Loss of signal?

[surfocean]

So I was flying near the beach last week. I got slightly disoriented and flew the drone behind a 12 story apartment building on accident. I was only about a block away from my mavic and it lost signal. I am aware that buildings can cause interference etc, but should I be losing signal with the drone that close to me? I ran around the building and was able to reconnect after having a small heart attack (I forgot to set the proper RTH altitude prior to the flight). I have also had significant video stream degradation while being less than 1000 feet away with line of sight. I get pixelation and framerate loss. I just want to make sure that my Mavic is functioning properly. I've seen videos of Mavics flying around high rise buildings etc without any problems. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.

 

[msinger]

I am aware that buildings can cause interference etc, but should I be losing signal with the drone that close to me?

Yes. The remote controller signal cannot penetrate solid objects.

 

[Callum]

So I was flying near the beach last week. I got slightly disoriented and flew the drone behind a 12 story apartment building on accident. I was only about a block away from my mavic and it lost signal. I am aware that buildings can cause interference etc, but should I be losing signal with the drone that close to me? I ran around the building and was able to reconnect after having a small heart attack (I forgot to set the proper RTH altitude prior to the flight). I have also had significant video stream degradation while being less than 1000 feet away with line of sight. I get pixelation and framerate loss. I just want to make sure that my Mavic is functioning properly. I've seen videos of Mavics flying around high rise buildings etc without any problems. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.

That sounds about right.

I've found interference normally causes video feed degradation for me.

Out in the country my feed is rock solid up to a few km, not pushed it further.

In towns or when flying with someone else I start to notice pixelation.

The further out you go and the weaker the signal gets, the more prone to interference it becomes. That's just my experience anyway.