I was flying my Phantom 4 Pro to test out video settings recently. I decided to fly over a large parking area by an office complex and fly in a circle using the Point of Interest intelligent flying mode.
I use an Apple iPad mini 2 (Retina/2nd Gen, Wi-Fi/Cellular) with 32GB storage running DJI Go 4.06. iOS 10.2.1.
(I know there are updates now for DJI 4 Go 4.07 and iOS 10.3)
While flying the live video feed on the iPad would get very sketchy, at times it was just green lines instead a full photographic image. Because I could easily see the Phantom, and it was flying in Point of Interest mode, I didn't get alarmed for this flight. However, when I am flying I like to see what the camera is seeing when I shoot video.
At the end of the flight I noticed there were many cell phone transponders mounted on the roof of an office building about 1000 feet away.
When I upload the flight record to Airdata.com, there are minor signal errors. The first 11 minutes of flight, the errors are in the green zone, less than 60 per 30 seconds. Ranging from 3 to 55. However at 11:30 in the flight the minor signal errors reach 70 and as high as 89, in the orange and red zone.
The video recorded on the SD card is fine, but I am concerned about my ability to accurately direct the drone to get the video I want if the video on the iPad as I fly is so lousy.
Later the same day, I flew over open fields at a college, and I did not have the dropped or lousy video feed. Which seems to be some evidence of cell tower interference.
I fully charged the iPad before flying.
The only open apps were DJI Go 4 and Settings.
Do I have lousy video
Because of cell tower interference?
Because my iPad mini 2 is not keeping up with the current software?
Because of settings in DJI Go 4?
Will updating to the latest DJI Go and iOS improve the video feed?
Would a newer iPad mini with a faster chip and more RAM help?
Any suggestions on what I can do to improve the quality of the live feed?
Thanks in advance.
I use an Apple iPad mini 2 (Retina/2nd Gen, Wi-Fi/Cellular) with 32GB storage running DJI Go 4.06. iOS 10.2.1.
(I know there are updates now for DJI 4 Go 4.07 and iOS 10.3)
While flying the live video feed on the iPad would get very sketchy, at times it was just green lines instead a full photographic image. Because I could easily see the Phantom, and it was flying in Point of Interest mode, I didn't get alarmed for this flight. However, when I am flying I like to see what the camera is seeing when I shoot video.
At the end of the flight I noticed there were many cell phone transponders mounted on the roof of an office building about 1000 feet away.
When I upload the flight record to Airdata.com, there are minor signal errors. The first 11 minutes of flight, the errors are in the green zone, less than 60 per 30 seconds. Ranging from 3 to 55. However at 11:30 in the flight the minor signal errors reach 70 and as high as 89, in the orange and red zone.
The video recorded on the SD card is fine, but I am concerned about my ability to accurately direct the drone to get the video I want if the video on the iPad as I fly is so lousy.
Later the same day, I flew over open fields at a college, and I did not have the dropped or lousy video feed. Which seems to be some evidence of cell tower interference.
I fully charged the iPad before flying.
The only open apps were DJI Go 4 and Settings.
Do I have lousy video
Because of cell tower interference?
Because my iPad mini 2 is not keeping up with the current software?
Because of settings in DJI Go 4?
Will updating to the latest DJI Go and iOS improve the video feed?
Would a newer iPad mini with a faster chip and more RAM help?
Any suggestions on what I can do to improve the quality of the live feed?
Thanks in advance.
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