Range extender -- incredible!

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Ordered one of these printed/foil extenders for around $12 couple of weeks so. Finally had a chance to take it for a little test flight today.

That thing is magic. Went from 7000ft with signal loss to over 13,000ft with full bars and no loss of signal at all. Highly recommended!

 

[Cerone]

Link?

 

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Phantom 3 range extender | eBay

 

[Southerndude Kolenda]

Does it improve the reception of FPV on devices,Especially Android? Distance is not my thing, clear reliability is what I want.

 

[tvckz]

Sounds like advertising to me. Probably because of my past, as a marketing director. You can build that extender in 5 minutes, for the same amount of money you will get a 6 pack of premium beer.

 

[4wd]

Not that simple, the distance to the radiating element has a precise optimum, and the further away from that you are with random curved metal the less effective it will be.
You might see some benefit from a random pie dish, at least it will shield from stray RF behind

 

[dysan911]

Is there anyone that sells this item that's NOT in China?

 

[HD pilot]

Is there anyone that sells this item that's NOT in China?

I have purchased one of these as well for £12 from eBay but I have not tried it yet. It came from China and the build quality for the money paid is very good. When it stops raining I will test it out. As for making your own, it will never look half as good as the ones you can buy. £12 is not busting your pocket considering the increased range you get

 

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Is there anyone that sells this item that's NOT in China?

There is an American guy who sells his for around $30. I don't remember good name.. Maybe someone can help.

 

[leekiya]

I got mine from a guy on here who lives in Italy. They are good and they do make a massive and I mean massive difference, and look a hell of a lot better that strapping 2 half empty beer cans to your 2 grand set up. They need to be the correct angel as well like someone else has pointed out.

 

[AL T]

DJI Phantom 3 & Inspire 1 Controller / Video Antenna Range Booster Windsurfer 1 of a few different products

dwet6162 is his ebay id David is his name [URL='http://stores.ebay.com/Dynamic-3D-Solution?_trksid=p2047675.l2563']Dynamic 3D Solution [/URL]

 

[johnnyu]

I see this one too. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/DJI-Phantom-3-Inspire-1-Controller-Video-Antenna-Range-Booster-KIT/252097447803?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D2ff060eefb5a494e92cbd52e203717c3%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D261966558715">here </a>

I wanna know how you get passed 1500 meter limit. Mine maxes out and I cant go over that in the menu.

 

[bbfpv]

I wanna know how you get passed 1500 meter limit. Mine maxes out and I cant go over that in the menu.

Toggle off the distance limit.

 

[Boebe]

DIY Antenna Booster for Phantom 3 | DJI Phantom Forum

Search this thread. A lot of info about range extenders aka wind surfers aka range boosters.

 

[johnnyu]

Toggle off the distance limit.

will look for that. thank you

 

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I see this one too. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/DJI-Phantom-3-Inspire-1-Controller-Video-Antenna-Range-Booster-KIT/252097447803?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D2ff060eefb5a494e92cbd52e203717c3%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D261966558715">here </a>

I wanna know how you get passed 1500 meter limit. Mine maxes out and I cant go over that in the menu.

There shouldn't be a horizontal distance limit in the app unless you set it.. Can you post a screenshot?

 

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Question: why do people spend hundreds of $$ on dbs/fpvr or whatever, when you can get as good range increase for a fraction of the cost and no hard installations?

 

[NorthcountySD]

Why. Cause they put in the research. Know the goal and provide a produce they know works. Personally I don't want to walk around flying this with cut up beer cans on it.

 

[HD pilot]

Why. Cause they put in the research. Know the goal and provide a produce they know works. Personally I don't want to walk around flying this with cup up beer cans on it.

True. The wind surfer version is much much neater and looks like part of the kit anyway

 

[johnnyu]

There shouldn't be a horizontal distance limit in the app unless you set it.. Can you post a screenshot?

Its altitude.