Flying from inside house or car anyone?

[Jeremiah Nelson]

OK that was awesome. Talk about community patrol. Is this the future? Haha. I can see this being done by the actual police force one day with "drones" worth 250K. BTW, every time I watch you fly its like a thrill ride and I wonder how long will your luck hold out. How often do you crash into stuff flying like that? You must go through props a lot. I do respect the skill and the courage!

Havent really crashed the p4 yet. I was not happy with that flight. My heart was freaking racing!

 

[John Locke]

Yeah, with the typical 200ms latency with lightbridge, that kind of piloting is tricky.

 

[ianwood]

Had to post this. I am sitting in my car having a nice flight in the park and these kids start doing crazy burnouts behind me. This goes on for a few min till the phantom 4 shows up! Sorry no sound. Ipad pro was throwing errors on export for some reason.

https://youtu.be/48As5hWFXjM

I am not sure this is the appropriate way to deal with kids doing stupid things. That aside, have you noticed your horizon is off and when you go forward it steers to the left? Your compass calibration is off.

 

[maseman88]

OK that was awesome. Talk about community patrol. Is this the future? Haha. I can see this being done by the actual police force one day with "drones" worth 250K. BTW, every time I watch you fly its like a thrill ride and I wonder how long will your luck hold out. How often do you crash into stuff flying like that? You must go through props a lot. I do respect the skill and the courage!

I don't understand... You think that was good piloting lol?

 

[John Locke]

..... have you noticed your horizon is off and when you go forward it steers to the left? Your compass calibration is off.

Wouldn't that be caused by a flawed IMU calibration?

 

[ianwood]

Wouldn't that be caused by a flawed IMU calibration?

No.

 

[Jeremiah Nelson]

I am not sure this is the appropriate way to deal with kids doing stupid things. That aside, have you noticed your horizon is off and when you go forward it steers to the left? Your compass calibration is off.

Camera is a messed up and broken. Firmware update broke it. Works about 1 out of 10 power cycles. Also, It was very windy that day.

 

[Jeremiah Nelson]

I am not sure this is the appropriate way to deal with kids doing stupid things. That aside, have you noticed your horizon is off and when you go forward it steers to the left? Your compass calibration is off.

LOl I was waiting for that! Trust me the park was safer without them. I didn't get all the **** they did on video.

 

[NormanNormal]

I don't understand... You think that was good piloting lol?

Yes, at least when it comes to proximity flying he shows lots of skill if you have seen all his videos. No crashes either.

 

[ianwood]

LOl I was waiting for that! Trust me the park was safer without them. I didn't get all the **** they did on video.

Sure, but what if someone was on the other side of a tree and got hit by the car that was running from you? Not going to belabor it but let's just say in the wrong hands someone could use this as an example of why drones need further regulation.

 

[John Locke]

Interesting point.

"Son, how did you crash your car into a tree in the middle of a vacant park?"

"I was being chased by a drone!"

"Oh really?......you're grounded!"

 

[Jeremiah Nelson]

Sure, but what if someone was on the other side of a tree and got hit by the car that was running from you? Not going to belabor it but let's just say in the wrong hands someone could use this as an example of why drones need further regulation.

If there were people there on a weekend I would not have done it. However, I had been there for quite some time and the place was empty and that's why they felt safe to goof off. Him driving away like he did was nothing compared to the driving before the video

 

[andrewkehn]

On the remote you said the left antenna is RC control (transmitter) and the right antenna data from the craft (receiver) so I have to ask why when a booster (RF amp) is used i why is it installed on both antennas

 

[NormanNormal]

On the remote you said the left antenna is RC control (transmitter) and the right antenna data from the craft (receiver) so I have to ask why when a booster (RF amp) is used i why is it installed on both antennas

I always wondered this.

 

[Jeremiah Nelson]

Boosting the control signal going out and amplifying video signal coming back in. Right?

 

[Jeremiah Nelson]

Finally got the hdmi working on the p4 to an external monitor today. This is the first time I've taken the p4 on the house antennas and got out a good ways. Good signal entire flight. Not bad considering the 50ft of antenna extension plus another 10ft of extension out of each amp to the remote.

 

[Ibmftw]

Boosting the control signal going out and amplifying video signal coming back in. Right?

Pretty much as simple as that.
The techy terms would be:
"Transmit gain" and "Receiver gain".
You could do a simple test and bypass the amp used on the lightbridge leg of your RC, boost only your RC TX (transmit) and fly out far, you will more than likely see full RC TX signal whilst loosing your lightbridge link.

 

[Dwilli9013]

Too awesome Jeremiah amazing

 

[Kag49601]

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[Jeremiah Nelson]

Thought I would let everyone know of this website for your antennas. They are located in Arizona and prices are MUCH better then I have seen elsewhere. I ordered some new gear for my 900mhz data link setup and it shipped the next day via UPS. They have plenty of other RF hardware as well as great explanation pages on connectors and adapter types. Enjoy! Data Alliance: Ubiquiti, MikroTik, Alfa WiFi Network Antennas

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Looks like they have a good selection and good prices.