DJI Fly 1.5.4 gives a slightly better range?

[Yaros]

This is pretty strange, but these last two days I was flying with the new DJI Fly 1.5.4 and I think I was getting slightly better range. The first day I was able to fly 4.2 km away, yesterday I flew to 5 km and still had signal, incredible!
I'm in Europe on CE by the way!
Did anyone notice anything similar with their drones?

 

[Jack747]

Yes , it's incredible , but you must consider if there any obstacle between the RC and the A2S , dry or wet weather make a difference also if you are in open space or not. i think you were in the best conditions, and it's a world record

 

[Yaros]

Yes , it's incredible , but you must consider if there any obstacle between the RC and the A2S , dry or wet weather make a difference also if you are in open space or not. i think you were in the best conditions, and it's a world record

Well, the flight when I went 4.2km away was in fact in perfect conditions, I still had perfect signal but I returned because of battery getting low and thankfully made it back.

In the 5km flight it was nowhere near perfect conditions! There was a 300 m high mountain between me and the drone, and yes, I went higher than the mountain but still it's impressive! That's what really surprised me!

 

[jfwag3]

How were you able to maintain VLS at 4.elm distance?

 

[Wreckhunter]

How were you able to maintain VLS at 4.elm distance?

Was thinking the same thing.

 

[Meta4]

This is pretty strange, but these last two days I was flying with the new DJI Fly 1.5.4 and I think I was getting slightly better range.

That's unlikely to have anything to do with the app version.
It's quite normal for range to vary quite a bit with atmospheric conditions and local interference levels.

 

[Jamesz]

Updated firmware doesn't mean the law about keeping other air users safe has changed. 5km is cowboy flying.