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Digdat0 · Nov 9, 2016

Alan Russel said:
I got out to 30,639 ft this morning but did not make it all the way back. After hitting home button had signal loss and the word Disconnected showed in the app and never reconnected (bit of a worry) but I knew the bird would still head home. After 15 mins waiting nothing..obviouslyView attachment 68494 View attachment 68495 landed somewhere. I found the bird 800m short alongside a side road in some short grass..very glad to locate the phantom!

wow, very nice that you found it! that could have been big trouble, but is kinda the risk i think we take! did the battery still have juice?

Loz · Nov 9, 2016

Hi Alan, you said 21Km out? really? Am I missing something, that's a very long way out, curious

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The One · Nov 9, 2016

Lawrie said:
Hi Alan, you said 21Km out? really? Am I missing something, that's a very long way out, curious

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He meant 21,000 feet out.

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chazz · Nov 9, 2016

I wish DJI would change the programing to return home a full speed or at least give you the option...I wonder what the reason is not to have that...

Digdat0 · Nov 9, 2016

chazz said:
I wish DJI would change the programing to return home a full speed or at least give you the option...I wonder what the reason is not to have that...

If you disable smart rth in options it will come back full speed.

chazz · Nov 10, 2016

Digdat0 said:
If you disable smart rth in options it will come back full speed.

Thanks Dig! I didn't know that... Honestly I thought I had it disabled. I'll have to check that out. I lose reception at distance all the time because of the mountains around me. Actually, I always fly until I lose it and then I wait for the signal to to come back as its returning home and take control back to speed it up...The signal usually comes back pretty quickly after it clears the mt that made me lose it...I'm looking for a spot on top of a mt to start my flights but its not easy to find one that's clear of trees and easily accessible...

Digdat0 · Nov 10, 2016

chazz said:
Thanks Dig! I didn't know that... Honestly I thought I had it disabled. I'll have to check that out. I lose reception at distance all the time because of the mountains around me. Actually, I always fly until I lose it and then I wait for the signal to to come back as its returning home and take control back to speed it up...The signal usually comes back pretty quickly after it clears the mt that made me lose it...I'm looking for a spot on top of a mt to start my flights but its not easy to find one that's clear of trees and easily accessible...

But you also lose the warning telling ya when you've gone past the point of no return for battery life, but I always ignored that anyways

chazz · Nov 10, 2016

Digdat0 said:
But you also lose the warning telling ya when you've gone past the point of no return for battery life, but I always ignored that anyways

Yeah I ignored it too but I haven't seen that message since adding the extra battery(s)..Last time I made it to 33000' with around 81% left in the tank...

Atlantic Surfer · Nov 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
If you disable smart rth in options it will come back full speed.

Good to know that because I alwyas done my come back with the RTH and never back more than 35km/h (22mph) ? So smart RTH is a default setting even with P3 with no collision avoidance system ? I'll check that next time

Atlantic Surfer · Nov 11, 2016

Alan Russel said:
I got out to 30,639 ft this morning but did not make it all the way back. After hitting home button had signal loss and the word Disconnected showed in the app and never reconnected (bit of a worry) but I knew the bird would still head home. After 15 mins waiting nothing..obviouslyView attachment 68494 View attachment 68495 landed somewhere. I found the bird 800m short alongside a side road in some short grass..very glad to locate the phantom!

Glad you don't launch it over the ocean !
It's weird it never reconnnected ?? What do you use ? Stock,windsurfer, ....?
And I wonder if your battery mod is really efficient ? With a lonely MS 4.000'mah I can do more than 22km 74000 ft (total distance) and 32 mn and landed at 9%
What's is your battery mod exactly ?

Digdat0 · Nov 11, 2016

chazz said:
Yeah I ignored it too but I haven't seen that message since adding the extra battery(s)..Last time I made it to 33000' with around 81% left in the tank...

81% at 33k should get you out to 60k. What batteries are ya using? That's decent time!

phxbird57 · Nov 11, 2016

Atlantic Surfer said:
Glad you don't launch it over the ocean !
It's weird it never reconnnected ?? What do you use ? Stock,windsurfer, ....?
And I wonder if your battery mod is really efficient ? With a lonely MS 4.000'mah I can do more than 22km 74000 ft (total distance) and 32 mn and landed at 9%
What's is your battery mod exactly ?

I would be interested in how he did the battery mod also. Atlantic did you just solder on leads to the main board contacts?

Atlantic Surfer · Nov 11, 2016

phxbird57 said:
I would be interested in how he did the battery mod also. Atlantic did you just solder on leads to the main board contacts?

No, I bought the little adapter sold here DJI phantom 3 Phantom 2 Easy battery mods adaptor on Strikingly. It's expensive for what it is but very smart and well made and you can put it on each battery you have. I think it's a real breaktrough in battery mod !

chazz · Nov 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
81% at 33k should get you out to 60k. What batteries are ya using? That's decent time!

I'm using the MS8.0...My goal is to pass 10 miles...I guess we'll see...

Digdat0 · Nov 11, 2016

Atlantic Surfer said:
Good to know that because I alwyas done my come back with the RTH and never back more than 35km/h (22mph) ? So smart RTH is a default setting even with P3 with no collision avoidance system ? I'll check that next time

chazz said:
Thanks Dig! I didn't know that... Honestly I thought I had it disabled. I'll have to check that out. I lose reception at distance all the time because of the mountains around me. Actually, I always fly until I lose it and then I wait for the signal to to come back as its returning home and take control back to speed it up...The signal usually comes back pretty quickly after it clears the mt that made me lose it...I'm looking for a spot on top of a mt to start my flights but its not easy to find one that's clear of trees and easily accessible...

okay guys - i have to amend that statement. It allows the pilot to increase speed above 22mph, it does NOT do it automatically. So if you are in RTH and this is disabled, you can push the righ stick forward and go up to 36mph (top speed in gps mode). What I'm not sure is what happens if you lose signal with forward 100% and RTH kicks in .. I think it stays at the top speed (36mph), not 22mph. I need to test and look at a log. Didn't want you guys trying distance and come up short cause i gave partial info

Digdat0 · Nov 11, 2016

chazz said:
I'm using the MS8.0...My goal is to pass 10 miles...I guess we'll see...

i think its doable! you running without cam, or with?

mrdave543 · Nov 11, 2016

Broke 32,118 thanks to @JakeMaxxUAV big antenna today, battery mod

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chazz · Nov 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
okay guys - i have to amend that statement. It allows the pilot to increase speed above 22mph, it does NOT do it automatically. So if you are in RTH and this is disabled, you can push the righ stick forward and go up to 36mph (top speed in gps mode). What I'm not sure is what happens if you lose signal with forward 100% and RTH kicks in .. I think it stays at the top speed (36mph), not 22mph. I need to test and look at a log. Didn't want you guys trying distance and come up short cause i gave partial info

NP Dig, that info is still good to know and I had no idea it was like that...Thanks