MA2 not going farther than 1km in fairly congested wifi area

[Waldo Pepper]

All these replies on hack this, hack that, trick GPS, trick this, or that, jail breaking this, Jail break that.......I’m totally lost? I don’t want to jump though loops to improve reception, Especially when a stock MA2 has occusync 2.

Paul

 

[Neel194]

All these replies on hack this, hack that, trick GPS, trick this, or that, jail breaking this, Jail break that.......I’m totally lost? I don’t want to jump though loops to improve reception, Especially when a stock MA2 has occusync 2.

Paul

well don’t be surprised if your drone can’t go past 2k ? I’m not expecting my drone to go really far tbh they never get to the state that DJI say that can go. That is in absolute perfect conditions.
Im just hoping for some better gain than the maVic mini, whose distance is quite atrocious.

 

[Deleted member 93449]

All these replies on hack this, hack that, trick GPS, trick this, or that, jail breaking this, Jail break that.......I’m totally lost? I don’t want to jump though loops to improve reception, Especially when a stock MA2 has occusync 2.

Paul

Agree with you. While environment plays a role (big buildings between you and the drone may block the signal) I've never had any connection issues with Ocusync where there were homes, trees and a lot of wifi interference. These are places where my wifi drone signal gets interrupted at 200 meters but my MP goes well beyond 1,000 meters with no issues.

 

[Neel194]

Occusyc is clearly superior to its WiFi partner. However, I’m not expecting miracles.

 

[crosswired]

All these replies on hack this, hack that, trick GPS, trick this, or that, jail breaking this, Jail break that.......I’m totally lost? I don’t want to jump though loops to improve reception, Especially when a stock MA2 has occusync 2.

Paul

well, it does have OccuSync 2.0 but European 'verision' got 'altered' transmitter power which means shorter maximum range thats why 'hack' is needed to make it possible to use the drone in full capacity ....also its missing AirSense hadware

 

[Neel194]

Order from the U.S or China. Problem solved.

There are ways around duty. Use your initiative.

 

[eastbaybeast]

Look at this for FCC mode occusync...I've not personally done any such flying but i'm impressed to say the least:

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btw that jello video was really scary

Despite his flying methods, I have never been so psyched about a drone before. His excitement was palpable!

 

[swooshdave]

Despite his flying methods, I have never been so psyched about a drone before. His excitement was palpable!

He's from Philly, everything is exciting.

 

[gb160]

Order from the U.S or China. Problem solved.

There are ways around duty. Use your initiative.

Mate apart from ads-b they're no different...its where you're using it that decides the power, I thought we'd been through this.

 

[Neel194]

Mate apart from ads-b they're no different...its where you're using it that decides the power, I thought we'd been through this.

I understand this...

the fact is I want ADS-B. I’m not paying full price for a half warranted drone

 

[Neel194]

I didn’t buy from the state’s for power, I bought for the missing module.

 

[gb160]

the fact is I want ADS-B. I’m not paying full price for a half warranted drone

Haha.

 

[Ice_2k]

well, it does have OccuSync 2.0 but European 'verision' got 'altered' transmitter power which means shorter maximum range thats why 'hack' is needed to make it possible to use the drone in full capacity ....also its missing AirSense hadware

To be fair, nobody was complaining about the range of the Mavic 2 series in Europe and the Air 2 is rated even better so I really don’t expect this will be an issue, hack or no hack

 

[gb160]

To be fair, nobody was complaining about the range of the Mavic 2 series in Europe and the Air 2 is rated even better so I really don’t expect this will be an issue, hack or no hack

Well spoofing the gps 'seems' to work on the MA2, although without a signal meter or sending it out on a range test its tough to know for sure.

Wonder if theres any way of checking if its in FCC mode or not?

 

[lee82gx]

Well spoofing the gps 'seems' to work on the MA2, although without a signal meter or sending it out on a range test its tough to know for sure.

Wonder if theres any way of checking if its in FCC mode or not?

Yes. It should be visible in the transmission selection levels dbm levels.

 

[gb160]

Yes. It should be visible in the transmission selection levels dbm levels.

Yep, I've just found that, and according to the instructions here:

How to tell if you are in CE or FCC power mode using GO4

A question that’s been asked many a time, by myself included, is ‘How can I actually tell if my FCC mod has worked?’ When modding GO4 I personally have always been a little bit suspicious of the deejayeye-modder FCC patch. Mainly because there’s nothing to ‘see’, it’s not a tangible setting...

greyarro.ws

It is indeed working in FCC mode with the spoofed GPS.

 

[lee82gx]

Yep, I've just found that, and according to the instructions here:

How to tell if you are in CE or FCC power mode using GO4

A question that’s been asked many a time, by myself included, is ‘How can I actually tell if my FCC mod has worked?’ When modding GO4 I personally have always been a little bit suspicious of the deejayeye-modder FCC patch. Mainly because there’s nothing to ‘see’, it’s not a tangible setting...

greyarro.ws

It is indeed working in FCC mode with the spoofed GPS.
View attachment 101201

Just to confirm you're spoofing on Jailbreak IOS? Some kind of location spoofing app right?

 

[crosswired]

Well spoofing the gps 'seems' to work on the MA2, although without a signal meter or sending it out on a range test its tough to know for sure.

Wonder if theres any way of checking if its in FCC mode or not?

great stuff mate! I'll get mine delivered tomorrow I guess

btw, whats the first impression ?

 

[gb160]

great stuff mate! I'll get mine delivered tomorrow I guess

btw, whats the first impression ?

Looks like a great little device, small but meaty if that makes sense.
Its windy af here, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to take it for a proper flight, just had a little cruise round my house so far.

 

[gb160]

Just to confirm you're spoofing on Jailbreak IOS? Some kind of location spoofing app right?

Yep, latest iOS...Im jailbroken and using the Relocate tweak.