Hey Allen, I am responding to your post before I even made an introductory post hah! Anyway, I came here because of the exact same problem you are having. My Smart Controller starts losing connection with the MA2 around 500~600m... incredibly strange. I did some research and here is what I am finding:
- do not extend the antenna out all the way; in fact the proper way to extend the antenna is to keep it 90 degs from the SC with the flat parts of the antenna facing the aircraft (extending all the way out is only to give you access to the hidden spare control sticks).
- secondly, switch off the wifi and Bluetooth on your **phone** and the **Smart Controller**. If your car has a wifi hotspot built-in or have wireless CarPlay functionality like BMW makes standard, make sure your vehicle is completely off if you are near your car.
- Reading from the forums, this seems like this is an issue with the SC and the not the drone itself so swapping your drone out won't do you much good. In fact this is more of a "user error" than a fault with the SC... unless you actually have a lemon of a Smart Controller.
Anyway, I am just finding all of this out tonight, and haven't had a chance to test this out yet. I will test it tomorrow and report my findings in this thread.
Also, you can pick up a brand new Standard Controller for your MA2 from Ebay for ~$60. I bought one of these on a whim a while ago and will try it with the drone tomorrow for some side-by-side comparison.
