Greetings from Athens Greece. I purchased my P3S about 15 days ago after lots of research and reading. I fly my bird via an LG G3 32GB phone which is more than enough in terms of hardware for smooth video feed, as well as software (Android 5).
Upgraded to 1.6.8 right out of the box and after calibrating compass i tried my first flight in an urban area. I would go more than 60-70 meters without image transmission errors but i could still control the bird with no problem. The other day i downgraded firmware to 1.5.7 and tried it in a non urban area. I was happy to see that i had no problem reaching 300m distance which was my limit via app (noob mode on).
Yesterday i tried 1.5.7 in the same urban territory i was in the first time, i went to 240m range and 50m alt but with continuous image transmission problems all the way....
I contacted DJI via the online chat 3 times. first two operators instructed me that there was something wrong with the bird and that I should return it (loose it for a month during summer....pfff). The last operator seemed much more experienced and informed me that this is normal. He also told me that in a non urban env. (like the one I reached 300m without loosing signal) I would easily go up to 500m.
So, IMHO i have two options:
a) return the bird and hope for a good repair that would increase range
b) mod RC with 2 - 2.4ghz antennas Omnidirectonal 8 db 50 Ohms RP-SMA (easy & cheap to do), however i loose warranty
are the above ranges correct in CE mode? should I return the bird or proceed to plan B and mod the h*ll out of the RC to increase range? any opinions?
thank you for your hospitality ladies and gentlemen.
PS: searched and read a lot before posting....
Upgraded to 1.6.8 right out of the box and after calibrating compass i tried my first flight in an urban area. I would go more than 60-70 meters without image transmission errors but i could still control the bird with no problem. The other day i downgraded firmware to 1.5.7 and tried it in a non urban area. I was happy to see that i had no problem reaching 300m distance which was my limit via app (noob mode on).
Yesterday i tried 1.5.7 in the same urban territory i was in the first time, i went to 240m range and 50m alt but with continuous image transmission problems all the way....
I contacted DJI via the online chat 3 times. first two operators instructed me that there was something wrong with the bird and that I should return it (loose it for a month during summer....pfff). The last operator seemed much more experienced and informed me that this is normal. He also told me that in a non urban env. (like the one I reached 300m without loosing signal) I would easily go up to 500m.
So, IMHO i have two options:
a) return the bird and hope for a good repair that would increase range
b) mod RC with 2 - 2.4ghz antennas Omnidirectonal 8 db 50 Ohms RP-SMA (easy & cheap to do), however i loose warranty
are the above ranges correct in CE mode? should I return the bird or proceed to plan B and mod the h*ll out of the RC to increase range? any opinions?
thank you for your hospitality ladies and gentlemen.
PS: searched and read a lot before posting....