I'm not sure what the fuss is about his height.To be fair, he achieved that distance by flying at 1049' above his launch point, instead of no more than 400'.
Only that at 1000 feet above his Home Point, the extended range is not useful for photography, unless he is climbing up mountains. The current capability set by my P4 with mods is 3-5 miles at 50 feet AGL with clear LOS. Quite useful! I hope the P4P is comparable, as then the P4 will sit on the shelf. As to your last question, long distance flyers setting records will tell you that the farther away you fly, the more elevation you will require, all else being equal, at distances far shorter than 17 miles. However, 400 feet is usually plenty high enough at the farthest point, not 1000 feet. I have no reason to assume that the P4P is not just as capable as the P4, when it comes to range, especially since DJI claims it is better. I hope it is at least as good.
Agreed on most counts. However, all else being equal, the better the signal at long range, the better stability close in. Some of us need the promised range to get to our subjects, and aftermarket battery mods have been a part of every Phantom made, as well as the new Mavic Pro. One is already available for the P4P. The battery mods are necessary only to achieve the advertised flight times under P mode flying. With the advertised flying times, and a 30mph average speed, 12 mile flights are very doable within a 4-5 mile range. The P4 with a boosted DBS-02 panel can easily reach 6 miles. As long as the P4P can keep up with the P4, with similar mods, it will completely replace the P4.
I'm so glad you really don't care, and have so much time on your hands to waste on things you really don't care about. Makes me wonder about what you do really care about.
The Phantom 4. My problem with the DJI Phantom series is that the gosh darned airframe is too flimsy. I like to keep my Phantom as close to new condition as possible, and even so, I got a crack on the front lower arm I just discovered last night. I always list "a more robust airframe" as one of the things DJI should do in future generations of Phantoms. Most of us on this board probably didn't know a P4P was being released, but since it is the exact same form factor as the P4, there was no hope of that "more robust airframe" when it was released.
My stress cracks are always on the rear, and never on the front. However, with the external batteries requred to achieve the advertised flight times, that should not be a surprise. I am hopeful that the P4P is as good as the P4 with a better camera.
I am betting that if I flew a P4P where I do my distance runs, I'd get better than what I'm seeing in this thread. I am betting it is a combination of inexperience in LD flying, fear of flying LD due to various factors, not having a suitable LD flight area and whatever else.My stress cracks are always on the rear, and never on the front. However, with the external batteries requred to achieve the advertised flight times, that should not be a surprise. I am hopeful that the P4P is as good as the P4 with a better camera.
Agreed on all accounts! However, I wouldn't mind the upgrade in ISO, the increase in Dynamic Range and the higher bitrate on 4K. That's what I am hoping for!
You're lucky, mine has never broke 17 in calm condition with OA enabled, and most the time it maxes out at 15mph. However if I enable RTH, it does exactly 22mph. RTH is the only way I can get it to do 22mph with OA enabled.
Thanks Meta, I saw another guy average 29mph with OA enabled, which is great. It appears the P4P spec with OA is more accurate. BTW, does your P4 do more than 20mph with OA enabled? Just curious, because I've own two P4's and both won't break 17mph, and most the time it's 15 or 16. I'm wondering if there's a setting in GO that I'm missing. I've experimented with every setting I can find, but no joy.
Are you in Europe using the lower power transmitter? If not, try clicking the HD icon in GO and select a custom channel that has low traffic. Generally speaking ch 22 is good in most places. After that's done, on the same screen, slide the "Transmission Quality" level down to 4mbps. See how that works for you.
Good judgement and utmost safety "should" apply to everyone.
That's crazy, such a huge difference between two P4s. What altitude above sea level are you?
