I'm out in the country and there's really no set pattern as to where it happens. It can be at 2000 ft out, 6000 ft out, it really doesn't seem to make any difference. I don't think the ipad is getting warm either, tonight it was 45 degrees F and it happened both flights.
Good call, I'll give that a try. Thinking about it now it happens more often when I'm turning than any other time.
Thanks Waternut!! I'm actually pretty used to it. The first few times it happened though my heart did skip a few beats! lol I'm sure it's something that everyone flying one of these has experienced. I though maybe getting a windsurfer would help but it hasn't. All is good though, I love flying my P3A!!
That would make sense. Thanks for the info! Definitely some food for thought. Thinking about it, it usually happens when I'm turning left. I'm going to try making right handers just out of curiosity for a flight and see if it makes any difference, will also check the HD channels for interference.
Thanks for your reply!! I tried this after you posted those things a while back, unfortunately for me it didn't help though. I do appreciate all ideas and experiences. Thanks again!!
No. Mine stays connected 24/7 unless the iPad Air2 needs recharging. Only time video gets dropped is if I am slightly off axis to the aircraft at great distance, and then a slight reorientation brings the feed back. Lower your video feed in DJI GO from 10 to 4 Mbs. That is recomended for long distance flying. Also consider turning off video caching. It only caches 720p while recording 4K or 2.7K or 1080p to the micro SD card, so unless you lose your aircraft, it's a low quality redundant backup only used for editing the 720p video on the iPad. It also uses up system resources that could prevent the loss of the video feed, which would prevent the video caching anyway!
Thanks Gadget Guy!! I have had the video cache off and the video feed at 4 mbps for quite some time now. I also have the hardware decode on. Maybe what I'm getting is pretty normal. I never get it close in, it always happens when I'm out at least a half mile and usually when I'm turning. I wish they would make the video transmission rate adjustable in auto mode, I do like the idea of it changing channels automatically if there is interference but the 10 mbps is way higher than I need it so I'm always in custom set to 4.
You are welcome! If you use the 32 channel hack to avoid interference, the channel selection has to be set to manual on a specific channel, as the automatic setting only uses the stock 20 channels, even with the hack. Turning causes the vertical antennas in the struts to tip sideways during the maneuver, which reduces their signal strength when the transmitter antennas are vertical, so I am not surprised that it can lead to temporary loss of video at long range. The HDMI FPV out from the transmitter (with the HDMI board upgrade) is more robust and not subject to the whims of DJI GO and the tablet. I'm putting one in as a backup to retain FPV, for when the app crashes or the iPad reboots in midflight.
