I know this is a P4 forum, but anyone with a P3S, how far can that one go ? I know it doesn't have Lightbridge. I was flying my Yuneec Typhoo Q500+ this weekend (went a little over 1100 ft), and was talking with a guy who owns a P3S, and he wasn't sure how far it could go distance wise. FYI, I had no problem sporting my bird 1100 feet away, personally, I always like to be able to see my drone, have not flown it far enough where I couldn't see it.
That's Out-Friggen-Standing, Didn't know it could go that far.Varies with the environment. With a stock P3 Standard over RF-congested neighborhoods I've lost signal in as little as 1200'. Over open water I've gone 6000'+. The Standard really shines with Litchi for autonomous flights.
That's really awesome. I'm definitely getting the P4 as my next drone. A little pricey, should have it in a couple of months. Most I ever spent for a drone was $600 (The Yuneec Typhoon Q500+).FWIW, DJI claims the maximum transmission range of the P4 is 3 miles or 5 km. However, that is under ideal conditions. Many people have never managed that with the stock antennas that come on the controller. But, others claim to have exceeded it.
It's one of those "Your mileage may vary" things...
Don't want to put a downer on your trip mate but New Zealand have very strict drone rules. In short, you can not fly anywhere without permission from who ever owns the land you want to fly over. For the record, I think the rules are ridiculous. Just want to give you the heads up.
That's a bummer! I've seen some video of people flying in New Zealand. I suppose they were just risking it!
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When you push for range this may happen>>>If you lose connection and all your RTH settings are good your craft will should home. In the event that GO freezes and you lost connection you can just reboot GO it will not affect your RC or craft. When this happens and it will, try not to panic and press the RTH on your RC as this will cancel the RTH in your craft if you have regained connection and cannot see it in the app. When you press RTH on your RC hold for a few seconds and make sure the button has lit up red, then you know it is active. The first time this happened to me I did just that and cancelled RTH, regained some calm and remembered that the button has to be lit, repressed and waited for the light to come on. After I checked the video on the card in the craft you see the bird just stoped and hovered for some time befor I remembered about the red light that has to be on. It came back to my delight! Talk about nerve racking I really thought it was a gonner. If I would have just let all be as it was and waited for GO to reboot in the first place it would have come home all by itself. Like many other post here I was the weekest link, fill your pants and learn! Enjoy your new addiction!