Got the Titan Atlas boosted antenna system today!!!!

Mxs · Oct 21, 2017

Wow, this thing is awesome but so expensive man. Let us know how it works for you!!!

diveinstructor · Oct 21, 2017

Mxs said:
Wow, this thing is awesome but so expensive man. Let us know how it works for you!!!

Yes its a bit expensive, but if your going to dump 1200.00$ on a drone and you live in a area covered in trees and wifi signals whats another 275.00$....... Titan drones is top notch and the customer service is 2nd to none!

Mxs · Oct 21, 2017

I think i have a pretty sick mavic setup. Just money issues right now and that its in America, me from Canada, so expensive to ship here. Gonna try a cheaper unamplified mod but will get this or a dual bandwidth version (released later) to use with the mavic and spark.

diveinstructor · Oct 21, 2017

Mxs said:
I think i have a pretty sick mavic setup. Just money issues right now and that its in America, me from Canada, so expensive to ship here. Gonna try a cheaper unamplified mod but will get this or a dual bandwidth version (released later) to use with the mavic and spark.

Matter of fact I had my titan atlas sent to a friend in Canada then he brought the atlas to me.The shipping from FL, USA to Canada was not the much at all. Well worth the price!

Pete Mitchell · Oct 23, 2017

Thanks for this review. This is great!

JManges · Oct 23, 2017

diveinstructor said:
Yes its a bit expensive, but if your going to dump 1200.00$ on a drone and you live in a area covered in trees and wifi signals whats another 275.00$....... Titan drones is top notch and the customer service is 2nd to none!

I'm having a lot of fun with the Titan Atlas. It really does a good job punching through the noise. For gits and shigs, I was thinking of installing a couple panel antennas on the roof and then connecting the wires to the front of Atlas unit where the whip antennas go. Been digging around the net and haven't seen much on roof mounted Mavic antennas but this is a rather inexpensive project so I thought I'd give it a go. Any thoughts?

Adamcain112 · Oct 23, 2017

JManges said:
I'm having a lot of fun with the Titan Atlas. It really does a good job punching through the noise. For gits and shigs, I was thinking of installing a couple panel antennas on the roof and then connecting the wires to the front of Atlas unit where the whip antennas go. Been digging around the net and haven't seen much on roof mounted Mavic antennas but this is a rather inexpensive project so I thought I'd give it a go. Any thoughts?

Cant wait to see what ever you come up with

JManges · Oct 23, 2017

Thanks but whatever I do won't be that elaborate. I get plenty of range with the Atlas. Just want to see what this baby can really do.

diveinstructor · Oct 24, 2017

JManges said:
I'm having a lot of fun with the Titan Atlas. It really does a good job punching through the noise. For gits and shigs, I was thinking of installing a couple panel antennas on the roof and then connecting the wires to the front of Atlas unit where the whip antennas go. Been digging around the net and haven't seen much on roof mounted Mavic antennas but this is a rather inexpensive project so I thought I'd give it a go. Any thoughts?

Would be cool to see! Let us know

Haloweenhamster · Oct 24, 2017

Titan Drones, Inc - ATLAS Antenna System

You might want to get inspiration from here

JManges · Oct 24, 2017

Haloweenhamster said:
Titan Drones, Inc - ATLAS Antenna System

You might want to get inspiration from here

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew there had to be someone else out there that did something like this. Seeing what other people have done is always a big help.

JManges · Oct 24, 2017

diveinstructor said:
Would be cool to see! Let us know

Thanks. However, I think whatever I come up with will be kind of shallow on the cool factor because I'm just not that guy. Simple yet functional I hope. I found a fiberglass 22ft telescoping pole on Amazon. Think I'll start with mounting a panel antenna to that and go from there. That would make it portable enough to transition between my house and my RV that's parked in the Mojave desert not far from where they did "The Right Stuff" kind of flying back in the day. Kind of symbolic in that sense I guess. With a little luck, I'll be getting more range than my battery can handle. We'll see.

diveinstructor · Oct 24, 2017

JManges said:
Thanks. However, I think whatever I come up with will be kind of shallow on the cool factor because I'm just not that guy. Simple yet functional I hope. I found a fiberglass 22ft telescoping pole on Amazon. Think I'll start with mounting a panel antenna to that and go from there. That would make it portable enough to transition between my house and my RV that's parked in the Mojave desert not far from where they did "The Right Stuff" kind of flying back in the day. Kind of symbolic in that sense I guess. With a little luck, I'll be getting more range than my battery can handle. We'll see.

Got a stick of beemans? ill pay you back later... great movie!!!! haha

Hollow Dog · Oct 24, 2017

JManges said:
Thanks. However, I think whatever I come up with will be kind of shallow on the cool factor because I'm just not that guy. Simple yet functional I hope. I found a fiberglass 22ft telescoping pole on Amazon. Think I'll start with mounting a panel antenna to that and go from there. That would make it portable enough to transition between my house and my RV that's parked in the Mojave desert not far from where they did "The Right Stuff" kind of flying back in the day. Kind of symbolic in that sense I guess. With a little luck, I'll be getting more range than my battery can handle. We'll see.

Expect some signal drop with long cable runs.

SkyNinja · Oct 24, 2017

I'm using 6 foot of 195 series with no noticeable signal loss. If you plan on going 22+ feet I believe you should go with the 240 or 400 series cable to reduce signal loss.

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JManges · Oct 24, 2017

Thanks to your advice, I'm going to go with 30ft of 400 series cable. The links you sent were very helpful but I found it cheaper elsewhere.

SkyNinja · Oct 24, 2017

Please keep us posted on how everything turns out. I may be looking to do Something similar.

Porto · Oct 25, 2017

diveinstructor said:
Next test will be over open ocean when before I always got very good distance with the stock antenna.

Cant wait to test the boosted system over the ocean!

Have you tried it? With CE and stock antenna, I can fly more than 3.6km flying over the ocean with signals to spare. I was limited by battery as it was windy. I believe 4km+ is achievable with CE and stock antenna.

With boosted Atlas (flying over the ocean), I am more interested in how much signal you still have when the AC must return home due to battery.

Haloweenhamster · Oct 25, 2017

Ordered one last night, hopefully tax and duty isn't extortionate

diveinstructor · Oct 25, 2017

Porto said:
Have you tried it? With CE and stock antenna, I can fly more than 3.6km flying over the ocean with signals to spare. I was limited by battery as it was windy. I believe 4km+ is achievable with CE and stock antenna.

With boosted Atlas (flying over the ocean), I am more interested in how much signal you still have when the AC must return home due to battery.

I never had a range issue over open ocean. The reason why I bought the Atlas is the island I live on is covered in trees, wifi and ele wires and towers..... with stock I could never get over 300m without loosing signal. Today I got over 1k out with still full signal. So its proven to me that the Atlas boosted antenna system has done well over its job!