Recent content by Adrian Cable

Not yet - that is the next thing although I will need to do some research/experiments first to find what works best, since the P3S isn't great at handling the extra weight. FYI, the 40,000ft run was done using my own RC mod that combines the ARGtek mount with the 4Hawks Raptor SR antennas...

That is quite something! This is nowhere near as impressive, but I might hold the record for P3S/P3 4K distance with the stock battery. 20,000ft out over water, another 20,000 ft back, full signal all the way. Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones RC modifications are described in...

Since people are talking about their amplified set-up I thought I would share mine for the Phantom 3 4K (although a basically identical set-up would also work just as well for the Standard). My objective was to get the longest range possible (rural and urban) in a minimal envelope -...

All, For a long time we have had Magic Power and similar which increase the power of the 2.4 GHz video channel, but not the 5.8 GHz control channel, to FCC levels worldwide. Here is my solution to increase both 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz to FCC levels. I developed it for the Phantom 3 4K but it will...

Not sure I can shed any light on this necessarily - but I want to understand the background. What do you mean when you say you were trying to upgrade from P3XW_FW_V01.06.0050.bin to the "newer" P3XW_FW_V01.06.0050.bin? Was this a typo or were you really trying to reinstall the same FW version...

Absolutely. Technical capability of the drone to cover a certain distance on a single battery does not mean it is safe or legal to do so. -Adrian

Yes, take a look here for example: Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones This one has a total distance covered of 32,464ft, with the battery going from 98% to 25%, or around 444ft/%. At this rate of discharge flying from 100% to 10% would give you (100-10)*444 = 39,960ft of total...

No typo. 40,000ft is the distance. -Adrian

Let me try to give the OP a numerical answer (although everything Fly Dawg says is correct, i.e. YMMV with different assumptions to mine below). Assuming stock props, zero wind, a brand new fully charged battery, temperature of 60 degrees F, take-off from sea level, and zero IMU warm-up time...

Chameleon - if you are just looking for reliable 500m in urban environments, a P3 4K with the ARGtek kit (< $60) will do you just fine. If you can find a P3 Pro for a similar price to the P3 4K + $60 for the ARGtek kit (not sure if this is possible) then this is probably the best option, since...

In my opinion (and I am sure not everyone will agree) the P3 4K is the best value for money DJI drone platform. With Litchi it does pretty much everything a P4 Pro can do, except the control/video range. For around $200 you can put together an antenna/amplifier set-up for the controller which...

If you just want to extend the control range then yes, just one 5.8 amp is fine. But this may not be that useful. Without video you would need to keep the drone in sight, and it's difficult to keep the drone in sight when it's more than a few hundred feet away - which should be within the...

Sorry, I meant - BEFORE you put the thing on, was your range limited by control or video. -Adrian

Is your range being limited by the control uplink or the video downlink? In other words, do you lose control or video first? -Adrian

Why not? This kind of upgrade can give an old drone a new lease of life. -Adrian