Range
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Next time the weather permits I will give it a go without the windsurfers and see what distance I get! One thing I noticed though was when I turned the quad around I lost video feed completely for approx 1 minute but still had full signal to the RC; I have also in the same area had it up to its max of 500mts which is not very interesting because everything is small in appearance and drains the hell out of the battery plus takes forever to bring it down due to a firmware update last year which stops the quad going into VRS lol.
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Remember that the FAA rules/guidelines state you must have unit in sight. When more than a thousand feet or so, you can't see it. FYI
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When you lose video feed, goes choppy, quality gets bad then you get disconnected. Can you still control the drone, I am losing the video signal around a mile. But I could control the drone for another 1-2 mile?
Well, yes, if you still have connection to the AC, you can use the radar in the bottom left to give you the AC orientation, but that's it. In my (fairly limited) experience, once you lose the video downlink, the RC soon follows and, if enabled, RTH will then kick-in. Once the TX/AC are reconnected, you can then cancel the RTH and return to manual control.
Okay will try next time just don't understand why I am losing signal so early, one third of what DJI claim. Aircraft disconnected, no feed picture at all, will load the map up next time and see if I can still control it.
The DJI figures will be under perfect conditions, Monsterfez; they are not "real world". Where are you based? I asked because if you're outside the continental USA, the figure will be 2 miles, not 3.
I have gone out a whopping 150 meters
with my P3p.
Only have made about 25 flights so far and I'm sacred to death to lose my girl Baby steps
I would fly my wife at max distance though uhhuh I would if I could
with my P3p.Only have made about 25 flights so far and I'm sacred to death to lose my girl
Baby stepsI would fly my wife at max distance though uhhuh I would if I could
Why are the figures different for usa vs UK. I am Kent mate. Are all the DJIs like that in the UK or?
Yes - it's the CE (European) RC output regulations vs the FCC (US) regulations. 3 miles there, 2 here. If you take your P3 to the US it'll switch to the FAA output and vise-versa.
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I actually didn't know that. So would the mavic, p4p only get 2 miles? I was playing with settings indoors and when I put 500m in the max altitude I got a warning message but it referred to the USA/FAA in that?
THanks for informing. I spke to DJI and they sayd 2.2miles is the limit for uk. Mavic and P4P will get 2.5m in uk
I have p3 4k(wifi), but I thought that if you lose 5.8(rc) or 2.4(video) rth kicks in and drone comes back to homepoint?
So the rth enables only when 5.8(rc) signal is lost for 3 seconds?
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Yes, I in my experience video can be lost for >3 seconds and it doesn't implement RTH.
1609.344mts to 1 mile
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Sorry should have added Baildon Moor, across to Menston, West Yorkshire, UK. Someone's figures are wrong and I know they ain't mine.
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1609.344mts to 1 mileP3P no mods except windsurfers so go figure?
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Well, you used a windsurfer and it's done a great job of adding more than 1/3 to the standard distance of circa 2 miles. Some have gained twice the "standard" range with windsurfers, as weather and location play a huge part to range in general.
