Can having your wifi on make your aircraft vulnerable to hackers?
I have a P3P well, actually; this is my second. The first P3S I had when flying, lost complete connection, causing me to lose and crash my aircraft.
Upon purchasing my second drone, I read somewhere that pilots should disable their phone/tablets wifi.
Therefore, I have been doing same and have been flying without any interruptions. However, last night while flying, I was using the LITCHI app and forgot to disable my wifi.
During my flight course, the aircraft became discounted with my RC and I lost total control of my aircraft (different location than the aforementioned disconnected incident).
Thankfully, the preset course on LITCHI app remained unaffected and my air craft was able to return to me and land safely.
This morning I was researching the pros and cons of having wifi on while flying and I am wondering if it is best to have my wifi off for future flights. To the best of my knowledge, it is possible for someone to interfere with a drone by interfering with ones wifi connection.
If anyone can shed light on this information or lack there of, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I have a P3P well, actually; this is my second. The first P3S I had when flying, lost complete connection, causing me to lose and crash my aircraft.
Upon purchasing my second drone, I read somewhere that pilots should disable their phone/tablets wifi.
Therefore, I have been doing same and have been flying without any interruptions. However, last night while flying, I was using the LITCHI app and forgot to disable my wifi.
During my flight course, the aircraft became discounted with my RC and I lost total control of my aircraft (different location than the aforementioned disconnected incident).
Thankfully, the preset course on LITCHI app remained unaffected and my air craft was able to return to me and land safely.
This morning I was researching the pros and cons of having wifi on while flying and I am wondering if it is best to have my wifi off for future flights. To the best of my knowledge, it is possible for someone to interfere with a drone by interfering with ones wifi connection.
If anyone can shed light on this information or lack there of, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.