is a picture of the mount on my PV2+
So far having the box away from the body seems to be helping and the flights I've done since installing have been consistent without dropping connection. Overall I'm very happy!!
If you're interested you can get yours here! http://shpws.me/w7Wm
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I pay the $10per month with Tmobile. However, they are raising it to $20 a month beginning the 1st of January. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT I will invest $240 a year into a $200 device that is not the only option available. If you bought it so someone can watch a animated version of when you are flying, then it may be worth added yearly expense. As the pilot, I can not watch the live stream, nor can I watch it later, unless I screen record which no good without having control of any features of the flight. Or I guess I could take the .kml file and run it through Google Earth and watch the flight at a later time.
If I was on the Flytrex team, I would try to talk them into this idea I've had for sometime now. Which consist of adding the video from our flight into some of their current features and collected data.
If I was on the Flytrex team, I would try to talk them into this idea I've had for sometime now. Which consist of adding the video from our flight into some of their current features and collected data.
We were talking about how cool it would be if (using a 3G or better modem), a low-res video feed could also be posted along with the telemetry data. I do have a spare tablet - have been flying with the DJI app on an iPad and the /live page up on a Nexus 10 (since my phone screen is really too small for that display) and when everything is working it is beautiful and amazing. With video it would be super amazing!
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