Pleasant surprise today

Phantomfreak · Jan 26, 2016

So it has been noticeably warmer the past couple days here in the hills of LA than anytime in the past couple months.. I took the P3P out for a flight in the morning and switched to Atti mode and gave it some stick, I was pleasantly surprised to see a top speed of 48 mph consistently throughout the flight- the fastest I was able to get it to before was 42 mph in Atti mode, in GPS it won't go past 37 mph. It also seems like now it climbs a little faster as well. I'm running 1.6 firmware in the bird and batteries, I'm wondering if the increased performance is due to the firmware not holding back performance because of the warmer weather.. Anyone else running 1.6 notice performance gains when it's warm?

Mark The Droner · Jan 27, 2016

48 mph north south east and west? That seems hard to believe. You sure?

alokbhargava · Jan 27, 2016

We know that FW 1.6 limits the battery drain at low temperatures but it's hard to believe that it allows additional current discharges at warm temperatures.

Are you comparing old motors vs new motors? Do you have older version of DJI go app, try with it?

Phantomfreak · Jan 27, 2016

Its a P3P, it has the new motors, 1.6 firmware, and 2.5.1 GO app version. Just came back from another short flight where I hit 50.42 MPH in Atti mode, here's the healthy drones link:
HealthyDrones.com - Innovative flight data analysis that matters

m0j0 · Jan 27, 2016

Wow.. Looks like you had a 10 mph tailwind. Still that is moving

Phantom 3 Pro / iPad Air 2

Mark The Droner · Jan 28, 2016

13 mins 40 secs flight time and 26,950 ft traveled.

That's 820 secs flight time

That's 33 ft traveled per second on average.

That's 1980 ft per minute average.

Let's call it 2000.

That's 120,000 ft per hour average

That's 22.7 mph average