I certainly wouldn't go that far! The stock antenna will never reach the 6 miles away I can fly to with the boosted DBS-02 antenna mod, now safely supported by a P4 battery mod. However, for anything within a few miles, the completely stock P4 setup may now finally be good enough. It certainly was not at launch!
Yeah he does great work. I've bought a couple modified batteries for my p3 from him . For my p4 I'm waiting on the maxxuav.com battery mod. It's going to be something special I hopeIndeed. Have you considered the birdside battery mod for the P4? It's $250 at FPVCustoms.com and Paul does great work. You'll still need your externals and a charger, but it gives you close to battery modded P3P flight times to support the new range, and the speed of the P4. Highly recommended.
I like the flexibility of the P4 birdside battery mod. You can use any P4 battery, and I have a bunch!Yeah he does great work. I've bought a couple modified batteries for my p3 from him . For my p4 I'm waiting on the maxxuav.com battery mod. It's going to be something special I hope
No one else has successfully modified the P4 batteries yet, although many have tried and failed.
Yes, updates often reset a bunch of settings to their original, DJI default values. Be sure and recheck all your other settings, too! Things like the RTH height, and camera settings, and even metric v. Imperial units have been known to reset. The video transmission bit rate is a very big one, too, which has bitten me before, also when switching tablets. If you are using the channel hack, recheck your chosen manual channel, and make sure Auto channel selection is turned OFF. The front LED lights also always get turned back on, if you had them set to OFF.
After market antennas are never a waste of money if you need their performance increases, which are substantial. Not only can you extend the range to 6+ miles, but you can increase the penetration and video stability closer in, in congested environments, and areas with lots of trees and vegetation, while flying lower to the ground.
Really? I always stayed away from them because I thought if they went behind a building or something, you'll lose the range as quickly as normal which sort of made them pointless to me.
I'm using the DBS-02 boosted with 4.0W amps on a GL300A remote, paired with the P4. I can fly lower and farther with it. From 3-5 miles away, inland, I can fly 25 feet over the beach most days, and over the surf, and around piers and jetties. I never worry about range any more. I have flown between 30 story twin towers downtown, and as far as I want, through them, on the other side, as long as I stay on the line through them. I have flown under bridges, including 5 lane bridges that are only 40 feet above the water, from 3 miles away. It just works! Highly recommended!
(Flying under bridges is at your own risk! )
Awesome!I'm using the DBS-02 boosted with 4.0W amps on a GL300A remote, paired with the P4. I can fly lower and farther with it. From 3-5 miles away, inland, I can fly 25 feet over the beach most days, and over the surf, and around piers and jetties. I never worry about range any more. I have flown between 30 story twin towers downtown, and as far as I want, through them, on the other side, as long as I stay on the line through them. I have flown under bridges, including 5 lane bridges that are only 40 feet above the water, from 3 miles away. It just works! Highly recommended!
What we are finding out, I just am finding out, and Jake from MaxxUAV has informed me, going through some motions to fix a small problem, he has informed me that the furthest channels, don't seem to be covered in the spectrum. Now, if your stock antenna they may be the same.
To be fair, some ppl have spent enormous amount of money and he certainly suggest better made and not $20 antennas.
