Maxx VS Terminator. Long distance antenna shootout!

[Lee SK]

I just want to make sure I have this straight, Lee SK & Sk Drone ARE two different people right?

Maybe....^^

 

[Lee SK]

I just want to make sure I have this straight, Lee SK & Sk Drone ARE two different people right?

Which one is your choice?, if you have to choice just one antenna among FPVLR, MAXX and Terminator ?

 

[dirtybum]

Truer words were never spoken Ray[emoji41]

 

[dirtybum]

Which one is your choice?, if you have to choice just one antenna among FPVLR, MAXX and Terminator ?

Who would want to have to choose between those antennas! I own them all and I'd have a hard time giving up any of them! But since you put me on the spot Lee, just go ahead and pick up the maxx range from Fredz (aka DistanceWorks) or Horizon antennasfpv[emoji41]

 

[BeauS]

dB, I could just boost the 5.8 and leave the 2.4s unboosted? That's what you did with the term right?

 

[dirtybum]

dB, I could just boost the 5.8 and leave the 2.4s unboosted? That's what you did with the term right?

I'm going to start out with it all
Unboosted ! But I imagine in the end you'll end up having to boost the 5.8 depending on what kind of distance you're looking to go!

 

[Lee SK]

I'm going to start out with it all
Unboosted ! But I imagine in the end you'll end up having to boost the 5.8 depending on what kind of distance you're looking to go!

Generally, which rf amp do you use for long flight ? 1Watt Dual, 2 x 3Watt

 

[dirtybum]

 

[Lee SK]

View attachment 55125

2 x 2.5Watt

 

[maxwell smart]

You can get ITElite panels , cheap.
ITElite 2.4GHz 14dBi Outdoor Panel Antenna H/V-Pol N-Female

 

[Lee SK]

You can get ITElite panels , cheap.
ITElite 2.4GHz 14dBi Outdoor Panel Antenna H/V-Pol N-Female

Did you tried it?

 

[dirtybum]

It'd probably work. It's the same thing pretty much

 

[WetDog]

You can get ITElite panels , cheap.
ITElite 2.4GHz 14dBi Outdoor Panel Antenna H/V-Pol N-Female

Remember, that has a N type connector, not the SMA that you typically see around here. The N is much better for long signal runs because you can use a 'real' coax instead of the lossy nonsense you see here. But it would be amazing overkill to just hook up to an RC. You certainly could make (or perhaps buy) an N-SMA adapter but every adapter, every cable, every everything adds up to signal loss at 2.4 GHz.

 

[Mikepoo]

Maxrange is one amazing equipment tested it today Urban area.
Unboosted got around 9000ft lost signal RTH kicked In
Boosted got around 30,000ft lost signal RTH kicked In

 

[dirtybum]

Maxrange is one amazing equipment tested it today Urban area.
Unboosted got around 9000ft lost signal RTH kicked In
Boosted got around 30,000ft lost signal RTH kicked In

Love those feel-good stories Mikep

 

[maxwell smart]

I am looking at the Maxrange. I hit bonus last week.

 

[dirtybum]

I am looking at the Maxrange. I hit bonus last week.

You won't regret it Maxwell! Message Fredz right now!

 

[seb evans]

What is the purpose of the copper circles?

The copper circles are just patches you can do kite shaped patches aswell but have know idea how they work out the sizes for them.

I wanted to add to this discussion but haven't had a chance to add pics until now...

When I bought a 5.8 amp last summer, the Chinese sent me several antennas with the amp, and one of them was this one:

http://s33.postimg.org/5tfy1wzzj/DCP_6998.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/tuscjv227/DCP_6999.jpg

http://s33.postimg.org/suaxx2vjj/DCP_7000.jpg

View image: DCP 7001

View image: DCP 7003

And it's a pretty good antenna! It might be on par with a windsurfer. It's certainly not as good as an FPVLR or ITELITE, but I think there's potential here. This antenna doesn't seem to exist for the 2.4 freq range and I don't know why. Probably because nobody bothered or thought to make one yet.

The higher the frequency the smaller the patches, think of old analog cb radios and they have big antennas because their frequency was much much lower.

 

[maxwell smart]

You won't regret it Maxwell! Message Fredz right now!

Wont see the bonus until tomorrow. So I will be looking for Fred this weekend.

 

[maxwell smart]

You guys see this ?
ItElite Capo Car Mount