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[TheLightSpeedz]

View attachment 62462 View attachment 62463 View attachment 62464 Hello there fellow phantom 4 aficionados.
Here is my latest long range flight. I believe this one puts me in that top 30.
I ll include pics of my rc setup. I have the dbs antenna boosted.
Here is the YouTube video:

And here are the pics of my flight stats:

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Can I give some advice? I can tell from your video you're either in sport mode and hauling butt, or in a massive headwind?

If it's sport mode and hauling the mail, might I suggest the key to long range... Slow and Steady. Attempt to hold a steady 29 to 31 mph, and turn everything off that is unnecessary like collision avoidance etc.

You're R/C is great but you don't need to be boosted to go that far. Some guys are going 30,000' I think with un-boosted and no Battery Mods. I myself have only been 23,000' un-boosted and no battery mods. But I know more is possible if I could find the right time and place.


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[ftttu]

Longest radius and distant flight today. I haven't been flying very much at all for about a month due to medical problems, but I felt good enough to fly today. I made it out to 18,575' with a total distance of 37,201' with just windsurfers.

I'm sure I'll do better when I fly from a hillside about 10 miles from my house. Eventually, I will feel good enough to venture out.

 

[JakeMaxxUAV]

Just got a new personal record! 26,042 ft, ItElite MaxxRange, unboosted. This one had me nervous!
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[Digdat0]

Just got a new personal record! 26,042 ft, ItElite MaxxRange, unboosted. This one had me nervous!
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Landing Battery = 1% .. that probably had your heart rate up a bit! nice flight!

 

[JakeMaxxUAV]

Landing Battery = 1% .. that probably had your heart rate up a bit! nice flight!

I started walking towards the drone. I thought I was gonna have to bail! Haha!

 

[Digdat0]

I started walking towards the drone. I thought I was gonna have to bail! Haha!

so the log says autoland kicked in at 22m 37s, landing time was 24m 54s. thats a long 2 minutes sir, good job

 

[JakeMaxxUAV]

so the log says autoland kicked in at 22m 37s, landing time was 24m 54s. thats a long 2 minutes sir, good job

Yeah, the signal score isn't that great coming back because I had to go inside the house and grab my flip flops for the walk lol

 

[hustler_82]

FPVLR,BOOSTED



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[Big Al KY]

Yeah, the signal score isn't that great coming back because I had to go inside the house and grab my flip flops for the walk lol

Jake, it was a GREAT flight! I guess it takes great guts to fly and land within seconds of a 11:00 news story for sure.

 

[josephtarlecky]

turned home at 66 percent landed at 34 percent definitely have to push it a little more just afraid for 1200 drone strapped with 200 in batteries won't make it back! jake i got my spot back

 

[josephtarlecky]

so i had a crazy flight today. sun was hot as hell so i put a blanket over me and the controller/ipad on the tripod. when i got to 25000 from home the camera stopped working it was a grey frozen screen. then the app exited to the main screen where you select camera and froze there for like 20 seconds. i kept clicking on camera it finally loads the app. i then have no video and my green line that shows me where home is disappeared! i was able to read the street names and knew i was heading in the right direction but it was very scary to say the least. i put a new battery in when i landed and camera worked fine. guess i'll wait till it's cooler out to gun for the top 5 on the board!

 

[JakeMaxxUAV]

so i had a crazy flight today. sun was hot as hell so i put a blanket over me and the controller/ipad on the tripod. when i got to 25000 from home the camera stopped working it was a grey frozen screen. then the app exited to the main screen where you select camera and froze there for like 20 seconds. i kept clicking on camera it finally loads the app. i then have no video and my green line that shows me where home is disappeared! i was able to read the street names and knew i was heading in the right direction but it was very scary to say the least. i put a new battery in when i landed and camera worked fine. guess i'll wait till it's cooler out to gun for the top 5 on the board!View attachment 63479

Nice job bro!

 

[josephtarlecky]

Thanks bro!

 

[Ignacio Perez-Navarro]

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated. I did run p-mode with CA toggled off.
What would you say are the best settings for optimizing battery life for Range? P-mode w sensors off/ sport at moderate speed or atti mode w moderate speed?
I am aware that I didn't need the boost to get max range , however I do like the penetration and the reliability of the connection with the boosters.
Again, thanks for all the tips.

Can I give some advice? I can tell from your video you're either in sport mode and hauling butt, or in a massive headwind?

If it's sport mode and hauling the mail, might I suggest the key to long range... Slow and Steady. Attempt to hold a steady 29 to 31 mph, and turn everything off that is unnecessary like collision avoidance etc.

You're R/C is great but you don't need to be boosted to go that far. Some guys are going 30,000' I think with un-boosted and no Battery Mods. I myself have only been 23,000' un-boosted and no battery mods. But I know more is possible if I could find the right time and place.


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[TheLightSpeedz]

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1. dirtybum - 55,068 ft - Horizon Terminator, Boosted, Battery Mod
2. Chuck R. 46,066.5 ft - ItElite DBS MaxxRange Antenna, Battery Mod
3. Fanti - 44,528 ft - ItElite MaxxRange Antenna, Battery Mod
4. Mohan De Silva - 43,253.7 ft - Horizon Terminator - Battery Mod
5. YoungBlood - 37,208 ft - MaxxRange, Boosted, Battery Mod, 7 Years Old
6. josephtarlecky - 36,653 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Boosted, Battery Mod
7. Fast13 - 32.447 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Unboosted, Battery Mod
8. GadgetGuy - 30,590 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Boosted
9. oblivie - 26,583 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Unboosted
10. Jake (Maxx UAV) - 26,042 ft - ItElite MaxxRange, Unboosted
11. DanielMyst777 - 24,935 ft - ItElite DBS MaxxRange Antenna, Boosted, Battery Mod
12. KykPhantom - 23,400 ft - Stock
13. Cloud Chaser - 23,300 ft - ItElite MaxxRange, Boosted
14. TheLightSpeedz - 23,072 ft - ItElite MaxxRange, Unboosted
15. Jeremiah Nelson - 22,626 ft - L-com 8.5dbi Antenna, Boosted
16. koreysmith123 - 22,390 ft - Stock
17. FLPTFLYER - 22,327 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Unboosted
18. Fredz - 22,169 ft - FPVLR, Unboosted
19. ringolong - 21,586 ft - ItElite MaxxRange, Unboosted
20. Altaman - 21,539 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Unboosted
21. Tripc - 20,831 ft - ItElite MaxxRange, Boosted
22. SolarDude - 20,802 ft - MaxxRange, Unboosted
23. BriRi - 20,791 ft - Windsurfer
24. Ramphex - 20,545 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Unboosted
25. KykPhantom - 20,474 ft - Stock
26. Phantomfreak - 20,145 ft - Windsurfer
27. Ignacio Perez-Navarro - 20,129 ft - ItElite DBS Antenna, Boosted
28. adambfarmer - 20,068 ft - Stock
29. r62ewa - 20,006 ft - Stock
30. Fallguy - 19,486 ft - ItElite MaxxRange Antenna, Boosted


Here's Chuck R's incredible video!!

@Jake unboosted MaxxDBS AND NO BATTERY MODS! Just the antenna!

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[TheLightSpeedz]

25,072'


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[GadgetGuy]

@Jake unboosted MaxxDBS AND NO BATTERY MODS! Just the antenna!

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Well done! I'll bet you are eager to get Jake's battery mod!

BTW, you don't need a battery mod to go far.
However, you may need it to make it all the way back!

 

[deltalimatango]

Does this put me in the top 30?

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[Fallguy]

I'm sure this has been asked before , but what if you are using Litchi and your flight log only shows half of your flight distance. I had a long distance mission today because conditions were perfect , to fly 4.2 miles . I lost signal at about a mile and waited patiently for its return. After over 20 min in the air I took over and landed with about 4 min of flight time left. My video shows the full trip was made , but the flight log says 2.03 miles. They need to put a flight log on the P4 itself and not just in the tablet .

p.s. Get well soon ftttu

 

[TheLightSpeedz]

Well done! I'll bet you are eager to get Jake's battery mod!

BTW, you don't need a battery mod to go far.
However, you may need it to make it all the way back!

I'm kind of seeing how far I can go without a battery mod and boosters. I just moved here from flying over the ocean... Finding a spot in the desert has been a challenge believe it or not.

Thanks to PHXBIRD he gave me a spot I love. I'm no where close to being done yet


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