2 Phantoms on -> no singal

oal331 · Sep 11, 2015

While we had 2 Phantoms in the same area we had signal lost and video problems. Both quads were Phatom3 one was Pro the other Adv.

We decided to shoot on Phantom the other one on takeoff and after, but signal lost was too scary and testing with both aircrafts and TXs on, i lost complete the video signal and i had to activate RTH.

Is this normal ?

Regards

Eddie

apsphoto · Sep 11, 2015

I have flown right next to another P3 and we were in feet of each other and no issues. I suspect that maybe some other interference.

Alan

skyhighdiver · Sep 11, 2015

oal331 said:
While we had 2 Phantoms in the same area we had signal lost and video problems. Both quads were Phatom3 one was Pro the other Adv.

We decided to shoot on Phantom the other one on takeoff and after, but signal lost was too scary and testing with both aircrafts and TXs on, i lost complete the video signal and i had to activate RTH.

Is this normal ?

Regards

Eddie

I fly 2 all the time now ,you need to manual set channels at least of 2nd one to start or yes there is video pixilation, much more than normal
and loss of distance but if you chose far ends of channels i have noticed no issues these are sitting about 4 ft apart and no issues at all

Shammyh · Sep 11, 2015

Video channel configuration?

Antenna setup?

Distance you were operating?

Need some more data for any meaningful conclusions.

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Sep 11, 2015

Are you in USA or Europe or somewhere else?

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Sep 11, 2015

You need to manually switch video transmission channels in the app so they don't conflict. In Europe you can't do this without a hack. I'm in Europe and we had 7 flying at the same time with an inspire and nobody had video signal.

witold · Sep 11, 2015

A week ago I had my p3p and another person had very vision+

We had a ton of interference. His app completely crashed several times. My app told me signal is weak. Even when our radios were 60 feel away from each other, I was still getting this warning.

oal331 · Sep 12, 2015

I'm in Europe. How can i switch to manual mode for video channels with Go app in my ipad mini ?

Mal_PV2_Ireland · Sep 12, 2015

oal331 said:
I'm in Europe. How can i switch to manual mode for video channels with Go app in my ipad mini ?

There is a hack, I haven't done it myself but if you search through this p3 section you will find it or Google phantom 3 32 channel hack

4wd · Sep 12, 2015

oal331 said:
I'm in Europe. How can i switch to manual mode for video channels with Go app in my ipad mini ?

If you set the ipad location to USA or any country not in EU, you will be able to set the channels manually away from each other.
There is a further hack you can increase the number of channels back to how it was when they first released P3, but you may not need it.

oal331 · Sep 16, 2015

Ok, let's move from EU to the new world, even virtually

Thanks both for your replies,

Meta4 · Sep 16, 2015

oal331 said:
While we had 2 Phantoms in the same area we had signal lost and video problems. .
Is this normal ?

You should be able to fly two Phantoms together without any problem.
I've done it a few times.

oal331 · Sep 22, 2015

4wd said:
If you set the ipad location to USA or any country not in EU, you will be able to set the channels manually away from each other.
There is a further hack you can increase the number of channels back to how it was when they first released P3, but you may not need it.

It works ! Changing the country from ipad 's settings the Dji app unlocks the option to choose manually channels.

Thanks again

Eddie

Morgon · Sep 22, 2015

Interesting. I was flying my P3P near a P2V+ last weekend, and anytime we got near each other (transmitters) or the Phantoms got near each other, my video started going wonky and/or cutting out.

It wasn't a huge deal, as we could just keep a 15+-foot distance, but made it harder to show my iPad screen to the P2V+ pilot using his iPhone. I'll have to look at manually setting the channel next time to see if that clears it up.

oal331 · Sep 23, 2015

Morgon said:
Interesting. I was flying my P3P near a P2V+ last weekend, and anytime we got near each other (transmitters) or the Phantoms got near each other, my video started going wonky and/or cutting out.

It wasn't a huge deal, as we could just keep a 15+-foot distance, but made it harder to show my iPad screen to the P2V+ pilot using his iPhone. I'll have to look at manually setting the channel next time to see if that clears it up.

In my case both aircrafts were Phantom 3 and we had ~5 meters (15 meters) distance. Next time we also test to switch channel.
Good luck !