Warning: don't put coloured tape on legs

[Gordon Melrose]

In an attempt to try to help orientation if put some black tape on the outside of the front landing legs of my P3S. However, this resulted in a weak signal and some very erratic information on the DJI GoApp so had to land immediately.
I would still like to colour the legs in some way but now a bit wary of applying paint or any other 'coating'
I don't know if anyone else has had this problem but be warned!

 

[LuvMyTJ]

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Unless you tape was metallic in some way it would not interfere with signal. You could dye the legs or paint them. I have dyed my P2 parts. You will need 'poly-dye' which can be found in any craft store, even Walmarts.

 

[robsquad]

i had tape on my v+ legs for 18 month without issue

 

[RodPad]

Yes, regular black tape shouldn't have caused any problems.

 

[N017RW]

This is a great example of 'correlation is not causation'.

Any non metallic material of the size and shape of tape will have no effect on RF performance.

 

[dirtybum]

Yes, regular black tape shouldn't have caused any problems.

On my old P2 I used black tape to hold the compass module on the leg flew for many months just fine