Just thought I'd post my mostly completed controller for my p3s. I have an inspire 1 tablet mount installed for my nvidia shield tablet as well as the DBSmods antennae. With just that setup I have gone pretty easily to 10,800 feet in a uninhabited area. I'm not really a distance junky but wanting a rock solid signal, and just enjoying messing with stuff, I just finished installing a 2.4 and 5.8 amp. I haven't really tested range yet except by connecting and walking away. I was pleased with results, put her on my hood in a parking lot at work and just started walking. Lost line of sight right away. Had several parked cars and a backhoe and trees as well as several lanes of traffic blocking me in a highly congested area and got just passed 2,000 feet. Still had pretty good signal but was starting to get a little choppy. Had no more room to walk. Before my walk test in a much less congested area and better line of sight I only got 750 feet before losing signal with just the DBSmods antenna. Will probably make a more solid mount once I figure out just how I like it. In reality I probably will rarely even use my amps so I'll make a nice quick releasing mount for it all. Tell me what you guys think! And a question for you all, I know you have to be hooked to your antenna before turning the controller and amps on to not burn up the amps or internal amps, so what I do is connect everything, turn on amps, then turn on controller. But are the sunhans amps pass through if I don't turn them on first? And what if they loose power? Will my amps in my controller potentially fry or are they safe as long as I'm connected to my antenna?
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What do you power your amps with looked at your picts and no battery pack I'm a newbie just trying to learn all I can
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Of course I can't be sure but if I'm looking at picture one correctly, there are 4 pieces of Velcro on the back of the radio case. Those would likely support the battery.
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Yes, the battery isn't in the photo. It attaches to the Velcro as you guys assumed. Its a cheap 4800 dual lead lipo which I soldered the correct connectors for the amps. I originally had the amps attached with Velcro also but it mad the controller too fat in my hand and for some reason when the amps were velcro'd to the controller it was causing interference and very bad reception. Having them mounted off the controller like this fixed both issues right up.
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i have the ph3 4k and i want to order the ite-dbs001 v.1 i can see that you use sunhans boosters but which number or model, cause would like to boost my dbs just like yours
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Hey,hey slow down, my buddy already uses the name "Quadzilla" for his bird[emoji41]
Awesome range for the standard bro, inspiring!
I'd say you need to actively maintain your fitness level to hold that controller for any amount of time. Impressive distance.
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Little redundant RZR, you know us phantom Flyers are some of the fittest,studly people around
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I've been looking at those same amps but I remember reading you need to also buy attenuators to put inline before the amps so the signal feeding them is not too high. I'm guessing you haven't had any more issues with this setup after you mounted the amps off of the controller?
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Actually that is just the 2.4 GHz amp. If you have the standard or 4k phantom you need one of those for fpv signal and telemetry data and another 5.8 GHz amp for control signal. If you have the advanced or pro models which only use the 2.4 GHz frequency then you will only need 2 of those as you said. Here's what I have...
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Aliexpress.com : Buy Sunhans 5.8Ghz 2W 2000mW WiFi Signal Booster Wireless LAN Indoor Signal Amplifier CE&FCC&ROHS Free Shipping from Reliable amplifier box suppliers on SanWokoy | Alibaba Group one of these for 5.8 GHz signal.
That's what I use. And as someone mentioned its a good idea to use an inline attenuator to lower the power before it gets to the amps. But the specs say you can put up to 20 dBm max into it which I believe is what the standard remote outputs. I may try experimenting with one but I have had no problems in that area so I'm not too concerned.
Aliexpress.com : Buy SUNHANS 2.5W 2.4GHz WiFi Amplifiers 802.11n/b/g Wireless LAN Indoor Signal Booster Repeater CE&FCC&ROHS from Reliable booster wifi suppliers on SanWokoy | Alibaba Group one of these for 2.4 GHz
Aliexpress.com : Buy Sunhans 5.8Ghz 2W 2000mW WiFi Signal Booster Wireless LAN Indoor Signal Amplifier CE&FCC&ROHS Free Shipping from Reliable amplifier box suppliers on SanWokoy | Alibaba Group one of these for 5.8 GHz signal.
That's what I use. And as someone mentioned its a good idea to use an inline attenuator to lower the power before it gets to the amps. But the specs say you can put up to 20 dBm max into it which I believe is what the standard remote outputs. I may try experimenting with one but I have had no problems in that area so I'm not too concerned.
This makes me laugh. I'm a firefighter by trade and competitive lifter and crossfit trainer on my off time and my girlfriend loves to tease me about being the fittest nerd she knows.
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