2 Mile (3200 Meter) Successful Flight Completed

[extrememc]

Can you post your gear please. I know it's on the video, but nice to have for reference.


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[tonydotigr]

Yeah, gotta hear how this was done...

 

[ianwood]

You have competition. Apparently, the 5,000m mark was passed yesterday.

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[kcarter4x4]

I saw your video on youtube. I tried to check out the windsurfer that you used. I am not familiar with that. Can you fill me in on that and what it does and how it works? Basically any info that you can provide me would be great. I appreciate your time and help. I am new to all this.
One other question. Which Phantom do you feel gets the best distance. Phantom 2 Vision or Phantom 2 GOPRO?

 

[2trickpony]

Awesome! Hopefully a video to back it up?
My setup for the 2 miles was rather simple:
Stock P2
Immersion 5.8/600
Mini IOSD
Fat Shark Attitudes
Simple cloverleaf antennas
An aluminum wrapped windsurfer cut out of a file folder
I did note that at the 2 mile area the video was worse coming back suggesting the mounting of the transmitter at the rear of the copter pointing slightly rear ward may have been a factor, I had to adjust my position to point the wind surfer directly at the copter with the antenna not fully upright as DJI recommends but pointed right at the sucker... I cut out the wind surfer to be further down on the antenna so its pointing out from the center... I think however an increase in altitude is needed though to keep clear of all the trees and stuff, If your 2 miles out at 60 meters up, that line of transmission is then obstructed by nearer obstacles... I have ordered a few more upgrades to get it out to the 5 mile mark, such as but not limited to, lowering ghz and upping mw on video, Boosting the 2.4 by a few watts, and of course; Antennas... 2 miles out and back took roughly 9 -10 minutes, 5 miles is suspect for complete failure due to battery life...

Yeah, you wont get it out to 5 miles unless it is a one-way flight or you have access to new battery technology that no-one else has seen

 

[2trickpony]

I saw your video on youtube. I tried to check out the windsurfer that you used. I am not familiar with that. Can you fill me in on that and what it does and how it works? Basically any info that you can provide me would be great. I appreciate your time and help. I am new to all this.
One other question. Which Phantom do you feel gets the best distance. Phantom 2 Vision or Phantom 2 GOPRO?

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/

Download it, print it out, cut it and stick foil on it. Takes around 15 minutes.

 

[jayhas]

New P2 user here with just about 10 flights on my belt. Thanks for the video.

Still waiting for my FPV with IOSD. Flying by sight every time I was very cautious (and nervous) how far I could go but your video showed I could still confidently go much further. However being not able to frame what my gopro is capturing is really frustrating. Hopeful the FPV will arrive early next week

Thanks again for the awesome video. Cheers!

 

[Fanti]

Searching longest flight records, anyone break these last 2 records?

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