Recent content by spikeanoid

No, the antenna won't drain the battery faster on either your remote or drone. On a full battery I could go out 23000 feet one way before needing to turn around. I might be able to stretch it a few feet but I like to leave some battery left if nothing else but to conserve the service life of the...

I just checked MaxxUAV's website and he doesn't seem to be selling them anymore. They were $10(?) a set and were used in place of his current clean install kit. The pieces worked great for holding the antennas in place and were cheap, just a little fragile. Guess he decided to stop selling them...

They use 3D printed pass-through "plugs". Alright, they don't plug up the hole :rolleyes: but it's a plastic piece you'll need to keep the antenna cables fixed in the stock antenna holes. If I had to do it again I would NOT drill holes - the 3D printed pieces work just fine for keeping the...

No, just be sure not to power on the remote without the antennas attached or you'll burn out the amplifier in the remote. You don't need to rebind or anything after installing the new antennas.

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Okay, but what's the coverage going to look like? Cell companies don't really care about providing ultra fast wireless in the middle of nowhere. Coverage maps always show coverage concentrated to high traffic areas and freeways, the two places I DON'T want to fly. The places I fly I'm lucky to...

The only reason I would want LTE on a drone is for flying longer distances. But even with LTE, the latency is much too great to fly via live view with.

So now 333 exemptions are limited to 200' no matter where they fly? The updated distances from airports is nice, but I doubt that will come to hobbyists. Does the FAA really expect everyone to know the difference between an airport having an operational control tower and one with only a...

Wait a few days until the Mavic hits store shelves and I bet they come down even more, assuming the Mavic does what everyone thinks it will. Pros are going for ~$500 + shipping on eBay right now.

Clean install uses 3D plastic printed pieces to use the existing holes. You can't use the existing holes without some sort of piece to hold the wires in place, otherwise they'll just flop around. It's pretty easy to install all of this, save the $$ and do it yourself. There's lots of helpful...

Not sure I understand your question, Rott. Phantom 3 adv/pro doesn't need wifi to to fly. The Phantom remote broadcasts the Lightbridge signal on the 2.4xGhz frequency range, which is the same frequency range as wifi. However, this is not a wifi network. You only need wifi to cache maps to your...

Cell coverage has no effect on range.

It might help. It didn't really help me. Depends on how much interference is in your area. Just search for the 32 channel mode unlock.

Unquestionably. I was getting about 2-3 miles stock. After installing the antenna I was able to go 4 miles line of sight consistently. The furthest I was able to go was 5 miles, limited by battery. there aren't many trees where I live so can't comment on penetration, other than it won't help if...

DBS mod. Atti mode won't extend your range. You can get either the ITElite standard antenna or the MAXX antenna. The max antenna is huge though. I used the standard ITElite antenna and the battery is the limiting factor there. You only need a stronger antenna or boosters if you have trees and...