r3tro23 said:Hey guys I've been flying for about 3 months now, just wondering how far can the phantom fly and how high can it fly without losing signal?
Also if it does lose signal, does it automativally go to the home location(GPS)?
DeweyAXD said:r3tro23 said:Hey guys I've been flying for about 3 months now, just wondering how far can the phantom fly and how high can it fly without losing signal?
Also if it does lose signal, does it automativally go to the home location(GPS)?
A dangerous question to ask in here :lol:
The answer depends on if you are on a stock setup or have an upgraded TX. Stock should get you 500 metres away. I have seen people getting 700 meters.... now that will technically work in an upward direction too but for all our sake please PLEASE don't try this out.
400 feet is a pretty standard legal limit across most countries. Outside this and you are interfering with commercial air traffic and no one wants a Phantom going through the prop, screen or engine of an aircraft carrying real people just to see how high it will go if pushed.
If you upgrade your TX to say a Futaba T8J (or any 'full range' set) you can get maybe 2km max.... slap an EzUHF system in there and you can get like 10miles+ with the correct antenna setup. You will never ever achieve this in a Phantom of course cause of battery life (and it'd just be silly to try!).
Some idiot on youtube got nearly 1km up in a Phantom and due to the power it used, it ran out of juice on the way down at about 100feet up.
Oh and yes when it gets out of range it will kick into RTH.
miskatonic said:Even with FPV (for which you need an amateur radio license) you would still need the IOSD MINI to find your way back.
marcus_canada said:miskatonic said:Even with FPV (for which you need an amateur radio license) you would still need the IOSD MINI to find your way back.
or some kind of autonomous return to home feature, wouldn't that would be awesome.
Oh... wait...
marcus_canada said:miskatonic said:Even with FPV (for which you need an amateur radio license) you would still need the IOSD MINI to find your way back.
or some kind of autonomous return to home feature, wouldn't that would be awesome.
Oh... wait...
martcerv said:
"The 2012 reauthorization bill also directed the FAA to “allow a government public safety agency to operate unmanned aircraft weighing 4.4 pounds or less” under certain restrictions. The bill specified these UAS must be flown within the line of sight of the operator, less than 400 feet above the ground, during daylight conditions, inside Class G (uncontrolled) airspace and more than five miles from any airport or other location with aviation activities."
martcerv said:marcus_canada said:miskatonic said:Even with FPV (for which you need an amateur radio license) you would still need the IOSD MINI to find your way back.
or some kind of autonomous return to home feature, wouldn't that would be awesome.
Oh... wait...
If you know your way around where your flying and do some Google earth research prior to a flight, you should easy enough find your own way back flying out of visual sight with a good video feed. All FPV flight is flying out of visual sight and so technicly may not be legal as even with a spotter once you get behind a tree you have broken the law and at that point you must.
If you dont have the right equipment and dont know how to properly control you quad and fly it without needing to rely on RTH or GPS to get you home then stick to short range flying. :mrgreen:
Hey guys I've been flying for about 3 months now, just wondering how far can the phantom fly and how high can it fly without losing signal?
Also if it does lose signal, does it automativally go to the home location(GPS)?
FPV isn't legal if you do not have an amateur radio license.