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dirtybum · Jul 13, 2016

Technodynamic said:
Newb question: I've flown my P4 about 25 times now. I'm afraid to take it beyond about a half a mile. I'll get a flicker of a red warning and I am afraid of the unknown. What if I keep flying and loose signal.

In theory, the drone should return to home, correct? Does it throw warnings and generally can continue to fly for quite a bit further? What is real world on this?

Can you please give a little more detail of what your "flicker of red" warning means? Does it just say "transmission image weak"?
Or does it say in red "no signal"?
With some true aiming you can fight your way through a weak transmission image, it usually involves climbing in altitude a few feet

Sim597 · Jul 13, 2016

just thought I'd post this, so ppl would see it

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Sim597 · Jul 13, 2016

That's not composite, that's my latest bird, "Cloud"

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Technodynamic · Jul 14, 2016

dirtybum said:
Can you please give a little more detail of what your "flicker of red" warning means? Does it just say "transmission image weak"?
Or does it say in red "no signal"?
With some true aiming you can fight your way through a weak transmission image, it usually involves climbing in altitude a few feet

The smooth video will chop up or stutter briefly (freaking me out) and the warning is low signal warning (I think).

GadgetGuy · Jul 14, 2016

Technodynamic said:
The smooth video will chop up or stutter briefly (freaking me out) and the warning is low signal warning (I think).

Add some altitude until it is restored, and then push on!

pwiggy · Jul 14, 2016

Sim597 said:
just thought I'd post this, so ppl would see it

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100mph?

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GadgetGuy · Jul 14, 2016

pwiggy said:
100mph?

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The DJI GO app has a few bugs in compiling these stats. Mine says 89mph and 19,000 feet top altitude!

No can do!

Sim597 · Jul 14, 2016

GadgetGuy said:
The DJI GO app has a few bugs in compiling these stats. Mine says 89mph and 19,000 feet top altitude! No can do!

I had what, 84.7mph forever, I'll stand by it.

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Sim597 · Jul 14, 2016

It's only 16mph faster then my last one, I mean sure, there is always room for deviation, that's why records are two ways, and multiple sources to verify, nobody else shows that, one thing is weird, looks like that may be top speed recordable and I could, could have been going faster.

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GadgetGuy · Jul 14, 2016

Sim597 said:
I had what, 84.7mph forever, I'll stand by it.

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Mine's bigger!

Javiejav · Jul 14, 2016

JWarren said:
Even though they've been getting a bad rap lately, I still believe in my copper WindSurfers. I went 15,000ft without any signal or signal strength loss. Could have gone to 20,000ft I'm sure but I was worried about battery life.

Windsurfer came in... Had a nice 4.3 mile flight

thanks man! I appreciate the advice!!!

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dirtybum · Jul 16, 2016

New personal best w/ P4.
Terminator boosted
Bat mod w/ maxamp 2000's
46340' and back

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Real calm 4mph direct crosswind
33 mph out - 36 mph back
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GKPK · Jul 16, 2016

Good going DB!!!

GadgetGuy · Jul 16, 2016

dirtybum said:
New personal best w/ P4.
Terminator boosted
Bat mod w/ maxamp 2000's
46340' and back
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Real calm 4mph direct crosswind
33 mph out - 36 mph back
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Well done, DB! Do you think the MaxAmp 2000's outperform the MaxAmp 2800's for flight time on the P4?

dirtybum · Jul 16, 2016

GadgetGuy said:
Well done, DB! Do you think the MaxAmp 2000's outperform the MaxAmp 2800's for flight time on the P4?

I used them cause they WAS light,
I,ve been getting the "motor speed warning" with 5.2. I never expected over 30 min w/ them though. They only give me 30-31 on the p3

dirtybum · Jul 16, 2016

Pushed my luck to 50 this morning. Turned at 48%, so it wouldve been close either way, but I kept getting "compass error please move " messages just a couple on the way out and almost every 30 seconds on the way back. A couple times it caused me to veer off sideways a few hundred feet and I'd have to stop get back on course. That really slowed me down. I would've had to ride zero for the last mile at least, so I just did a safe auto land.

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I have one of my power leads dangling out the front leg, so I think when it hangs down the leg like that it interferes with the compass. I'll have to tape it up higher. Oh well it lives to fly another day[emoji41] scary flying though, really tests your piloting skills

Sim597 · Jul 16, 2016

dirtybum said:
Pushed my luck to 50 this morning. Turned at 48%, so it wouldve been close either way, but I kept getting "compass error please move " messages just a couple on the way out and almost every 30 seconds on the way back. A couple times it caused me to veer off sideways a few hundred feet and I'd have to stop get back on course. That really slowed me down. I would've had to ride zero for the last mile at least, so I just did a safe auto land.
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I have one of my power leads dangling out the front leg, so I think when it hangs down the leg like that it interferes with the compass. I'll have to tape it up higher. Oh well it lives to fly another day[emoji41] scary flying though, really tests your piloting skills

Just had a forced landing at about 19,000ft out, no battery mod, suburban area over the lake, barely made it to dry land, my first one, was really short of the house, was in auto-land mode, and of course at about 20' AGL I lost signal as I was in trouble made decision to land short vs keep flying, I already wasn't going to make it, the first Rd after the lake I started scouting, picked a front yard of a nice McMansion and was in my car before she hit the ground I'll bet, was dusk but I knew where to look and there it was, sitting pretty with her lights on.

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dirtybum · Jul 16, 2016

Hey Sim, that's scary stuff landing in somebody's yard, do you mind sharing a little more details of the flight, what made the forced landing. 19,000 feet out is pretty far to be without a battery mod.. That's actually pretty skillful to autoland it in that scenario,good job